Buffy: Season Noir

Thanks to alg for linking to Buffy: Season Noir, a better Season 7 than the one we actually got. Or so it seems from the zeroth episode; that’s as far as I’ve gotten. (And the author says the actual divergence point is in the middle of Season Six, “Gone”.)

An edict

Reading camwyn’s response to a writing exercise got my juices flowing a bit. I think this took more than fifteen minutes, but hey, I’m not a formal participant:

( It has come to Our attention... )

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The screen antics of Richard Gere, Winona Ryder, and my LiveJournal. (Via Unqualified Offerings)

Regionalisms meme

1. A body of water, smaller than a river, contained within relatively narrow banks?
Number one.

2. What the thing you push around the grocery store?
That’s Morrie; I’d leave him at home, but he’s got the money.

3. A metal container to carry a meal in?
Shopping cart.

4. The thing that you cook bacon and eggs in?
A microwave.

5. The piece of furniture that seats three people?
A car.

6. The device on the outside of the house that carries rain off the roof?
A pigeon.

7. The covered area outside a house where people sit in the evening?
Bus stop.

8. Carbonated, sweetened, non-alcoholic beverages?
Breakfast.

9. A flat, round breakfast food served with syrup?
Eggs. Also, muffins. And sometimes hamburgers.

10. A long sandwich designed to be a whole meal in itself?
An hors ’dourve.

11. The piece of clothing worn by men at the beach?
A trenchcoat.

12. Shoes worn for sports?
What, I’ve gotta wear shoes just ’cause the game’s on?

13. Putting a room in order?
What? Huh?

14. A flying insect that glows in the dark?
You see those too?! The doctors told me I was imagining them!

15. The little insect that curls up into a ball?
That’s Morrie again.

16. The children's playground equipment where one kid sits on one side and goes up while the other sits on the other side and goes down?
Target practice.

17. How do you eat your pizza?
I grind it into a paste, smear it on someone else’s body, and lick it off.

18. What's it called when private citizens put up signs and sell their used stuff?
New clothes shopping.

19. What's the evening meal?
Early evening or late evening?

20. The thing under a house where the furnace and perhaps a rec room are?
Why do you keep asking questions about Morrie?