You do know erika's been doing wonderful Buffy/H:LotS, right?

Oh, nothing against erikaj, far from it (and you really, really shouldn't tell a grad student in midterm season how easily I can find that fic...really really...). I was referring to my lack of talent with crossover fic--but seriously, how much worse could I do with Munch than the L&O:SUV writers?

Off to read. I am a weak, weak (wo)man...

First, you made my day. Which today I thought would take expensive chocolate and nudity cause today sucks and it's not 11am yet. And second, that is truly a travesty, although there is on occasion a moment or two with him that is good enough that I watch, against my will, which is sort of ironic for a sex-crime show, don't you think. And Munch in Sex Crimes is like me collecting for the swear jar, sort of. And it has made my tendency to rant much more severe and potent.

Did anyone else catch Charlie Weber on Everwood as a petulant guitarist?

No, but I can't wait to bust out my tape now....now do we suspect that Ben and Glory are connected somehow?

I saw a magazine called New Witch and Barnes & Noble last night.

It had an article about invokng Buffy as a kind of goddess. The writer started by building an alter covered with pictures of Buffy. I didn't read the whole thing, but I was most entertained by the idea.

ETA: And here is the article. Google is a magical thing.

This is a little weird:

Remember: you aren't dealing with a real person, you're working with the perception of that person. It's vital to keep positive: if you allow any negatives into your perception you weaken the potency of your magick.

Understanding that we are talking characters, I can't think of a single interesting character without a downside. Except Zoe, so far, I guess, if I overlook that I don't think Wash is attractive.

Oh yes, that article. Completely took over my pagan mailing list a few months ago. The main problem with it is that New Witch is a cheap rag written at a second grade level.

Well, I've joked that Buffy has taken the place of religion in my life, but isn't it kind of disrespectful to recommend that sincere practitioners of a legitimate religion make altars and say prayers to a fictional cheerleader?

Sorry to bring back painful memories if I did, Jess. I hadn't seen it before.

I admit I read it thinking it was goofy, but on a reread it seems like the writer is basically talking about the same thing as those "What Would Jesus Do?" bracelets -- going to your understanding of a higher being for help through your day. It's like Lennon said -- whatever gets you through the night, whether that's saying the rosary or sacrificing pictures of a TV show heroine.

(And FTR, my own spirtual beliefs are of the wishwashy, new-agey, "god is in everything and everything is in god" sort. Sadly, they don't make t-shirts for us.)

Dude, when I called Munch my spiritual mentor, I was *kidding*. But I would die before writing an article about it...unless...what do they pay?