It's all connected

Friday, October 1, 2004 11:10 PM

Nope, this isn't a blog about CSI: NY (what kind of tagline is that for a show?). I was in my Humanities class and we've been discussing the Bhagavad Gita for the past couple of days. As part of the course, you have to do a presentation on one of the works before the end of the semester. So today a girl did her presentation on the Bhagavad Gita. The last presentation I could barely keep my eyes open, but something caught my attention this time around.

The girl mentioned Buffy the Vampire Slayer .

I immediately sat up a bit straighter and raised my hand when the girl asked if anyone was familiar with it. I was sitting at the front of the class so I couldn't see behind me, but it's likely I was the only one who actually cared to rise a hand. Not that it mattered much; it was just a fleeting reference to how Buffy is like Arjuna. Don't worry if you have no idea what I'm talking about, because my prof had no idea either. When the girl was done, he said he wasn't familiar with, and I quote, "Buffy the whatever". I wasn't surprised at his statement, but I think it would have been neat if he had known about Buffy . Anyway, the girl started to explain Buffy's situation on the show and I suddenly just cut in, blurting "She's chosen." I'm not sure if the girl was annoyed, but I started to blab, talking how Buffy and Arjuna are both warriors, it's their destiny to fight evil, and how both were reluctant but finally embraced their duty.

What I said hopefully made some sense. I mean, how often does anybody tie in Buffy to a boring presentation? I had to speak up! Now, if only someone would mention Firefly in a lecture...

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