Greetings, gentle readers...

I'm a fanfic writer and substitue teacher.

I've been a fan of the show since Season 4.

My daughter was the first to become enamored of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Spike. Then the bug bit me, too!

Got me like nothing else ever has before or since.

I think that in particular, Spike's journey from bloody awful poet and Victorian innocent, to a ruthless vampire, (though always, always Love's Bitch)  then becoming chipped by the initiative, to his looking for redemption in Buffy's eyes, and finally to winning his soul back, has been nothing less than a hero's journey of epic proportions.

James Marsters brings his wonderful acting skills to the screen each week, giving Spike a heart and soul that has launched 10,000 'ships' and fantasies. He's the ultimate bad-boy with a heart of gold underneath.

Who can resist him? Obviously not me, and obviously not you either, if you're here reading this!

I had the pleasure of meeting him once (see update below) in 2001 (GenCon) and saw him (though didn't talk to him) at Buffy Bash in Chicago that same year. He's very charming and nice in person, which is the only reason he is the only person I have ever stood in line to meet. Even when I lived in California, I was never wowed much by stars and all that. But he just doesn't come across like that. He's very humble in person. He's also very funny, wicked, and sexy as he jokes with and plays the audience like a violin, or in his case, guitar.

Lucky me, I'm going to see him this April in Cleveland and again in Chicago (and to see GoTR perform!) a few weeks later. Life is Good!

UPDATE: 5/14/03

Please click on FLASHBACK WEEKEND & CLEVELAND CON links for complete stories of my encounters with James this past weekend and a couple of weeks ago in Cleveland.