from "God of Grace and God of Glory"

Grant us wisdom,
grant us courage,
For the facing of this hour,
For the facing of this hour.

Grant us wisdom,
grant us courage,
For the living of these days,
For the living of these days.

Is snowing out, and sticking. Pretty.

Had Buffyfest with trijinx, happymartian, Jessica, and a couple of Meredith's friends. Was fun. My guess is that it's the 8th time i've seen the musical episode, but this was the first time i actually sang along out loud. Fun. So now i have the soundtrack on (the copy Ally burned for me last year, with all the dialogue bits). I want Layna to be back. Okay, off to brave Smith food.

favorite snippet from the afternoon

Either Jessica or Meredith (i forget), referring to Giles: Hottest librarian ever.
Meredith, to me: You're sort of a librarian. You could give Giles a run for his money. (pause) Though given my orientation, I would go with Giles.

I'm flattered regardless.

Look at my pretty campus in the winter.

See?

from the Rosie O'Donnell interview in The Advocate (Jan. 21, 2003)

All I know is that children are a blessing, always. And our job is to make them walk through life "with the grace of having once been cherished." That's a line I stole from Anne Rice. I realized, that is what we need to do to our children---chreish them. Chlidren, to me, are the biggest lesson and gift you can get about yourself.

I like that quote, giving children the gift of "the grace of having once been cherished." That's definitely one of the wonderful gifts my parents have given me. [Incidentally, anyone know where that quote is from exactly? Google turned up nothing.]

And i love the directness of her first meeting with Madonna:

She came into A League of Their Own, and everybody was so nervous when she arrived. I had seen Truth or Dare two days before---totally by chance. The first thing I said to her was: "My mother died when I was a kid, and I too am named after her. And on her gravestone is my name, and I saw your movie yesterday." And that was it. And there was no bullshit from that moment on.