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Last night I went over to my friend M's house for St Patrick's Day shenanigans. There was a group of about six of us. We basically hung around, drinking and chatting, and, as is our wont, listening to increasingly cheesy music. This playlist got quite an airing.

At some point, M, C and I separated off into a little Whedonite group and started discussing which Buffyverse character we identified with. C was convinced he was Giles ('Don't talk Latin in front of the books!'). M said that she was Buffy. I was more confused. I said I thought I might be a strange mixture of Willow, Xander and Dawn. C shook his head emphatically.

'You're Tara,' he said.

I'd never thought about that before, but as soon as he said it, I knew he was right. I'm both amused and confused about what this says about me.

In terms of Firefly/Serenity characters, it's obvious. I'm Simon. No question about it.

I've got some links for you tonight. This two-part interview with Jake Adelstein, an American reporter for Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun who spent 12 years writing about the Yakuza. The interview is absolutely fascinating.

I've been following the whole Avatar: The Last Airbender racebending debacle in a rather scatterbrained manner, but Hal Duncan has some rather important things to say about the matter. Check it out.

Sady Doyle's got some good points to make about the 'Telephone' video clip. Also, I've been saying for years that each era gets the vampires it deserves, but I never really thought much about zombies. But Mark Dery's done it for me.

Now, sleeeeeeeeeep.

ETA: I, um, have 'Mr Vain' by Culture Beat on repeat.

Stutter, stutter

Last night I went over to my friend M's house for St Patrick's Day shenanigans. There was a group of about six of us. We basically hung around, drinking and chatting, and, as is our wont, listening to increasingly cheesy music. This playlist got quite an airing.

At some point, M, C and I separated off into a little Whedonite group and started discussing which Buffyverse character we identified with. C was convinced he was Giles ('Don't talk Latin in front of the books!'). M said that she was Buffy. I was more confused. I said I thought I might be a strange mixture of Willow, Xander and Dawn. C shook his head emphatically.

'You're Tara,' he said.

I'd never thought about that before, but as soon as he said it, I knew he was right. I'm both amused and confused about what this says about me.

In terms of Firefly/Serenity characters, it's obvious. I'm Simon. No question about it.

I've got some links for you tonight. This two-part interview with Jake Adelstein, an American reporter for Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun who spent 12 years writing about the Yakuza. The interview is absolutely fascinating.

I've been following the whole Avatar: The Last Airbender racebending debacle in a rather scatterbrained manner, but Hal Duncan has some rather important things to say about the matter. Check it out.

Sady Doyle's got some good points to make about the 'Telephone' video clip. Also, I've been saying for years that each era gets the vampires it deserves, but I never really thought much about zombies. But Mark Dery's done it for me.

Now, sleeeeeeeeeep.

ETA: I, um, have 'Mr Vain' by Culture Beat on repeat.