I hate my alarm. My brain feels like it's full of goo. But my plate isn't terribly full today, which is of the good because I feel icky. So far, I've got:

Class 1
Shower
Lunch
Lesson
Class 2.

Not a whole lot.

But at 2pm, I am officially coming back to bed to crash for a few hours because I feel so tired. I was up 'til about three doing work and then staring at the ceiling for awhile.

I figure if I wake back up at around 5 after a solid three-hour nap, I can make dinner, finish my poetry portfolio, and then reward myself by working on some holiday cards.

And then I might try my first phone post. :)


PS-- our Christmas tree is so pretty.

As a clip, I've decided to use the "Buffyspeak" featurette on the S3 DVDs. It's not entirely linear, but it does cover a lot of relevant topics. Anyway...


Slayer Slang
Language Creation in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Buffy is able to survive longer than the other Slayers because she is embedded in language and because she embodies language. It is a very particular language, with its own vernacular, but it behaves like all languages in that it creates, it compiles, it translates, it follows well-defined rules, it draws upon shared knowledge, and it must be wielded with precision in order to be effective... Any Slayer can brandish a weapon, but for Buffy, the tongue is as pointed as the stake.

-Karen Eileen Overbey and Lahney Preston-Matto.
"Staking in Tongues: Speech Act as Weapon in Buffy"

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