A Few Drabbles More

[dlgood]

One of my birthday presents was the recently released 2-disc set of Led Zeppelin concert performances on DVD. It rocks. Now I need some weed and sex to make the concert experience complete.

Apologies to those bored by my earlier rambles. Here are some modified versions of the Drabbles I posted for this week's open_on_sunday challenge - themed around Episode Title Names.

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Title: Remarkable
Characters: Sam Finn
Spoilers: BtVS 6.15, “As You Were” , undetermined future
Disclaimer: Property of Mutant Enemy
Theme: Goodbye, Iowa
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Arlington cemetery is surprisingly cold for late March. Across the Potomac, she can just make out the Cherry Blossom.

The turnout is small and the eulogy tasteful. The final notes of a bugle sound, as she waits for soldiers and mourners to depart.

To those who walk past and observe, there will be nothing remarkable about his tombstone. Riley Finn, by most accounts, was a most unremarkable of remarkable men. Perhaps, she thinks, he would find that fitting.

Alone, she sheds a tear for her husband and lays Wild Prairie Roses on the damp, green grass. And whispers “Goodbye, Iowa.”

A.N.: The Wilid Prairie Rose is Iowa’s official state flower.

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Title: She’s Got Next
Characters: Original Character
Spoilers: BtVS 7.22, “Chosen”
Disclaimer: Property of Mutant Enemy
Theme: Superstar
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They speak of empowering women to reach their full potential. They speak of how you can finally be strong.

But you'd chosen your heroes long before Buffy Summers came along. Cut class to watch Annika tee off at the Colonial. Think the Williams’ sisters are the coolest girls on earth. Always really wanted to be Chamique.

Now, you attend some freaky occult High School in Cleveland. You’re training to be a slayer. But you don’t forget to practice the skills that really matter.

Bron-Bron got ninety million from Nike. What kind of a shoe deal will the next superstar get?

A.N.: Some girls watch a lot of ESPN.
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Note: Last month, I listed my picks for this year's College Football Bowl games. A quick glance reveals a 14-16 record, which places me fifth behind the Polish Cajun, Chalk Picks, Coin-Flipping and Wiggles the Monkey. Mock away.

Comments

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Ah, Led Zep, still one of my fav hard rocks bands in the world. Bonham is probably my favorite rock drummer of all time, the guy was great.

My favorite Zep tune is "When the Levee Breaks", the music just gets more and more oppressive as the water rises ever higher.

Truthfully, there are very few heavy metal bands that I like, most suck imho.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

I go through a lot of different phases and I have a lot of different favorites. Generally, I tend to favor The Third Album and "Physical Graffiti".

Zep flies where a lot of other Heavy Metal Bands failed because they had such a strong foundation in blues, folk, boogie and rock to lie underneath everything else. A lot of the successors could be fun and entertaining, but most lack the backbone.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

That's funny, because I was thinking the exact same thing today while listening to Guns N Roses. One of the reasons this was one of the few great hard rock bands is because they, like Zep, were grounded in the classics.

Same with art. I like Pollack (for example), if you look at his work, he had an obvious grounding in color and composition. If you look at his early works, not surprisingly, the man was a good draftsman. Nowadays, I draw better then half the "artists" out there.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Wow! A GNR fan. "Appetite for Destruction" is definitely among my favorite albums and IMHO holds up remarkably well. Too bad Axl Rose is such a putz.

When it comes to the art & literature I tend to like the most, there's the common current - where I tend to like works where, the more things are stripped away, the more there is left underneath to experience. With Zeppelin or Pollack, underneath all the bombast, there's quite a lot there.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Too bad Axl Rose is such a putz.

Snerk. That's like saying Wagner didn't have a lot of Jewish friends.

[anonymous_sibyl]

I like both this week's drabbles a great deal. ::nods:: Some girls do watch a lot of ESPN. And I really like your Sam Finn, even though she's radically different from the Sam Finn I once wrote. Or maybe *because* she's radically different from the Sam Finn I once wrote.

Happy belated birthday!

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

It's funny. The Sam one just popped out. There's very little of her to know, so she can certainly be written in a lot of ways.

That second drabble is the idea I've been thinking about since I first saw the Potential slayers. As a long-time sports fan, some of the social messages the writers were putting in Buffy's mouth in S7 seemed a little dated when Serena Williams and Diana Taurasi can headline SportsCenter on their athletic merits alone.

[alleynyc.livejournal.com]

I have to say I'm really glad you're posting these. I always *really* enjoy them. You pack so much into such little space.

I'm not a Riley lover (although not a hater either) and I actually felt very sad at the thought of his demise. You really took me there.

Thanks!

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Awww.

Don't have to feel too sad for Riley. That scene could just as well be occurring in 2044 as 2004. Plus, I buried him in Arlington, which I'm sure he'd find as quite the honor.

[alleynyc.livejournal.com]

Good points.