I forgot all about the Oscars being on tonight. And I can't honestly say that I care. But it'll feel weird not to watch them. Maybe I'll have them on in the background while I work on my fic. I know how this installment of the garden fic ends now, and I have to get it down tonight before I forget again.

A lovely day was had today. I slept past noon, which won't be such a good thing when I have to get up and go to class in the morning, but for now I feel great, even though I woke up in the middle of the night from another creepy, creepy dream about an entirely different creepy little girl. This was a little blonde girl, about 10 to 12 years old, and she lived in the house next door to the house I grew up in (even though it wasn't a house that actually exists). She kept coming over and looking in our windows, trying to get in the house. I'd see her outside sometimes, watching us -- I recall one extremely vivid image of walking outside and seeing her perched in a tree, watching me, but when I tried to talk to her she climbed down and disappeared. She never spoke, and I can't really remember what her face looked like, even though at one point in the dream I woke up (in my dream) and looked out my window and saw her standing there watching me. I have no idea why, but I knew that it would be very bad if she ever got inside the house. Like I said, creepy. I woke up freaked out, but then I turned on my light and grabbed my idea journal and jotted it all down. I'm not sure what it is yet, but there's got to be a story in there.

Once I got up and got dressed, I drove in to Tulsa and did some light shopping. Stopped at Ulta to look for some of that Thermasilk frizz fighter stuff I'm running out of, and they don't carry it either. I'm beginning to suspect they've stopped making it. Why, Thermasilk, why? Why have you forsaken me? Do you want me to get split ends? Is that it? Humph! Anyway, I also went to three different book stores (four if you count Vintage Stock, which also sells used books at their other location, but this one apparently focuses more on gaming. Even their comics selection was lousy) looking for pretty much any short story collection containing Peter S. Beagle's Come, Lady Death, with no luck. But I did go ahead and buy The Last Unicorn and Tamsin. Looking forward to reading those. Someday. I also picked up a new writing journal that was on sale at Borders. I have plenty of idea journals, but this one looks well suited for actually writing stories in. After all that I parked my rear in Panera until I had a page and a half of new garden fic and a solid idea of where to go from there. So with any luck I'll have that finished tonight.

About the TWoP B/A banner, I feel kinda sad for the folks who put it up. I think they really believe they're going to get a B/A ending. I feel no need to retaliate, but unlike a lot of you that's largely because I think I'm gonna get my 'ship in the end. And no, this isn't some pathetically delusional S/B 'shipper talking. This is someone who understands the mechanics of storytelling and who periodically looks at what this show is doing and where it's come from as objectively as possible, from a logical storytelling perspective, and I see it headed towards a Spuffy-friendly ending. It might not end with human Spike and Buffy riding off into the sunset to live happily ever after and have tiny, tiny babies, but barring either of them dying, I don't see it ending on anything other than at least a hopeful note for this couple.

Anyway. Something I do think might be a nice idea is if we -- fans of Spike, that is, not necessarily fans of Spuffy -- at some point would put up a nice banner just to thank ME for treating us to such a fabulous character. Of course, I detest the idea of giving any money to TWoP as much as anybody, but people inside the industry really do check that site regularly, and it would be nice to let them know that the Spike haters at TWoP don't speak for all of us. Just something along the lines of a few choice Spike quotes from over the years, with a "Thanks to Joss, James and the rest of Mutant Enemy for bringing this character to life." Or maybe a tagline like "Character growth: It's not for the timid." Yeah, I drove around a lot today, I had time to put some thought into this. Anyway, it's just an idea. If anybody wanted to take it and run with it, I'd chip in.

Woops, time for the Oscars. Gotta run. Actually, gotta write. Here's hoping the awards aren't too terribly distracting, and yet not mind-numbingly boring for the sake of everyone else watching them tonight.