I sincerely hope everyone's ball-hand-foot-kicky-thing competitions ended in results they found satisfactory! Or, if not, that pleasing alcohols and other creature comforts are available to ease the pain.
I just IM'd a non-Buffista friend on FB, which I almost never do, except that I couldn't find the right words to comment on his page without starting a fight. He'd just posted about Day of the Dead, Halloween costumes, and who is entitled to say that certain things make them uncomfortable (he was born here, but his parents immigrated from Guatemala as newlyweds 50 years ago), and someone just said, "Well, it doesn't matter to me what you are. Whether you are green, purple, or whatever, you are a great person! And maybe your family has had to deal with more than mine, but as an unattractive redhead I have also felt my share of pain and unacceptance." FB tells me that her most recent job was as Ariel at Disneyland.
I couldn't, really couldn't, say anything in-thread, but I wanted to let him know that the lurkers support him in email and also Former Ariel TOTALLY feels his pain.
Just, OMG, white people. Why do we even open our gobs, ever?