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elionwyrI can't seem to get my friends page to come up.
I can't seem to respond to anything.
I am far from a happy bunny hugger.
Asked my headkeeper's boss about the care our crow is getting at the Academy. I really think she could be getting more attention; I do NOT believe she's faking being in pain to get attention, as said headkeeper told me yesterday.
Pah.
Spent the day doing catch-up work (again). Not so bad, if you don't have a sinus headache. Unfortunately, I *did*, and I swear the only thing making it not a migraine is the lack of nausea.
Watched Buffy tonight - yes, gentle readers, I have to confess to this corner of fandom. The last scene had me in tears. Basic premise: Buffy was brought back from the dead at the beginning of this season - she'd been dead 3 months or so - and she think something's wrong with her. She feels dead most of the time, emotionally; she only feels alive when she's in bed with a vampire named Spike - someone she's been claiming to hate a lot, but very clearly doesn't, and hasn't. The sex has quite a bit of BDSM in it at this point, and this is what's freaking her out...it's a big part of why she thinks she came back wrong.
So the last scene was her finally confessing all this to a friend. As the friend looks on sympathetically and tries to tell her it's ok, Buffy starts to cry, begs her not to forgive her (basically, not to make this darkness normal or right) and ends up kneeling with her head in her friend's lap, sobbing and still pleading.
It was a very well-done scene. And yes, I cried; as Jason and Snoogans sorta looked at me perplexed. *sigh*
It's in my head pretty strongly still.
There's a lot going on there (obviously). For the Slayer characters, sex and killing/violence are pretty closely intertwined. This particular Slayer hasn't wanted to look at that...or that perhaps she has a lot of crap to work through and the sex she's having trouble accepting is one way of working it out, in a safe environment.
Pretty far cry from a teenybopper show tonight.
More later..I want to write more about yesterday, but I need to sleep.
May tomorrow be much less frustrating.
PS - Reive - congrats on all the good stuff coming up for you! Count my cheers in with the chorus. :)
I can't seem to respond to anything.
I am far from a happy bunny hugger.
Asked my headkeeper's boss about the care our crow is getting at the Academy. I really think she could be getting more attention; I do NOT believe she's faking being in pain to get attention, as said headkeeper told me yesterday.
Pah.
Spent the day doing catch-up work (again). Not so bad, if you don't have a sinus headache. Unfortunately, I *did*, and I swear the only thing making it not a migraine is the lack of nausea.
Watched Buffy tonight - yes, gentle readers, I have to confess to this corner of fandom. The last scene had me in tears. Basic premise: Buffy was brought back from the dead at the beginning of this season - she'd been dead 3 months or so - and she think something's wrong with her. She feels dead most of the time, emotionally; she only feels alive when she's in bed with a vampire named Spike - someone she's been claiming to hate a lot, but very clearly doesn't, and hasn't. The sex has quite a bit of BDSM in it at this point, and this is what's freaking her out...it's a big part of why she thinks she came back wrong.
So the last scene was her finally confessing all this to a friend. As the friend looks on sympathetically and tries to tell her it's ok, Buffy starts to cry, begs her not to forgive her (basically, not to make this darkness normal or right) and ends up kneeling with her head in her friend's lap, sobbing and still pleading.
It was a very well-done scene. And yes, I cried; as Jason and Snoogans sorta looked at me perplexed. *sigh*
It's in my head pretty strongly still.
There's a lot going on there (obviously). For the Slayer characters, sex and killing/violence are pretty closely intertwined. This particular Slayer hasn't wanted to look at that...or that perhaps she has a lot of crap to work through and the sex she's having trouble accepting is one way of working it out, in a safe environment.
Pretty far cry from a teenybopper show tonight.
More later..I want to write more about yesterday, but I need to sleep.
May tomorrow be much less frustrating.
PS - Reive - congrats on all the good stuff coming up for you! Count my cheers in with the chorus. :)
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Date: 2002-02-06 05:29 am (UTC)I didn't know animals faked pain to get attn, if they do shouldn't that SAY SOMETHING???????
Hope that migrane type headache has since gone away (god those things suck so bad, and only seem to come when you really can't afford to have one!)
I don't watch buffy, but that souds like quite the episode... not a teeny bopper one by any means. I wonder what the teeny boppers who watch it though of that one??
Buffy and crows
Date: 2002-02-06 07:25 am (UTC)~~~
About Baby I know we have steriods for her when she gets really bad. The problem is that any long term use can damage her liver and kidneys. So you have to weigh how bad she is with the side effects. It's better if she is only limping for 3-4 days to let her go (with just asperin). If she starts to go for a week or longer with no improvement than the stronger meds may be necessary. We don't want to use them unless we really need to. I will keep an eye on her and let you know how she is doing. And remember it is always appropriate to question keepers when it is in the best interest of the animal. Laura and I always question each other and we do not always agree on the best treatment for an animal. Thanks for caring.
Jac
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So..at least she's watching, too, which is a good thing. I trust Jac implicitly.
Re: Buffy
Heh. The teenyboppers are probably thinking, "Why do they keep showing handcuffs?"
Eh. Scratch that. Considering kids today are so much more advanced in their sexual knowledge than I was.. they're probably more stuck on, "Why is Buffy having such a hard time accepting that she really likes Spike? He's HOT!"
*snicker and gag*
I'd guarantee that the last scene confused a lot of viewers. But then, my beloved wasn't impressed at *all*, so...it could just be me, Doc. :/ :)
Re: Buffy and crows
Date: 2002-02-06 09:10 am (UTC)LOL maybe that's what the teenty boppers are thinking
and yea my gen (and the one below me is worse) know way too much about that topic quite early in life....
but at least in my gen oral wasn't considered "making out"
I think that's messed up, becaus eit's something a bit more then just making out don't ya think?
Umm...yeah.
Date: 2002-02-06 09:12 am (UTC)Boy...the older I get, the more naive I realize I was.