1.49.1 - Cool Water

So one of the drawbacks to being both the heroic type and the vampire type is that there are some nights when there just isn't anything going on. No cults are performing rituals, no ancient demons are being summoned, and there aren't even roving packs of new vampires bumming around the nightclubs, looking for snacks. Nothing.

I used to make fun of Spike for being such a pop culture fiend. Mostly, it was because I didn't understand half of the jokes he made-- usually at my expense-- because I didn't watch TV constantly. I'm busy doing good deeds.

A couple of nights ago, though, there really was nothing at all to get up to, and at three in the morning, there just isn't much on TV to choose from if you don't shell out for satellite or digital.

( Silver screen )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 487

Current Mood: annoyed

1.47.2 - "If Those I Loved Were Lost" by Emily Dickenson

( Confession )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 668, not counting excerpt of poem

Current Mood: guilty

1.45.1 - You just found a ________! Now what?

( The Gem of Amara )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 392

Current Mood: grumpy

1.44.2 - Have you ever cheered for the wrong team, chosen the wrong side, picked the wrong horse or backed the wrong person in a fight? If so, what would you do differently, if you could do it over?

( Um, maybe )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 311

Current Mood: guilty

1.41.1 - Do you believe in love at first sight? Has it ever happened to you?

( I saw her standing there )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 344

Current Mood: enthralled

1.40.2 - Write a ficlet on the word "surrender".

( Rock Bottom )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 491

Current Mood: grateful

1.38.1 - Write about a memorable shopping trip.

( They're just clothes, right? )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 403

Current Mood: cheerful

1.36.2 - Who are the five most beautiful people you know? What makes them that way?

( I wish the list were livelier, but that's me )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 591

Current Mood: contemplative

1.35.3 - Write a ficlet that starts with the sentence: "Everything really went wrong when...".

Everything really went wrong when I got back to L.A., and for some reason, Wesley was wearing my coat.

It's not that I'm not a person who can share his things, or even that Wesley looked all that bad in it. Sure, he couldn't quite fill it out, especially through the shoulders, but it wasn't a terrible look. Besides, he hadn't asked, which would have made things just fine. He just took one of my long black coats without permission, and all of a sudden, he was in charge of things.

I just wanted my coat back.

( Okay, maybe some context for this is appropriate )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 439

Current Mood: confused

1.33.1 - Bring me the sunset in a cup. (Emily Dickenson)

( Sunrise, you better take care )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 271

Current Mood: jealous

1.32.2 - For one day, you get a free pass to do anything you want to one person. They will not remember it tomorrow, and whatever you do will wear off in 24 hours. Who? And what?

( Excessive normalcy )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 283

Current Mood: crushed

1.31.3 - Who's the most innocent person you know?

( Paradise Lost )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 455

Current Mood: melancholy

1.30.2 - "And in my hour of darkness / She is standing right in front of me"

( Animal )

Angel
'Angel' the series
Word Count: 434

Current Mood: numb

1.29.2 - Are you a freak?

( Damn, she beat me to it )

Angel
'Angel' the Series
Word count: 364

Current Mood: discontent

1.28.1 - While at the grocery store you bump into an oddly familiar face--it's your evil twin! The evil twin follows you home and tries to convince your family (or friends) that he/she's you. How did you prove to your loved ones that you are the real you and the twin is an imposter?

( I guess I'm kind of a special case )

Angel
'Angel' the Series
Word Count: 298

Current Mood: confused

1.23.2 - "You're engaged in an argument with a person who is either too stupid, too stubborn or too rigid to see your side. How do you win?"

This happens entirely too often for my comfort. I don't know what it is about being on the right side of the fight, being one of the "good guys" that seems to make so many of the people I deal with so damn stubborn. I suppose it has something to do with feeling righteous since, I guess, if you're going to be fighting the good fight, you sort of are.

Everybody seems to know just how to do something; what they really mean, though, is that they know how they want it done. It doesn't matter what anybody else's opinion might be, since they're the "good guy", then they must be right. And before I see any fingers pointing my way, I'd like to remind people that I'm usually right about things. Usually.

But, when it comes to stubborn, stupid and rigid, there's one person who really takes the cake, and manages to do it no matter which side of the fight he's on: Spike. The word "stubborn" actually doesn't even start to cover what he's like. There's no reasoning with Spike, no discussion at all. Once he's got an opinion in that bleached-out head of his, nothing's going to dig it out short of a battle axe.

Believe me, I've tried.

You know, in the bad old days.

I have to confess, though, that I encourage him. Maybe it's the history, maybe it's that damn parent-child/sibling dynamic that makes vampire interaction into one never-ending soap opera, but when he gets my hackles up, I'm in that argument to stay. We've gone on for hours about the stupidest things in the world: movies, travel, wine... hell, we spent two days at each other's throats over my choice in jacket color!

As if he'd ever know anything about dressing. Look at him.

Anyway, arguments with Spike usually end up one of two ways: we either beat the crap out of each other, or we get so frustrated that we just drop the whole thing. No, I'm sure Dr. Phil would look down on it, but it works, and he gets the hell out of my hair for a little while, and that little bit of blessed peace is worth it.

Current Mood: frustrated