...and really bad eggs.

…and there have been three great cases of jealousy since David of Galilee was first afflicted with the emotion when he could no longer stand the fact that his neighbor Saul's cactus outshone his own. (Originally, jealousy pertained solely to plants, other people's cactus or gingkoes, or, later, when there was grass, grass, which is why, even to this day, we say that someone is green with jealousy.) Buttercup's case rated a close fourth on the all-time list.

   It was a very long and very green night.

-- The Princess Bride, William Goldman

When at a loss for words - always check the Princess Bride. Sums it up quite nicely, I think - I just had to go away for a bit, because I was losing sight of what is important - fun, laughter, real friendship over something so...not important. It was a very unpleasant situation that I just had to evade so I wouldn't say anything I didn't mean, later. I've also decided that fandom is like a strange exotic beast you see in a zoo - you're vaguely interested in it, and some times it'll allow you to pet it once or twice - but sooner or later, it will either eat you alive or crap all over your shoes.

So, yeah - I'm back. Fully rested, complete sense of humor intact - in love with a small portion of the world, etc, etc.

Even though I didn't post to LJ, I did keep writing in my paper journal -- a little outline of my week in Real Life Land:

( day one )

( day two )

( day three )

( day four )

( day five )

( day six )

( day seven )

Laalalalalalaalaaa, then.


....I've got a lot of LJs to catch up on, don't I?

Damn.

grrr. arrgh!!!

It is unacceptable to have a tearless enthusiastic reunion with LJ when the GODDAMN THING DOESN'T WORK.

Alright, fess up. Who broke LJ?

*ends peeved rant*

Jo, I've been trying to reply to a post of yours for half an hour, but LJ keeps on spazzing out and saying "no such entry" and well, clearly they are ON CRACK, but 1. You and J are beautiful, and I wish you both many happy anniversaries to come. 2. September, eh? I wouldn't mind going over To That Other Themepark to check out DA & Co. agentotter, have you heard about the ABC preview thing at California Adventure?

The next time I spend more than a week away from LJ, I am probably dead. Really - backflipping through all my friends' posts - is murder. Stop being interesting!

1. 2. 3.

The quote off of #2 is attributed to one Mr. Eddie Izzard. Who is the Fabulous diva in icon #1 (also a quote from him). See, I'm going for a theme.

( a BtVS icon w/Death quote )