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ANGELUS: Why do you get to be Marley's ghost?
FAITH: (sits) 'Cause I'm dying, dumbass.
ANGELUS: Not soon enough.
FAITH: Way I figure, I've got one last job: baby-sit the psycho 'til they shove a soul up your —
ANGELUS: Not gonna happen.
FAITH: (stands) Then, I'm whatever... dust in the wind. Candle in the wind. There'll be a general wind theme.

~~Orpheus ~~




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[community profile] sunshine_revival Challenge #3

Jul. 9th, 2025 09:09 pm
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Challenge #3

Journaling prompt: What are your favorite summer-associated foods?
Creative prompt: Draw art of or make graphics of summer foods, or post your favorite summer recipes. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


Ice cream!!!!

And: fresh berries, peaches, limeade (yum).

Also, did you know that there is a Museum of Ice Cream? They have locations in many cities, most in the U.S. but there is one in Singapore. You have to reserve tickets, but once you're in you can eat unlimited ice cream, among other fun things. I'm in New York City where you can slide down into a big pool of sprinkles.

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Cordelia: So anyway, I come outta the bathroom, and she comes running at me. Screaming! With a stick! 'I'm gonna kill you! I'm gonna kill you!' I swear!
Boy: Who?
Cordelia: Buffy!
Harmony: The new girl?
Boy: What's her deal?
Cordelia: Well, she's crazed.
Harmony: Did you hear about her old school?
Cordelia and the boy both shake their heads.
Harmony: Booted.

~~Buffy Episode #2: "The Harvest" ~~



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Drusilla: I can't see her. The Slayer. I can't see. (looks back up) It's dark where she is. Kill her. Kill her, Spike. Kill her for me?
Spike: It's done, baby.
Drusilla: Kill her for princess?
Spike: I'll chop her into messes.
Drusilla: You are my sweet... my little Spike.

~~School Hard~~



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BUFFY: Yes, Agent Finn, Riley. Tell him we're having a problem with Spike's chip. No, his chip. Spike.
SPIKE: (shakes his head) Listen, pet?
BUFFY: No, no, Finn is his last name. Yeah. Well, did he used to work there and then he got transferred? (Spike's chip goes off again, he thrashes on the stairs unnoticed by Buffy) Oh, is this actually a flower shop, or is this one of those things where I'm supposed to play along to show that I know it's really secret ops? Oh, maybe I shouldn't have said that. Oh, OK, right. Well, if some guy named Finn shows up to buy flowers— Yeah. Thanks. (hangs up, turns to Spike) Wrong number. Or a giant government conspiracy, one or the— (notices he's recovering from an episode) Spike?

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Jul. 6th, 2025 04:49 pm
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[personal profile] nondenomifan has rejoined us, this time as a floating backup editor, and will start by generously making two posts later this month to help arrange some time off for one of the regular editors.
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SPIKE: I'm a hero really. I mean, to be cast such an ugly lot in life and then to rise above it. To seek out better, nobler things. It's inspirational, isn't it? And the two of us... natural enemies, thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness. Utter trust. No thought of me biting you, no thought of you staking me.
BUFFY: Depends on how long you keep on yapping.

~~BtVS 6x08 “Tabula Rasa”~~




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[community profile] sunshine_revival Challenge #2

Jul. 5th, 2025 12:46 pm
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Challenge #2

Tunnel of Love
Journaling: The romance of summer! What do you love? Write about anything you feel sentimental about or that gets your heart pumping.
Creative: Write a love poem to anyone or anything you like


I'm not sure if I would categorize it as romance per se, but the one thing I love about summer in the northeast, where it's not warm year-round, is being able to go to an outdoor pool. I swim laps in an indoor pool, both in summer and the off-season, but I love being able to sit at an outdoor pool and read and relax. I joined a gym out where my mom lives several years ago, anticipating that I would need to move in with her, or at least stay with her for long periods, to help her out. The gym has both an indoor and an outdoor pool, and the outdoor pool deck is one of my favorite places in the world, and something I don't have in the city. The members are a mix of families with young kids, families with older kids, young couples without kids yet, and seniors, and it's fun to watch the kids play in the fountain in the family pool. It's surrounded by trees, and it's really just a lovely place to be when the weather is nice. It's definitely one of my top enjoyments in life.

As for the creative side of the challenge, I've never been much of a poet. So instead I'm going to share some summer-themed haikus by Bashō:

In bright summer moon,
and with softly clapping hands,
I herald the dawn.

Summer in the world
floating on little waves
of shimmering lake.

Orchid is breathing
its pungent incense into
a butterfly's wings.


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ANYA: Anya Christina Emanuella Jenkins, twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July, and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. "Who's our little patriot?" they'd say, when I was younger, and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.

~~Checkpoint~~



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Buffy: You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me.

~~The Gift~~




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[community profile] sunshine_revival Challenge #1

Jul. 3rd, 2025 07:43 pm
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Many thanks to [personal profile] brightknightie who put this on my radar!

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Journaling Prompt: Light up your journal with activity this month. Talk about your goals for July or for the second half of 2025.

Creative Prompt: Shine a light on your own creativity. Create anything you want (an image, an icon, a story, a poem, or a craft) and share it with your community.. Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.


Getting the serious stuff -- and the huge elephant in the room -- out of the way, I'm trying to just keep living my life while The Sword Of Damocles hangs over my head (a feeling many of us are sharing no doubt). I'm continuing to take enjoyment wherever I can, helping where I can. I'm very concerned about the amount of people that are and will be experiencing food insecurity, so I've been and will continue to donate to a couple of local groups in my neighborhood: one serves hot meals, both at their facility and delivering to homebound, and the other distributes packaged food and sundries in the park every Saturday. And of course I'm donating to orgs like the ACLU who continue to do great work. Looking for other ways I can help.

Starting on July 14, I will be attending Karen Attiah's "Race, Media and International Affairs 101" class. She used to teach the class at Columbia, but they cancelled it because DEI (eyeroll). She took a survey on Bluesky to see if people would be interested in attending it as an independent series on Zoom and there was overwhelming interest. She's posted information on the class here (she's calling it Resistance Summer School). Summer session filled up, so she was offering a Fall session too and not sure if that has filled up yet. There's different pricing tiers and depending on which tier you choose there are certain perks. It looks to be a really interesting and informative class, so I'm looking forward to it.

I'll be continuing to swim and work out and do my best to stay fit. And reading. Lots and lots of reading, both serious stuff and light-hearted poolside.

On the creative side, I've taken up needlepoint and completed my first project. I started small, with a bookmark, and while the result is kind of sad (and the backing that came with the kit didn't fit the canvas well so I had to cut, and I have issues cutting in a straight line), it's not bad for a first try. And at least I chose a cute pattern. I'll be continuing to try different canvases.

Expandnot quite a masterpiece under the cut )

I also wrote a story for [community profile] intoabar, which I got some nice feedback on:

Title: Serendipity
Author: lightbird
Prompt: Fa Mulan goes into a bar and meets... Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender)!
Fandoms: Mulan (1998), Avatar: The Last Airbender
Word count: 872
Rating: T
Summary: When she walked into the tea shop, she immediately recognized the girl sitting at the table...

And I'm already working on another story, which I hope to finish this summer.
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(a small pink pig is loose in the school hallways, until Buffy picks him up)
MR. FLUTIE: (talking to pig) Lordy, Herbert! Gave Mr. Flutie quite a scare, didn't he?
MR. FLUTIE: (talking to students) Students, I'd like you all to met Herbert, our new mascot for the Sunnydale High Razorbacks!
(The students all clap.)
BUFFY: He's so cute!
MR. FLUTIE: He's not cute. No! He's a fierce Razorback! (more clapping)

~~The Pack~~




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BUFFY: You realize that Anya's probably seducing R.J. even as we speak.
WILLOW: My God. You think so?
BUFFY: Well, I wouldn't put it past her. She's recently evil, you know.
WILLOW: Well, so am I. Why should I miss out?

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WILLOW: It says that Meredith and two other girls in the car were killed instantly. They were all on the Fondren High Pep Squad, on the way to a game.
BUFFY: You know what this means.
XANDER: That Fondren might actually beat Sunnydale in the cross-town body count competition this year?
BUFFY: She wasn't killed by vampires. Somebody did dig up her corpse.
CORDELIA: Eww! Why is it that every conversation you people have has the word 'corpse' in it?

~~BtVS 2x03 “Some Assembly Required”~~




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Jun. 30th, 2025 03:18 pm
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We're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.

Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
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VI: I hurt his arm. (nods proudly) Yep. And an arm can be as lethal as a mouth.

~~Potential~~




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Jun. 29th, 2025 01:27 pm
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Seriously, how is it almost July?

Mom fell and broke her ankle April 22. This is my first full weekend in my apartment since. It feels so soon, and also, I can't remember my last weekend here.

She's doing brilliantly, has been discharged from pt and just needs to be careful and not overdo it for at least the next three months. Which is something she will absolutely try and do, or feel she needs to do.

I won't lie, it was rough. I spent basically 4 weeks there, except for two overnights, and then moved to 3 day weekends up there. It was exhausting and sometimes stressful, and I felt awful abandoning work so much. But I loved the extra time with my sweet puppy, and was glad to help mom, and was paid by the state for some of my hours caring for my brother. So I'm glad I was able to do it--and also glad that Dad is pushing off his other knee surgery until next year, ha.

My first night here, back in May, was stressful. I went straight to work, got home after 9pm, and left the next morning. It made me feel for a week that my space wasn't my space, and I didn't belong here. And it took me a long time to get used to the idea of what I usually do in my own space--reading, creating, writing, watching tv--and be able to do it. I'm back into the groove now, mostly.

I did have a nice birthday, and did get to see Thunderbolts with Unicorn, and did end up having to drive up that night instead of the next because they needed me. That was stressful, the quick change of plan, so I was more intentional about choosing to come home on a Friday instead of Saturday the next time it was a possibility. And it did happen, and I was ready for it.

Thunderbolts was AMAZING, a top five Marvel movie for me. I can't wait to watch it again on D+.

I bought myself a laptop, mostly for D&D that starts in August but also a little for the kidlit convention this fall, and because it would be nice to have on weekends/long weeks home. She's super cute and still getting decorated with the perfect stickers.

I finished both of the stories I wanted to in May, and have been steadily creating icons and graphics for fandom_empire. Some weeks are inspiring and some weeks I make crap. But I'm always making!

Yesterday, I read a big stack of Marvel comics and a new kids book, watched the first three episodes of Ironheart, Frozen the Broadway Musical, and the first season of Murder in a Small Town, and only the kids book disappointed. Today I've done some board and convention things, showered, did a face and body mask, and BLOGGED YAY.

I'm off Thursday and Friday for the holiday and because I work Saturday, and I am tempted to go home Wednesday afternoon until Thursday evening, and still get Friday and Sunday off. I know it will take a load off mom, and I do miss my puppy. Otherwise I won't see them until July 17, which is SUCH a long time after two months of constant visits.

July is Disability Pride Month and I will be super super busy at work with programs and the usual summer reading madness so maybe another set of two free days will help me relax. Especially since it's pretty likely they'd convince me to stay until Saturday morning and leave at 7:30am to get to work. (We don't drive on drinking holidays because my grandparents did and my step-grandmother was killed.) But puppy. So hmmmm.

The cleaning pro is coming Tuesday and it's been March since she was here. My goal was to get the Christmas tree down but honestly, I don't think I want to. I'm embarrassed, but I really like the light. So, well, I probably won't do that today. But I can still make some things, watch some things, and read some things.

Gratitute!
1. I am grateful I get to do impactful programs and displays to celebrate disabled people!
2. I am grateful for icon resource communities--I just downloaded dozens of new layers for the first time in at least two decades so my icons can get fresher.
3. I am grateful for my friends at work who supported me through the last two months.
4. I am grateful that my D&D adventure has an official start date!
5. I am grateful for my window a/c unit. We don't usually get into the 90s until late July, but we've had a week or two of them.

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