Hi and Greetings All!
Arija here
I’ve been a Buffy fan since day one. My landlords did special FX for the movies and knew the scoop on Joss Whedon hating how his film was directed. SMG I remembered from “All My Childeren.” We would sqeal across the driveway from each other during commercials which always ended on an OMG moment, like Riley staking Spike! It was never a sure thing whether or not BtVs would get renewed, who’d get killed, or whether Joss could even direct! After all, Buffy killed Angel in S2 finale.
Who Does That! wellnoweveryoneBesides feeling like I’d gone back-in-time
(and not in a good way,) moving to Roswell meant no one to squee with. Started going on line and wandered around the different fan forums. Some were extremely pissy or others white-glove-prissy, but colddeadseed was just right. I lurked for a very long time, ROF and LOLing at the witty repartee, especially
tubbyk’s slapstick, innuendo-driven, episode running-commentaries.

Her spoiler transcripts frequently caused sprayed coffee computer screens. Badgering, badinage welcomed newbies with various placements of hamsters, naughty ferret flirtatiousness, and shocking root veggie talk.

The CDS forum is, as Spike would say “This is just...Neat!”
After getting a major depression diagnosis, BtVS kept me curious and CDS helped with its raunchy humor and huggable newsiness.
The birthday celebrations at CDS were once mind-boggling, magnificent, dial-up killing events. I’ve compiled a list over time because everyone seemed to know everyone’s RL special milestones, even from other websites!
FYI I am NOT
Arija Bareikis although I went to college in Bloomington, IN.
nor am I
Arija a small town and municipality in the Province of Burgos, located to the north of the provincial capital Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain.
My Mom, a country girl, from
Latvia.My Dad, a city boy with
German/Latvian heritage.
Only a war could have put these opposites together.
A bilingual household had funny language combos, Americans visiting often felt they were hearing only one-sided conversations
Taking it to the internets ...
Laime conjugation of
Laima mixy with lady and you get luckylady or ladylaime/ladyluck.
Meanwhile,
lamé is a type of cloth.
BTW, I love my Spoyce avatar. Spike asking Joyce for marshmellows, then bad man Angel can't come in,
and neener-neener Spike all fakey-fangy on innocent Joycey. *tongue*