A Quick-Update-Original-Content-Lite-Kinda-Post
For those of you holding your breath, my date on Friday went well, but I'm still, as Stephie from Hero Squared would say, "processing". I will say that Grindhouse is an awesome movie. I definitely recommend it, if you're in to that sort of thing. Surprisingly, I liked Planet Terror better than Deathproof. The best part, however, was the trailer for the fake!movie The Machete. The tag-line was "They fucked with the wrong Mexican." One of my best friends is Mexican, and I could just imagine Daniela starring in a gory revenge thriller... The main problem with Grindhouse is that it's a little too long. Yeah, it's supposed to be a double feature, but by the end, my butt hurt, I was really hungry, and I needed to pee. I imagine the experience would be a bit better on DVD where you can pause for bathroom breaks.
DC solicitations for July came out. This caught my eye:
JLA #11 is a Roy solo issue! Say what you want about Brad Meltzer, the man writes a damn good Roy. I am totally ordering the variant cover for this because Michael Turner? No. Just...no.
I was reading an entry in Pretty, Fizzy Paradise about the Green Arrow prison movie. Someone in the comments mentioned a "Rainbow Archer" and I was like "no way", but then I looked it up:
Ollie did indeed fight a Rainbow Archer. I need to work him in to my one story for dc_appreciation, along with the Rainbow Raider. In fact, maybe the entire cast will be made up of rainbow-themed villains...
Rita posted this because she said it reminded her of me:
Professor: Yesterday my son asked me what bunnies have to do with Jesus and I was so excited. But he’s only seven so, you know, you have to put it into terms they understand. So instead of confusing him with Eostre and bunnies and eggs being fertility, it went something like, Eostre is Batman…and the bunny is Robin. For a long time they were always together but then Robin decided to leave Batman and joined Teen Titans. Jesus would be like Cyborg. So now, Robin and Cyborg are on a team…like the Easter Bunny and Jesus.
Overheard at Winthrop University
When weird anecdotes involving Batman remind my friends of me, I know that my work is done.
Also, weird anecdotes about librarians remind her of me:
Homeless guy #1: Damn! I just got kicked out of the library! Damn!
Homeless guy #2: What did you do, man?
Homeless guy #1: I don't know. I don't know.
Homeless guy #2: Aren't you drunk?
Homeless guy #1: Well, yeah. Also, I might have been looking at dirty pictures on the computer.
Homeless guy #2: Aw, that's not so bad.
Homeless guy #1: And they said that I was being disrespectful to the librarians.
Homeless guy #2, freaking out: No way, man! You can never, never disrespect the librarians! Always respect librarians! What were you thinking? Are you an idiot?
Outside Boulder Public Library
Boulder, Colorado
Overheard by: Librarian on break
Damn right you don't disrespect the librarians! Especially when they're wearing matching Superman t-shirts! Rod and I got our boss, Allen, to wear one last Wednesday. Now there are three of us on Counter-Culture Librarian Team Superman! Allen is part of the counter-culture because...he's from So-Cal! That's considered to be weird in Ohio.
My second favorite joke in Blades of Glory was "Dude, if we went to a costume party dressed as Batman and Robin, I'd go as Robin. That's how much I care about you."
My favorite joke? "That wasn't figure skating. That was a performance by Cirque-de-Sol-LAME!" I'm going to have to work that into casual conversation, along with "It's called go-go, not cry-cry!" from Grindhouse.
DC solicitations for July came out. This caught my eye:
JLA #11 is a Roy solo issue! Say what you want about Brad Meltzer, the man writes a damn good Roy. I am totally ordering the variant cover for this because Michael Turner? No. Just...no.
I was reading an entry in Pretty, Fizzy Paradise about the Green Arrow prison movie. Someone in the comments mentioned a "Rainbow Archer" and I was like "no way", but then I looked it up:
Ollie did indeed fight a Rainbow Archer. I need to work him in to my one story for dc_appreciation, along with the Rainbow Raider. In fact, maybe the entire cast will be made up of rainbow-themed villains...
Rita posted this because she said it reminded her of me:
Professor: Yesterday my son asked me what bunnies have to do with Jesus and I was so excited. But he’s only seven so, you know, you have to put it into terms they understand. So instead of confusing him with Eostre and bunnies and eggs being fertility, it went something like, Eostre is Batman…and the bunny is Robin. For a long time they were always together but then Robin decided to leave Batman and joined Teen Titans. Jesus would be like Cyborg. So now, Robin and Cyborg are on a team…like the Easter Bunny and Jesus.
Overheard at Winthrop University
When weird anecdotes involving Batman remind my friends of me, I know that my work is done.
Also, weird anecdotes about librarians remind her of me:
Homeless guy #1: Damn! I just got kicked out of the library! Damn!
Homeless guy #2: What did you do, man?
Homeless guy #1: I don't know. I don't know.
Homeless guy #2: Aren't you drunk?
Homeless guy #1: Well, yeah. Also, I might have been looking at dirty pictures on the computer.
Homeless guy #2: Aw, that's not so bad.
Homeless guy #1: And they said that I was being disrespectful to the librarians.
Homeless guy #2, freaking out: No way, man! You can never, never disrespect the librarians! Always respect librarians! What were you thinking? Are you an idiot?
Outside Boulder Public Library
Boulder, Colorado
Overheard by: Librarian on break
Damn right you don't disrespect the librarians! Especially when they're wearing matching Superman t-shirts! Rod and I got our boss, Allen, to wear one last Wednesday. Now there are three of us on Counter-Culture Librarian Team Superman! Allen is part of the counter-culture because...he's from So-Cal! That's considered to be weird in Ohio.
My second favorite joke in Blades of Glory was "Dude, if we went to a costume party dressed as Batman and Robin, I'd go as Robin. That's how much I care about you."
My favorite joke? "That wasn't figure skating. That was a performance by Cirque-de-Sol-LAME!" I'm going to have to work that into casual conversation, along with "It's called go-go, not cry-cry!" from Grindhouse.