Ramblefest Returns
Let’s make one thing perfectly clear right off the bat: I have nothing much to say really…I just need to get a lot of stuff off my chest and I figured this was the eaisest route to take. So, without further ado, let’s just start rambling on about everything that’s been going on in my life lately.
First off…I’m finally preparing to quit my job so that I can return to studying full-time. At least for a little while. Honestly this not only terrifies me to a great extent (mostly because I’m afraid that I won’t be able to handle studying again and I’ll actually miss the job!) but also makes me uneasy about life in general right now. It’s gotten to the point where I’m unsure of almost everything and second-guess even the most mundane decisions. Just imagine taking more than 5 minutes to decide what kind of shampoo to buy and you get a fair idea of my thought processes these days.
One of my most beloved cats — Icey — died of cancer two days ago. I actually took it a lot harder than I thought I would. No, that doesn’t mean weeping or whatnot…just an intense feeling of sadness and a need to be alone for a while. Of course the latter bit isn’t even THAT big a problem. Thanks to the insane timing of the job and my worrying need to sleep for longer and longer periods of time, I have little or no social life anymore anyway. And with said habits, I have very little to talk about as it is so I prefer to keep to myself as I hate to be a bore. (Yeah, yeah…I’m boring you with the violin music right now…deal with it! My blog, my rules!) Unfortunately that seems to lead to more troubles as the few people I did talk to seem to think I’m ignoring them on purpose and well…it’s a vicious cycle.
I just finished Mad Men Season 2. (I know…I’m jumping through topics faster than Palin trying to convince the world of her sincerity to Roe v Wade) Excellent series and I adore each and every single character. I mean, who saw the Pete-Peggy revelation coming? I thought that considering a whole season’s worth of storylines, that would just be swept under…but it really stood out. Very well done. Of course, that’s nothing compared to what happened an episode earlier with Joan. (I’m purposely being vague here…don’t wanna give away any spoilers) That scene was heart-breaking. Especially considering that it happened to someone with the strength and resolve of Joan. Scenes like that keep me coming back to this show…truly brilliant writing and cinematography. Kind of worried that Reiner will leave the show…I think he’s vital to the series brilliance…but we’ll see.
I have just gotten into Boyce Avenue. Now the band’s original stuff is bland, Lifehouse-lite crap. But their acoustic covers are excellent. Especially worth hearing are their covers of Rihanna’s Disturbia and Coldplay’s Viva La Vida. Excellent stuff and don’t be turned off by the poppy origins. Very, very good. Available on both itunes and youtube, btw.
I am, as of today, exactly 2 months behind on my comics reading. Kind of sad, I know. But hopefully I will catch up in the coming weeks. I’ve just been so busy with books and old trades/singles that I’ve had no time to read the new stuff. Hell…I just finished Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #2 last night so you can well imagine how long it could take for me to catch up at this point. But I’m working on it. Although, honestly, I’m sorely tempted to go trade-only. I’ve dropped a large number of books I used to read so I think I can manage it now. (Cost was always the concern previously).
Btw…as much as the allusions to a divine power annoy me…I am loving the new season of Eli Stone. Very well-written, funny and keeps me on my toes. Good stuff…definitely recommended.
That’s it for now…expect more rambles shortly. This is the mode I have shifted to for now since its more comfortable. Oh…and fret not…Butt-Shots will return soon. Not in the same format…but they will. Instead of weekly books…now I shall focus on random comics I read and happen to find Butt-Shots in. I think that shall make it much more interesting, don’t you?
A Meme!
It’s too hot to come up with new blog posts so I asked Kalinara to help me out! She (in cooperation with Ami Angelwings) has started a new interviewing meme with five questions…which I will now attempt to answer.
I haven’t done any meme except the lolcatz thing so cut me some slack here!
1. If you could be roommates with one superhero, who wouldn’t you choose and why?
Hmm…I would have to go with Spider-Man. I don’t think I could handle being around someone who is constantly crying and who is so bad with rent! (I don’t have a rich father like Harry Osborn 
2. If you could pretend one comic book storyline never happened, which would you pick?
Ah…so many options…so hard to choose. But since I can pick anything…I would go with Crisis on Infinite Earths. I love that mini to death, but if it hadn’t happened there would be no Identity Crisis to lead into Infinite Crisis which would mean there would be no Countdown and (Thank God!) no potential really crappy upcoming crisis (Final Crisis I’ve heard its going to be called…yeah right) Basically I’m killing off everything that is killing off DC right now with one fell swoop. Yay me!
3. Could Ace the Batdog take Power Girl’s cat?
Never! From what I remember of Ace he was something of a pansy while Power Girl’s kitty (what was her name??!) was a little hellcat! From personal experience I always choose the hellcat over the pansy dog.
4. If you could assign any hero theme music, what would you choose?
Probably Revolution by Aimee Allen for Wonder Girl. Just in the hope that she’ll listen to the lyrics and realise how far she’s fallen.
5. Hammers or screwdrivers?
Hammers…easier to defend yourself with one of those than with a screwdriver
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And here’s the meme! If you want in, just comment!
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1. Leave me a comment saying, “Interview me.”
2. I will respond by asking you five questions. I get to pick the questions. (They probably won’t be the same ones you see above!)
3. You will update your blog with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.
Well…that was fun. Hopefully the heat will die down enough for me to do an actual post soon. Damn it’s hot.
A Post of Things To Come…
I was supposed to have a post done today but sleep got in the way (damn you sleep!!) and instead I shall just present a rough outline of what you can expect from this blog over the next couple of days.
First off, a lot less TV! I will probably have posts on seasons 1-3 of The Office (US edition!) and I do plan on doing a regular ’round-up’ for The 4400, and season 4 of Entourage (probably a moratorium for Studio 60 too once it finishes in 4 weeks) but apart from that there will be no more talk of TV. Instead, I shall be doing a bit more cat-blogging (you have been warned!!) and I shall most likely do something I’ve wanted to do since I started this blog: A Legion of Super-Heroes Week!! Basically that entire week will focus on my favourite LSH storylines, what I think about the current books, my favourite characters and probably a review of the new animated series and various other Legion junk I find around the web. This will probably be starting soon…and who knows…based on how much I have to say it could exceed a week.
I also plan on doing some more posts on Death (there’s a finally being made…squee!!) and various books I am currently in the process of reading. Now the bad news, unfortunately I just don’t have the time to regularly blog anymore. I have started studying again and the job and the broken pieces of my social life all need some time and blogging must take a back seat to all of them. I will probably continue in a semi-daily capacity (I’m thinking a post every 2-3 days would work) but I don’t see myself maintaining the daily grind for that much longer (despite how much fun it has been).
I think that’s it for now. Hopefully the new fall pilots will get leaked soon and I can finally decide what I will be definitely watching…but otherwise, meh.
Anyway…hopefully tomorrow I’ll return with something more substantial.
Geoff Johns ruined Wonder Girl!
Now that I’m actually writing this down, I actually feel kind of scared, because I’ve been talking about this post for so long that at this point anything less than excellent would be a letdown, right? Unfortunately, I don’t do excellent…I do passable and so you will have to settle for that and hope that it works.
Stupid teeth
I went to the dentist today…and got a root canal. My mouth is now horribly sore and that is making me very cranky. Add to that the fact that I’m still seething over the VMars cancellation and well…I’m not a very pleasant person to be around today. So…in interests of fairness, I’m putting off the post I was intending to writing today…A Brand-Spanking New Buttshots! Yep…I have finally reached an adequate amount of self-loathing to return to the scene of my greatest hate/pride.
Also…will be starting up on the season finales this week…Ugly Betty, Grey’s Anatomy, Scrubs, Lost, How I Met Your Mother, Heroes, House, American Idol, and probably The Office in about 2 weeks once I catch up to it. Also want to do a post on Avatar: The Last Airbender because it is awesome and I just finished season 2 and now can’t wait to see season 3 (although it has been delayed for like 6 months so when it shows up is anyone’s guess.) Finally, may or may not do a post on my current Anime viewing – Towards the Terra because I still haven’t decieded on whether I will watch it in one sitting once it’s complete or episode by episode on a weekly basis.
Yet Another Ramblefest…
Well…this has been a pretty barren month for this blog. I promise more entries and then I disappear…it’s like 2006 all over again! Sorry, no apologies or excuses this time around. I had work, I was trying to give my dead-as-a-doornail social life a much needed kiss-of-life and I was finally getting around to re-reading some old books/comics that have been on the “To Read” pile for longer than Grey’s Anatomy has been sucking ass. This post will be a kind of catch-all…dealing with everything in the past 2-3 weeks with hopes (::fingers crossed::) that I can manage some kind of semi-regular schedule for this here blog. Otherwise it may just be time to fade away from the internut. So…
Politics: Move along to the TV review portion anyone who is not a) from Pakistan or b) interested in global politics. Now, I don’t think I need to reiterate in detail that the country is currently undergoing what can politely be called a “silent revolution” only not so silent and more of a civil war than a revolution but whatever. For those of you who have living under a rock…the Prez decided to suspend the Chief Justice who decided he wasn’t going to take that sitting down and allied with loads of political parties who were already against the military regime to try to foster some goodwill for the judiciary and maybe drive Musharraf out of power. It was actually going pretty well for the past couple of weeks until the guy went to Karachi. First off, as anyone who does not live in Karachi will tell you…that city is insane. It’s people seem to have no concept of moderation (ok, to be fair the real problem is that Karachi has the largest ‘downtrodden’ population in the entire country…and who would fight blindly for any cause that comes along than someone who has nothing to lose?) But anyway…while this may sound crass…as I write this there are already 30 confirmed dead who are lying in the streets while there are apparently dozens injured. I would post pictures but even I’m not that insensitive. If you want ‘em go google them. I’ll wait. Happy now? Ok…getting to the point. I think its become fairly obvious to anyone with even half-a-brain that the country is definitely at a crossroads now more than ever. On the one hand, the CJP can take this horrible situation and turn it around to show that he was in the right (which can work…but I have doubts since several people I know who were his staunch supporters are now suddenly turning against him for going to Karachi and instigating the whole thing. It didn’t really help that the TV news people showed shots of him sitting in an air conditioned airport waiting room alongside people dying in the streets in his name) For this to work he would have to show that the government has more than a little hand in this ‘war’ and its all been part of a plot to discredit him.
On the other hand…Chaudhry can just say that he gives up and politely head off into the sunset, admitting defeat but gaining the public’s support. I don’t really see this happening. If the past few weeks have taught us anything, its that the whole situation has become bigger than him now and no matter what he does he’s trapped. Nothing short of resignation can pull him out now…and he’s not going to admit defeat that easily. See, all politicians (and that is what Chaudhry has become now…make no mistake) are Machiavellian by nature. They believe that a few lives sacrficied judiciously are worth getting what they need and want: power. And admitting defeat at this point will mean that he admits Musharraf is right…and I don’t think any lawyer/opposition party/the general public will let him get away with that at this point. People may be angry at him right now for seemingly causing the deaths by his presence alone, but they’ll be even more angry if it is perceived that he is giving up after people basically died trying to keep his message alive. It’s a vicious circle and I don’t know where it’s going but the end result of either of the two above-stated possibilties is the same; we’re fucked. The nation is already teetering on civil war between provinces…this is the kind of spark that can push it completely over. I guess the old curse is true: “May you live in interesting times.”
Wherein I ramble…
Sorry for disappearing off the face of the blogosphere but my new job timings have been insane. I don’t have nearly the amount of time required to blog regularly and I barely have time to do stuff I can blog about. Anyhoo…I’ve been meaning to comment on the difficulty inherent in comic organising. Yeah, yeah…I can see most of you yawning already, but it’s been really bothering me since I recently had to move my comics to a separate shelf-system to keep them clean from dust (I live in Pakistan…very few places there is no dust…we focus on minimising…not eradicating) So, I’ve been wondering…how do you guys organise the ‘minor’ parts of your collections? I mean I store the major portions of my collection (spider-man, x-men, thor, captain america and superman) in separate piles/longboxes of their own…because they can support that. But I only have about 3 issues of the ’80s Blue Beetle series and I think 1 issue of Hawkworld. So where would I put those? It’s been bothering me for two days and has left my new (vastly improved and bigger) room completely cluttered with these misc comics as I try to find places for them. I mean, I want to know where they are so they can’t be arbitrarily placed anywhere…yet at the same time I want to have them placed in positions where they won’t take up one longbox for 1 issue. Help Me!!
Also on the life front, I was watching Lost the other day (Juliet=most awesome character ever!) and I started thinking about the food situation. Now, apparently food gets delivered by Dharma every couple of months and they have loads of fruit and apparently an inexhaustible supple of Boars…but couldn’t the Others starve the Losties off the beach? They have (I think) superior numbers…and I’m sure they could intercept the Dharma offerings…and kill off the fruit trees and the boars. So…why don’t they do it? The pregnancy thing (as far as they’re concerned) was probably resolved by Claire and they don’t know that Sun’s pregnant yet…so why are the keeping the ‘evil’ people around anyway? It’s pretty confusing and is really, really making me look forward to next week’s episode when (in Lost time) the fight between the two groups should take place on some level.
Continuing the theme, I was reading the He-Man Movie comic adaptation today (yeah, I got it in a three-pack I bought for a Rom issue…) and it was the most godawful writing I’ve ever seen. Now presumably the comic is based off the movie and I haven’t really seen the movie (and after reading the comic, don’t really want to) so anyone who has both read the comic and watched the movie know how faithful the comic was? Or hell, how stupid the actual movie was? It was truly mind-numbingly awful.
Finally, I’m trying to start a regular blogging thing again…not guaranteeing anything but I want to try to actually complete the 30 days=30 posts thing that I tried to accomplish but couldn’t complete in the final 3 days (damn April Fool’s Day!!) But anyway…will probably be reviewing Drive soon and maybe the No Man’s Land novelisation by Greg Rucka (short review: Much better than the comic)
Apology
I just thought I’d explain to those waiting for the next Butt-Shots exactly why it has been so delayed. I know…I said no more explanations for missed deadlines a while back. But I figured this was a good chance to explain exactly how I work out my posts and why it’s so hard for me to maintain a regular schedule.
I work at a newspaper as a sub-editor currently. I sit in front of the PC for anywhere from 5 to 7 hours daily. Sometimes 7 days a week…sometimes less. But it’s a pretty time-consuming job. I work from 6 PM – 12 AM on most nights…sometimes its stretches over into 1 AM or even later. I tend to get home anywhere from 12:30 to 1:30. Then I eat dinner (why don’t I eat at work? It’s too expensive and I hate the stuff they get delivered. I’d much rather just wait) I then tend to check up on movies, tv shows, downloads, etc… And I go to sleep anywhere from 3 AM to 6 AM. Obviously after that I find it hard to wakeup before 11 AM at the earliest but I do try.
Anyway, the six to seven hours before I have to go to work are devoted to waking up, running errands, preparing the day’s song playlist (I need good songs to get me through the day!!) and these days…talking to friends and catching up each other’s lives. I write these posts at work. I don’t have access to a particularly good internet connection so forgive me for not posting more images. Most images on this site had been edited and uploaded at home and then input into posts at work. Which brings me to Butt-Shots. One post of that, on average, requires anywhere from 1-2 hours of searching and editing time for the pictures. Then approximately 1 hour for the actual post. I just haven’t been able to maintain that kind of time for the past couple of weeks. Hopefully I’ll have some time soon…but until then I shall be sporadically posting whatever enters my mind in the format that has been established for the last 4-5 posts. Also…I fell off the one-month wagon with only 2 days to go!! That totally sucks…but I am going to try my hardest to regain the month in a couple of months when I switch jobs.
Now…where does that leave the status of this blog? I’ll still be reviewing tv shows and soon movies. I’ll try to review more music. And I shall definitely try to review more comics…only now it shall on an issue-by-issue basis. Short posts, each focusing on a single issue. I may have multiple posts in a day this way, but I shall atleast have some reviews on the site that ostensibly started off as a comic review site.
Butt-Shots Tomorrow…I Promise!!
I have a lot of work today (damned news-heavy Saturday) and have zero time to do any blogging…much less the intensive work required for a Butt-Shot post. If I have time tonight I’ll post a review…but no Butt-Shots until tomorrow I’m afraid. This week was very heavy btw…some obvious…some not so much. Will try to fit in as much as possible!
I’m taking a break
No excuses…nothing today. I’m just taking a post-birthday break. Will be back tomorrow with something substantial.
I got nothing…
For some reason (as you can tell from the past 2 weeks I think) I cannot come up with anything for this blog on Mondays and Tuesdays. I have no idea why. It’s like my brain just stops working on these two days. So…all I can say is sorry and I will come up with something new tomorrow. I have a load of crap in the pending pile but I have just been unable to muster up the motivation to finish it all up. Plus whenever I try to write something out my mind just starts to go *bleep bleep* I think it could have something to do with the fact that I’ve been working 7 days a week for the past 3 weeks now and I just need some rest. I mean I work from 6 PM to around 12 AM (sometimes 1 AM) six days a week…or at least that’s how it’s supposed to work. Thanks to a whole messload of people leaving, I’ve had to work seven-day weeks for the past 3 weeks. It’s really getting to me. Hell at this point, if this keeps up, I’d rather be unemployed then continue to work. Don’t really need the money…and it’s too tiring. More updates on this as it develops!!!
Now…hopefully I’ll have a classic story from House of Mystery for y0u people tomorrrow. Yep…I have a 7-pager from 1959 to share! Can’t wait.
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I got nothing today. I’m too tired and far too…blah…to come up with anything today even though I’ve finished another Buffy trade, seen the latest Grey’s episode (wha huh?) and even watched the new Lost (one word: awesome). Hopefully I’ll feel better tomorrow and I’ll return with something more substantial than this. Still…we’re slowly inching towards the month-o-blogging point. Should be interesting to see what my schedule becomes when I don’t feel obligated to post anymore.
Soundtrack of our lives
Ever feel like you were living in a Zach Braff movie?
You know what I mean. You’re dealing with some heavy issues…maybe a little depressed…and then you hear this gloriously emo song and it just makes you even more depressed, but in a good way. So you just roll with the punches and the next day it’s like nothing happened. Well…I went through something like that recently. The reasons aren’t really important (they never are in retrospect, are they?) but it did make me think about music and its impact on our lives. See, I’m not a musician, but I like a lot of different kinds of music. I like songs that cover pretty much every genre from alternative to techno to country to r&b. And I feel comfortable being into that much music. But the thing is…with that much music listening comes the inevitable point where you tend to compare moments in your life to song lyrics or music chords. This happens to me way to often to be ignored. And well…I want to share it.
So, the point of this post (finally!) I shall now be providing a list of songs (or just one song…sometimes just one is enough) with every single post I write. This song will cover what I’m going through or have gone through that day. There will probably be a lot of repeats because I live a life of tedium and half the time I live in this perpetual state of deja vu. But, hopefully it’ll be fun…for the readers as well as for me.
Also, something that just occurred to me…I want to do a chronological soundtrack of my life. That is so emo of me it isn’t even funny…but it sounds like an interesting challenge…finding music that fits all the major points of my life. So…when I find the time (so…not anytime soon is my bet) I shall start to post a soundtrack of my life for every year I’ve been alive. That’ll be from birth till now (whatever ‘now’ will be once I get there.) Again…this is just for fun…so should be interesting to see what I come up with.
Now that my obligatory ‘cat-blog’ post is done…I am planning posts on the much-awaited butt-shots #4, another buffy trade, and skins (this british tv show that I want everyone to know about). Until then…
TRACK OF THE MOMENT: Annihilation by The Perfect Circle.
Link Dump
Why? Because everything else I’m working on is in pending mode…
http://www.celebrityhack.com/bad-tv-show-spin-offs Yeah…they were all pretty bad. Can’t wait to see if the expected Grey’s Anatomy spin-off will end up on this list
http://www.progressiveruin.com A pretty good look at the comics scene from behind the counter. Plus the dude is very funny…and he tends to post the best out-of-context panels.
http://kalinara.blogspot.com I really enjoy her takes on comics. Also, she is probably the first ‘feminist’ blogger whose every point I can understand.
http://www.comixexperience.com/savblog/savblog.html It’s blogs like this that make me shudder to ever write a review. Extremely well-written reviews even though I don’t necessarily agree with them on everything.
http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com Awesome blog. Plus I won comics from them in a panel-id contest!
That’s it for now…tomorrow hopefully I’ll have an actual post.
Manga Giveaway!
I just thought I’d send a shout-out to TangognaT who is celebrating the fourth anniversary of her blog by giving away manga! March 23rd is the deadline so get on it!!
http://www.tangognat.com/2007/03/01/super-happy-fun-manga-giveaway/
Have fun…and I’ll probably be back with an actual post later tonight or early tomorrow. A couple of Buffy reviews coming up…
The evil(?) of digital comics
I’ve actually been meaning to write something on this topic for over 2 years now…unfortunately I have not been able to form coherent thoughts on the matter and it keeps being delegated to “Someday Soon” pile of drafts. Fortunately that “someday” is finally here. I was inspired by the examination of the digital comics issue by Vaneta Rogers over on Newsarama.
Now, I’m not a retailer so I don’t know how this issue affects the salespeople. I’m also not in any way involved in the production of any comic book so I don’t know how the illegal piracy of digital comics or the legal one for that matter affects them. I can however speak purely from a consumer perspective, and I honestly don’t see anything wrong with digital comics…legal or otherwise.
I personally have been dl comics for coming on to 5 years now. It isn’t my only source of comics…of course. I love nothing more than to hold the actual paper version in my hands, but lack of funds and lack of availability in my area (I live in Pakistan…try finding a comic store here and we’ll discuss how travelling 45 minutes to a comic book store is a sacrifice). Anyway, I download comics. The digital piracy scene is pretty organised actually and is kind of scary for a newcomer. But it is the only way that a lot of us can read comics so those people who claim we are killing the industry should understand that not everyone lives in the US and those of us who don’t need to read comics too.
Ok…wrong track. Didn’t mean to turn this into a defensive piece. Where was I…oh yeah, now despite the fact that I download fairly regularly (I read a lot of comics!!) I treat the downloads as extended previews. If I like a book enough (like the recent Annihilation mini which I’m buying the HCs of) I’ll buy it. If I don’t (like 1001 nights of snowfall) I won’t. I get to read the content and decide what I want to buy. I have to add that I actually started buying trades a lot more regularly after I had started downloading than I did before. I want to hold the books in my hand…the really good ones anyway…and I buy them whenever I get the chance. But at the same time I don’t feel guilty for reading the crap that is being put out there because I didn’t spend money on it and I’m not supporting it. As far as I’m concerned it’s a win-win. Maybe it’s on the ethical grey-side…but so are a lot of other things…doesn’t mean we don’t do them.
I really rambled on this…and didn’t mean to. I’m also at work right now so the post is a bit incoherent I’m sure. Sorry about that. I would love to know what other people think about digital comics serving as preview pieces. Let me know in the comments!
New format, new rules
I was planning on starting this on March 1st (just a nice little starting point, you know?) but what with work and moving (yep, I have moved to a MUCH larger place that has ample room for all my books, dvds, comics and other geektronica) I just couldn’t manage it. Finally found some free time at work today so figured I should start.
Start what you might ask…Why start the one post a day for a month challenge! Well, technically it’s not a real challenge, but Mike Sterling from Progressive Ruin said in a recent post that a blogger should try, at the least try!!, to write on his/her blog everyday for a couple of weeks just to see if they could hack it. He said it wasn’t for everyone and I agree, but I want to try it…atleast for a month on a trial basis. If this works…and I’m able to put something out everyday for the next month…we’ll see where I go from there. All I can say is that I’m devoted to this and really, really want to succeed. Barring any unforeseen development, I think I should be able to manage. But…
Here comes the new rules part: I don’t really have time to read as many comics or watch as much tv as I did before because of work. I am however listening to a godawful amount of music these days. So, expect music reviews (I added a couple of older posts that I’ll probably be basing this on if anyone’s interested) and of course the usual comic/book/tv/anime reviews whenever I watch or read something new. I am currently organising my entire comic/book collection and am picking out several things to read during free time so expect me to focus on much older material soon. Hopefully will find time to read the weekly pamphlets as well since…where would the comic industry be without them?
I think that covers it for now. This was a particularly rambling piece and I hope nobody is scared off by it. Expect more coherence from tomorrow…I swear!
Oh…I won’t be previewing any posts anymore since I’ve become notorious (in my own mind…) for not fulfilling promises. I’ll just do things on the fly and even pre-planned posts will not be announced until they are finished (kind of like how some comics should be solicited…) So…come back tomorrow for something on something. Hope to see you back.
Who Cares?
And so the prodigal son returns…
I havem’t updated this blog in a while. Some of it was due to my becoming completely and totally immersed in studying for my final exams (if all goes well I shall be graduating in a month :fingers crossed:) but most of it was because I just couldn’t bring myself to feel anymore about comics; not the industry, not the books, not even the characters. It all just seemed so pointless and the books themselves didn’t exactly help. For every single comic I actually like, there are 10 others which make me question my choice of hobbies. I eventually just decided I needed a break. I stopped buying/reading comics. I stopped visiting comic-related sites. I stopped, in other words, being a comic fan.
Sadly, I still feel much the same way. I’ve dropped 50% of my pull-list. I have stopped reading books that make me want to hit the writer or worse, myself. I have in essence stopped caring. And it’s working out for me. I like the reduced pull list. I like the lesser pressure, and I like the lack of wanting to care about what’s going to happen in Wonder Woman next month (or whenever the hell the comic is coming out these days.)
As far as this blog is concerned…I’m shifting gears. Comics will not be talked about here unless absolutely necessary (as in I read something really, really good.) I’ll start focusing more on tv, movies, music and books. I may also start to “cat-blog” every once in a while. Hopefully this change will help me maintain interest in writing, and eventually, return to my former, comic-obsessed self.
Internet Woes
I was planning on updating this blog atleast twice this week…swear!And for once, it isn’t my fault that it isn’t updated. See…my stupid fucking internet provider went down due to the rains here, and I haven’t had any net for the past 5 days. Anyway, hopefully will not have any more problems. I’ll be back with part 3 of the (now) 4 part pilots review tonight. This time we cover Amazing Screw-On Head and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Return?
Let’s see…
I’ve been blogging off and on for almost a year now…maybe a little more, not really sure. Anyway, I’ve never really made any sort of impact because of two simple reasons:
1) I’m inconsistent as hell. I don’t commit. I update hardly ever. And my content…well…let’s just say it has always been a little…sparse.
2) I avoid op-ed writing as much as possible. Which, come to think of it, is like the exact opposite of what a blog should be.
Well…all of that is hopefully changing now. I want to write more on a regular basis…I want to get myself out there (not for anything mind you…just to stroke my ego…) and I want to try to leave something positive of mine online. Now, this doesn’t mean I won’t occasionally slip into typical blog territory (if I’m bored, you will see pics of my cats on here…be warned!) But I will definitely try to maintain the blog that the tag-line explains; simply one on comics, books, anime and (hopefully) good tv.
Now, who wants to take bets on how long before I fall off the wagon?
Things I HATE – #1
I’ve discovered something about myself after that moronic post-loss. Swearing and ranting on a blog is very cathartic. VERY, VERY FUCKING CATHARTIC (See…feel better already). In pursuit of this (since this is the first thing to break me out of this horrible funk I’ve been in for the past week) I shall pursue a new posting format. 100% more swearing and 100% more ranting!!! The two things that I apparently love the most are now combined to bring you…THINGS I HATE!!!
This will be a semi-regular feature going uptill whatever amount of things I hate run out…which won’t be any fucking time soon since I hate a lot of fucking things…a lot a lot. So, without further delay, here’s THINGS I HATE #1: “Pure” Love.
I really fucking hate “Pure” relationships. For those who don’t know…this is the kind of relationship based on “true love” where the two people love each other so much *barf* that they don’t care about the physical aspect of their relationship. They just like each other’s company. Awww…what a load of CRAP!!! Ladies and Gentlemen…there is no such thing as a fucking “pure” relationship. The only reason guys get interested in girls is to get in their pants, and believe it or not, vice versa (sorry kids, but it’s true). It’s not even that hard to understand, it’s all biological after all. We are designed as a race to procreate and the people we are attracted to are people we believe can provide the best offspring to us. It’s too deeply ingrained to be denied. The people who claim otherwise are fucking liars and shouldn’t be believed. I hate it when people claim that they are only attracted to someone for the “purest of reasons.” It’s a lie…they know it, I know it, heck, the kid from across the street knows it.
GET OVER YOURSELVES!!! There’s nothing wrong with admitting that you’re hot for someone’s bod…if anything, I think the direct approach is much more unique and could actually prove to be advantageous in the long run. I especially hate this from guys (I know, I know, I’m perpetuating a fucking double standard…but fuck that! I don’t mind girls being slightly more…enigmatic. It’s part of their charm) What kind of pansy guy goes around spouting idiotic comments about his “pure” relationship? Someone who’s either retarded or emotionally handicapped. Heck, this “true” love is a sham anyway. There is no such thing as love. It’s a hormonal response to seeing a potential mate which blossoms into a pleasant feeling due to the proximity of what could prove to be very fruitful mating. That is what “love” is!! (Hi, honey!!)
In short…I FUCKING HATE pansies!!!
Ah…that was fun. Be here next time for more ranting…lots more…against gardeners and shit. (But never against ninjas, no…ninjas are cool…and mysterious…and I like ninjas…)
M@therfuckers!!!
FUCK! FUCK! FUCK, FUCK, FUCK!!!!!
I wrote this huge rant for this thing!! It was brilliant, it was fucking superb. And it’s gone thanks to the stupid electricity giving out 5 seconds before I posted it.
BAH!!! It shall be posted again…oh, yes, it definitely shall…
Yet Another Attempt…
If any of you are stil following this out there…if any were in the first place anyway; I thank you. Mostly humbly and graciously, I thank you. I know I’ve been horrible about updating this, and the ever-changing format doesn’t exactly help to gain me any supporters. See, the fact of the matter is that I’m not sure what I want to do with blog…not yet anyway…and so I’m just trying different things and seeing what works, what doesn’t and what will allow me to post to the utmost of my ability without compromising the other aspects of my life (I wish I were like some other bloggers who practically live online…but I, unfortunately, still have school and it does end up taking a lot more time than you would think.)
So, anyway, in light of all that, it’s time for yet another format change. Instead of posting at random like I’ve been doing. I’m going to combine all my disparate interests together and attempt to write atleast a weekly (twice a week maybe) thing about everything that interests and kinda have a huge post which encompasses everything. The first attempt at this will be up either tonight or tomorrow morning depending on how long I spend shopping for a new cell today (yay! new cell!)
Until then, thanks to anyone who’s bothered to read this, and a possible welcome to anyone who might show up!
Pakistan Earthquake
Let me take a break from my self-imposed silence and speak seriously for a minute. For those of you who live under rocks, today is the one week anniversary of what may have been the worst natural disaster to ever strike Pakistan in it’s short history. The Earthquake which struck most of the country, but most especially the Northern areas was felt first on Saturday, October 8th, 2005 at approximately 9:00 AM. It was a massive (for Pakistan) 7.6 on the richter scale at the epicenter which was very near to Azad Kashmir, and was still at 6.2 in Lahore when it reached here, which is a distance of over 450km. I can’t comment on everyone’s experience although let me assure you…there has been nothing else on the minds of the people of Pakistan since this tragedy occured. All we’ve been able to talk about is the Earthquake, and like it or not, it has forever become our JFK Assassination or 9/11(as in, ‘Where were you when the Earthquake hit?’)
Fortunately for me, I live in Lahore and we barely felt the quake as it tore it’s way through Pakistan. Sure some old buildings did collapse, but they were barely noteworthy. The real tragedy occurred in the small town of Muzaffarabad. There is now nothing remaining of this town. A classmate of mine is from here, and I’m sorry to say that most of his family is now no longer with us. The only survivors of an extended family of over 10 people are now down to 3; the classmate, and his parents. When the whole world was filled with tragedy; be it the tsunami, or the katrina fiasco, it never really hit that close to home. Having something like this happen to someone I know, however, has really struck a chord. It’s made me question my own mortality, as trite as that may sound, and more than anything, it’s really made me think about my life. I feel blessed to not have lost anyone close to me in this Earthquake, and while I can’t even imagine what these people who have lost everything must be going through, I wish them the best, and hope that they can somehow find the courage to go on and continue with their lives.
If you want to help the earthquake victims…be it money, clothing, anything really, please contact the people at this site: http://www.earthquakepakistan.com/
A lot of people need your help, and anything, no matter how small in your eyes, can help. Please try to devote some of your hard-earned money this way.
