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fredericksThe Six Creepiest Comic Book Characters. There are some times when Cracked hits it out of the park. That there link leads to one of those times. I'm sort of glad I stopped religiously following comics when I did, because I missed the whole Ultimates storyline in the X-'verse and...Piotr and Wanda gettin' it on? Fo' serious??? Wrong wrong wrong on every level possible.
Middle bro has returned, with a startlingly low GPA (okay, it's his freshman year so he gets a temporary bye, but I still expect a lot better from him, engineering major or not) and a scary proficiency at kicking my ass at Smash Bros. (the two are related, perhaps?). On the way back we stopped by Palisades Mall to pick up mom's present (iPod nano) and grabbed something to eat, where he also demonstrated the ability to suck food down like there's a black hole located in his abdomen. I know he plays football and all, but Jesus.
The snags keep popping up with the whole new job thing. First I was told I was negative for mumps titer (how?? nowadays it's like you can't even buy milk without having had a MMR shot), then I was given the okay (according to the nurse my resistance is "borderline, but acceptable"), then I was told I needed to hand in a copy of my chest x-ray because of my positive PPD. I had asked the health outfit I was referred to for my physical about this and they'd said I was fine without the damn x-ray results, which had struck me as funny but I figured what the hell. Now I'm more "what the fuck" than anything else. I *knew* the enthusiasm about leaving would end up biting me in the karmic ass somehow. It should be easy to get the results, but knowing how the DoH operates around here I'm going to end up doing a shitload of run-around for it come Wednesday.
The Great Dresden Reread continues. I'm up to Dead Beat (book seven) at the moment. I still maintain there are a couple of *great* stories waiting to be told between the end of book six and the beginning of book seven. Harry and Thomas make an excellent Odd Couple. Factor in the growth of Mouse, Harry's growing awareness of Lasciel, and Thomas's attempts to fit into human society while being fired from job after job and you have an *amazing* bit of material with which to work. *mumbles to herself some more*
Btw: for anyone else interested in all things Thomas - Butcher has a short story with Thomas as the protagonist in the works. I like Butcher and all, and I really wish he'd give us more on Thomas, but $14 for 80 pages? He's gotta be kidding.
Right - something else I picked up at the mall while perusing the Apple store: The Amazing Spiderman Complete Collection. It's every Spiderman comic from the beginning to mid 2006 in DVD-Rom format. I've mainly been an X-girl (ha), so I figured it's time I brushed up on other Marvel characters.
In conclusion: Road trips! Fun.
Middle bro has returned, with a startlingly low GPA (okay, it's his freshman year so he gets a temporary bye, but I still expect a lot better from him, engineering major or not) and a scary proficiency at kicking my ass at Smash Bros. (the two are related, perhaps?). On the way back we stopped by Palisades Mall to pick up mom's present (iPod nano) and grabbed something to eat, where he also demonstrated the ability to suck food down like there's a black hole located in his abdomen. I know he plays football and all, but Jesus.
The snags keep popping up with the whole new job thing. First I was told I was negative for mumps titer (how?? nowadays it's like you can't even buy milk without having had a MMR shot), then I was given the okay (according to the nurse my resistance is "borderline, but acceptable"), then I was told I needed to hand in a copy of my chest x-ray because of my positive PPD. I had asked the health outfit I was referred to for my physical about this and they'd said I was fine without the damn x-ray results, which had struck me as funny but I figured what the hell. Now I'm more "what the fuck" than anything else. I *knew* the enthusiasm about leaving would end up biting me in the karmic ass somehow. It should be easy to get the results, but knowing how the DoH operates around here I'm going to end up doing a shitload of run-around for it come Wednesday.
The Great Dresden Reread continues. I'm up to Dead Beat (book seven) at the moment. I still maintain there are a couple of *great* stories waiting to be told between the end of book six and the beginning of book seven. Harry and Thomas make an excellent Odd Couple. Factor in the growth of Mouse, Harry's growing awareness of Lasciel, and Thomas's attempts to fit into human society while being fired from job after job and you have an *amazing* bit of material with which to work. *mumbles to herself some more*
Btw: for anyone else interested in all things Thomas - Butcher has a short story with Thomas as the protagonist in the works. I like Butcher and all, and I really wish he'd give us more on Thomas, but $14 for 80 pages? He's gotta be kidding.
Right - something else I picked up at the mall while perusing the Apple store: The Amazing Spiderman Complete Collection. It's every Spiderman comic from the beginning to mid 2006 in DVD-Rom format. I've mainly been an X-girl (ha), so I figured it's time I brushed up on other Marvel characters.
In conclusion: Road trips! Fun.
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Date: 2008-05-09 11:24 pm (UTC)I lol'ed. That whole thing was hi-larious. Thanks for sharing :)
Good luck with the new job stuff- hopefully they don't throw any more complications your way.
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Date: 2008-05-10 01:57 am (UTC)Thanks for the bit o' four leaf clover. Hopefully no more snags once I get this damn x-ray report.