Love - Art - Disease - Pain - Life-Humanness - "Otherness"
In our desensitised society,
the artists,
the bohemians, poor, discarded,
"others", recovering addicts -
all are more in touch
with their human-ness
than the so called
mainstream.
Despite everything -
HUMANNESS, LOVE, LIFE, ART survives.
-Jonathan Larson
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Hey! Where did Sunnydale go?
It's over. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, after seven years in existence, ended last night. The last episode made me a bit misty eyed, but it ended just how it was supposed to happen. For those that missed it...it was pretty intense. It was all about sacrifice and love and knowing. As strange as it was to watch "the end", it tied everything together in a huge circle. Where is Buffy going now? I suppose it's not all that important now that there is a world full of slayer's. If there really is going to be a spin-off about a Hellmouth in Ohio...I'm turnin' the boob tube off.
"...Buffy stays with Spike until the last second, holding his hand as it catches fire. He has to do this; he can feel it in his soul. "I love you," she tells him, and he replies, "No you don't, but thanks for saying it." He sends her away, and as he disintegrates into the light, the school crumbles into the Hellmouth and starts to take the rest of the town with it.
Buffy races the ground as it falls in, chasing the school bus hauling everyone away. She leaps from a building to land on the bus roof, hanging on tightly as the bus streaks for the highway. Finally, they make it far enough away to stop and look back at the giant canyon that used to be their town. When Giles wonders what destroyed the Hellmouth, Buffy answers that Spike's the one. Andrew explains to Xander how Anya died saving his life, and that doesn't surprise Xander. Wood's badly injured, but he'll be okay.
Giles, Dawn, Willow, Faith, Xander and Buffy look out on what was once Sunnydale. They saved the world and changed it, and they'll need to find the new Slayers. Buffy is no longer the only Chosen, no longer alone. Dawn asks, "What are we gonna do now?" With the sun glinting in her eyes, Buffy smiles."
-UPN.com
3:25 PM
Monday, May 19, 2003
I know that I'm just about as excited as any other Harry Potter fan expecting the next book's release on June 21st. You probably won't see me for that entire weekend...along with my other friends! I find this article interesting, and thought I would share:
BBC NEWS UK EDITION
Man admits stealing Potter book
Wednesday, 14 May, 2003
A forklift truck driver at a printing works has admitted stealing pages from the latest Harry Potter novel.
Donald Parfitt, 44, of Worlingham, Suffolk, admitted theft when he appeared before magistrates in Lowestoft on Wednesday.
Magistrates adjourned sentencing until 4 June and told him: "We are considering all options."
James Terry, prosecuting, told the court Parfitt was arrested after attempts were made to sell the stolen pages to The Sun newspaper.
He said Parfitt worked at Clays Printers in Bungay, Suffolk, where the latest in the series of the popular books, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is being printed.
Newspaper contacted police
He said Parfitt told police he found pages from the new book in a car park at the print works.
Other people then became involved and attempts were made to sell the stolen property to the newspaper, which in turn contacted police.
Richard Mann, defending Parfitt, said the driver had simply come across the pages after finishing work, and he said his client had nothing to do with other pages from the book found in a field in Suffolk.
The Harry Potter books are being made into popular films
He said Parfitt was sorry and "wished the whole episode hadn't occurred at all".
Mr Mann said: "The whole world knows he has been charged with this high profile offence - his name is now associated with dishonesty."
"He thinks he's going to lose a lot of friends. He is certainly someone who will lose his job."
Mr Terry told the court that Clays operated a high level security system to protect the confidentiality of the new book, which is due to go on sale on 21 June.
He said the pages stolen by Parfitt had been verified as being from the new book.
Alleged £25,000 offer
Mr Terry told the court the matter first came to light when a journalist for The Sun received a call from a man who gave his name as James at around 1500 BST on 5 May.
He said the caller claimed he had the first three chapters of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and was offering to sell them for £25,000. (about $41,000.00 - JH)
Mr Terry said further calls were then received by newspaper staff, who arranged a meeting at a supermarket car park in Bungay, and alerted police who were waiting when the meeting took place.
Two 16-year-old boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, but who live near Beccles, Suffolk, admitted receiving stolen property.
Their case was remanded to a later date, as was that of Garry Cox, 18, a carpenter from Harleston, Norfolk, who denies receiving stolen property.
12:46 PM
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