half of what i say is meaningless

Before all the craziness that is bound to commence at 10 pm EST, just a quick post to let any BtVS fans know that I have updated The Very Secret Diaries...on the Hellmouth!  I believe I have acquired some new readers since the last update, so the basic info: the VSDs are co-written by myself and visualthinker11 .  They are a series of, well, diaries set during season 3 and archived at hellmouth_vsds .  Very silly.  We promise entertainment.  If you want to read them, you should start with Angel's.

Anyway, new diary!

Day Five
Can cross off "get a new vampiric helper to deal with the messier items that Alan can't handle" from my Things To Do Before I Ascend To A Higher Plane/Become A Giant Snake list.  Also good to be expanding staff, since the Slayer is apparently plus one (not entirely clear on how that happened...).

Next up: prepare for sacrifice to Lurconis and contact T-Mobile--am terribly disappointed in their service in this area.  Can never get a signal when I need one.
-Mayor Richard Wilkins III: How to Become a Giant Snake and Still Feel Good About Yourself

A few things, most of which are completely unrelated....
Word is that Katee Sackhoff's got the lead in a pilot called "Lost and Found" by the Law and Order guy. I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, I'd rather watch this thing than Nip/Tuck. On the other hand, I strongly dislike Law and Order. And after putting myself through Bionic Woman, I'm just not sure how much this fangirl can take. So I sincerely hope that a) it's surprisingly good, or b) she moves on quickly to greater things. Otherwise I just don't know how I'll get my fix post-Battlestar! (Sad thing is, I'm mostly serious)

Does anyone here watch Chuck? I just watched the pilot (I am behind, of course) and it was quite entertaining. Still working my way through Doctor Who (2nd season--I miss Christopher Eccleston). Sometimes I think I watch too much TV. Or I watch it too intently anyway.

I wrote a short story! Yay! Haven't finished one of those in awhile. Fanfiction may be sparse now that classes are up and running, doubly so now that one of those classes has me writing a story a week. I did write a short fic though that's at the beta, so hopefully this well won't be too dry. I'm still working on the plot fic, but it's a bit stalled at the moment. I need to write about a character that I haven't got a great handle on, so that's taking some work. And some time. But it will come! Hopefully before 2009.

Last week I updated the VSDs after our longest between-diary break yet:
"My field tests against the Vampyrs had in no way prepared me for great blobby demons who like to remove kneecaps. Really, am considering writing an irate letter to Watcher's Academy recommending a change."
-Wesley: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea...

And here ends the kind of pointless update.

1) I read two very good BSG/Firefly crossovers the other day and now I'm itching for more.  Anyone know of journals/comms where I might find some?  If you're curious, the two I read can be found in my memories (I'm too lazy to dig up the links now).

2) I updated hellmouth_vsds so btvs people, go read and be amused.

"Dear Watchers,
Slayer having shared dreams with vampire.  Odd.  I really ought to get Christmas off, don't you think?"
-Giles: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Apocalypse(s)

Chapter Three of The Very Secret Diaries...on the Hellmouth! has been posted at hellmouth_vsds . This is the part where I tell every BtVS fan out there to go read them.  You might not know it from my bsg fic, but I really do write humor, I swear.

"Big-time apocalypse again tonight. Wonder if I have time to fix my hair."
-Buffy: Slayers Rule, Vampires Drool...No really, it's gross

And the unrelated question: Are Ron Moore's podcast commentaries worth listening to? I watched most of his commentary on Occupation, and then I got bored and stopped.

Anyone here familiar with Cassandra Clare's "Very Secret Diaries of the LoTR Characters?" Well, visualthinker11  and myself have borrowed her format and created our own Very Secret Diaries of the BtVS characters.

We are now bringing our project to lj: hellmouth_vsds 

If you are a Buffy fan, and you like the irreverent, the random, the bizarre, or the just plain silly, please do check out the VSDs.  First chapter: Days of our Unlives.