Buffy Obsession: A dedication to the Scoobies

A little late, sorry, but I thought I'd post this pic of me and my husband on Halloween.

Original Unaired Pilot - Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Enjoy this from YouTube.com

The Original Buffy Pilot!!!!

Buffy was named Theologian of the Year in 2005 by The Door Magazine. My friend Andy sent me this link, so I thought I'd post it so you could all check it out! Enjoy!

Hey...so It's been way too long since I've posted, but I found some more BtVS/Angel/Rest of TV connections:

Kal Penn -

On Tru Calling he played 'Steven' in Season 1 Episode 5, "Haunted"
On BtVS he played 'Hunt' in Season 4 Episode 5, "Beer Bad"
On Angel he played 'Fez Boy' in Season 3 Episode 2, "The Vision Thing"

Hopefully, more BtVS posts to come soon!!

I got this from Buffy's Grave website. I hope it shows to you all that I'm not the most obsessed person in the world...just close ;) I've double starred all of the statements that describe me...


BUFFY OBSESSED?

Think your obsessed? Read this list. If you have these symptoms, I can tell you this much, your TOTALLY BUFFY OBSESSED!

You kick open doors, when you enter rooms

When someone ask you ''What are we going do now?'', you just Smile

On Your 18th Birthday, you stay away from everyone who looks like a watcher!

** Nobody dares to call you during Buffy hour even during reruns

** You decide to be a character from Buffy for Halloween and your friends don't notice a change

** You tape every single episode, and if your tape runs out half way through a episode you freak and cry

You beg your parents for you to change your name to one of the BTVS character names

** If somebody calls during Buffy hour you won't speak to them for a week, even if it’s your best friend

You carry a stake with you, where ever you go

** You believe as soon as Buffy dies your school librarian will become your watcher and your best friend will become a witch

** You wallpaper your room with pictures or Buffy and the other BTVS characters

You spend all your spare time whittling stakes, you call one Mr.Pointy

** You cancel plans that interfere with Buffy hour

** Your friends know what the story line of Buffy is even though they don't watch the show

** You watch at least 10 episodes per day

** You know more about the show and the characters then you do about your very best friends

You take a plane to California and when you ask for directions to Sunnydale you say WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERES NO PLACE CALLED SUNNYDALE!?

You burn down your school gym insisting it was filled with vampires

** You stay up all night making a You Know Your Obsessed with BTVS

** You name your pets and stuffed animals after the BTVS characters

** You have dreams about the show

You unplug your phone line during Buffy hour

Before you let someone in the house at night you give them, "The Test", where you throw Holy Water on them and hold a cross to their head.

** If anyone says bad things about Buffy in front of you they become your No.1 enemy even if it's your Mum or best friend.

You buy two sets of the Buffy action figures, one to play with and one for locking up in a glass case and looking at.

You have read all of the Buffy novels and wrote down lists of the mistakes and character flaws in them and mail the lists to the author demanding that they leave writing Buffy up to the professionals.

** Have every single episode on tape and DVD and keep them in neatly labeled fire-proof, water-proof, lava-proof and dog-proof boxes.

** Spend your free time sharpening stakes, organizing your holy water collection and buying garlic from the supermarket or annoying others with Buffy

** You always find away to make every topic in to a Buffy one

** People say that you are starting to act like Buffy/Angel/Xander/Willow/Dawn

When your teacher asks why your homework isn't completed you reply, "How am I supposed to do homework when there's a world to save!".

** You own a Buffy web site and write "Obsessed with Buffy" lists like this one.

You go to a fast food restaurant (preferably a Doublemeat Palace type place), get a job there and then run around to all the tables knocking stuff off and yelling, "Don't eat it! It's people! It's people!!!”

Re-decorating your room to look exactly like someone’s room from the show.

** You cry when ever your favorite character cries.

You used to hate the original Buffy movie but after you got hooked on the show it has become your favorite movie of all time.

You don't like to be surprised

** You avoid frat parties

You never go out with your b/f or g/f on the nights of full moons

** When asked what your hobbies are you say "Slay... Slay… Slave to the Television."

** You can't remember what you did with your life before Buffy.

You run around Graveyards, yelling ''Vampires... here vampires''

You tell you mom your a vampire slayer

You re-enact Buffy fight scenes with others

** You memorize every word to every episode.

** You own as much Buffy merchandise as you can afford, you'd rather buy something of Buffy than eat or buy someone their birthday pressie

You touch people to see if they are Corporeal.

** You constantly quote Buffy

** You sing the Musical songs down the street, pretending your in a musical

** All you talk about is Buffy Buffy Buffy Buffy Buffy Buffy.

** Every time you see a soldier you have the tendency to hide in a corner.

You notice that the number of friends you have drastically decreases around your birthday.

You start thinking that you're dating an ex-wish demon who occasionally wants to eviscerate you.

** You discuss the events of the show with your friends as if they happened in real life.

** Whenever someone annoys you, you say, "What's your deal?!"

** After high school you are seriously thinking about living in your basement, with your neato disco ball.

You can't help but think that all the rodents your come in contact with are really Amy in disguise.

You plan a trip to London, to find out where the Watcher's Council is located.

After your junior year you leave for the summer, determined to live on the streets. After all, if Buffy did why can't you?

You name your group of friends the Scooby Gang and assign characters to them from Scooby Doo based on their personalities.

** On a quiz on European countries you ace all the questions pertaining toe England and Ireland.

** You declare your school motto is "something weird is going on"

** You firmly believe that one day you will meet all the cast.

** You think that Joss Whedon took more than the character Xander form his past, and he in fact, knows the real Slayer.

** You schedule your life around Buffy.

** You're scared of finding dead bodies in dumpsters.

You make scrapbooks devoted to the actors on Buffy.

** You think your life is too normal, wishing for the life of the Slayer.

On Valentine's Day you stay at home with your mother, pigging out and renting a bunch of chick flicks.

You have written to all the stars and are expecting a response any day now.

** You're afraid a guy with cheese will haunt you in your dreams.

You audition for the part of cowboy guy in Death of a Salesman.

** Whenever someone walks into the room you say, "Check out the lust bunny."

** You refuse to smoke in the school basement alone.

You go to the prom with a duffel of "just-in-case" supplies and your black leather jacket.

It's never a problem changing for patrolling - you've patrolled many a time in halters.

** You buy a yellow mug that says "Kiss the Librarian" and use it only for Cherry Kool-Aid.

** You fear dreams of small baseball players.

** You fear the lunch lady's food.

You position all the posters in your room so that the lovers are facing each other.

You start writing "Don't walk away from me bitch!" on the chalkboards at school.

** You go shopping for furniture and ask to see "the sofa from hell"

You stop believing in leprechauns and coincidences.

** Anyone that has the name Rupert or Giles is immediately assumed by you to be your Watcher.

** You have a soft spot for British people, though not if they've got platinum blond hair.

** You always come back from summer vacation with a new hairdo (a la Buffy).

You fall in love with a college guy and stick by them when you find out they have a secret life.

** You find out that BtVS: Season 1 will be released on DVD and rush out to buy a DVD player.

** You walk down the street at night and see a dark figure wearing a long black coat, you scream "Angel!"

** You set off for college/high school every day wishing you could have your librarian waiting for you with news on the Hellmouth.

** You wonder why guys you know don't look as good at 244 years old as Angel does.

** You collect the VHS box sets even though you already have the episode on tape.

You buy a black and white kitty and name her Ms. Kitty Fantastico and called her Ms. Kitty for short. (Faith)

** When you perform a part in your school play, you run off the stage, a la Willow.

You sing the song Cordelia sang for your talent show.

You buy two copies of every Buffy video released and keep one in mint condition.

You cut class, and leave through the window.

You are wary of anyone named Sunday.

You write Buffy Summers -- Class Protector on your umbrella.

** Whenever you see a rat, you immediately try to turn it back into Amy.

You keep your mom away from your graduation and start a petition to keep the mayor away as well.

** You carry a knife like Faith's.

You get your school band to perform the Buffy theme song.

You purposefully get Buffy's exact SAT score.

You think Sunnyvale, CA is really Sunnydale but they changed the name to keep obsessed fans out.

** Whenever someone leaves the house, you say to them, "Be back before dawn."

You ask your mum to name your sister or even brother Dawn

Okay, more interesting Buffy facts! I recently discovered what the writting on Tara's back was in the Episode "Restless" (Season 4, Episode 78, #22 of that season) in Willow's dream. It is a poem written by Sappho (c. 630 BCE) entitled "On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite." This was awesome to me, because since I first saw the episode, I wanted to know what it was! I know Greek just a bit, but enough to read and understand a bit, so I wanted to find out what it was. I found the information at a site called Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Greek Hero Revisited (see this site also for a picture of the Greek text on Tara's back) and from there, I Googled the name Sappho, which I found out was the name of the women who wrote the poem, and found this site to find the translation. Sappho was a poetess who lived on the Isle of Lesbos, a place where people would go to study the arts. Sappho wrote many love poems to the women who came to work with her. Read the info at the above link for more! The following is what I found on the above site, and it is translated by Diane Rayor

On the throne of many hues, Immortal Aphrodite,
child of Zeus, weaving wiles--I beg you
not to subdue my spirit, Queen,
with pain or sorrow

but come--if ever before
having heard my voice from far away
you listened, and leaving your father's
golden home you came

in your chariot yoked with swift, lovely
sparrows bringing you over the dark earth
thick-feathered wings swirling down
from the sky through mid-air

arriving quickly--you, Blessed One,
with a smile on your unaging face
asking again what have I suffered
and why am I calling again

and in my wild heart what did I most wish
to happen to me: "Again whom must I persuade
back into the harness of your love?
Sappho, who wrongs you?

For if she flees, soon she'll pursue,
she doesn't accept gifts, but she'll give,
if not now loving, soon she'll love
even against her will."

Come to me now again, release me from
this pain, everything my spirit longs
to have fulfilled, fulfill, and you
be my ally

--Translated by Diane Rayor

MY DEDICATION TO ANDREW: THE COOLEST NERD OF THEM ALL!!



Image comes from BBC Buffy Cult

I LOVE ANDREW! HE'S HILARIOUS!!