livejournal has started telling us what to write

[devotedoptimist]

I sit in a cold building surrounded by boxes of nonsense and books full of wonder reading fanletters and loveletters and junkmail (tons and tons of ads, flyers, broschures! useless junk!) saved by a man who died 10 years ago. I am creating a search engine so that others may benefit from any wisdom this dead man may or may not have hidden within

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[recharge138]

I know there's someone on Comics Curmudgeon who's a huge Steve Canyon fan. Several someones, IIRC.

[devotedoptimist]

Sometimes I forget about the mass comics ridiculousness and fandom that lies out there.

Most of the people I encounter who aren't old or cartoonists* themselves always cock their head and say "Who?" when I mention him.

(*Or old cartoonists!--Mort Sahl is the biggest sweetie and Mike Peters is the happiest guy on earth!)

[devotedoptimist]

Like I told Gabe, sometimes I forget about people who actually know about comics outside of super-heros and manga, or about comics at all!

You're swell!

You and the Wendy wanna hang-out (beer! I don't think you and I have EVER gotten drunk together--silly sXe) at all when I'm back in da ATL?

[devotedoptimist]

wahoo! sadly I do not believe I have your phone number any longer

dost thou needest mine?

[sandrariley]

of course he matters, because look at all the stuff left behind. And think, you're like an archaeologist filing through his life.

[devotedoptimist]

Don't get me wrong, I love this job and am seriously depressed that I can't work here any longer. Sometimes I get kinda anxious and bored going through boxes of someone else's junkmail, you know? "Why am I doing this? What kind of crazy saves 50 years of lay-z-boy brochures?!" Imagine what the storage looked like! (he saved some of his syndicate proofs--copies of strips that the company who sent out his strip to newspapers--in his secretary's garage! they're quite smelly)

But his work is phenominal!

[garbage_lilly]

beautious lady!

I haven't seen you in a while.

I am at work, haven't even read this journal entry- just noted that you had said hello to sandra via livejournal and I wanted to poke my little head into your virtual reality.

poke!

[garbage_lilly]

meant to say "noticed" not noted. sorry.

[devotedoptimist]

I know! It's a sallyface!

Hiya salles!