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The new cat is coming home today. We may be changing her name from Claudette but haven't firmly decided on anythng yet. Yesterday we got food and treats for her, and a new littler box set-up so thigns won't just be ALL Pretty's territory and they will both have things to adjust to.

We have just watched Band Candy. "Do they have nachos here, Little Tree?" Man, that was priceless. The whole episode was proof of why, as an actor, you must have NO SHAME. Damn. It made me hate Joyce slightly less (I'm sorry, but the character is largely undeveloped, there just to be an obstacle and a hypocrite).

Also, Ethan is SUCH a wtf character. His main motivation seems to be boredom or being an irritant and I still can't tell if the way he's written is clever and smart or really craptastic gay stereotyping. But I care. A lot. The whole Ethan/Giles backstory, whatever it may be, interests me the same way the idea of Lucius + team Slytherin during their Hogwarts years interests me.

Also the current Xander/Willow situation? Breaking my heart. I keep wondering to myself if they feel grownup in the misery of their little non-affair.

And Angel's demise (such as it was)? Yes, very CoE, but hard to have an emotional response to when the guy later gets his own series, so you know it's not a permanent death.

Since we're on fannish things -- the guy who plays Lafayette on True Blood is a Dragon*Con guest this year. I'm so pleased.

And since we're on media things, let me be insecure about acting. Actually, it's let me be insecure about my looks. Let me be insecure about my teeth that are a wreck because of celiac disease. Let me be insecure about the fact that the first two pieces of advice I was ever given about acting were: "you gotta be able to sleep anywhere at any time" (I've got that down) and "never go to L.A. until they ask you to go."

Now I'm not going to L.A. for acting (upcoming trip is mostly fun and perhaps vaguely useful on some writerly fronts), but a lot of things going on in my life here in NYC right now is sort of the equivalent of going to L.A., in that they are a Big Deal and I don't know if I'm ready yet and no one really asked me to do these things, I just sort of banged on some doors really loudly and got people to do what I want.

But, you know, what if they think I'm a silly little girl who doesn't know what she really looks or sounds like? Industry people always thing chicks are in this business to be beautiful and then, from there, tell them they can't be in the industry because they are not beautiful in certain right ways. I know what I am.
I'm more than happy to play dying junkie whores, the undead, monsters and about anything else you want to throw at me.

Help me make enough money, and I'll buy the smile you want. But I am tense tense tense for a whole lot of mansplaining about my looks that I am NOT interested in. For those new to here an agent once asked me if I spoke French and when I inquired as to why he said, "in France, you'd actually be attractive."

Also, the correct response to this is not to tell me I'm beautiful. The correct response to this, if you feel impelled, is to tell me I have the force to be paid attention to regardless of the batshittery of this industry and the fact that I happen to have tits.

Mammograms and dementia

Patty found this amazingly depressing chart about health care spending and life expectancy.

Who's to blame for rape? Women point to the victims. OI. via ginmar

I am thinking of doing this or something similar.

In case you missed it, episodes are coming soon: tw_itallchanges.

Comments

[exbentley]

I've gotta say, it's pretty interesting watching you watch Buffy for the first time, though I keep having to bite my tongue because most of my reactions to your thoughts/ideas about characters are based on a thorough knowledge of the complete series.

But! I am pretty sure Ethan's meant to be a chaos-worshipper, therefore he has the advantage, as a villainy device, of not really needing a proper motivation outside of "boredom" and "annoying Giles".

Are you planning to watch Buffy S4 and Angel S1 correspondingly? (i.e. Buffy ep, Angel ep, Buffy ep, Angel ep.) I mean, assuming you've thought about it yet at all. A lot of the episodes mirror each other thematically or have plot carry over from one to the other, though that's only true for that season pair, then Angel goes and does its own thing.




Also, I think you definitely have the force to be paid attention to, and I think you're beautiful, so there.

[kdsorceress.livejournal.com]

though that's only true for that season pair, then Angel goes and does its own thing.

Ooo, really? That'll make it easier for me --I've been doing the back and forth and I'm a disc away from finishing both, but stuck at college since no one I know has Angel. If I could *just* watch the Buffy after I finish this season, I'd get done a lot faster. (Even if I do love Angel (the show, not the character) more)

~Sor

[exbentley]

Yeah! Angel was bought by a different network, so while the shows still occasionally alluded to each other, they don't really cross over again properly until the very end of Buffy S7/Angel S4, when someone from Sunnydale goes to L.A. and vice versa — but you don't need Angel under your belt at all to follow. Once Buffy was over, Angel S5 continued on and sometimes played "where are the Buffy characters now", though a lot of that was retconned by the "Season Eight" Buffy comic series.

tl;dr You're fine to watch S2-5 of Angel after you're done watching Buffy! Jossverse continuity is a very special thing.