I�m so depressed. I don�t think it�s quite hit me yet that Buffy is actually over, but I�m still totally bummed. For those of you that haven�t yet seen it, skip these next two paragraphs.
Okay. So there were only three people I wanted to live through this thing. Three! I wasn�t asking for a lot, you know? Three measly people, and the rest of �em could go sit on it for all I care. Well, I got two out of three, so I suppose I should be happy. 66% of the people I wanted to survive actually did. Except, dude! They killed almost nobody! I heard all this shit about �surprise deaths� and �lots of people get cacked� and in the end, it was a couple faceless Potentials (like, who cares?) and Anya. Anya! What�d she ever do to you guys??? Dammit, I loved Anya! I take little comfort in the knowledge that she died fighting, and that my other faves (Faith and Andrew, both of whom I was sure were marked for death) survived the ordeal. But seriously, couldn�t they have chopped up Kennedy instead? Nobody likes Kennedy. And Kennedy? Get your lips off Tara�s girlfriend!
So I�m fairly certain that they�ll at least seriously consider a spin-off. Buffy was wildly popular amongst critics and TV cultists alike, and if Joss Whedon has a head on his shoulders, he�ll give up on far-fetched concept series and stick with the tried-and-true. Can we look forward to Willow: the Good Witch in two years? Or maybe Giles! or Xander the One-Eyed Handyman, or maybe Faith the Vampire Slayer after my girlfriend Eliza Dushku�s series on FOX gets axed (evidently, it�s not so good) in the Fall. Personally, I�d have paid good money to see The Anya-Andrew Comedy Hour, but as we all know, that won�t happen (*sniffle*). Well, whatever it is, I�ll tune in for sure. I just hope they find a home for Andrew.
And on to other matters. There were a shitload of finales last night, and most of them were disappointing. I actually rather liked the finale for 24, although, representatively of the season as a whole, it just wasn�t as thrilling or suspenseful as last year. It was too much about Action! and Surprise! and not enough about, you know, Plot! or Suspense! But it was still good.
Oh! And I finished that shitty book! Yay! Go me! It was some 315 pages long, and for a book that likes to claim it's of the Romance genre, there were truly negligible amounts of actual romance in it. And Romance isn�t exactly my genre, because I get a little embarrassed by the florid prose and lack of any realism, but I thought I�d give it a try. And, dude, it was called Dr. Yes, so how could I not? Anyway, 315 pages and only two sex scenes. That�s unacceptable. Plus, they were pretty lame, and it was just lots of �he touched her sex� and �she felt his thickness� and stupid crap like that. Seriously, if you�re going to write about sex, you can�t be afraid to use dirty words. Like �hoo-hoo� and �ding-a-ling�. The book sucked, but all�s well that ends in prison rape, I guess.
Anyway, that�s all over now, and I�ve got another book to read; one by a tested author I know I like. Hooray! And I may have something really cool to do this afternoon, too. That is, if I don�t stab somebody in the face and get arrested. Which could also be fun, I suppose. I mean, all�s well that ends in prison rape, right?
