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| Thursday, January 26th, 2012 | | 12:19 am |
I wish you were still here. Whether we'd still have known each other, been friends or lovers, or thousands of miles apart...I just wish it hadn't occurred. She'd be 27 this year. | | Tuesday, December 20th, 2011 | | 2:44 pm |
Congress has a 16% approval rating. It must be wonderful being a member of Congress, because any other job, a 16% approval rating would mean that your ass will be fired NOW. | | Tuesday, October 18th, 2011 | | 2:45 pm |
It's time for the annual United Way drive. As per usual, I donate money towards one of the programs that does outreach to low-income children in the area. I always do a payroll deduction, because it's way easier on much budget. What's difficult is when I have to divide how much I'm giving per pay period... And then I feel like a sack of shit because I'm only donating the price of a comic book every week. | | Sunday, September 25th, 2011 | | 6:04 pm |
I'm about to get really nerdy. You've been warned.
As of late I've been reading the new DC Comics titles, as everything got "rebooted". But it didn't. DC didn't want people using the word "reboot" to describe everything post- Flashpoint, because they said that it wasn't going to be a straight-up reboot. Clark Kent is still Superman, Bruce Wayne is still Batman, and we have a bunch of guys running around as the Green Lantern. I'm having a hard time figuring out how this new universe is supposed to work, not only because of some titles taking whole reset button seriously (like Justice League and Action Comics), but the whole idea of being able to introduce new readers to these characters. Take for instance, Green Lantern Corps which is a title that involves two of the four human Green Lanterns - Jon Stewart and Guy Gardner. In issue #1, they've already got their rings and they're going into action to beat...something. Where was the introduction? How did they get their rings? If you're new to the comics scene, you won't have any idea who these guys are (okay, so they say that Stewart was originally an architect) or how they got their powers. It just automatically assumes that you've been reading various Green Lantern titles for years. Same with Green Lantern, which introduces us to Sinestro first, and then talks about his previous crimes. Oh really? What were they? And why is Hal Jordan without a ring? Much less, why should we give a damn about this Hal Jordan character? I haven't picked up an issue of Green Arrow in years, but I did two weeks ago. If this is supposed to introduce new readers to the series, they left out two important things: 1) Who the hell is he? 2) Why is he so good with the bow and arrow? Batman and Robin seems to be a pretty cool title. But when did Bruce Wayne have a kid? How does it fit in to this new timeline? Meanwhile, the first issue of the new Justice League introduces us to a world that is just discovering all of these superhuman, aliens, robots, what-have-you. The first issue apparently takes place six months after the first discovery of all of these meta-humans. And frankly, it kicks ass. We've got Batman being shot at by the cops, only to be saved at the last minute by Green Lantern (possibly Hal Jordan, but it isn't made clear). The main problem with this new "52" (52 being the number of series being released in September with this relaunch) is that it isn't the introduction/relaunch that we've all been reading about. Some titles are willing to hold new readers by the hand ( Justice League, Deadman, Blue Beetle), others aren't taking time to let you know what they're about ( Green Arrow, various Green Lantern titles). I can understand why wanted some of the old stories to still be canon (after all, what's the point in reading 70+ years of comics for all of it to go down the shit-can in September 2011?), but some of this stuff confounds me. Some of these titles don't seem to be a fresh start for these characters, and now suddenly I feel like I need to read Blackest Night, Brightest Day, and War of the Green Lanterns, just so I have an idea of what the hell they're talking about...which is the exact opposite of what DC advertised. Which now makes me pretty sure that DC doesn't know what the hell it's doing with this reboot and is aimlessly throwing stuff at the wall and hoping it'll stick. Granted, I'm pretty impressed with the writing thus far, and only have one series that I'll probably never check out again. | | Saturday, July 9th, 2011 | | 1:42 am |
Don't EVER buy anything by Belkin. I've now gone through two laptop cooling pads that just randomly died - the first died after one week, the second one died five months later. Their routers are a piece of shit too; the one that we used to have would drop the connection multiple times a day at random times before a couple of weeks ago, when it wouldn't hold a connection for more than five minutes. Fuck Belkin, I'm done with their shit. | | Wednesday, July 6th, 2011 | | 9:11 pm |
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Bad news: I had a nosebleed at my desk. Good news: My desk now looks as though I am a librarian of MURDER. Also, electronic reserves. Current Mood:  amused | | Monday, July 4th, 2011 | | 9:35 pm |
Watching Hackers. I feel like Alex from A Clockwork Orange, screaming in agony that I can't look away from the sheer stupidity of this movie. | | Friday, July 1st, 2011 | | 8:43 am |
Good news: apparently I have a free subscription to the Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology. Current Mood: amused | | Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | | 7:20 pm |
Apparently MySpace is being sold for $30 million. Not going to bother asking the question "Who still uses their MySpace," because we all know the answer. Still...kind of weird watching them do their damnedest to survive. | | Sunday, June 26th, 2011 | | 3:36 pm |
The mayor of Nanticoke (a town near me) got carjacked and beaten last night. He's still alive and out and about, but may be NOW he'll actually do something about the area being such a shithole. | | Saturday, June 18th, 2011 | | 5:02 pm |
A phunny joke.
Q: What's the difference between Duke Nukem and Destructoid's (www.destructoid.com) Jim Sterling? A: One's an egotistical, sexist asshole who thinks its edgy to repeat the same shit over and over again, and one is a video game character. | | Friday, June 10th, 2011 | | 10:59 pm |
Thanks to the hard-working folks at LulzSec, it has come to the Internet's attention that the Residence Life staff at University of Vermont has been looking at pay-site pr0n using the reslife e-mail address. No, I will not provide you sickos with a link this time. Get your friendly Reference librarians to help you out. Current Mood: giddy | | Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | | 9:48 am |
It's hard to feel happy when you feel like you're wasting your time on a degree that doesn't matter (or, it matters to you and you alone), you've never lived this "full potential" that people seem to think exists, you can't seem to do anything right in people's eyes, and you're waiting for something that may never come because it is all you can hope for - to make what you've done have some sort of meaning. | | Monday, May 16th, 2011 | | 2:44 pm |
The nice thing about professors coming up with random classes is that it causes books in the library that haven't been used in years to find new readers. Current Mood: happy | | Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 | | 4:50 pm |
Apparently Brian Blessed was up for the role of Odin in the movie Thor. It's a good thing he didn't get it, because I don't think my girlfriend would have appreciated me yelling "HAWKMEN! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!" in the theater. Current Mood: calm | | Sunday, May 8th, 2011 | | 11:24 pm |
This world is a crazy and sometimes difficult thing to navigate. Sometimes it feels like you're at your wit's end and there's no where to turn. But there are people out there who want to listen and get you the help that you need, or at least be able to point you in the right direction. The Kristin Brooks Hope Center is a network of call centers around America, with people available on the phone 24/7, every single day of the year. You can call them, toll-free at 1-800-442-HOPE (1-800-442-4673) or 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). If you feel as terrible as I once did years ago, and occasionally feel from time to time, I ask that you give them a call. They helped me - they'll do their best to help you. | | Friday, April 22nd, 2011 | | 2:44 am |
The Burger King "app" ad for their chicken tenders is on track for becoming the most annoying/lamest ad of 2011. Current Mood:  annoyed | | Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 | | 9:11 pm |
Today is one of those days when the only thing that makes sense anymore are my Elton John and punk albums. I feel like I'm done caring. What happens...happens. Current Mood:  depressed |
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