weekend recap

nobody@vox.com(gamany) — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:14:37 -0400

Saturday, started the day with a morning movie. As in a 10:30AM showing of Iron Man. It was fun, and was better than I expected! I did have one minor gripe: Terrance Howard as Rhodie. I just wasn't feeling him. <spoiler> I guess I was thinking of when he assumed the role of Iron Man in the comics, and Howard just doesn't seem like the superhero type. </spoiler> Funny, I said the same thing about Downey. I'm not saying the next installment would focus on Rhodie anyway...since I missed the scene after the credits. ARGH!!!! Still, the movie was a blast, especially if you're into gadget porn.

Let's see... Oh, after the movie, stopped by one of the local comic shops for Free Comic Book Day. Goodies galore!

Then my nüvi 350 arrived from BuyDig.com. I'm having too much fun with it and it'll come in handy finding a few places when I'm having a fried green tomatoes kick.

Oh, and speaking of food, lunch was a pain in the gut. I forgot there was squid in the dish I ate; my stomach can't tolerate squid.

Sunday, dim sum with a friend. Had the best Chinese broccoli w/oyster sauce. Came home, read more comics from FCBD. Some that I enjoyed:

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GEGIKA: A DRAWN+QUARTERLY MANGA SAMPLER—FCBD 2008 EDITION

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ARCANA STUDIO PRESENTS—FCBD 2008 EDITION

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DEL REY & DABEL BROTHERS PREVIEW—FCBD 2008 EDITION

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AMELIA RULES! COMICS AND STORIES—FCBD 2008 EDITION

And that just about sums up my weekend.

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free comic book day

nobody@vox.com(gamany) — Mon, 07 May 2007 18:28:56 -0400

saturday was free comic book day. i woke up with every intention of going to the local comic book store, not only for the free books but to also pick up a couple of graphic novels, y: the last man (mcco12 piqued my interest last year) and watchmen. i thought my dad was going to say something about going but when 11:30 rolled around and he hadn't mentioned anything, i brought it up. my mom, who is not a fan of comics, decided to tag along and we all wound up going to the columbus book exchange around noon. after spending a little over 50 bucks, we walked away with these free titles:

jack the lantern
liberty comics
buzzboy/roboy: the buzz & the bot
justice league of america
transformers movie prequel
battlestar galactica season zero
the astounding wolfman
the amazing spider-man
owly: helping hands
mickey mouse
legion of super-heroes in the 31st century
sonic the hedgehog

free comic book day

omg, i just realized i forgot to watch last week's episode of heroes. it was the night before my mom's shoulder surgery so it totally slipped my mind. geez, if it weren't for the jack the lantern cover looking like a sylar painting of the deveaux building, i probably would have forgotten about tonight's episode, too.

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