Pirate Captain's Log

NaNo update.

2009-11-03T05:35:17Z

So I'm totally not making my word count yet, but I actually feel really good about what I've written so far.

The ship was big.

2009-11-03T02:50:41Z

Don't even pretend you don't want to laugh.

I'm totally working on my NaNo. Totally.

The internet really IS good for everything.

2009-11-02T04:52:29Z

So I'm sitting around, thinking about how I should take a break from stressing out over my NaNo, when I think to myself, "Hey, wouldn't it be awesome if someone did an orchestral cover of The Final Countdown?" And so I googled it, and....

GOD, IT'S FUCKING AWESOME. I LOVE YOU, INTERNETS, AND I LOVE THOSE GUYS.

Two hours later, I had read fifteen pages worth of metaquotes.

2009-10-31T04:02:00Z

cousinshelley needs to be online so I can send stuff to her, ASRJSGKLJL.

Apple Bottom Jeans.

2009-10-31T02:11:22Z

This kid could give Tom Cruise a run for his money.

My life.

2009-10-27T04:22:29Z

Wow! I'm not dead!

In the time since I last updated, the following things have happened:

I bought a new car,
signed up for NaNo,
have gone through several management changes at work,
bought tickets to see Garrison Keillor next month,
watched Being Human,
and began reading both Sherlock Holmes and Horatio Hornblower.

My step-brother also got swine flu, and Deana narrowly avoided having to move to Texas.

So, how is everyone else?

Check it out.

2009-09-23T20:58:58Z

Embedded content security breach on LJ.

geek lolz.

2009-09-18T05:35:57Z

I forgot to mention it earlier, but I was reading this today, and what do I spy in the background of two panels?

A blue police box. :D

Back from DragonCon.

2009-09-18T01:02:31Z

I know I haven't posted in ages, but I'm back from DragonCon now, and everything was pretty fantastic! Pictures to come soon.

Everyone should comment on this entry and let me know what you've been up to.

BTW, Gail, I finished No Man's Land, and it was Awesome.

DragonCon, hoo!

2009-08-30T03:36:33Z

So, A Death in the Family is on it's way to the store from the warehouse, and I'm hoping it'll be there by Monday or Tuesday. I bought the novelization of No Man's Land tonight, and do you know how much I paid for it? $1.78, bitches! Merry Christmas to me. ~~Gail, if this book sucks, I'm blaming you.~~ So between that and The Killing Joke, I am all set for DragonCon! Woohoo!

Also, Talia has made the most delicious grits I've ever eaten in my life. OM NOM NOM.

Batman ramblings.

2009-08-28T14:28:14Z

So I'm trying to figure out what to bring with me to DragonCon, because clearly I am going to get a lot of reading done ~~sitting in line at 6am waiting for four hours to see William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy fuck yes bitches~~. I'm bringing Talia's copy of The Killing Joke, and I was thinking about bringing the first volume of Batman Showcase, but as funny as the old Detective comics are, I don't think I can read them for hours straight. I really wanted to bring A Death in the Family, but our store sold our only copy (the DAY after I saw it on the shelf and considered getting it). I also wanted to bring Gotham Underground, but our only copy has gone missing. We haven't sold it or returned it, but it's not on the shelf, it's not in the back, and I have looked all over the store and cannot find it. I told the inventory supervisor that it's missing, and cried, "What if someone stole it?!" To which he shrugged and said, "Just keep an eye out for it." He doesn't seem to understand that this is an emergency. I need that comic.

I also really, really, really want to read No Man's Land, but the graphic novel format isn't out yet.... which is bizarre, because the novelization is and we have it in the store. I don't think I can read it, because I read some scans of the comic online, and the transition between formats is a little disconcerting.

My only other options are Knightfall, which looks kinda iffy, and The Dark Knight Returns, which is by Frank Miller. Frank Miller and I are not on speaking terms right now. I read his Year One, which was really good, but then I read All-Star Batman and Robin, and it was godawful. The whole "I'm the goddamn Batman" joke was funny the first time, but after the fifth or sixth time, it gets old. Not to mention his Batman is bizarrely chatty. It felt extremely out-of-character. (I loved Robin, though. "Why is there a giant robot dinosaur in the batcave?")

Actually, I have one other option, which is RIP Batman, and I'm definitely not ready for that yet.

AAAAAAAAUGH WHAT AM I GOING TO READ?

Geekery.

2009-08-23T05:59:37Z

You guys,

And then I came in to work tonight, and one of my coworkers bought me

They came with cute little stickers from The Dark Knight. :D

It's not going to stop anytime soon.

2009-08-19T21:18:22Z

Last night, I had a dream that Jason Momoa got arrested for claiming to be Batman.

Alfred called Bruce to inform him.

Bruce said, "What? But we're not even the same complexion!"

Alfred said that, nevertheless, he had hospitalized several of Gotham's finest.

Bruce just groaned.

After that, I had a dream that Toshiko Sato wasn't dead.

I... just don't know.

2009-08-19T05:48:58Z

Yeah, that's what I said.

Another weird Batman dream.

2009-08-19T04:14:38Z

So the weird thing about this dream is that I started out as someone else, and then gradually became myself. I don't know who I was in the beginning of the dream, but I was going to the opera with Bruce Wayne. I'm pretty sure I wasn't some random arm-ornament of the evening, because I recall being aware that he was Batman. Anyways, just as he was picking me up to take me to the opera, I had to run back into my apartment or whatever for my contacts. I ran inside and up the stairs, into the apartment and into the bathroom, and just as I was about to grab the container off the back of the sink, I looked in the mirror and thought, "Contacts... wait... I don't wear contacts. I don't even wear glasses!" And that's when I went from being whoever to being me. I think I ran back outside, confused. I'm not sure what happened at the opera.

Later on, though, someone robbed a bank and kidnapped Gordon's son. And then I woke up.

I mean, of course Batman's going to rescue him, so it's not THAT bad a cliffhanger.

I don't even wear glasses, though!

Edit: So I just realised that I never posted about the FIRST weird Batman dream I had, which was about a year or so ago.

So the first time I recall dreaming about Batman, I dreamt that Bruce was little (maybe 8 or 9? shortly before his parents died?) and his parents were having a huge dinner party. Bruce had snuck into his father's study and was poking around when someone else entered the study. Bruce hid in a cabinet (a big, tall, wooden one) and overheard two people talking about some plan to frame his father or something. I woke up when he was still in the cabinet, trying not to be discovered.

Really?

2009-08-17T07:48:56Z

Seriously, guys, can we stop being assholes now?

Fuck.

2009-08-17T07:18:25Z

New embarassing moment of the now: collapsing while helping a customer reserve a book. Seriously, one minute I'm typing his address into the computer, the next I'm on the floor and I can't see or hear. I didn't completely pass out, I don't think, but I came close.

Edit: I would do an actual update, but I don't think you all want to hear my critical analysis of every Batman comic in the store.

Edit, again: Hey, guys, I'm okay. This is not something that hasn't happened before. I mentioned it because it was embarassing that it happened in front of a customer. I'm hypoglycemic, and while I'm usually more careful about my eating habits, I had been feeling sick and came home and went to bed the night before without eating. It was a stupid mistake, partially due to having a head cold, but I didn't pass out for no apparent reason.

Uhm.

2009-08-16T06:34:26Z

Latest embarassing moment: Batman-related Freudian slip. >_>

XD

2009-08-08T05:52:19Z

This fail is WIN!

the most adorable thing ever

2009-08-05T06:06:33Z

Katamari Damacy wedding.

I am seriously not kidding.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW

2009-08-03T03:55:35Z

Doctor Who fanfic written by a 7 year old.

OMG SO CUTE.

xandri @ 2009-07-29T17:25:00

2009-07-29T21:28:29Z

More weird dreams.

2009-07-19T15:15:09Z

I think I've been reading too much Batman lately, because

So, it took place after Gordon divorced his first wife, and he was living alone in an apartment. He had a kitten that he had either found or that someone had given him. (It was black and actually looked a bit like Anabel when he was a baby.) I don't remember what he named it, but I remember that it would come when he called it's name.

Anyway, one night, he's laying down to go to sleep and he calls the cat's name (because it likes to sleep next to him, I suppose), but the cat doesn't come. He calls a couple more times, still no cat. He shrugs and figures it's off playing with a bug or something, and closes his eyes to go to sleep.

Then Catwoman breaks into his apartment and strangles him to death. Yeah, IDK where Batman was.

D:

Also, during the same period of sleep, I had another dream that there was ANOTHER unaired pilot of Heroes, only it was completely different from the actual two in existence and I'm not sure what relevance it had to the rest of the show. The last scene, however, was of a little dead black sparrow lying on the concrete, and I kept trying to figure out what the significance of that was. I kept trying to attribute it to Linderman, but that doesn't make any sense. 0_o

Note for keincaled.

2009-07-18T02:27:32Z

I GOT SEVEN BAGS OF BEANS TODAY, FUCK YEAH BITCHES.

How was your day?

:D

2009-07-17T05:06:10Z

Also also, I saw the trailer for the new Sherlock Holmes film, and it looks fucking awesome! FUCK YEAH!

What is it with Robert Downey, Jr. being in all the movies I'm watching/want to see lately? I mean, other than the fact that he's AWESOME?