Happy birthday, Trudy. Mom said the thing about hanging in another week again. I didn't say "Yeah, Mom, *that* would have been the part that made this a disaster. Lucky we dodged that bullet." I didn't expect, after this many times, that this would still be the week where I'd still wonder what hanging on till November might have felt like. I thought maybe I could make this so great that that would stop--I guess I think about it less, but I'm not really like "How can I take this back? Look at all I have," either.(Which the CIL people kind of prepared me for, frankly because some people get paralyzed while being self-destructive, so it's easy, if you're inclined, to write that guy an arc about...getting pulled back at the last second that I never had) But I am more aware than ever that being abled is not really magic.
Angel: He is dead. Technically, he's undead. It's a zombie. Connor: What's a zombie? Angel: It's an undead thing. Connor: Like you? Angel: No, zombies are slow-moving, dimwitted things that crave human flesh. Connor: Like you. Angel: No! It's different. Trust me.
'Destiny'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Sep 11, 2026 10:56:25 am PDT #13922 of 13923
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
erikaj - Sep 11, 2026 11:01:10 am PDT #13923 of 13923
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
Budget Sugar Smacks: DIdn't know a lot of you for Big 9/11, except what I'd learned from my MWT lurker days--I hadn't really watched Buffy yet then.