Some thoughts on words:

This was inspired by someone on my friendslist, who said that images have a greater effect on her than words.

I'm the other way around. Words are what touch me, more than anything else. I have a hard time listening to purely instrumental songs because I need words.

This is why I'm thinking that English/Writing is the way to go for me.

So. Books make me cry all the time. And when movies/tv shows make me cry, it's nearly always because of the words (there are exceptions). Some of Buffy's speeches have made me cry. "They said we're not supposed to move the body!" made me cry.

I love words.

Images are tricker for me. They're so subjective. A picture says a thousand words, but what it says to you, it may not say to me. Words are easier to sort and understand. Even when someone's lying or flirting with the truth, there's... a common ground. I understand words.

Sometimes... I feel like a moth beating against a light, only, I know that on the other side of glass, that's where the rest of humanity is. And they're there and I'm here and all that's in my way is some glass and fire. But that's enough.

I understand words.

Sometimes it feels like that's all I understand.

And I have no clue how a post on words got all maudlin.

Life and fandom:

Website Update:
Tuesday, July 1st, 2003: Added two more drabble sets - Blood Memory and Chaos Theory. Redid the drabble sets page - the first five are two drabbles; the second five are four drabbles; the soon-to-come next five will be double-drabbles. Added Fiction to the Harry Potter section.

Vid Rec:
Strange Disease (BtVS)
Vid by Prozzäk

This is a hilarious Angel(us)/Buffy vid. I have to say that my favorite parts are the three sets of fight/dance sequences. First we have two Buffy dances/Angel(us) fights, then we have Angel's dance from She mixed up with Buffy fighting. These, I think, illustrate the tone of the vid. An amusing and brilliantly done vid that is well worth seeing.

Interesting article:
Girls just wanna have guns - a look at the 'action girls' of now. Look out for the ending, which makes me grin.

Life things:
The lights in my room are non-functional. My computer works, the tv works. Everything but the lights work. And it's not the bulbs, so I'm so very lost. Luckily, mom's actually dating an electrician.

And my journal was in 'read-only' mode 'til just now. This was very frustrating. I couldn't post or answer comments.

Also, I've come up with a title for my post-Home drabble series. This may change by the end, but for now, this series is officially called After the Fall (or actually, it's 'After the Fall - a post-'Home' drabble-based series', but that's only 'cause I'm pretentious.).

Happy Canada Day!

Yay for Mounties and slash! Yay for pretty flags and curling! Yay for lots of way cool things that I don't have time to mention!

Yay Canada! Yay Canadians! Y'all rule!

*waves imaginary Canadian flag*

Right. Off to work now.

Things:

Ah, such a wonderfully specific subject line.

I'm resisting the urge to do a Spike icon set to Love Don't Love Me (Justin Timberlake). Still - "Green eyes that cut like a knife", yo. I could use chained-up!Buffy. Still, doing an icon set is another slip down the slippery slope of liking a character (I did one for Angel a few months ago and I've got a naked icon of the guy now). I've already written him, I don't need to be staring at pictures of him for hours. It's very much a 'Soulless and Pissed Off That He's In Love With Buffy' Spike song, though.

I've written the Connor part of the next section of After the Fall. Connor's the easiest. Angel's hard. Even with the massive liking I have now, he's still hard. I feel like I barely know him. This is what comes of pouting and refusing to watch a tv show because you have a miff with the plotline (Doyle's death - which gave us Wesley; Connor's birth - which gave us... well, Connor; and Angel doing the dream thing (Awakening, the spoilers sounded lame) which was full of meaning into Angel's mind). I really should learn to trust the Angel writers.

I have the day off from work tomorrow and will sew. Also write, but I need to sew. Unless I want to be buying all new clothes which I cannot afford just now. So, sew. Hee! I amuse me.