Standing Up
► Now that's nice. Earlier this afternoon I opened out front door to put some things in the blue box, which we keep on the front landing and I saw that someone had hung a flyer on the stairwell railing. It's an advance notice warning that they'll be doing maintenance on the watermain and cutting off our water. Presumably for the maintenance and water cut-off from yesterday. Advanced warning the next day? Timely.
I aware of the possibility that this flyer is separate and means that they'll be doing more work in the next few days, but forgive me if I don't give the city that much credit.
► Dinner at Dad and Claire's condo yesterday was nice. Spaghetti with meat sauce. It was delish.
While both Dean and I had been invited, she opted not to go since she wanted to go to bed when she got home as she hadn't slept much the night before. As she was my ride, Dad had to pick me up, and he came to get me at 3:30pm. Supper was going to be late so we managed to fit in all of my start of the month shopping, stopping at the comic book shop, Walmart, and then the grocery store. I actually ended up having a panic attack while waiting in live at Walmart, although I managed to keep from showing it. When you're standing under an air conditioner vent in a cool building and you're sweating profusely, you're not exactly relaxed.
Dad still wants me to go out with him on Friday, to visit my grandmother and also to help him find the proper cable to connect his new BluRay player to his TV. I don't feel completely up to it, but I figure I'll make an effort to do it. I'm further testing myself by having eaten today, having had a fried chicken Hungryman TV dinner early this afternoon. It doesn't seem like much, but it's monumental for me where I currently am headwise.
At the comic book shop I picked up my monthly comics and my life sized cardboard standee of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. I have to admit to being slightly disappointed with it when I got it home as it wasn't glossy finished like my Han Solo standee I bought in 1995, and image isn't sharp in close up. If you stand a few feet away from it the image looks good, but up close it starts to look like an Impressionist painting. Just to be clear, I do like the standee and I'm happy I bought it. She's currently standing in my bedroom beside my TV. The smaller size means I have more freedom to display her than I do my Han Solo standee, which is currently folded up in my closet. It's probably a bit risky to have her on display right now, because it's probably just a matter of time before Stormy decides her feet need trimming, or he decides to scale her. Risky, but I spent enough and waited two months for it, so I want to at least see her, even if just for a few days.
While getting my comics I also asked Randy, the shop owner, to take Earth 2 and Worlds' Finest off of my pull list. I just decided I haven't really enjoyed either series, and I've been wanting to get my list down to just a few comics again. This means I'm down to 5 titles: Action Comics, Superman, Aquaman, Justice League, and Batgirl. At Walmart I bought B & V Friends Double Digest #227, an Archie Comics digest.
► From chat, referring to the upcoming Montreal Comiccon in mid September that artist George Perez is attending :Gene: it may be my only change to ever meet Perez
Derek: it'd be really cool
Gene: yeah i think so
Derek: I'd still like to meet Adam Hughes
Derek: not that I'd have any idea what I'd say to him other than "Duh, you're AWESOME!"
► 9gag: Things to do in the future... - Funny, that's the same list I have!
► IndieWire: Spend a Sleepless Night and Day with Marilyn Monroe: A Guide to Her Best Roles - Better make sure your shots are all up to date. ...because she's been dead 50 years, yeesh.
► Zap2it: NBC airs water polo wardrobe malfunction - People must be hard-up for drama if this causes a shitstorm. It's a physical sport where people are flailing in water grasping and grappling for purchase. uniforms are going to slip. But, oh noes! A nipple briefly in view! Won't somebody think of the children?!
Society, media too, grow the fuck up.
► CBR: Bryan Singer Confirms "X-Men" Heading To "Days of Future Past" - I was surprised at how good X-Men: First Class was, so given that it's the same creative team making this film, I expect it to be good too. Good, albeit very different if not completely unrecognizable for the storyline they're using as the source material.
► DOCTOR WHO New Season Fall 2012 Trailer Series 7 - They had me at "Dinosaurs? On a space ship?!" And then threw on giant mecha robots for good measure. Sold!Kai: lol giant Mechas saying 'we're very cross with you'
Derek: oh yeah, that was just garnish on the gravy
Kai: awww li'l baby weeping angel statue
Derek: I love Doctor Who for the same reason I love Superman
Derek: anything is possible
Quote of the Moment
Lonely Cop: Listen, I really don't have to use the can I just want to ask you, where do you get these things?
[the cardboard people]
Lonely Cop: They're fantastic?
Larry Hubbard: You mean you're a...
Lonely Cop: Yeah, a lonely cop.
Larry Hubbard: A lonely cop? Aww. You get them at The Lonely Guy's store at 81st and Lex.
Lonely Cop: Do they have Gene Hackman?
Larry Hubbard: Uh,
[to Warren who's in the kitchen]
Larry Hubbard: Hey Warren! Does The Lonely Guy's store have Gene Hackman?
Warren Evans: Yeah, but you have to order him one week before shipping!
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
Drinking: water
Last Watched: My Favorite Brunette (1947); The Inspector General (1949);
I aware of the possibility that this flyer is separate and means that they'll be doing more work in the next few days, but forgive me if I don't give the city that much credit.
► Dinner at Dad and Claire's condo yesterday was nice. Spaghetti with meat sauce. It was delish.
While both Dean and I had been invited, she opted not to go since she wanted to go to bed when she got home as she hadn't slept much the night before. As she was my ride, Dad had to pick me up, and he came to get me at 3:30pm. Supper was going to be late so we managed to fit in all of my start of the month shopping, stopping at the comic book shop, Walmart, and then the grocery store. I actually ended up having a panic attack while waiting in live at Walmart, although I managed to keep from showing it. When you're standing under an air conditioner vent in a cool building and you're sweating profusely, you're not exactly relaxed.
Dad still wants me to go out with him on Friday, to visit my grandmother and also to help him find the proper cable to connect his new BluRay player to his TV. I don't feel completely up to it, but I figure I'll make an effort to do it. I'm further testing myself by having eaten today, having had a fried chicken Hungryman TV dinner early this afternoon. It doesn't seem like much, but it's monumental for me where I currently am headwise.
At the comic book shop I picked up my monthly comics and my life sized cardboard standee of Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. I have to admit to being slightly disappointed with it when I got it home as it wasn't glossy finished like my Han Solo standee I bought in 1995, and image isn't sharp in close up. If you stand a few feet away from it the image looks good, but up close it starts to look like an Impressionist painting. Just to be clear, I do like the standee and I'm happy I bought it. She's currently standing in my bedroom beside my TV. The smaller size means I have more freedom to display her than I do my Han Solo standee, which is currently folded up in my closet. It's probably a bit risky to have her on display right now, because it's probably just a matter of time before Stormy decides her feet need trimming, or he decides to scale her. Risky, but I spent enough and waited two months for it, so I want to at least see her, even if just for a few days.
While getting my comics I also asked Randy, the shop owner, to take Earth 2 and Worlds' Finest off of my pull list. I just decided I haven't really enjoyed either series, and I've been wanting to get my list down to just a few comics again. This means I'm down to 5 titles: Action Comics, Superman, Aquaman, Justice League, and Batgirl. At Walmart I bought B & V Friends Double Digest #227, an Archie Comics digest.
► From chat, referring to the upcoming Montreal Comiccon in mid September that artist George Perez is attending :Gene: it may be my only change to ever meet Perez
Derek: it'd be really cool
Gene: yeah i think so
Derek: I'd still like to meet Adam Hughes
Derek: not that I'd have any idea what I'd say to him other than "Duh, you're AWESOME!"
► 9gag: Things to do in the future... - Funny, that's the same list I have!
► IndieWire: Spend a Sleepless Night and Day with Marilyn Monroe: A Guide to Her Best Roles - Better make sure your shots are all up to date. ...because she's been dead 50 years, yeesh.
► Zap2it: NBC airs water polo wardrobe malfunction - People must be hard-up for drama if this causes a shitstorm. It's a physical sport where people are flailing in water grasping and grappling for purchase. uniforms are going to slip. But, oh noes! A nipple briefly in view! Won't somebody think of the children?!
Society, media too, grow the fuck up.
► CBR: Bryan Singer Confirms "X-Men" Heading To "Days of Future Past" - I was surprised at how good X-Men: First Class was, so given that it's the same creative team making this film, I expect it to be good too. Good, albeit very different if not completely unrecognizable for the storyline they're using as the source material.
► DOCTOR WHO New Season Fall 2012 Trailer Series 7 - They had me at "Dinosaurs? On a space ship?!" And then threw on giant mecha robots for good measure. Sold!Kai: lol giant Mechas saying 'we're very cross with you'
Derek: oh yeah, that was just garnish on the gravy
Kai: awww li'l baby weeping angel statue
Derek: I love Doctor Who for the same reason I love Superman
Derek: anything is possible
Click to viewQuote of the Moment
Lonely Cop: Listen, I really don't have to use the can I just want to ask you, where do you get these things?
[the cardboard people]
Lonely Cop: They're fantastic?
Larry Hubbard: You mean you're a...
Lonely Cop: Yeah, a lonely cop.
Larry Hubbard: A lonely cop? Aww. You get them at The Lonely Guy's store at 81st and Lex.
Lonely Cop: Do they have Gene Hackman?
Larry Hubbard: Uh,
[to Warren who's in the kitchen]
Larry Hubbard: Hey Warren! Does The Lonely Guy's store have Gene Hackman?
Warren Evans: Yeah, but you have to order him one week before shipping!
- The Lonely Guy (1984)
Drinking: water
Last Watched: My Favorite Brunette (1947); The Inspector General (1949);