I can hardly believe that All My Children is going off the air at the end of the week, after forty-one years (to be replaced by what looks like the world's least interesting cooking show). I'm glad it will resume in some form in January on the web.

In the lead-up to the end of AMC's ABC run, there have been some notable guest appearances, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, who made a big splash in the '90s as Erica Kane's daughter Kendall. Since another actress has played Kendall for many years, here Gellar plays...Buffy, sort of. Only she's a Buffy who thinks she's Erica Kane's daughter!

Today is Henna Day, and the cold henna on my head is helping to alleviate a headache.

Yesterday I went to the Gallifrey One convention near the airport. It was great to see scarlettgirl, lordshiva, spikewriter, and taraljc (though alas I never ran into calapine!). Highlights of the day included the Whedonistas! book launch panel (featuring Jane Espenson, Scarlettgirl and Lordshiva; the book also includes essays by herself_nyc, seanan_mcguire, and many others) and an interview with Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, during which the two basically snarked amiably at each other for an hour (ljs, you would've loved it!). Unfortunately it started raining biblically during my drive home--it was fairly hair-raising.

After I rinse out my hair, there will be noveling, reading, a trip to Trader Joe's, and season one The Good Wife DVD viewing...

From sartorias and many others on my FL: ( Buffy vs. Edward! )

Pretty much the most awesome thing ever.

I had fun at Comic-Con yesterday, but it was WAY more crowded than I'd expected. I can't imagine how packed Saturday must've been.

I managed to get in to the Supernatural panel--Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Kripke, Sera Gamble and Ben Edlund. They showed the first four minutes of season four. The panel was fun, but there were no real revelations. At one point the Ghost Facers guys showed up and hijacked the proceedings. Jensen pretended to throw them out and held up a chair like he was going to hurl it--a lot funnier than the actual "Ghost Facers" episode!

I went to a couple of voiceover/animation panels with my friend E., and then we braved the dealer room. It was SO PACKED! I did manage to say hi to my friend castellucci, who was signing books at the DC table, and she gave me an ARC of her upcoming graphic novel, Janes in Love.

E. and I capped off the con with the screening of "Once More With Feeling," which was a delight to see on a big screen.

We made good time driving down to San Diego, but alas hit some lengthy patches of traffic on the way back. I got home just in time to watch the Mad Men season premiere.

Now I am at work, feeling Mondayish...