February 17, 2003

makes more sense now

i just watched 'The Way of the Gun' after 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and i gotta say, 'The Way of the Gun' makes a little more sense now. 'Gun' is basically a retelling of 'Butch' (at the beginning Phillipe even mentions that he will be called 'Mr. Parker and Del Toro will be called 'Mr. Longbaugh'). i still don't know what edutacate means.

also, the security officer from 'Mallrats' (LaFours), is also a 'Butch' homage, down to the straw hat and everything.

now reading: Wildcats: Serial Boxes - Volume 3 (Wildcats)- Sean Phillips, Joe Casey

thecomicman spoke @ 03:37 PM |

February 16, 2003

Samuel Delany

guess who i just helped at the register? no, it's not Kevin Smith (although there was a guy here with the same name, but he was Hispanic). keep guessing; i'll post the answer later.

now reading: Wildcats: Vicious Circles - Volume 2 (Wildc.A.Ts)- Joe Casey, Sean Phillips

thecomicman spoke @ 05:26 PM |

February 15, 2003

DVD Madness!!!!

i went shopping with Sam today to spend them hundred bucks my mom gave me for my birthday. i ended up going to Virgin and buying $80 US worth of dvds. i bet you're all snorting with laughter and making comments like "idiot got three movies, tops." well kids, may i direct you to exhibit A:

Charade- $4
Killing Zoe- $7.50
Way of the Gun- $7.50
Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai- $7.50
The Limey- $7.50
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- $15
American History X- $15
Donnie Darko- $15

HA!

by the way, you will all be forced to watch 'Donnie Darko' now.

now reading: Boneyard, Vol. 1- Richard Moore

thecomicman spoke @ 09:39 PM |

February 13, 2003

so here i am...

some of you may have noticed my absence on your blogs (most of you don't care). here's my excuse: i go to school. i go to work. i do homework. whatever little time is left to me, i would rather spend it with Sam instead of reading about your days (no offense meant). i plan on trying to catch up on weekends, though.

same goes with this blog, actually. it'll be a rare day when i post during the week, but come the weekend, expect a flurry (maybe).

but on to other exciting things:

my birthday party was a smashing success. Tim started the soiree by showing up at 2pm. we played FIFA World Cup soccer on the PS2 until Halifax showed up. Dan, Erinesque, N., ET, and Jay all showed up later on. now a run down of gifts:
Tim: a bottle of tequila and the lending of his FIFA game (i'm taking Mexico to the World Cup, baby!)
Jay: a bottle of Rum
N. and Erinesque: a bottle of wine (which they ended up drinking because i dislike wine, but it's the thought that counts)
ET: a Donald Duck action figure
Halifax: a book on Samurai battle techniques (you're going down N.!)
mom: a check for $100 US (i don't know what to get for myself)
little brother (projected): 'Clerks' and 'Chasing Amy' dvds to finish my Kevin Smith collection.
this Saturday, Sam and i are going shopping so i can spend these $100 US.

Treatise on Valentine's Day: is it not just another birthday for women? i'm rampantly trying to figure out what to do tomorrow, as i'm sure many men are, while my woman reads books. it once again falls to me to figure out something romantic to do on that day.

Valentine's Day plans: dinner and a movie (possibly Daredevil), with a side of gift-giving(help!).

thecomicman spoke @ 01:26 PM |

February 10, 2003

"And now you're older still."

They Might Be Giants know exactly what they're talking about.

i'm now twenty. i have yet to find some good in this.

thecomicman spoke @ 03:38 PM |

February 07, 2003

four things

1. funniest commercial ever. Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) and the new 8-foot tall Chinese basketball player get on an airplane. Mini-Me pulls out the biggest Apple laptop ever made, while the basketball player pulls out the new tiny Apple laptop. it was hilarious.

2. Sam called me from an anime store to make me make the most excruciating choice of my life. she told me that boxed sets of Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and all the works (excepting 'Spirited Away') of Studio Ghibli were there. and they were all on DVD. she told me to choose one. i nearly peed my pants. then she said, "fine, get two." i decided on Cowboy Bebop because that was my original intention, and the Studio Ghibli boxed set, because you guys keep saying great things about them. i had seen Trigun already, so i decided to wait until i went to Singapore with Sam during the summer (that was a lot of 'S' words) to get it. as for NGE, Sam got it for Erinesque (as per Erinesque's request), so i will be asking to borrow it sometime in the future.

3. i hereby apologize to Erinesque for calling her a Nazi.

4. my Dork Trivia questions kicked so much ass (everybody said so), that i am reprinting them here, for your perusing pleasure (answers are underlined; also notice my one X-men related question). i basically took the N. style, but they weren't anywhere near as hard:

UPDATE: as soon as i figure out this damn 'extended entry' thing, i'll post the questions.

Secret Identities
1. Erik Lensherr- Magneto
2. Michael Moran- Marvelman, or Miracleman
3. Walter Joseph Kovacs- Rorschach
4. Cole Cash- Grifter
5. Alec Holland- Swamp Thing

"What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
1. "Ohh, what's really going to bake your noodle later on is, would you still have broken it if I hadn't said anything?"- 'The Matrix,' the Oracle .1
2. "You said you wanted to be around when I made a mistake, well, this could be it, sweetheart."- 'The Empire Strikes Back,' Han Solo .1
3. "You've managed to kill just about everyone else, but like a poor marksman you keep missing the target."- 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn,' Admiral James Tiberius Kirk .1
4. "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand things with alloys and compositions and things with ... molecular structures."- 'Army of Darkness,' Ash .1
5. "Oh, king eh? Very nice! And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers! By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society."- 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,' Dennis .1

What Came Before
1. 'The Ring': 'Ringu' dir. Hideo Nakata .5
2. 'The Thing': "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr. .4
3. '12 Monkeys': 'La Jetee' dir. by Chris Marker .3
4. 'Return to Oz': Ozma of Oz and The Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum .2
5. 'Ran': King Lear by William Shakespeare .1

Dog Eat Dog
1. 'The Jetsons': Astro
2. 'Johnny Quest': Bandit
Bonus: Name the rest of the 'Johnny Quest' Team: Hadji Singh, Race Bannon, Jessie Bannon, Dr. Benton Quest .1/2ea
3. 'Dennis the Menace': Ruff
4. 'Inspector Gadget': Brain
5. 'Tom and Jerry': Spike or Tyke .1

Mario Analogies
1. Mario : Nintendo :: Sonic : Sega
Bonus: Who is Sonic's sidekick? Tails .1
2. Mario : Princess Toadstool :: Link : Zelda
3. Mario : Coins :: Crash Bandicoot : Apples
4. Mario : Yoshis :: FF characters : Chocobos
5. Mario : Bowser :: Kid Icarus : Medusa

Doppelgangers
1. Who is the Flash's Earth-3 counterpart? Johnny Quick
Bonus: What other Earth contained a Johnny Quick? Earth-2 .1
2. Who is Bowser's Super Mario Bros. 2 counterpart? Wart
3. Who is Darkwing Duck's evil counter part? Negaduck
4. Who is Col. Kira Nerys' Mirror Universe counterpart? The Intendant
5. In the original 'Metropolis,' who is Maria's counterpart? Futura aka Machine Man

Bonus Category: Quests
1. What were the Argonauts ultimately after? The Golden Fleece
2. What were the Knights of the Round looking for in their most famous quest? Sanskrell aka The Holy Grail
3. What does Link have to find in the original 'Legend of Zelda? The Triforce of Wisdom
Bonus: What does Link have to find in 'Zelda II: The Adventure of Link? The Triforce of Courage
4. What are Corben and Leelu looking for in order to save the world? Five Elements aka Element Stones aka Fifth Element

thecomicman spoke @ 01:22 AM |

February 06, 2003

"A day that will live in infamy."

yesterday night was the worst night in blogging history ever. apparently, Sam's server went down, which meant that not only Sam's blog was down, but so was mine, ET's, and the OctoLounge (being all housed on the same machine). also last night, the blogspot people's (Kerry and Phil X) comments didn't work. and it didn't end there because this morning, Maggie's server, which houses her and Erinesque's blogs, as well as JerkSquad!!, was very slow. gah! it is a plague upon the bloggers! gah!

in other news, Lancelot and Gawain are gay. more on this later.

thecomicman spoke @ 03:30 PM |

February 05, 2003

wha-?

something is horribly wrong with Amazon.com. if you guys take a look at my books read list or wishlist, you'll see that all the pictures are right, but some of the text next to them are very, very wrong. i'm looking at Maggie here...

thecomicman spoke @ 12:02 PM |

February 04, 2003

explaining my goddamn self

if, and when (because it will happen), i get angry enough at you to call you an asshole or any other fucking thing, that is me venting. i will call you an asshole, or a bastard, or possibly wish rape on you when i'm angry because (surprise, surprise) i don't think before speaking (or typing, as it where) when i'm angry. also, i am quick to anger, especially on topics i feel strongly about (i have to work on this). but after i've cooled down, i will apologize, privately or publicly (as was seen when i apologized to Rick for wishing rape upon him). but hounding me about it, or worse, hounding me for doing it to someone else, is just going to keep me pissed off and in an unthinking way.

therefore, if i have offended you whilst angry, take no heed. i was talking out of my ass, and chances are you did something to piss me off. this is no excuse, but it is a reason. do not hound, for your apology shall come in due time. i acknowledge the fact that i have a short temper and that i say and do things i shouldn't. this is my problem, and i've been working on it since i learned to talk. i used to be much worse.

that said, i hereby publicly apologize to N. for calling him an asshole. twice. once Erinesque gets off my back, i'll apologize to her for calling her a Nazi. until then, unthinking anger reigns.

thecomicman spoke @ 02:37 PM |

February 02, 2003

my birthday

this Saturday, February 8th, you are invited to spend some quality time with adan jimenez as he begrudgingly makes his way to his twentieth birthday.

some events slated for this auspicious occasion include, but are not limited to:

the viewing of 'Inchon' (Inchon!).
a roundtable discussion on why Newsweek is a better magazine than Time.
an Alternity one-shot (if Halifax gets off his ass and writes it already).
ridiculing N. for playing DDR (just kidding, Erin).
adan breaking down and blubbering like a schoolgirl as the pressures of life break him like a very tired Batman (not guaranteed, but very possible).
the usual amount of zaniness present in these things.

things to bring:

yourselves (help each other out if one of you gets caught in a bear trap or something).
junk food (chips, cookies, the blood of virgins, basic club stuff).
alcohol (but only if a)you can afford it and b) you are not morally against it; although it would be cool to get a bottle of Jack Daniels from Rick).
presents (not required at all, but very, very welcome).

adan will be home that entire day, so show up when you like, but we will need enough time to view 'Inchon' (Inchon!); adan hears it's over two hours long. and, if Rick shows up by then, adan would like to start it by nine or so.

please RSVP on the comments area (mostly so i know how many chairs to fix by Saturday).

now reading: The Metamorphosis (Bantam Classics)- Franz Kafka

thecomicman spoke @ 11:32 AM |

February 01, 2003

why Sam is like a drug

because when she is taken away from me, this happens:

i can't talk all that well.

i forget how to spell words.

i forget other, more important things.

i listen to sad songs.

i can't sleep.

i think horrible thoughts.

i get depressed.

i feel the need to drink to cheer me up.

i fall apart.

now reading: The History of the Kings of Britain (Penguin Classics)- Geoffrey of Monmouth, Lewis Thorpe

thecomicman spoke @ 03:44 AM |