I have been waiting to use this one precious clip on YouTube that isn’t a fanvid.
During our discussion on alignment the other night over dinner we also discussed vampires w/ souls (why, yes, we are great big nerds, thank-you), and whether choosing to go through trials to get your soul back and use it for good, or having it forced upon you, attempting to atone for past evils and using that to turn around and use it for good is a more noble choice.
Choice or dealing w/ what you are given?
Brought to you by the two coolest vamps w/ souls ever.
This one is for Tobes. Actually, it’s for all of us.
I am one of those totally dorky people who becomes so invested in a TV show character that she has spent years watching grow that she will cry at certain moments in that show. This scene in the final episode of BtVS made me blub. Completely and totally w/ snot pouring down my face blub.
To me it says a lot more than a bunch of girls getting supernatural powers. It is a message that speaks beyond the pop culture and right to the heart of all women everywhere.
To you who think that Whedon isn’t a feminist, you have missed the fucking mark. You have not been paying attention. It’s called seeing past the pop culture and using your brain and seeing what the fuck he is trying to accomplish. Joss Whedon gave us the first true female heroine on television in pop culture. I know we had Wonder Woman, the bionic woman and such…but Buffy was the first girl who was like us. Whedon gave us this girl, this person who looked like us and gave her the ability to not only not lay down and cry waiting to be rescued but to kick a little ass and do the rescuing herself. Regardless of what SMG might say off camera, Buffy is a feminist icon. She was just a girl, and a force to be reckoned w/.
Ever since his work on Roseanne, Whedon has been creating women who stepped outside of what was expected and perceived. They were mouthy, they were sometimes crass and obnoxious. They were sexual beings in charge of their own lives (once they figured out how to get there). They were beautifully flawed and yet perfectly admirable.
So, w/o further ado, I give you my favorite blubworthy Buffy moment.
Tonight we decided after spending the day doing wedding errands that we would take the Kid to the Hawai'i Fair. I suppose I don't need to elaborate on how this fair is different from the ones we are used to on the Mainland, but I bet you can't get Kahlua Pig at fairs on the Mainland. YUM!
Not at all surprisingly the Kid is plenty tall enough to ride most any ride she wanted to, and a little surprisingly she wanted to ride some pretty fun ones. We started off w/ the hang glider ride, which we eventually rode twice, but she screamed and laughed her head off on her very first fair ride ever.
In line for her first ride.
We went on the Tilt O Whirl next, which was a blast, and then on to one of my favorites, the Pirate Ship. While she said she had fun, I don't think she enjoyed it as much as she thought she would. She did manage to laugh and scream, but she wasn't willing to ride it again. She did, however, ask to ride the Fire Ball (which I remember as the Ring of Fire, and goes in a loop, holding you upside down for some time...I used to ride that w/ my friend Jason and we would pretend we were going to throw up to scare everyone else on the ride. LOLZ!), and when we were waiting for our turn the Guy gave her one last chance to back out, which she accepted.
Hey, Kid, tell us how you really felt about the Fire Ball.
Next we went to the Ferris Wheel, which was a nice relaxing ride for me. My riding days are different now that pain is a constant issue. It was really pretty to see all the fair lights from the top.
The Guy on the Ferris Wheel.
The best shot of the Kid and I on the Ferris Wheel.
We went on one roller coaster, the Hang Gliders again, and the Kid ran through the Fun House, chased by the Guy. Yay! We also went on a kiddie ride similar to the Tilt O Whirl which has a wheel that allows you to spin the car as fast as you want (video below, w/ Motion Sickness warning).
I remember how much fun it was when I was younger to run around and ride rides until they made you leave for the night. Oh, to have that energy (and pain free body) again! But overall we had one of the Best Times in Recorded History, especially after the Guy got his funnel cake, the Kid had some cotton candy, and I partook of a caramel apple. After we were all sugared up we headed for home.
We are trying to think of some fun activities when my Co-Blogger *coughslacker* (VBFitU) and co. get here in TEN FREAKIN DAYS. We are thinking of seeing if we can afford Hawai'ian Waters the day after the wedding. Or Sea Life Park (which has a Lu'au) but we will have to see.
I want everyone out there who enjoys Wednesday Whedon Moments to know how much I really love you all. I just spent an embarrassing amount of time wading through craptastic amounts of ridiculous fanvids on YouTube to find you something to amuse yourselves w/ this week.
Seriously.
Go try to find a not set to music clip from BtVS. I dare you.
So here are fourteen seconds of my undying devotion to all of you in Readerland.
The Kid's school put one of the most interesting celebrations of a cultural event I have ever seen. Lei Day is such a beautiful time. This year I learned a lot about the rock we have called home for over two years.
This is a video of the Panorama that the Kid's Kindergarten class put on for the school's celebration program this year.
