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thebratqueenHave realized that the reason why I'm not currently suffering packing anxiety is because I have so filled my "To Do" list with so much crap that I actually have to do that there's no room for even my strange psyche to try to pencil in a retiling of the bathroom. So, uh, yay?
To all thems that I promised dubbed tapes - you'll be getting them. I'll be babysitting my VCR something fierce between now and when I leave tomorrow, but you'll be getting them ;)
During some downtime last night I worked on what exists thus far of the next Epiphany story, which I mention here since I've noticed the natives are getting restless. It's coming. And it will rock, if I do say so myself. Although![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
buffybot is again lending a hand so I can only claim partial credit for the rocking.
Had dinner with the folks last night. Have discovered that my mission, should I choose to accept it, is to figure out what 2 episodes of Buffy and 2 episodes of Angel to show my mom to addict her to both shows. I've got an interesting challenge here b/c she's interested in Buffy, having read of it (and actually asked me, unprompted, to bring my DVDs over), but not so much with Angel, which of course everyone here realizes is not allowed to be because if you share my DNA you must share my obsessions.
I was able to cajole her with a promise of the Samwise-directed ep, however, and get the promise from her that she'd watch at least one Angel ep besides that. So now I have to figure out what ep of what I have to show her. It's not easy, since s4 is obviously the best but much of what makes it so good is knowing the characters and their backgrounds. Thus a more introductory episode suggests itself but I don't want it so early in the series that you can still see the tape and gum they used to keep everything together. It's bad enough that Mom's insisting on seeing Welcome to the Hellmouth ;)
So for the 2 Buffy eps I'm thinking Welcome to the Hellmouth, on Mom's insistance, and Hush, after which I think there's nothing else I could do within 2 eps to addict her. For Angel it's Soulless and... not sure yet. I thought about Deep Down, since it was fairly expository, but I rewatched it last night and I'm not sure if it isn't too tied in with s3 stuff to be good for a first-time viewer. So... what then? Ground State? Long Day's Journey? Apocalypse Nowish? Possibly even kicking it s2 style with Judgement? Decisions decisions.
Don't suppose anybody's got any recommendations? I might be too close to the show to know what'd be a good ep for a newbie. Anybody out there become a fan in later seasons got an ep to suggest?
In other news I'll probably be too busy tonight to hang out on IRC and chat, so if anyone needs me all urgent-like they can holler at me on my cell.
And yes, Wolf, I haven't forgotten that I need to finish working on that one @#$%ing scene. ;)
To all thems that I promised dubbed tapes - you'll be getting them. I'll be babysitting my VCR something fierce between now and when I leave tomorrow, but you'll be getting them ;)
During some downtime last night I worked on what exists thus far of the next Epiphany story, which I mention here since I've noticed the natives are getting restless. It's coming. And it will rock, if I do say so myself. Although
buffybot is again lending a hand so I can only claim partial credit for the rocking.Had dinner with the folks last night. Have discovered that my mission, should I choose to accept it, is to figure out what 2 episodes of Buffy and 2 episodes of Angel to show my mom to addict her to both shows. I've got an interesting challenge here b/c she's interested in Buffy, having read of it (and actually asked me, unprompted, to bring my DVDs over), but not so much with Angel, which of course everyone here realizes is not allowed to be because if you share my DNA you must share my obsessions.
I was able to cajole her with a promise of the Samwise-directed ep, however, and get the promise from her that she'd watch at least one Angel ep besides that. So now I have to figure out what ep of what I have to show her. It's not easy, since s4 is obviously the best but much of what makes it so good is knowing the characters and their backgrounds. Thus a more introductory episode suggests itself but I don't want it so early in the series that you can still see the tape and gum they used to keep everything together. It's bad enough that Mom's insisting on seeing Welcome to the Hellmouth ;)
So for the 2 Buffy eps I'm thinking Welcome to the Hellmouth, on Mom's insistance, and Hush, after which I think there's nothing else I could do within 2 eps to addict her. For Angel it's Soulless and... not sure yet. I thought about Deep Down, since it was fairly expository, but I rewatched it last night and I'm not sure if it isn't too tied in with s3 stuff to be good for a first-time viewer. So... what then? Ground State? Long Day's Journey? Apocalypse Nowish? Possibly even kicking it s2 style with Judgement? Decisions decisions.
Don't suppose anybody's got any recommendations? I might be too close to the show to know what'd be a good ep for a newbie. Anybody out there become a fan in later seasons got an ep to suggest?
In other news I'll probably be too busy tonight to hang out on IRC and chat, so if anyone needs me all urgent-like they can holler at me on my cell.
And yes, Wolf, I haven't forgotten that I need to finish working on that one @#$%ing scene. ;)
