Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'


Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


meara - Mar 11, 2017 5:38:30 am PST #8371 of 30002

I knew vortex IRL, who told me about tabletalk. That was a couple years after getting into Buffy through one of my college roommates (who had some internet group of her own because she got us the first season sent to her on VHS, after we got hooked early second season)


Steph L. - Mar 11, 2017 5:53:19 am PST #8372 of 30002
It's actually been a really hard year, when you stop and do the math. Eliot would cry, too, if it didn't take him seventy minutes of therapy, two cocktails, and a Sondheim medley before he can experience a human emotion through the haze of his PTSD.

When I discovered Buffy, I was also a Salon reader, so I think I remembered there was a Table Talk Buffy thread, and I checked it out.


Laura - Mar 11, 2017 6:47:44 am PST #8373 of 30002
This too shall pass.

I started watching Buffy late, maybe Season 4, then sought out the previous seasons. I found Buffistas on World Crossing. It was shortly after 9/11 and I was desperately seeking distraction from watching news. Y'all were such a delightful distraction. Back then Bitches was porn! Not as talky as it was 16 years ago, but still my favorite internet destination. You are my home.


Jessica - Mar 11, 2017 7:26:08 am PST #8374 of 30002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I just realized I turned two into Buffistas.

And the rest were food?


Nora Deirdre - Mar 11, 2017 7:32:50 am PST #8375 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I found Buffistas on Table Talk when I was searching for a pirated copy of Graduation Day Part 2. And sort of followed y'all ever since. It worked out pretty good for me. I would certainly not be with Tom or in New Orleans if not for Buffy and the board.


Dana - Mar 11, 2017 8:41:10 am PST #8376 of 30002
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

I brought shrift!


askye - Mar 11, 2017 8:45:06 am PST #8377 of 30002
Thrive to spite them

And the rest were food?

They will be.


msbelle - Mar 11, 2017 8:50:47 am PST #8378 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I leave for the airport in less than 5 hours. Checklist:

GPS (updated)
clothes for 6 days
med
snacks
books
phones/computer/kindle
power cords
toothbrush/toilitries
pjs
passports

Had talk with mac about staying with me, keeping his passport on him, saying yes ma'am/sir to people if he is stopped for any reason, and making sure he knows to always tell people he is a minor and ask to get his parent.

I've gymed, mailed ebay things at PO, and am about to take the dog to sitters.

What am I forgetting?


Jesse - Mar 11, 2017 9:01:00 am PST #8379 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Underwear? Take out the trash?


Burrell - Mar 11, 2017 9:36:23 am PST #8380 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

You got this, msbelle. Also WOOT! because I am excite