Many Blessings

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2012) update

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Back in 2009 I wrote about the possible reboot of BtVS.  The latest news is that Whit Anderson is off the project.  Whedon is sassy about it.

I had assumed that she was just the pretty face to serve as a decoy for the seasoned writer who didn’t want his (probably) name on it.  If that scriptwriter backed out, they could have still used her as their face.

Parenthetically, poor thing’s going to go through life as ‘that chick who wanted to replace Joss.’

ETA:  I feel that I was being waspish and unfair here.  I do believe that poor Ms Anderson was used unkindly by those backing this project. I have contempt for them and for their attempt to misappropriate a culture icon, not the young woman.

From L A Times:

As for the future of “Buffy”? A new writer is being sought but the entire endeavor may have lost some steam. There also might be some healthy fear among the producers who witnessed a spasm of fan criticism when the project was first publicized.

And how do I really feel about it?  BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.  *wipes tear*

But enough of these mirthful distractions…let’s all wait for The Avengers.  And go watch Tintin.

Kat’s ABC of Fun

Kat’s been working hard on her posts

M is for Music

There is nothing quite like getting your groove on to some sick beats.

N is for Nail Polish

painting nails at a slumber party is definitely my speed

O is for Ocean

finding new and amazing stuff that lives in ridiculous extreme underwater environements.

P is for Picnic

Picnics, much like solitaire, can be done however the attendees wish.

Irena Sendler – Woman of Worth

Irena Sendler was a social worker who resisted the Nazi occupation of Poland.

She first worked independently with Matylda Getter, and later joined the Zegota.  They smuggled infants and toddlers from the Warsaw Ghetto and gave them new identities and new families.  She carried out the children in toolboxes, potato sacks and body bags.  She wrote their real names in code and put the information in jars which she buried in her neighbor’s yard.

In 1943, they arrested her and, during her interrogation, they broke her legs and arms.  The Zegota bribed the guards with a bag of money to spare her life and she was left unconscious by the side of the road.

Sendler later uncovered the jars and tried to reunite the children with their families.  There were few survivors.

In 1965, Yad Vashem recognized Irena Sendler as Righteous Among the Nations.

In 2003, Poland awarded Sendler its highest distinction, the Order of White Eagle.

She was also nominated for awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.  However, she was not given that honor.  She died in 2008.

She saved 2,500 lives.

• Yad Vashem – link
• International Federation of Social Workers – Nobel Peace Prize nomination
• Irena Sendler Project – site
• Holocaust Forgotten – children create play
• Auschwitz.dk – short bio
• The Guardian – insists she is not a hero
• History’s Hero’s – link
• Snopes.com – link (this is where I started)

taking a break

I am having writer’s block, trying to figure out how to express that I have writer’s block.  Facebook curtailed feed imports and that frustrates me, as that was the main way I was reaching my friends.  So, I have no purpose for these posts anymore.

In short, I will be/may be/might be

• not posting till after New Year’s
• still posting to my tumblr account: moonlitgarden.tumblr.com
• may break all my little rules for myself since I’ve lost my audience.
• may junk this blog and move elsewhere and start over

guess I’ll  see.