Hawk! Dove!
► Random thoughts for today:► Visited my grandmother (Nanny) today. Seems she forgot about my birthday last weekend (I was not about to bring it up myself). It's understandable since she herself is 91 and she's been preoccupied with her sister's 90th birthday party on Sunday.
► I posted on my Facebook wall: I don't think God should have to prove His existence by having my sister and I win the $40 million lottery tonight. But that doesn't mean He couldn't.
► I posted on my Facebook wall: Dear Marvel, please release a new Ms. Marvel action figure (preferably with Diamond Select) because the gangly and dorky looking figure from 2006 isn't good enough. Thank you.
► Shockingly I survived my outing today. Well, not so shockingly, more predictably. We hit the bank, the comic shop, visited my grandmother, went to Walmart, and finally the grocery store. So it was a busy afternoon (almost four hours).
There was a long line at the bank (which was to be expected since it was the lunch hour), and I waited at least ten minutes before getting to the teller. My actual banking with the teller took about 2 minutes since I only wanted to deposit the $50 check my grandmother (Mum) had sent me for my birthday. The teller was actually went wide-eyed and smiled saying "really?" when I asked her to directly deposit the check to my credit card balance. I'm guessing that's a rare request.
At the comic book shop I had two figures and a stack of comics to pick up, but the total ended up being much less than I expected, so that was good. I was able to get a copy of Aquaman #1 and had the title added to my pull list. And my two new action figures are Hawk and Dove. The characters from the comic book that made me go from casual to serious comic book collector back in 1989. I'm stocked to finally have figures of them.
The majority of my purchases at Walmart were groceries and apartment necessities. The lone splurges were a nifty Captain America bookmark (which I likely won't actually use as a bookmark and hang it up somewhere) and Paranormal Activity 2 which was on sale for $10. I liked the first one.
I had delays while going through the check out at both Walmart and the grocery store. At Walmart a pack of watch batteries wouldn't ring up properly, so the cashier had to wait for someone to come down and check the display and then come back to the checkout. The problem at the grocery store was over a plastic container of gummy frogs I was going to buy. Turned out the seal was broken and the lid half off, so we had to wait for someone to bring a replacement tub. They're very good gummy frogs (they taste marshmallow-y).
► Theres a special place for you in HELL - In which two teenage girls think Queen performing Bohemian Rhapsody is a Glee cover, and "they suck".Derek: someone needs to die
Kai: I don't think Glee have done BhoRap yet, but yeah.
Derek: god damn Glee, ruining good music
Derek: I'm still angry they did a Rocky Horror episode
Kai: The one that freaks me out the most is the facebook post about 'OMFG Queen copied Justin Bieber!' after he brought out 'Somebody to Love'
Derek: if you have to edit the songs for content, you can not do them
Derek: seriously?
Derek: these should be grounds for justifiable homicide
Kai: Seriously
For the record, I don't actually hate Glee. They're just today's Minipops and harmless, and most of what I say regarding the show is hyperbole. I wasn't against them doing Rocky Horror on the show, but they edited and toned the songs down, and my stance is if you have to tone down and candy coat the songs you should not being doing Rocky Horror. It's like when Hilary Duff released a cover of The Who's My Generation and changed the lyrics to "hope I don't die before I get old". It completely and utterly misses the point of the music. Toning down Rocky Horror misses the point of the play and the songs, which is about about bacchanalian kink and sex, and you can not make that family friendly.
And I suddenly want to create an alien race named the Bacchanaliens. Or see a race on Doctor Who with that name.
► Giffen and Jurgens to replace Pérez on Superman - The turnover rate for comic books is about 3 months, so if DC Comics was determined to remove George Perez from Superman he'd be gone as of issue 3 and not issue 7. As such, I'm going to presume that Pérez is leaving of his own accord. Whichever case it is, I am not at all disappointed in Dan Jurgens writing Superman again. Jurgens' work on the Superman titles more than anyone else is what started my regularly collecting all of the Superman comics in 1988/1989 (whereas I only bought the occasional random issues before). I'm actually very happy about this.
► 007 Watch: James Bond Might Land French Bond Girl; Idris Elba Wants a Chance At Playing 007 - I think Idris Elba would make an awesome James Bond, but by the time Daniel Craig is done he might be in his mid 40s. It's sad, though, in all the years of hype and speculation of the possibility of a "black Bond", my personal favourite choice was Eamonn Walker. Shame he's already almost 50 though as he would have been fantastic.
I still think it's tacky when the press speculates and asks actors about taking over while the role is still occupied.
► Star Wars: The Special Porkins Edition - I thought this was incredibly stupid at first, but it won me over by the end (by being incredibly stupid and funny). Finally, the truth about Greedo shooting first.
Quote of the Moment
Female social worker: Very well then, first we'll test your mental fitness with these flashcards. Tell me what you see.
Woody: Two lesbians kissing. Three lesbians kissing. Three lesbians and a dwarf... kissing.
Female social worker: Okay, that's it. Get out!
[looks are the cards]
Female social worker: Oh crap, these are my vacation pictures.
- The Dating Guy (2009; animated show)
Drinking: A&W root beer
Eating: gummy frogs
Last Watched: The Last Man on Earth (1964); Night of the Living Dead (1968);
► I posted on my Facebook wall: I don't think God should have to prove His existence by having my sister and I win the $40 million lottery tonight. But that doesn't mean He couldn't.
► I posted on my Facebook wall: Dear Marvel, please release a new Ms. Marvel action figure (preferably with Diamond Select) because the gangly and dorky looking figure from 2006 isn't good enough. Thank you.
► Shockingly I survived my outing today. Well, not so shockingly, more predictably. We hit the bank, the comic shop, visited my grandmother, went to Walmart, and finally the grocery store. So it was a busy afternoon (almost four hours).
There was a long line at the bank (which was to be expected since it was the lunch hour), and I waited at least ten minutes before getting to the teller. My actual banking with the teller took about 2 minutes since I only wanted to deposit the $50 check my grandmother (Mum) had sent me for my birthday. The teller was actually went wide-eyed and smiled saying "really?" when I asked her to directly deposit the check to my credit card balance. I'm guessing that's a rare request.
At the comic book shop I had two figures and a stack of comics to pick up, but the total ended up being much less than I expected, so that was good. I was able to get a copy of Aquaman #1 and had the title added to my pull list. And my two new action figures are Hawk and Dove. The characters from the comic book that made me go from casual to serious comic book collector back in 1989. I'm stocked to finally have figures of them.
The majority of my purchases at Walmart were groceries and apartment necessities. The lone splurges were a nifty Captain America bookmark (which I likely won't actually use as a bookmark and hang it up somewhere) and Paranormal Activity 2 which was on sale for $10. I liked the first one.
I had delays while going through the check out at both Walmart and the grocery store. At Walmart a pack of watch batteries wouldn't ring up properly, so the cashier had to wait for someone to come down and check the display and then come back to the checkout. The problem at the grocery store was over a plastic container of gummy frogs I was going to buy. Turned out the seal was broken and the lid half off, so we had to wait for someone to bring a replacement tub. They're very good gummy frogs (they taste marshmallow-y).
► Theres a special place for you in HELL - In which two teenage girls think Queen performing Bohemian Rhapsody is a Glee cover, and "they suck".Derek: someone needs to die
Kai: I don't think Glee have done BhoRap yet, but yeah.
Derek: god damn Glee, ruining good music
Derek: I'm still angry they did a Rocky Horror episode
Kai: The one that freaks me out the most is the facebook post about 'OMFG Queen copied Justin Bieber!' after he brought out 'Somebody to Love'
Derek: if you have to edit the songs for content, you can not do them
Derek: seriously?
Derek: these should be grounds for justifiable homicide
Kai: Seriously
For the record, I don't actually hate Glee. They're just today's Minipops and harmless, and most of what I say regarding the show is hyperbole. I wasn't against them doing Rocky Horror on the show, but they edited and toned the songs down, and my stance is if you have to tone down and candy coat the songs you should not being doing Rocky Horror. It's like when Hilary Duff released a cover of The Who's My Generation and changed the lyrics to "hope I don't die before I get old". It completely and utterly misses the point of the music. Toning down Rocky Horror misses the point of the play and the songs, which is about about bacchanalian kink and sex, and you can not make that family friendly.
And I suddenly want to create an alien race named the Bacchanaliens. Or see a race on Doctor Who with that name.
► Giffen and Jurgens to replace Pérez on Superman - The turnover rate for comic books is about 3 months, so if DC Comics was determined to remove George Perez from Superman he'd be gone as of issue 3 and not issue 7. As such, I'm going to presume that Pérez is leaving of his own accord. Whichever case it is, I am not at all disappointed in Dan Jurgens writing Superman again. Jurgens' work on the Superman titles more than anyone else is what started my regularly collecting all of the Superman comics in 1988/1989 (whereas I only bought the occasional random issues before). I'm actually very happy about this.
► 007 Watch: James Bond Might Land French Bond Girl; Idris Elba Wants a Chance At Playing 007 - I think Idris Elba would make an awesome James Bond, but by the time Daniel Craig is done he might be in his mid 40s. It's sad, though, in all the years of hype and speculation of the possibility of a "black Bond", my personal favourite choice was Eamonn Walker. Shame he's already almost 50 though as he would have been fantastic.
I still think it's tacky when the press speculates and asks actors about taking over while the role is still occupied.
► Star Wars: The Special Porkins Edition - I thought this was incredibly stupid at first, but it won me over by the end (by being incredibly stupid and funny). Finally, the truth about Greedo shooting first.
Click to viewQuote of the Moment
Female social worker: Very well then, first we'll test your mental fitness with these flashcards. Tell me what you see.
Woody: Two lesbians kissing. Three lesbians kissing. Three lesbians and a dwarf... kissing.
Female social worker: Okay, that's it. Get out!
[looks are the cards]
Female social worker: Oh crap, these are my vacation pictures.
- The Dating Guy (2009; animated show)
Drinking: A&W root beer
Eating: gummy frogs
Last Watched: The Last Man on Earth (1964); Night of the Living Dead (1968);