GILES: Blast!

BUFFY: You put it in neutral again, huh?

GILES: I'm just not used to this automatic transmission. I-I loathe this sitting here, not contributing. No, i-it's not working out.

BUFFY: Giles, are you breaking up with your car?

GILES: Well, it did seduce me, all red and sporty!

BUFFY: Little two-door tramp.
--"The Real Me"

[Fic]
x. Microwave Meals by quinara Spike/Buffy, G
x. Opaline by hello_spikey Spike/Dru
x. No Strings by dragonydreams in summer_of_giles Giles/Willow/Oz, NC-17


[Fic Updates]
x. Sister, Sister Chapter 3 by froxyn Buffy/Giles, FRT
x. Exiles Part 33 by nwhepcat BtVS/SPN crossover; Oz, Sam Winchester, R
x. Thought You Should Know Chapter 19 by angearia Spike/Buffy, R

[Graphics]
x. Buffy Wallpaper by buffy_the_vamp6
x. 24 Btvs:Restless Icons by sintonia
x. 12 Btvs Icons by pilar20
x. 77 Btvs Icons and 28 Eliza Dushku Icons by soriso
x. Btvs and Ats Icons by drankmywar
x. 40 Ats, 10 Btvs, and 2 Charisma Carpenter Icons by nikkiwawa79


[Meta/News/Other]
x. Poetry: City Of by menomegirl in a_decade_of_ats Angel/Lindsey
How Characters Use Language by deird1
x. Seven Seasons of Speechifying Poll by ms_scarletibis
x. The Naughty Sexy Funtimes in the Buffyverse Poll by gabrielleabelle
x. Special Outdoor Screening of Once More With Feeling *outside link*

Exiles
nwhepcat
Rated R
BtVS/SPN crossover; Oz, Sam Winchester
Set post-Chosen for BtVS, during Mystery Spot for SPN
Disclaimer: not mine
Summary: Living a loner's life, Oz meets someone even more cut off from other people than he is.

Previous parts are here.

( this subtle music )

Doyle: Let me tell you a little bedtime story.

Angel: But I’m not sleepy.

Doyle: Once upon a time there was a vampire. And he was the meanest vampire in all the land. All the other vampires were afraid of him, he was such a bastard. Then one day he’s cursed by gypsies. They restore his human soul. And all of a sudden he's mad with guilt. You know: ‘What have I done?’ You know, he’s freaked.

Angel: Okay. Now I’m sleepy.

Doyle: Yeah, well, it’s a fairly dull tale. It needs a little sex, is my feeling. So sure enough: enter the girl. Pretty little blonde thing, vampire slayer by trade. And our vampire falls madly in love with her. Eventually the two of them...well, they get fleshy with one another. Well, I guess the technical term is perfect happiness. But when our boy gets there, he goes bad again. He kills again. It’s ugly.

So when he gets his soul back for the second time, he figures hey, he can’t be any where near Miss young puppy eyes without endangering them both. So what does he do? He takes off. Goes to LA. To fight evil and atone for his crimes. He’s a shadow, a faceless champion of the hapless human race.....

Say, you wouldn’t have a beer of any kind in here, would you?

From the episode "City Of".


[Fic]
x.A Dream of Waking by velvetwhip, Spike/Willow, R.
x.Opaline by hello_spikey, Spike/Drusilla, R.
x.My Interview With Rupert Giles by ladyforash, Giles, FRT.
x.Far Away Horizon by waddis, Xander, PG.
x.One Thousand Kisses Deep by seraphcelene, Btvs/Ats, Ensemble, PG.


[Ficlets and Drabbles]
x.When Winning Feels Like Losing by a2zmom for open_on_sunday.
x.The Next Generation by kindkit, Buffy. Willow, Xander.
x.Rest by st_salieri, Buffy/Spike.



[Fic Updates]
x.Black Magic White Lies Chapter 7 by moscow_watcher, Xander/Faith, R.
x. Terror Aboard the Persephone Part 9 by girlpire, Angel, Spike, Gunn, Connor, Wesley, Xander, Riley, and Kate, PG-13.
x.Exiles Chapter 32 by nwhepcat, BtVS/SPN, Oz, Sam, R.
x.The End Of The Beginning Part 14 by off_suit, Xander/Spike, NC-17.
x.The Secret Chapter 34 by velvetwhip, Willow/Angel, FRAO.
x.Strange Locution Part 1 by ljs, Giles/Anya, PG.
x.Thought You Should Know Chapter 19 by angearia, Spike/Buffy, R.




[Icons/Graphics/Vids]
x.Video: Somewhere Else To Be, a season one overview by thedothatgirl for a_decade_of_ats.
x.39 BtVS icons by mouthfullofdust.
x.Buffy/Spike video: Gravity of Love by Darla Production, R. *outside link*
x.Jossverse drinking icons by angelus2hot for still_grrr.




[Communities]
x.Nominations have been extended at the Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards until August 14. *outside link*
x.a_decade_of_ats, the community celebrating the 10th anniversary of Angel: The Series, is now open for posting.
x.seasonal_sd is officially open.



[News/Discussion/More]
x.Christian Kane's series Leverage Season 1 DVD is out now in the US. Season 2 of Leverage premieres tonight on TNT at 9pm ET. *outside link*
x.James Marsters talks about talks about his role as Buzz Aldrin in "Moonshot". *outside link*
x.James Marsters' July Q & A. *outside link*
x.On characters who say what the audience is thinking. *outside link*
x.How characters use language by deird1.

Exiles
nwhepcat
Rated R
BtVS/SPN crossover; Oz, Sam Winchester
Set post-Chosen for BtVS, during Mystery Spot for SPN
Disclaimer: not mine
Summary: Living a loner's life, Oz meets someone even more cut off from other people than he is.

Previous parts are here.

( almost as brilliant )

I was trying to write a story yesterday. I won't go into details about it because it hasn't gone anywhere yet, largely due to my ever-increasing madness.

As proof of that madness, which is subsequently in direct proportion to my all encompassing genius, I offer you this two word phrase that I just realized is still sitting in my firefox find bar.

Omnitemporal Logging.

I don't recall why I put it there, but its creation at my hand must surely mean that I have ascended to the next level of abstract psuedo-philosophy. I fully expect all of time to stop around me, after which a winged half-man will appear before me and identify himself as Reason. Knowing him to be an impostor, I will attack this half-man and reveal him to actually be the negative shadow of Harry Truman.

"Ahh," I will remark. "The True Man. I should have known."

"And know you shall," he will respond. It is then that he will reach beyond light and grasp firmly the wreath of Childhood's Memory. His pull will send me through to the shores beyond, and it is there that my training will finally end. With a final gasp of air will I plunge down into the murky depths of this dark and terrifying newness, only to burst free on the other side. Wet, cold, and lacking in all things, I will scorch my new name into the first land to bear my weight.

That name will be a seed, and that seed will sprout light and fullness. I shall thrust out my palm and speak unto the True Man, "Hark, for I have sprouted spritely and am now spry of spirit."

"I can say nothing to that," will the True Man say. "For in this place, only you have voice."

"And yet ear have I as well," I will remind him. "And thus can hear that which you do not speak."

The True Man will drop to his knees, then. Wailing against the uncomfortable nature of ergonomics, he will crash his fists upon the earth which bears my name. From these impacts will rumble forth the treasures of all peoples, and we shall be overcome by a sea of things that shine, family reborn, and knowledge everlasting.

In this wave will I plant my feet and spread my arms. It is then that I will be in all times, and all places, for all times are all places.

And then the Omnitemporal Logging industry will cut me down. So please, write your representatives and tell them to save the Omnitempotal Forests That Are Actually M. McGregor Having Transcended Into Some Kind Of Magical Tree Metaphor That May Or May Not Know Everything by saying no to special interest groups and lobbyists.

Thank you.

---

This is all my way of saying, "I think I need to write more Sights Unseed, because the crazy inside of me, she is clamoring to be released."

[Fic]

x A Dream ofWaking by velvetwhip (Spke/Willow R)

[Fic Updates]

x Exiles part 31 by nwhepcat (Sam Winchester, Oz R SPN crossover)

[Ficlets/Drabbles]

xBreath of Spring by bruttimabuoni (Spike/Drusilla PG)
x Win drabble by beer_good_foamy (Andrew, Buffy, Xander PG)
x Win drabble by theantijoss (Angel, Cordy G)
x Final Victory by mabus101 (Angel, Spike G)
x Is Today the Day by kudagirl (Slayer PG-13)

[Icons/Vids/Art]

x SMG artwork by aisalynn
x 45 Btvs/Ats icons by orangelusik
x 47 animated sidebars and 7 icons by buffy_the_vamp6
x 52 Btvs/Ats (mostly Cordy) icons by nikkiwawa79

[News/Meta/More]

x seasonal_sd begins tomorrow with an open posting day on July 22
x Vampires, and the Sluts and Virgins who love them (with added Buffy sex chart) (outside link)
x Spke/Fred maifesto by sockmonkeyhere

Exiles
nwhepcat
Rated R
BtVS/SPN crossover; Oz, Sam Winchester
Set post-Chosen for BtVS, during Mystery Spot for SPN
Disclaimer: not mine
Summary: Living a loner's life, Oz meets someone even more cut off from other people than he is.

Previous parts are here.

( inherently funny )

Two more long!fics that I've posted to the archive at Buffy Fiction Archive:

Keeper of the Book (AtS/BtVS, AU from AtS "Lineage" Xander, Wesley, Anne, Spike, others)
http://archive.shriftweb.org/archive/37/keeperof.html

and its sequel, Another Door
http://archive.shriftweb.org/archive/37/anotherdoor.html

Keeper is already posted at Bugger This, but it wasn't at BFA, and I wanted the link to that story from "Another Door," so it's now there too.

Very much to my surprise, I just found out someone has nominated me for Epic Fic at the White Knight's Awards for Once Again!! (thank you, whoever you are)

Now, how cool is that??    (Ans: very very)

The competition is, to say the least, superb, so I'm not really expecting anything, but for the moment...

Yay me!

happy belated birthday to vampyremoon!

*re-vanishes from internets*

Fans of BtVS stuff: Go read this. It's the first of a semi-series (they work alone, but I they *really* go together) by new LJ-er waddis. Anyway, the one I linked to, the first one, is about Xander, and there are three more, one each for Willow, Dawn and Buffy.

The series is set post S7, but pre-S8 comics (and allows for comics continuity, but doesn't really reference it or require any knowledge of it). Really good stuff. Head over and take a look.

Wired has a Really Interesting Article up that is about dinosaur collagen in ridiculously old bones, and ostrich blood, and like half a dozen other really cool things, but what it is more about than any of that is science, skepticism and the scientific process. I was drawn in by the T-Rex, I stayed for the computational analysis and repeatable results. And stuff.

Anyway, take a look, it's a good read.

Exiles
nwhepcat
Rated R
BtVS/SPN crossover; Oz, Sam Winchester
Set post-Chosen for BtVS, during Mystery Spot for SPN
Disclaimer: not mine
Summary: Living a loner's life, Oz meets someone even more cut off from other people than he is.

Previous parts are here.

( elemental )

Title: Black Magic White Lies
Chapter 7 - In Which Our Heroes Finally Meet
Timeline: BtVS, alternate season 5
Genre: drama, mystery, action
Characters, pairing: general, Xander/Faith
Rating: R (for intense situations).
Summary: Xander thinks he has a little secret. He doesn't know that his little secret is a part of a big fat conspiracy.
Disclaimer: They all belong to Joss. He said I could play with'em, so there.
Author's notes: Much thanks to my wonderful betas lusciousxander and deird1 who encourage me, help me with character voices, fix my bad grammar and style. All mistakes are mine. This is my first plotty multi-character fic, so concrit is very welcome.

There's reason why they call orgasm a little death, babe

ANGEL: Oz.
OZ: Hey.
ANGEL: Nice surprise.
OZ: Thanks.
ANGEL: Staying long?
OZ: Few days.
DOYLE: Are they always like this?
OZ: No, we're usually laconic.
~In the Dark


[Fiction/Drabbles]

x. All or Nothing by all_choseny (Buffy/Spike, PG)
x. Fascination by wyvernwolf (Buffy/Giles, G)


[Fic Updates]

x. Chapter 13 of The End of the Beginning by off_suit (Spike/Xander, NC17)
x. Chapter 6 of The Resolute Urgency of Now by emelye_miller (Spike/Xander, Mature)
x. Chapter 15 of Bewitched by thismaz (Spike/Xander, PG13)


[Icon/Graphics]

x. 47 Buffy sidebars by buffy_the_vamp6
x. 45 BtVS and AtS icons by orangelusik
x. 1 SMG blend by aisalynn
x. 9 BtVS icons by front_ier


[Meta/News]

x. Comic-Con has posted the full Joss-related schedule *outside link*
x. Seth Green to host Monday Night Raw this week *outside link*

You may have asked yourself, "How the hell would I ever find Misha Collins if he were in a whole group of people dressed as Santa Claus? HOW?"

Look for the guy wearing a tree skirt, of course.

Ah, Misha. You are one of a kind, always.

Hi there. Just letting everyone know I'm still amongst the living. :)

Things I've done since my last post...

Went to see a Cirque du Soleil show, Varekai. Wonderful show, a real spectacle, though the thought that people were risking their lives to entertain me did give me pause.

Had vacations, or how you kids are calling it these days, staycations. :D Wasn't sure I was going to get the time, so I didn't really plan for anything.

Passed my driving code exam. Now all that's left is the practical driving exam.

Managed to get my weight down to 85 kilos. I've began fasting a couple of times per month, 24 or 32 hours periods, think that helped.

Bought a few games. Demigod, Sword of the Stars and Sins of a Solar Empire. Fun! :)

So that's pretty much it.