I've been told I can leave the office at 2pm today to go to the Houdini exhibit at the Skirball this afternoon.  Hooray!  Only a 9-hour work day for me!  I can't wait to see this exhibit.  I've purposefully avoided looking at what they have so that it will all be a surprise.  I also can't wait to get a look at the views from the museum after I'm done with the exhibit.  If they are as good as I remember, it should be pretty spectacular (plus I'll be able to see how backed-up traffic is <grin>) being up on the hill like that.  Too bad I have to go straight from work and not go home in-between and change.  I don't really like that I'm going to be in work clothes, but that's unavoidable.

It's pretty lucky for me that I even heard about this showing.  They just recently put up a few flags on Ventura Blvd (Maybe 8-10 of them total), only about a blocks worth and only on the east facing side.  All the rest of them are the Idea of Beauty (or whatever), the Aztecs (I think), Tim Burton at LACMA (which I'm also going to), and one that's on Film (I think).  Usually when I pass through it's either dark or the sun is shining directly into my car, so I don't really notice many of the banners at the side of the road, unless there's a ton of them and they're there for a long time.

New topic!

I've had a bunch of really weird dreams lately, last night being no exception.  It's a little off the wall, so I thought I'd share it.  Well, the whole thing was about me working or owning a doughnut shop with Kevin Smith.  Kevin insisted that we make all of our doughnuts really big, like the size of a grapefruit.  I remember coming up with the ideas for a few of them.  One was a cake doughnut with quartered mini Reese's Peanut butter cups in them with a peanut butter / chocolate glaze.  Another was a maple bar type raised, but it was like a jelly doughnut.  It had a really thick portion of maple glaze stuff in the center.  Now, I haven't had a doughnut in at least 7 months and I haven't had a Reese's Peanut butter cup since December of last year and truthfully, I haven't even craved them (until now!).  I can see why I dreamed about the maple one, they're my favorite, but I can't stand peanut butter things, other than mini Reese's cups and actual peanut butter.  The thought of a doughnut with all that crap in it is pretty gross.  Plus, Kevin Smith wasn't that good of a business partner, he kept leaving to go work on movies, leaving me there to handle all the customers and running the business PLUS he kept wanting me to make the doughnuts bigger and bigger.  He also ate a lot of our inventory.  I remember saying:

 "Hey Kevin Smith, do you think you should be eating those doughnuts?  We're here to  make money, not lose it!" (yes I used his first and last name). 

I don't remember his response, but it was probably "fuck off".

So that was my dream last night, pretty weird, huh?  I guess I can be glad that it didn't have Jason Mewes walking through it naked, like he did at the end of Zack and Miri with his heart shaped pubes. 

Short Non-Rant:

SDCC Update - Single day passes still have not gone on sale and no word on when they will (at the time I composed this blog that is).  OF COURSE NOT!  I hope you don't detect any surprise in the tone of my writing, because I'm definitely not surprised, just a little exasperated.

Newest Rant (kind of a disappointing one though):

Has everyone see the picture of the supposedly "leaked" Justice League line-up?  Oh my god, I hope it's a joke!!  In fact, I hope everything about it is a joke.  Just focusing on the core seven: Cyborg looks like a Transformer (Is he going to turn into Optimus Prime or a Monster Truck?), Superman and Batman have lost their briefs, Superman gained a dumb belt (what was wrong with his old one?) and his "S" looks like the number 5, Wonder Woman's hair is too short and tousled (did I spell that right?) and she still has that messed-up costume (does she really need those upper arm cuffs or whatever they are?), They all have really weird boots on (apart from Arthur), Barry looks like he's about to beat some heads in and I don't think I've ever see him take that stance before.  Hal looks close to being the same, but the lantern logo looks strange.  At least they left him with his white gloves. 

I know that they're all supposed to be younger, but giving them stupid haircuts isn't going to make them look younger, just dumb and nerdy.  Plus, why would you give Superman what looks to be wedges for boots?  Only chicks wear wedges, right?  And maybe a few TV's on Santa Monica Blvd, BUT NOT SUPERMAN.

It looks like the only two who come out fairly decent-looking are Barry and Arthur, but even they're kinda sad looking.

I'm glad the other members are just face shots, I'd hate to see what they've done to their costumes.  I can only imagine what they've done to Hawkman..... a black mesh tank top and nipple rings?  Is Ollie going to be running around in just a cloak, some strappy sandals and maybe a kilt?  Did Jim Lee draw that one woman specifically so no one could tell who she is because he's afraid Black Canary and Power Girl might visit him in his dreams and beat the hell out of him if he adds either of them to the team then fucks with their costumes..... so in reality, he's just hedging on who they've picked?  Is Mera's costume held together with the tears of failure this picture promises? 

I dunno people.  I think I'm going to be dropping The Justice League books. Just add it to the well of my dissatisfaction with DC Comics this year.  I think I'm going to be saving quite a bit of money come September!  Maybe I'll pick-up those two X-Men books I heard about where Logan is the head of one team and Scott is the head of the other.

I know I've been ranting at DC a lot lately.  I'd rant at Marvel, but I don't know enough about their character lines to complain.  Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find other things in other areas out there that piss me off.

That's all for now.