I've been getting my comics by mail order since the whole Jason/Laughing Ogre debacle last year and I loved the store I was using, www.heavyink.com. They offered a 20% discount on everything and shipping was only 99 cents. And then I read this article on Robot 6 (a blog hosted by Comic Book Resources) this afternoon:

Unacceptable: Online retailer ( Read more... )

I fell down the basement stairs last night. I am very, very lucky that I didn't break anything or hit my head, but it hurts a lot today D ( Read more... )

Nnnrgh. I'm sorry I'm so far behind on LJ, but pretty much all I've had time for lately is school and sleep. Unfortunately, that situation is likely to continue until I graduate this summer. I have been Twittering some, so if you're really desperate to hear me bitch about work, you can follow me on there. I will more than likely follow you back! I' ( Read more... )

First, a couple of links:

Remember the awesome Rafael Albequerque cover to Superboy #1? I found out who owns the original art! It's Jeff Lemire:


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The domestic violence advocacy organization I work for recently had a big financial upheaval, which led to some major cutbacks. Fortunately, I didn't get laid off, but my hours have been reduced from about 30 a week to 12. It's not as big a deal for me as it is for some of my coworkers since I don't have any kids to feed and I still live with my ( Read more... )

I figured that my sore throat, head aches, muscle aches, congestion, and fatigue meant I had the flu, so I stayed home and rested all week. Then on Friday morning, I passed out about 5 minutes after I woke up. Fortunately, I realized I was going to faint and layed down on the floor before I actually lost consciousness so I didn't hit my head or ( Read more... )

A friend recently asked me what I thought about the current state of the DCU. If I had answered a few hours ago, I would have said that I was pretty much disgusted. Why? This.

It doesn't help that [SPOILER] Ryan was killed just a few weeks after the whole Cry for Justice/Rise of Arsenal debacle. Incidentally, that means that DC has killed off two ( Read more... )

I, uh, had an EKG and chest CAT scan today. See, I woke up this afternoon (I worked overnight) with horrible chest pain. I assumed it was something to do with my cold so I called my doctor. They told me to go to the emergency room to rule out heart problems >_My heart rate was really elevated when I was being triaged (about 120 when normal is, like ( Read more... )

Ugh. I thought I would start out by apologizing for not posting in so long, but then I decided that would be arrogant because I very much doubt that anyone was sitting at their computers, refreshing their friends pages with bated breath going "My God! When will Wake post again?!" However, if anyone was worried about me, I am sorry. I've been fine ( Read more... )

I was an hour and fifteen minutes in to the Lost season finale when the power went out! Nooooooo! Now I must go to sleep without knowing if Juliet and Sawyer broke up! Or if Locke killed Jacob! Or if my theory about the guy running around who looks like Locke not actually being Locke is correct ( Read more... )