We are indeed NAFDA. I don't know if I can bear myself to watch Smallville, though, no matter how gay it gets or how intriguing bringing in Ollie is. All my dumb show reserves are used up on the Stargates.

I don't know if I can bear myself to watch Smallville, though, no matter how gay it gets or how intriguing bringing in Ollie is

There needs to be a "gay parts" version, a la good parts. Lana makes me want to hurl--despite her parents being allegedly dead! Daddy Luthor is delightfully evil, and JM is always a delight, but the rest of it. Maybe someone needs to put together a gay index and I can just rent the DVDs.

Aren't we Nafda here?

sumi, I think the Bitches thread was designated NAFDA originally, so we could talk about new episodes of BtVS (in a Spike-centric sort of way) without white font.

For the last few years, the unofficial practice in non-show NAFDA threads (this and Minearverse) has been to white font discussion (for the last few years, anyhow). The FAQ doesn't really address non-show NAFDA threads, but the practice seems to be a logical extension of what is in the FAQ (see bolded section below):

Q. NAFDA? Is that an international Buffista treaty?

A. Ummm..... No. It's the North American Free Discussion Area. We have many posters who aren't from North America and are therefore half a season or more behind. In order to keep them unspoiled, we limit discussion of current episodes to specific threads. These are the NAFDA threads. If it's not labeled as a NAFDA thread, don't talk about current episodes in it. We also ask that you don't discuss one show's current season in another show's topic without whitefont, because some people are on tape delay. This means that events from the current season of Buffy should be whitefonted in the Angel topic and vice versa.

On the other hand though, I have never understood why we talk about current shows in Natter, considering the FAQ says, "If it's not labeled as a NAFDA thread, don't talk about current episodes in it," and Natter isn't NAFDA. That's how it's worked out, I guess, as we've decided to resist thread proliferation.

(For what it's worth, I don't have any personal need for Smallville talk to be white fonted in here.)

the unofficial practice in non-show NAFDA threads (this and Minearverse) has been to white font discussion (for the last few years, anyhow)

I've seen it in Minearverse, less so here. I do remember doing the not-quite-focussed skimmy thing in Bitches a few time when I was behind.

I have never understood why we talk about current shows in Natter

Because the thread header says you can?

ita, I'm sorry I failed to make that clear. The conflict between [the Natter thread header + accepted practice] and the NAFDA FAQ entry is what I find confusing. I'm not trying to change what we do. I think it works well, in practice, for people who understand the practice.

I am painting walls this weekend

Woot! We'll need pics when it's completed.

We have had busy weekends the last few weeks and Teacup Guy is exhausted, so it's time for some quiet.

Good for you both. The relaxing and doing nothing weekends are just that much better when you have someone else around to snuggle and veg with. IMO, anyway.

Getting my hair cut and maybe colored, cleaning, then seeing Matilda and her parents.

You're taking pictures, right? Lots and lots of pictures? We could maybe even get one of you with your newly cut hair and holding the wee babe...

Sunday, jack and shit. Hopefully going to see Matilda & her entourage, but I can't make any promises. There will be sleeping, I can promise that.

Your Saturday night plans sound like FUN! And for Sunday, you could seriously use some down time, hon, so take it where you can get it. I'm pretty sure Matilda will still be quite wee next weekend.

My weekend plans include homework, cleaning, possibly running to Sacramento to retrieve mom (looking less likely at the moment), trying to fix my desktop, and going out to dinner with my dad.

Matilda is lovely. I just skippity-skipped a whole bunch.

Just woke from a dream which was part A-team, and part Buffy. Suburban (as in, a neighborhood full of nice little bungalows and big, nicely landscaped lawns) warfare against an enemy know to be cruel to POWs. I and my team were trapped inside a house, surrounded by the enemy who may or may not have known we were there, and Dawn Summers who had been working intelligence was trapped in a nearby house, had been held there for three years. I kept calling for back-up (there was hooting like an owl involved), and trying to work out a plan to get Dawn out too, as there was no way in hell I was going to leave her behind.

All righty - where is everyone? I am editing a document. I am not an editor. I'm a numbers person. Formatting? Consistant style? Grammar? My brain is about to go explody.

Me, I love editing documents and adjusting the formatting and making sure I don't have any ugly line breaks to mess up the flow of my text. Tell you what, Suzi, you come over here and do my math and I'll pretty up your document.

I'm planning on going to Budapest next year

Oooh! You are going to do something on my Dream List! I must bribe you into bringing me a souvenir with my name on it.