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From Whedonesque:

Dear friends,

I have linked you to this because it made me laugh. And the observant eye will observe (eyely) that some of the people who made it are related at me from birthings! Also, it’s true. Like, honestly.

There’s been a lot of talk about the moguls’ motivations, that they’re greedy beyond greednitutedesnous, but the other point that needs to be stressed is that they are totally banoonoos. They have left the reservation. They have so much, they have forgotten the concept of human need. That’s why this vid is a true vid, even if the sound is a little spotty.

Besides laughing at this, I have been scheming schemes. This strike is a watershed moment for creators, and I’m trying to make sure I’m on the side of the water that’s going, or that I’m over the top of the… shed-thing… marching toward — dripping toward the… future… of water… Damn this metaphor! I look a fool! Anyhoo, I’m working to make sure the writers stand strong, the community stays solvent, and the fans get what they deserve. (That sounds threatening, but I just mean stories.) Stay tuned.

And if I don’t get the chance to post for a while, Happy holidays.

Forever sick, -j.

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Interview
It’s Never Too Late To Become A Buffy Fan
Reverend Kate’s Theme of the Week

Fanfiction
The Night Before Christmas

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Joss
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories (Wikipedia)
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories (Amazon)
Connie Willis

Music:
Patrick the Spoiler – Throwing Toasters
Have You Seen Serenity – Stan Peel

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In this episode Tabz interviews:

Summer Glau (River)

Eliza Dushku (Faith – and Echo on Dollhouse)

David Fury (writer for Buffy, Angel, Lost and 24)

Doug Petrie (writer/producer/director Buffy, writer/producer for CSI, writer for Fantastic Four, TruCalling, Harriet the Spy and Clarissa Explains it All).

Drew Goddard (writer Buffy, Angel, Lost, Alias)

Tom Lenk (Andrew on Buffy) and Jack Plotnick (Deputy Mayor of Sunnydale on Buffy – Faith stabbed him)

Felicia Day (Vi, the potential, Buffy Season 7)

Jane Espenson (writer Buffy, Angel, Firefly, BSG)

Tim Minear (producer/writer Firefly, Drive, Angel)

Fans Matt and Stephen Jacob

Juliet Landau (Drucilla on Buffy and Angel)

Joss Whedon (needs no parenthesis)

ME Day Links:

Wall Street Journal talks about Fans
ME Day Photos
Fans4Writers
Boston TV Party
Joss at ME Day (Vid)
Joss on BBC Talking about ME Day
ME Day Fanvid
ME Day Flikr
Comic Book Resources Talks ME Day
LAist: ME Photo Essay
FireDogLake’s ME Post

News Links:
Georges Jeanty interview
Serenity: Better Days
James Marsters Site

Trivia Performance (From Amends):

The First/Rachel – Rachel (bakatulip)

Angel – Clay Robeson

Buffy – Kim (AthenaMuze)

Music:
The piece behind the trivia is by Austin Wintory

Praise to Joss Whedon by StanPeel

Have Yourself a Shiny Browncoat Christmas by JuleSong

Carol of the Bells performed by Kim, Clay, Larissa and Tabz from Buffy Between the Lines

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7130000/newsid_7134400?redirect=7134476.stm&news=1&nbwm=1&nbram=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&asb=1

Here’s a video clip of the ME/WGA strike on the BBC News 24 yesterday (8th December) where Mr. Whedon is interviewed ~48 seconds in for about 10 seconds.

If that link doesn’t work, then access this web page…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7133973.stm

…and click the link that says “How the strike is hitting American TV shows” on the top right hand corner.

So for those who cannot make it to ME Day, here’s your chance to make some noise for Joss and the Whedonverse.

So here’s the deal. On Friday December 7am from 12:01am – 11:59pm. If you buy a box of pencils in the name of ME Day from the pencils2mediamogels site. You will be entered to win the bag, hopefully autgraphed by all the writers and actors in attendance at the strike. I will let you know sometime after the picketing who all signed it.

1 box = 1 entry – so the more boxes the more entries.

Send a copy of your paypal reciept to be entered to brenda @ fans4writers.com