Catching Up
1. I've been going through old comic books looking for Hostess ads from the late 1970s. They had these one-page stories where a hero would run into a really lame villain, and be able to stop them by distracting them with Twinkies, or fruit pies, or cupcakes. Some of them are total crack, and there's a web archive with snarky commentary. I got the idea to profile the villains that the Flash fought (even though there's still a bunch of minor villains and supporting characters from canon to add), so I've been looking for pages to get higher-res scans. I found 2 of 4.
The funny thing? It turns out that the Omnivore's 100 list I posted includes Hostess Fruit Pies because the author was nostalgic for those ads.
2. Dinner with MIL Saturday, after alenxa went to a cousin's wedding shower.
3. Majorly dehydrated on Sunday, or something. Tried to start going through the piles of boxes against the edge of our living room, but ended up spending the afternoon on the couch reading, sipping water. Read sections from The Flash Companion and a comic book trade, Supergirl and The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Dominator War. I'd picked it up months ago, before we moved, since it was a sequel to a story I'd liked that came out in 1989 (Invasion!) but hadn't gotten around to reading it. Not bad, but didn't wow me either. Fortunately felt better in time to...
4. Hit the Orange Street Fair on Sunday evening. Passed on Abelskivers (sp) this time. Was in line, but realized I just didn't want them. Agreed we have to explore Old Town Orange sometime when it's not a fair and businesses are open. I think the last time I did that was more than 10 years ago.
5. Responsible day today. Groceries, Laundry, etc.
6. Interviewed the outgoing writer on The Flash last week!
Goals for this week:
1. Locate cable outlet.
2. Arrange for some sort of TV service. The fall season is starting, and we'll actually be watching stuff live and not just off of DVDs.
The funny thing? It turns out that the Omnivore's 100 list I posted includes Hostess Fruit Pies because the author was nostalgic for those ads.
2. Dinner with MIL Saturday, after alenxa went to a cousin's wedding shower.
3. Majorly dehydrated on Sunday, or something. Tried to start going through the piles of boxes against the edge of our living room, but ended up spending the afternoon on the couch reading, sipping water. Read sections from The Flash Companion and a comic book trade, Supergirl and The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Dominator War. I'd picked it up months ago, before we moved, since it was a sequel to a story I'd liked that came out in 1989 (Invasion!) but hadn't gotten around to reading it. Not bad, but didn't wow me either. Fortunately felt better in time to...
4. Hit the Orange Street Fair on Sunday evening. Passed on Abelskivers (sp) this time. Was in line, but realized I just didn't want them. Agreed we have to explore Old Town Orange sometime when it's not a fair and businesses are open. I think the last time I did that was more than 10 years ago.
5. Responsible day today. Groceries, Laundry, etc.
6. Interviewed the outgoing writer on The Flash last week!
Goals for this week:
1. Locate cable outlet.
2. Arrange for some sort of TV service. The fall season is starting, and we'll actually be watching stuff live and not just off of DVDs.