and now, a rebuttal.
Tried to find happy things this morning to counterbalance my gloom. My list so far: 
circe_tigana's amazing story No Power on Earth, which kept me up past my bedtime and gave me a big fat authorial complex. It's mind-freakingly good, with dead-bang characterization and voice and plotted plausibility, and the hotness of Spike (which I single out because it's from Xander's POV). And see, I had pretty much written off the gay-in-Oxnard premise, but this proves that most things can be well realized by a good author.
1. Starbucks has Muppet finger-puppets. (Finger-muppets?) They offered to save me a Beaker when one comes in, as they sold out quickly. Very sweet of them.Plus, I didn't read it this morning, but I've been meaning to rec
2. I had a chocolate muffin and coffee, which was my ordinary substitute for a balanced breakfast, but always good.
3. Geeks talking about the Beach Boys in the elevator.
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circe_tigana's amazing story No Power on Earth, which kept me up past my bedtime and gave me a big fat authorial complex. It's mind-freakingly good, with dead-bang characterization and voice and plotted plausibility, and the hotness of Spike (which I single out because it's from Xander's POV). And see, I had pretty much written off the gay-in-Oxnard premise, but this proves that most things can be well realized by a good author.