This is Vince Fox from MBC, embarking on a new project which I hope to God is not my last.

 
I'm never going to learn that by saying, "Life is getting so much better! Whoo!" I am totally jinxing myself. I need to die.


posted by Vince Fox at 8:21:02 PM

 
So how funny is this?! That friend I was talking about last time, he's the new guy on Bent, replacing Sasha! So that means one person in that house that I get along with, which is an improvement from my previous record of zero. And I've even been promoted! To the actual host of the show! I mean... wow! I'll be on national broadcast television! I really hope Darla watches this show, so she can see the hot new host, and see just how slick I am now, and realize that she never should have rejected me, dammit, because maybe I was a nerd, and maybe I did have bad skin, but that didn't mean I didn't have feelings!

Haha. Got a little off track there, didn't I? But like I think I was saying at some point in there, life has been getting so much better lately! A little better all the time!

Dennis can fall off a cliff, though.


posted by Vince Fox at 11:33:08 PM

 
Well, here's something unexpected -- I actually have a friend! You know, someone to go have coffee with and go to... I don't even know, things with! I mean, you know me, I've been sort of a, uh, loner since I finished school. But that's over now! See, despite my Buffy-convention-induced ecstasy, you might have picked up on a little bit of anger there too. Yes, I was in a pretty bad mood for most of... last... well, month. And you know what always helps when you're feeling all bad-moody--

A nice big piece of tiramisu!

Yes, sir! And A la Mode is right down the street from my apartment, and they have some damn good desserts, so I went there last week to... make my sorrows choke on some cream and ladyfingers! And the waiter I had, he's this college kid, and I guess he was concerned because of the general "I hate myself and I want to die" aura I had at the time, so he talked to me for a while. And he said his name was Todd Maclay, so I was like, "Ha, what, are you related to Tara?" which would have gotten a big old, "Uh, what?" from most people, but it turned out this guy was a Buffy fan too! And so a nice little friendship was born!

Sometimes he'll come over and we'll watch old Buffy episodes together, or play the horrendously complicated board game, or just have discussions about the varying qualities of the different seasons and that kind of thing. I honestly don't understand why he'd want to waste his time... "hanging out" with me. You know, he's friendly and young, and there are plenty of hot college girl Buffy fans he could be watching it with. I don't know, this is probably a pity friendship, which was the story of my high school life, but it's kind of nice anyway.


posted by Vince Fox at 10:01:45 PM

 
I'm having the time of my life on this little trip!

Not New York, no... Tampa Buffy con!!!

Buffy convention = divine. Lots of fun stuff here! Pretty much makes up for the crappy last few weeks, you know, having what Andy Hallett wouldn't refer to as "good times, good times" and going to confession a lot because maybe I don't always react in the healthiest ways, but like I was saying, convention is awesome so far. I think even my little buddy Ruty here's having a little fun, right? He's better at Buffy trivia than I ever would have thought! I've taught him well.

So, I.. sure am having a lot of first-rate fun here! Stupid asshole doesn't know what he's missing. I want a vengeance demon. He thinks I'm not good enough? That's it??? Ha! James Marsters will prove otherwise when he gives me his autograph again tomorrow, enjoying the entire thing!!!

Stewart... um.... Mr. Daniels.... Please tell me you don't read this thing. Or... don't... tell me, because that would mean.... Um. I'm gonna go before I miss the Robin Atkin Downes Q&A.


posted by Vince Fox at 12:24:15 PM

 
AMREICA SUCKS


posted by Vince Fox at 11:18:50 PM

 
Hey! I got a Giles magnet in the mail today! That's pretty cool. And the Buffy musical just ended, too! Never gets old. Ha, Randy...


posted by Vince Fox at 7:35:50 PM

 
First off, I uh, want to apologize if I seemed insensitive the other day. I mean, the young man's death was very tragic, and horrible news for all of us involved in this project, of course. Just.. you know. James.

Looking back, I noticed that with all the chaos of last Friday, I never mentioned my birthday last week! Understandable, though, most of my birthdays aren't terribly eventful. I got a card from my mom, and one from my grandparents... and $500 from Uncle Ralphie! That was awesome! Can we say buffyauction.com?

And later on, there was that Spike thing, and... yes, it was a pretty great birthday. Especially compared to that one in 10th grade where no one actually came, not that that really happened to me. God, I'm old.


posted by Vince Fox at 10:07:51 PM

 

Jesus Christ, so early this morning, I got on here and was about to say that Fan Week had gone smoothly and been a fair success, with the exception of my thinking that that Blaise kid is bad news, though in the nicest possible way, when, hey, I got my "MEMO FROM STEWART"! This whole project is totally cursed or something. And that really sucks for that kid, because I mean, this isn't like Sunnydale where you KNOW better than to do dumb stuff like go outside, even though his problem was that he went inside, and I'm not sure where this sentence is going, but guess what!

I was on Buffyworld last night getting some screencaps and they had this article there that was based on what James Marsters said about Spike and stuff at a convention, and I like how he thinks about his character, and well, EVERYONE knew he was gonna be on Angel already, but it was cool, and look down there near the end! He's got a new movie coming out! And look at that, it sounds like a good dramatic film, but whoa, he plays a gay man in Italy! Which is really cool, because I mean, I'M Italian, and I'm... NOT gay, but if I was, then damn!!

It's quite a tragedy what happened to that boy. I really hope someone finds the mysterious unsavory character soon. I'm obviously not going to be the one to find out who he is, because, let's face it, I'm an idiot and a screw-up, but I have every bit of faith (Ha, Faith...) in Anne and Deborah!

God, I can't wait for that movie. My sympathies for the boy's family.


posted by Vince Fox at 11:43:39 AM

 
Father's Day... a holiday where children all over America, and possibly the world, I don't know a whole lot about other cultures, stop to reflect on how important their fathers are. A day where they give them respect, and just say, "Dad... I love you."

Unless you're me, in which case that holiday, as Xander would put it, sucks. This is due to the fact that I'm a horrible father with a son who's well aware of that.

But this year was a little different, because this time, when he insulted my waffles and told me to fuck off like he does every other day of the year when he's near me, I slapped him across the face like, super hard, and made him go sit in my room where there's nothing but Buffy novels for two hours, which is like, the ultimate punishment for him (Though actually, I saw him stash a book under the pillow when I came in later on... I think he was actually reading The Xander Years! I'm so proud.)! And for some reason, he was actually a little more agreeable after that, which was kind of the opposite of what I was expecting. I mean... he even ate the waffles! Discipline is awesome!

I'm hoping this is... the dawning of a new father-son relationship era.. thing! But you know, I'm... not counting on that.

I really DO make excellent waffles, you know.


posted by Vince Fox at 2:49:42 PM