And so it continues...

[darcydodo]

Four hours a day of French is stressful. I also had a nasty headache yesterday and took my medicine for it, which of course resulted in me being sleepy. During class. I sort of periodically dozed for the last half hour or so (which seemed to stretch on interminably). I had warned the teacher that this could happen, though, so hopefully she wasn't too offended.

I saw "The Secretary" the other night; it's a very good film, and people should watch it if they don't mind having to see a bit of S&M in exchange for excellent acting and cinematography. I had wanted to see it in the States, but it left the theaters before I got a chance. So I was very happy to see that it was going to show up here. "The Matrix Reloaded" is also arriving soon, on the 16th, and since I didn't get a chance to see it at home, either, I plan to see it here. There's at least one theater near me that has it in the original version (i.e., not dubbed into French). Despite its mixed reviews, there's no way I'm not going to see it, given that I had to miss out on a number of interesting conversations because of this omission.

The annoyance of the strike is getting worse, because the RER B line (which I take for the first leg of my journey) is now running at about 44%, rather than the 80-odd% of the first day. However, I can walk about 10 minutes and get to Porte d'Orleans, which is the southernmost stop of the line that I would then switch to. So there's that gamble... might an RER train come in those ten minutes that I'm walking? And how long would I then have to wait for a train at Porte d'Orleans, anyway?

ETA: I had a strange dream last night that was about roleplaying with leech and grimhild but also somehow included Spike and Dru. Or possibly James Marsters and Juliet Landau playing Spike and Dru, because I'm not sure if it was the characters or the actors in those roles. And Dru was being a tree. And I got told (I think by grimhild) that I couldn't act, but I already know this, so I couldn't figure out why I was being told it in such an accusatory tone.

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[(Anonymous)]

Now, now. Dru's not insane, she's just... Differently connected to reality. That's it. It's not *her* fault that the stars sing to her (it might well be Angel's, but thats another issue entirely).

Francis

P.S. What exactly is your "Ghost" picture of, Darcy?

[darcydodo]

Well, the basic picture is taken from "Halloween" (S2). I cut all but Willow out of the picture (that same-color selection is tricky, I tell you!), put it over a black background, and layered over all that a very faded (maybe 30%? can't remember) version of the original picture. Which has Buffy, as well, in her 1700's garb, looking out from the background where the majority of the lettering is. You can make her out much much better in the full-sized picture, but she was more to give texture variation to the black than because I thought that anyone would actually be able to see her.

The text was... random. Obviously a ghost theme, and I had vague thoughts in my head about inverted reflections (bravery vs timidity), etc. Or something.

This was, of course, far more than you ever wanted to know. But you asked. ;)

[darcydodo]

Oh, and I tweaked the colors of the cut-out Willow. So there's more blue and red. Not that you'll ever see this addition. :)