Hmmm, hard to say it varies from week to week, but when I hit Newbury Comics I usually drop about thirty dollars a trip, so multiply that four weeks a month and thats $120, then divide it by about three dollars a comic, and I guess I read about forty comics a month, give or take. Oh, wait, I forgot the twenty percent discount. So that makes it $2.40 per comic, so make that about fifty comics a month.
Wow! I hate seeing what I spend on comics, that's close to $1500 a year!
Well, I'm disqualifying Hulk right away for not actually being a sequel and instead being a "redo".
I have reservations about Heath Ledger's Joker. I know a lot of people think that he's great in the previews, but I honestly haven't been impressed so far. I also count myself among the few people who didn't enjoy Batman begins, so that effects my decision. In my opinion Christian Bale(sp?) wasn't that good a Bruce Wayne, still no one can do the double life like Michael Keaton, and if the Joker isn't Caesar Romero, he's Jack Nicholson.
If the Hellboy sequel is a shadow of what the first was then it's the best hands down.
I like a lot of the new features, but I am still getting used to the newness of it all. My only complaints would be that I don't like that it only lists the date of a post, I liked it better when it broke it down into days, hours, and minutes, and esthetically I don't like all the white space, it seems like it is missing something.
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least:
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee,--and then my state
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings'.
~Shakespeare
Well, it's been a whole day or so, and already I felt the need to switch up Slinger's super self, but I think I finally got it headed in the right direction. No superpowers, just mad skills, and he's a goody two-shoes as he should be. Now just to get him into some action...
Okay, so I canceled my trip out west to see Thrice, I just didn't feel up for driving out to Worcester and back in one night for a show that I had no idea if I would like. That and it would have severely put a strain on my wallet.
So today I was looking at my pull list and realized that I hadn't picked up the new Amazing Spider-Man, I'm a little bummed out about that considering it's kind of a haul to get to the comic shop from Harwich, I wish the little one down the street was still open, but Newbury Comics will have to do. I hate going to a chain like that though, I would much rather help out a small business. Also I was looking through the ones I did pick up and can't find a few of them, I think I'm buying a lot more than I should. I was thinking of branching into D.C., but the cost is becoming a major deterrent.
Anyway, I updated Slinger's information, gave him a pseudo-superpower or two. Basically he's Iron Man except a lot more fragile and everything is internal. I'll have to do more research into the endocrine system in humans to figure out exactly how his powers work. So consider it a work in progress at this point. Also I upgraded his educational background quite a bit, he's gone from college dropout to Doctor Slinger in one fell swoop (well I guess not a "fell" swoop, but you know what I mean).
On the relationship front (or lack there of), I've been having a hard time getting to sleep at night. I think I miss having someone there. When I think of how often I took it for granted it makes me sad, but I'm holding out hope. Someday I'll find someone special. I don't know why this feels like the end of the world to me, I'm only 24 and a half, it's not like I don't have another 50 plus years left to live. I'm sure there will be someone for me, but the key is going to be getting out there and looking.
I was reading one of my brother's Men's Health magazines, and amidst the "turn her on by doing this" stories (which I must admit I take careful mental notes of), it had an interesting article on the lost art of the conversation. I think I'm not a very good conversationalist and it is something I would like to work on. I mean, I'm good when the conversation is in my area of expertise, but I would like to get better at talking comfortably outside of what I know. I think the key there is to keep an open mind, and to learn to ask the right questions.
Well anyway, I guess that concludes this installment in my new online journal of sorts. As always, thanks for listening.
james
I've been seriously considering taking on a second job this summer. With gas prices what they are, and with no end in sight for the steady rise, I just can't afford to do anything anymore.
So, Saturday night I'm thinking of hitting the Palladium to see Thrice. I can't say I'm too excited about it. I mean, I know I want to get out and do something, but part of me asks "why?" The truth is, I don't know what I'd do there, I've turned into such a social recluse, it really bugs me. I wish I had kept in touch with people from school, but friends have never been high up on my priorities list. The thing is, I have a huge family that for a long time I was extremely close with, and they were all I needed for a long time, they were my friends. Somewhere along the line though, I just lost touch with them. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy their company, but I just don't hang around with them near as much as I used to.
I really don't have any friends now, literally no friends (that is to say, none that I've ever met), I don't know how I got to this point. Well there is my ex-GF, but most of the time she's worrying about something that is either, A. Something I can't relate to, or B. Her new BF, and I just get frustrated because at least she has someone.
Well, anyway, I didn't mean to make this a pity party. I just wanted to be open, you can come to expect that kind of thing from me. Blah, whatever, thanks.
james
P.S. New playlist, my ten favorite songs is up now, feel free to critique.
Boredom. Okay, so I've heard the expression, "if you're bored then you're boring" and I'm willing to except that, I'm not a very exciting guy. I wonder if there are any good shows in Boston this weekend. I don't think I care what it is, I just want to get the hell off of the Cape for a little bit. Let's see...
Okay, apparently, Thrice, A Cursive Memory, and The Night Marchers are playing in MA, they are all off of Vagrant Records, whom I find trustworthy, then off of Epitaph there is Westbound Train. I've never heard of any of them. Where's iShadow when you need him. Well, I know I can find a few of those bands albums online anyway, looks like I'll have to do some downloading, unless a friendly passerby knows any better shows in Southern New England this weekend...
Anybody?
james
I have found myself thinking a lot about my life and what comes next recently, and when I do that I often think of the movie 'Taxi Driver' and the book 'the Catcher in the Rye'. These two stories have great meaning for me, as the characters are both very introspective and dream of a better world. At one point Holden Caulfield is talking to someone who asks him what he wants to do for work, and he tells the person (I can't remember who, it's been so long) about his fantasy of being the catcher in the rye. His job would to monitor children as they played and catch them before they fell off of a ledge (or something). I have decided that this is my ideal job too, I just want to take care of the people I care about, that, I think, has always been the way I lived my life. I wish I had a copy of that book, I think it's my all time favorite. Some people prefer 'Franny and Zooey', but not me, 'Catcher in the Rye' is where it's at.
Anyway, my summer fun mix is starting to get old, I'm thinking of doing a homage to Iron Man, what was possibly the greatest superhero movie I had ever seen.
james
Always the lover, never loved...
...Okay that was melodramatic, sure I know I'm loved, but it's different. Is it too much to ask that a brilliant and beautiful woman fall head over heels in love with me? I think I just want the attention that comes with it. Blah, both frustrating and depressing. Maybe someday, hopefully someday soon...
Oh, and the summer mix is up. Sorry no Beach Boys, Bukowski. Next time, either punk rock or love songs, we'll see. Feel free to make a suggestion.
james
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