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Little secrets and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.- who knew?
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• A good friend of mine often states matter-
of-factly that "everybody's bonkers" - and she
is including herself and me in that statement. It
often comes up when we are laughing at some
little habit or quirk of ours that has reared its
ugly head - some little peccadillo that we gen-
erally try to keep under wraps. Our friends
know these little truths about us, but we tend
to avoid sharing our "weird" side with the rest
of the world.
For everyone else, we work hard at looking
"normal". We try to maintain a certain "white -
picket -fence" perfection to anyone passing
by. Which parts of us we
share tends to depend on ,
who we're talking to and
what they might think of
us. And there are times
when this is a good thing.
But other times I wonder
whether it is really worth
the effort.
One of my little "se-
crets" is a complete and
utter addiction to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Back when it was still on TV, my husband
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and I would be glued to the TV every Tuesday
night needing to know what happened next
with Buffy and the Scooby gang!
Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon, had a certain
kind of twist that suited us just perfectly - bril-
liant writing, quirky colloquialisms, action,
romance, and crazy plot twists. 1 mean, who
couldn't love someone who would actually
name his vampire slayer Buffy? That was just
our kind of twisted!
Then he created a spin-off called Angel
that: came on right after Buffy! Wow! Tues-
day night became like a date night for us. We
didn't watch much TV but absolutely nothing
could keep us from our Tuesday night Buffy
vigil!!
Now that our kids are old enough to watch
it (we own the DVD sets of all seven seasons
of Buffy and the five seasons of Angel) Buffy
nights have successfully become a family tra-
dition!
Anyway, back in the days of the vigil, I
found myself staying overnight at my cousin's
house in Collingwood. It was nice. I really en-
joy my cousins and we didn't get to visit very
often. The problem was that it was on a Tues-
day night! This was Buffy night! And it was at
a pivotal part of the season. A billion plot lines
were hanging in mid-air and anything could
happen! I couldn't miss it! I just couldn't!
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Buffy -freak?
My cousin and his wife were well-educated
professionals. They both played in a sym-
phony orchestra. How was I going to admit to
them my twisted little addiction?
Well, that night, we had a lovely supper. And
as the evening progressed, my eyes became
trained on the clock in the kitchen. I watched
as the minute hand inched towards the magic
hour of eight o'clock. My mind was frantic
with whether or not I should mention Buffy.
Was it rude to want to watch TV when I was
visiting someone that I only saw once a year?
That would be pretty bad, wouldn't it?
But it's Buffy! But it's rude. But it's Buffy.
But it's rude...
As ridiculous : as my inner argument was,
my addiction was slowly winning over all
of . my politeness training. The inner struggle
soon became -- "How will I bring it up?"
As I wrestled with finding just the right
words, my cousin's wife looked at me with this
really frustrated look on her face and says:
"Look Kati ina. 1 realize that you are here
S Lim = • visiting and I don't want to be rude. But to -
0 ' 11 night is Buffy night! We watch it every week.
KR! We just can't miss it. Would you mind if we
2 E y s . watched some TV tonight?"
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LA' favourite episodes
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