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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:44:14 GMT -5
//My husband's undergraduate alma mater, Wabash College, has only one rule of conduct: Behave as a gentleman at all times. Pretty cool, huh. // So your husband's college encourage their students to never speak, and to float around all night while accompanied by minions in straightjackets, and most of all, to carve out seven human hearts a semester, to do with only God knows what. I knew I went to the wrong school. Do they have a grad program?
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:44:37 GMT -5
No grad program but they do send quite a number of guys on to med school. Lots of cardiologists among the alumni, too.
Becky Henderson
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:45:12 GMT -5
WHOA!!! That's downright SCARY!! I see those lyrics not only as a POSSIBLE (just speculating) foreshadowing of what may happen tonight, but as a DEFINITE foreshadowing of post "The Gift" from Spike's POV! Don't those words fit so well with how he was feeling after she died - and what he told her later about "Every night I save you" but how he felt he failed her when it counted! While I respect Joss Whedon as a genius, I don't believe he's God or A god - surely even HE wouldn't have specifically called for that song as foreshadowing that EARLY in the series??? ...or would he? Oooooo... scary!!!
Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:45:33 GMT -5
In the context of this being discussions around the JossVerse, I almost can't help but wonder if anyone referring to any of the males who frequent these S3 boards as "gentlemen" mean they float around in black suits, are pasty white with bald heads and awful teeth, and cut people's hearts out. ...okay, I'll HUSH now.
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:46:05 GMT -5
I was posting it mostly because the lyrics sort of struck me as to what I'm feeling right now, regarding the demise of the show. Especially the repeating "I won't forget you" near the end. But I know that song has always been haunting for me. One of my favorite shots early on in the series is of Darla and the other vampires approaching the Bronze ready to start the Harvest, and the first chords of that song are playing. As the vampires come out of the shadows, Darla is in her school-girl uniform, twirling like she's just giddy about what's about to happen. You can tell in that shot that she just LOVES being a vampire. It's a powerful scene, and the lyrics by Dashboard Prophets just enhance it so well. Oh, and Cordelia announced it's one of her favorite songs, is there any irony there? Now as it the series ends, is it prophetic (get it, Dashboard Prophets?) that a song like this from the beginning of the series could have so much meaning here seven years later? Star Trek never accomplished such a feat.
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:46:28 GMT -5
Nan Dibble has finished her story Old Blood. In what is becoming S'cubie tradition, she has been awarded her very own section and logo in recognition of her hard work and the enjoyment she has provided us all. I hope you like it, Nan. There are links to the Old Blood tale spread all over the S'cubie Website, so you shouldn't have too much trouble finding it. Go read her conclusion, before the Buffy finale or after...but read it you must. Thank you Nan! Vlad, TA, tp
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:47:09 GMT -5
David: "I was posting it mostly because the lyrics sort of struck me as to what I'm feeling right now, regarding the demise of the show. Especially the repeating "I won't forget you" near the end." Well, that too - I agree. Seems here it's quite fitting in many ways. And you're right about Star Trek. Oooo, but it still is so EERIE, I've actually got chills up my spine! And now I'm gonna have to re-watch that episode just remember how the song sounds!
Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:48:08 GMT -5
//Lots of cardiologists among the alumni, too. //
Becky made me laugh...... You know the song. You really don't want me to sing it, do you? I'm going to go sit quietly in the corner with Alyson Hannigan, amongst the non-singers ..... From Alyson's FHM article --
David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:48:41 GMT -5
If you are willing to share your e-mail address, I have the song as an MP3 file. If you don't want to post it here for God and everyone to see, you can e-mail me at nolefan32@yahoo.com and I'll respond post-haste. Anyone else wanting the file is welcome to do the same. David Crenshaw
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:48:59 GMT -5
I made David sing (sort of) Lee's laughing song! And tonight of all nights. I feel honored. But now I am off to mentally prepare myself for the finale. And I doubt I'll feel like laughing (or possibly posting) for awhile afterward.
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:49:38 GMT -5
...might need some in-person comisuratin'. At least I HAVE convinced my husband to put up with my loud wailing & crying if something bad happens to my poor Spike. I HOPE I have, anyway. I mean, what is it with some guys? I don't know if it's a "guy thing", but why is it okay for so many guys to get upset over something on tv (usually some college or pro sporting event) - yell, cuss, throw things, kick the dog, etc. - but when us gals get upset, we're severely reprimanded with, "It's JUST A TV SHOW!!" Obviously this is just a broad generalization (and don't call me a "broad") - I know all men aren't like that and I'm far from a man-basher. Some women are like this, too. But I'm sure some of you know the type I'm talking about.
Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:50:09 GMT -5
Oh, my e-mail addy is public (in my scoopme profile), but I'll put it here as well: pincurl@insightbb.com. Thanks! Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:50:30 GMT -5
I knew once I got 'em away from the house I was on the right/better track. I've learned something from doing this--what to do when it's *off*: get people in motion. Then it all sorts itself out. Thanks, minion. Yours is the first word to come back to me and is all the sweeter for it. Nan
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:51:11 GMT -5
...just in case we might want to - oh, sit around the fire and toast marshmallows for our hot chocolate or something. Miss Pamela
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Post by Dalton on Mar 19, 2004 18:51:34 GMT -5
I was doing pretty good there for a while. Been singing along with all my Buffy CDs, and enjoying the posting here. But then it was enevitable -- the CD player just clicked on "Sacrifice", the music that played as Buffy took her swan dive at the end of "The Gift" (it's a bonus track on the OMWF soundtrack, if you didn't know). All it takes is just the first couple of piano chords, and it's all I can do to hold back the tears. I made it through Titanic, Steel Magnolias and Beaches, along with a hundred other sappy movies, with everyone around me crying like babies and they didn't affect me one bit. Buffy's swan dive, even just the music from it, or reading the words from her speech to Dawn, get me every single time. The only other thing that does it so effectively is "Butterfly Kisses" by Bob Carlisle, because being a father, I completely understand what Bob's singing about. But this is just a TV show; the characters aren't real, and for that matter, I saw Buffy's resurrection long before I ever saw her death, so I already knew with confidence that she comes back. Still, it never fails to turn me into Niagra Falls. Just a TV show. Yeah, right.
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