The Leonid meteor shower is Mon-Tues. Nov. 18-19. Good viewing from about 11 PM to dawn. The shower may produce meteors upwards of 5,000/hour. If you can find someplace away from city lights, where you can keep warm & lie down/rest your head, it should be great. Last year's was amazing.

Some letters to the editor in SciFi Weekly made it in with mentions and links for the Save Farscape and Support Firefly campaigns.

Attention LAistas: a plan has been formed for this weekend's Consuela-and-Shrift-in-Beautiful-Downtown-Burbank event.

Friday night drinks and slounging with Suela and Shrift at the lovely Blue Room in Burbank, 8 pm. Most of you should know how to find the place this time. No guarantee of splits on the sidewalk.

Sunday brunch at Roscoe's in Pasadena, 10:30-ish. As in we'll probably pick up Consuela at 10:30 in Burbank and be at Roscoe's by 10:50 or so.

PS As MM and I found out the hard way, The Blue Room is cash only....

We received a thank you card from Joss & Kai, today, for the gift basket we sent.

I will of course, scan it in at work tomorrow, and post it to DavidFury.net at a supersecret page and give you all a link.

Text is as follows, in Joss' own hand:

DEAR BUFFISTAS -

I can't say enough about the thoughtfulness, generosity, decency, + good taste that went into those gifts and contributions. Having such classy fans takes the onus of being classy off us, and allows us to be vain and self-centered. Thanks! Our son will enjoy your generosity, as will other children, and that means everything

Thank you for all (underlined) your support + kindness. (Heart shape) Joss Whedon + Kai Cole.

I also got a thank you note for being ringleader girl. It was really just beautiful.

Hey! I got to do a short Q&A with Mutant Enemy president, Chris Buchanan yesterday.

Spoilery for those who have not seen Firefly.

Looky here!

For the moment, the thank you note from Joss is here.

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edited to use permanent address

Aha! Thank you note from Joss has a permanent home.

I think the actor who played Rack is on ER tonight.

When BtVS debuted on UPN, I organized a fan party in support of the Musical episode, and invited the local UPN affiliate to film it. UPN had approached us earlier in the season, and filmed our premiere party.

The affiliate might come to a largish (like 8-10 people) fan party, if we invite them.

I'd like to have a Firefly Support night rally happen for the first Friday back from the break. I'd need a small handful of fans who are willing to throw a party (maybe with some dominos pizza and cokes as party food, hee), and won't mind a reporter and camera guy trampling through your living room.

We'd need a volunteers for about 6-8 cities, nation-wide.

No promises that the affiliates definately WILL cover your party, mind you. It's about a 70% chance.

Iffn you you don't own your own home, apartment, palace, etc, then this is likely not something you can do. It'd blow if you said yes, and then your parents blew a gasket.

My email address is Allyson@davidfury.net if you're willing to do this.

How it works:

Get about 8 fans to come over for a viewing party. I (or you, if you're a media savvy person) calls the affiliate, explains the campaign, and what we're doing (nationwide Firefly parties) and ask if they would like to come and do an interview. The host should be really well-versed in the campaign (postcards, Variety ad, sponsor letters).

No guarantee that the affiliates will cover your party, but if it's a slow news day and they need a fluff piece, it's incredibly possible.

Ideally, we'd like to get a good cross section of America: a northeast, southeast, south, midwest, pacific northwest, and southern california.

The idea is that a good buzz is created. Also, your family, friends, and co-workers will all tune in to watch you on television.

I've gotten a couple of emails from Firefly fans who can't do their own party, but would love to meet other firefly fans for a local FFP (Firefly Fan Party).

I'm keeping track of email addies and locations, so that maybe if each location finds a host, we can put you all together.

Realize that this will take a certain comfort level with, uh, having strangers from the net in your home. It's still a baby community and there haven't been parties yet, hasn't been a lot of personal conversation.

Again, drop me an email and let me know if you're willing to host/attend a party, and your location.