Tis The Season

The world is slowly getting into Christmas mode...

The Salvos have mini brass bands at every train station.

My decorations are up: big Christmas tree, and bits of tinsel that I keep accidentally pulling down from the ceiling.

There are mince pies being sold in every supermarket, and "Carols by Candlelight" posters on every street corner. (Do people overseas have Carols by Candlelight? Or is it just us?)

Work is getting more silly and excitable by the day.

Every dvd in JB HiFi has just dropped in price by $30. So tempting...

My church had a kids carols service on Saturday (with silly songs and mini dramas, but no puppets, weirdly).

And it's getting hotter. On Friday, I left for work at 6:45am, wearing jeans and a tshirt. First time I've been completely coatless in months.


I love December.

The Spike Thing

So, my sister and I were discussing what happens when tv shows start going in a completely different direction to what the writers were expecting. She was mainly talking about House/Cuddy, but I brought up Spike (and especially the Spike/Buffy relationship), and she asked for more detail.

I tried to explain to my sister (a non-Buffy watcher, with very little idea of the overall plot) exactly what I meant when I said that Spike took all the writers completely by surprise.
Which worked, but wasn’t very detailed.
And I said, that if I got bored enough, I might write out the whole thing in a bit more detail for her.

Thought I’d post it here too (f’locked to prevent general insanity), in case anyone is interested.
Here’s what I came up with…

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(okay, so I really did get bored)

Here’s a timeline of events for interested parties:

( The Evolution of Spike, and the Wonder that is Spuffy )