A couple of Christmases ago, my daughter and I were given the complete DVD set of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I'd never got into it while it was showing on TV, but was completely hooked when I watched the DVDs as part of my holiday entertainment, especially the characters of Willow and Tara. Like many fans, I wasn't impressed with ( Read more... )

ok.... this is driving me nuts. For 10 weeks (7 weeks now, and counting) I'm not supposed to lift, bend, squat etc, etc.... I thought I'd be ok with that, given how much I love to just sit and read. Apparently, human nature is contrary .... mine is, anyway... since that is all I can do, I no longer find it enough. Aaaaaaaaargh!!! Of course, it ( Read more... )

Noticed an ad for something called Conflux yesterday... a sci fi, horror and fantasy conference in Canberra on the Queen's b'day weekend, when I just happen to be going to Canberra on the 8th anyway. Hmmm... seems like fate to me. I guess I'll go if I can. Wouldn't like to thwart fate. Looks interesting. Go to Conflux to see for yourself ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I set foot in LJ... (sneezes!) (opens windows, dusts, sweeps) That's better ( Read more... )

Feeling smug today, having done my duty as a good parent working all weekend at the Pony Club Gymkhana, and the weekend before that at the charity auction. It was a lot of fun really, and it was great to watch the kids have a good time. I was impressed by the skill and courage of riders at the showjumping - it's really speccy to watch, although I ( Read more... )

Feeling mellow tonight after a stolen day with my daughter. We played hookey, she from a school sports day and I from ... well a huge list of things, and went shopping. We had a perfect almost winter's day, cool but the sun was shining and the trip in the car, as always, a good time to talk. A good day - it wouldn't have mattered what we did: ( Read more... )

It should be raining today. Not the kind of rain that drums on the roof, splatters on the bricks, and swirls in mini rivers down the gutters. Not the kind that is just mist and just gently transfers moisture from the clouds to the earth and everything on it. The kind that just drips for ever, never lets up, that gets inside you with its mind ( Read more... )

I seem to have become addicted to fanfiction. I've been hiding away in my house, reading til my eyes feel like they're going to fall out. I even didn't go to bed at all the other night, and didn't crash during the day after either. This has got to stop! Now, where the hell did I put my willpower...

Am awake far too late for a work night, but can't tear myself away. Tried this meme .... hmmm, so long as verbal includes the written word I'd agree 'cos I'm not good with the talking kind. As usual I seem to be depressingly average.

Your brain: 140% interpersonal, 60% visual, 100% verbal, and 100% mathematical!

Congratulations on being 400% ( Read more... )

A random idea for a small fiction about Willow and Tara popped into my head a little while ago, prompted in part by watching (for the nth time) Tabula Rasa. Once I'd written it I felt I needed to explain my thoughts on the T/W relationship at the time this drabble is set. The fic is rated R so I've put it all behind a cut.

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