Had a good weekend. Went to my appointment in Santa Monica (HELEN!), ran some errands, started the process of fixing my hair color, and spent hours afterwards trying to bleach hair tint off the bathroom sink and counter.... Soft Scrub with Bleach YOU FAILED ME! You know, normal stuff. Sam came over for a while on Sunday to help me with something on my laptop, then we went to the Grove for a bit.
Now I'm gonna go a little geeky.............................okay, A LOT geeky
Then the best part of the entire weekend: for the first time in I don't know how long, I read some old comics. Of course I didn't even touch the mountain of new comics that I'm behind on. (Blackest Night what? Brightest Day who? Flash Rebirth, huh? Green Lantern and your Corps, wa?) I got stuck in some old Flash issues and spent a couple of hours just laying on the couch reading. I sat down at first, then I put my feet up, then I went and got a pillow and got comfy and all of a sudden I look up and see that I just spent four hours with my nose in comics. Hours of Wally with shaggy red hair and women with head bands around their big hair and foreheads. Yes! It's been so long since I'd read these books, it was like reading them for the first time. Although, to be fair, I think I bought some of them and never read them, so they WERE new to me.
Is there any better way to spend a Sunday afternoon? No there is not! (well, maybe a COUPLE of things might be better, but not many!).
It's been a long time since I had this feeling while reading comics. It's hard to describe. That's not to say that I don't or haven't enjoyed comics the last few years, I have. In fact, I've read a few that have become some of my favorite titles, but there's just something about reading these old issues from the 80's and 90's. I'm not sure if it's the writing style, the art, if this is the way I think the Flash should be, who knows? The writers are still around, producing fantastic work, so I don't know if it can be the writing style. I don't think I'm explaining it right.
I am so behind on "current" comics that I have no idea what's going on with the different titles I buy. I think the only new comic I've read in ages was Ruse #1 (very good, you should buy it). That's it (I think). I'm just not in the mood or motivated. At all. I have until SDCC in July to catch up on everything, I'm doubtful I'll be able to do it. Maybe I should actually start taking a lunch break at work and bring some books in to read? That might help a little. It's gonna take me forever just to put them in title and number order alone, then figure out which fricken tie-in books to read first. GAH, I'm not doing a very good job of motivating myself, am I?
Speaking of SDCC, I'm still debating on whether I should go or not. I've got passes for every day but Saturday (I can probably get one when they put them on sale again on Ebay) and I have a hotel room (but not at the hotel I want.... I'll keep trying on that), but I just don't know if I want to go. We'll see.
Be kind to each other and go out and buy a comic book..... at a local shop. You might just get hooked.
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