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Since I Told Erin Already, You Probably Already Know

2007-08-23T13:53:01-05:00

Sam and I are moving to Hong Kong for six months!

Crazy? Yes. Awesome? YES!

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D&D

2007-08-17T11:04:40-05:00

4th Edition!

Now, with more money-sucking options!

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MoCCA interviews

2007-07-20T13:38:51-05:00

Hey all, remember those MoCCA interviews I did awhile back (you know, during MoCCA)? Well, they're finally up!

Go take a look and comment so that I feel special and loved.

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Finland Loves Me!!!

2007-06-01T00:54:13-05:00

...at least I think it's Finland.

If you go here and scan all the way to the bottom of the article, you will see my name (do a find if your eyes suck). I see Quesada's name there too, as well as Captain America, so I'm pretty sure this is from when I gave that interview to Reuters about Cap's death, but holy crap!

That's a culture I know very little about quoting me! Somebody who knows Finnish (or whatever Scandinavian language this turns out to be) needs to translate this for me, 'cause this fucking rocks!

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He's the Best There is at What He Does, and What He Does is Japanese Girls.

2007-05-19T18:58:23-05:00

That Wolverine reference is only tangentially related to the story I'm about to tell, and this story is not safe for work (unless you work where I do).

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Boston

2007-05-03T15:21:56-05:00

So, Sam and I went to Boston over the weekend for our sixth anniversary and got engaged! I asked her and she thankfully said yes instead of, you know, running for the hills (which wasn't a real fear until I got down on my knee and then all kinds of crazy scenarios ran through my head).

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Chris at 4:22 PM, May 3, 2007
Congrats....so when's the marriage? I had the same problem about buying copious amounts of books...especially at library book sales in L.A. and Vegas but then I moved and had to leave them all. Don't you plan to move oversea's....you plan to take all those books with you?

Makido at 12:33 PM, May 4, 2007
Congrats!

Friday Five

2007-04-13T18:55:17-05:00

1. Who was your first crush?

Gabriela, a classmate of mine in kindergarten, although I think she had the crush on me and I was suddenly her boyfriend with no input.

2. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Introvert, mostly. I like hanging out with people, but if given a real choice between going out to a party or staying at home, staying at home will win every time.

3. What is your favorite non-sexual thing you like to do with the love of your life?

Talking about our children not-yet-born.

4. Name one quirky habit your partner does that either annoys you or makes you grin.

Annoying: Won't stop pinching me ever. Grinning: When she gets my comic book references.

5. Do you believe in monogamous relationships?

I don't believe in any other kind.

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sheepboy at 12:20 PM, May 1, 2007
Congratulations, you two!!! Do you have a date yet for the wedding?

Planet Earth

2007-04-05T13:19:34-05:00

I've started watching 'Planet Earth' on the Discovery Channel, and oh man, it is freakin' awesome! These guys got some really spectacular shots of animals and nature all over the world, from that Russian Leopard of which only forty or so exist, to birds of paradise that do crazy dances to attract mates, to a shark attack on a seal, to cute baboons walking upright in a swamp with their front paws held out like they were on a balancing beam. And they haven't even started the deep sea stuff yet.

there are only two problems with this mini-series: 1) these guys know that they're doing all this great stuff with all this new technology and they will keep telling you so through the narrator (e.g. "This is the first time the Blue Bird of Paradise has ever been recorded in the wild," "With our high-definition digital cameras, we could slow down this attack which only takes one second, to forty-seven seconds.") The narrator is just so smug and self-satisfied and I reall wish she'd stop talking about their ridiculous tech and continue talking about the nature they're showing me. 2) "As always, where life thrives, trouble follows." This line was said after they showed a bunch of African animals in a swamp that springs up every year in the Kilimanjaro (which these animals trekked weeks for). These animals are drinking water, eating bugs and plants, and basically having a good time after walking through the desert for a long-ass time. Then the hyena shows up. That's not trouble, nature people, that's more life. I'm sick and tired of carnivorous predators being painted as the bad guys (especially after you just talked about how sad it is that there are only forty or so of those Russian Leopards left). They may not be as cute as the herbivores or whatever, but they're still part of nature. These guys serve a really important function too, and it's time they got their due.

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makido at 11:00 AM, Apr 9, 2007
don't talk that way about Sigourney. she's just happy for all the conservation-possibilities opened up by this stuff. and besides you'd sound smugand self satisfied if you were better at destrying aliens than the space marines.

Why does TV have to suck all of a sudden?

2007-03-26T00:35:13-05:00

Massive spoilers for Lost and Battlestar Galactica

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makido at 2:32 PM, Mar 29, 2007
Well, the most recent Lost is better than the last one. the ending was actually pretty awesome, and the build up was decent too. I can't speak for you, but I think BKV redeemed himself a little. We'll have to see about the magic box though.

It's a Date!

2007-03-19T00:15:48-05:00

Sam and I went on a date today. Our first one in a long time. We just took the day and did stuff together. We went to eat brunch at a Mexican place in the West Village (I did not get lost, but it was due to Sam). I don't remember the name of the place, but I'm sure Sam will fill you in on those details. I ate their posole, which was pretty good, even if their meat was slightly overcooked. Also, the toppings they provided were menudo toppings, which scared me for a little while.

After that, we went used book shopping all over the Village area. We hit like five bookstores including the Strand and Alabaster. I bought too many books, but I'm gonna enjoy them all. Here is a list:

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon by Sei Shonagon: a book about Japanese life in the tenth century (we're totally going, Hal)
The Kalevala translated by Keith Bosley: the great Finnish epic
The Lais of Marie de France by Marie de France: Medieval French poetry, some of it relating to King Arthur
Stories From a Ming Collection translated by Cyril Birch: six Chinese tales from the Ming dynasty
Who's Irish? by Gish Jen: a short story collection by an Asian-American (I loved her Mona in the Promised Land)
The Friendly Guide to Mythology by Nancy Hathaway and The World of Myth by David Adams Leeming: two quick and dirty mythological anthologies featuring myths from around the world, including many on the world's flood myths
Popol Vuh translated by Dennis Tedlock: the Mayan Bible (we're going here too, Hal)
A Guide to the Gods by Richard Carlyon: An encyclopedia of major world gods and goddesses

After book shopping, we went to see Bridge to Terabithia. Man, this thing made me cry like a little girl (seriously, there was a little girl sitting near us who was bawling, and so was I). I thought it was pretty good, and so did Sam, but don't let Disney's marketing campaign fool you: there is very little fantasy in this film. If you're looking for the next The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, then this is not it.

All in all, a very good day, except I spent too much money. Oh well, it was just burning a hole in my pocket anyway.

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Oh Captain, My Captain

2007-03-17T16:18:00-05:00

Donne said "every man's death diminishes me." He could have added "especially if there's some lame-ass deus ex machina twist and he comes back again a year later." - Mike Carey, talking about comic book death on Newsarama.

I think I would have cared more about Captain America's death if Captain Mar-Vell hadn't been brought back to life a month ago. The man died of cancer, one of the most human deaths I've ever seen in a comic book, and you bring him back with a stupid "wormhole" explanation? Lame, Marvel. I already only buy like four of your books. Keep pushing and see if you don't push me right out of the fucking door.

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thecomicman at 4:45 PM, Mar 17, 2007
Oh yeah, I forgot. Magik's coming back, too. Thanks Marvel. I'm sure Halifax is on his way to your offices with a Molotov cocktail right about now.

makido at 2:02 PM, Mar 22, 2007
Hey did you know that BKV is writing for Lost these days? I saw his name in the credits of the most recent episode and I thought of you.

Sally Floyd is a dumb bitch!

2007-03-16T12:56:38-05:00

go here: http://mightygodking.livejournal.com/300945.html

this dude is pretty awesome.

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Florilegium

2007-03-04T11:58:34-05:00

now, i'm no Florilegist, but...

"Looking across the street, he became fascinated by the sight of an old woman standing close to the entrance of the lane. Almost statuesque on her bound feet, she was hawking ices from an ancient wheelbarrow, her shrunken face as weatherbeaten as the Great Wall in a postcard. Sweating, she was swathed in black homespun, like an opaque piece of smoke-darkened glass for watching a summer eclipse. She wore a red armband with Best Socialist Mobile Service Woman in Chairman Mao's calligraphy. Perhaps she was not in her right mind, or she would not have worn that antique armband. Fifty or sixty years earlier, however, she could have been one of those pretty girls, standing there, smiling, her bare shoulders shining against the bare wall, soliciting customers under the alluring gas lights, launching a thousand ships into the silent night."

Qiu Xiaolong, Death of a Red Heroine

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"Who are the Architects?"

2007-02-24T20:23:15-05:00

The ghost of Confederate General James E.B. Stuart asked the young Genius Jones, giving him a dime.

"The ones who decide Who's Who... and Who Isn't. They are the official guides to the universe. When it was decided that one fashioned by the Architects that preceded them didn't make cents, they knocked the old one down and built a new one. This is the fourth time it's happened-- in this universe." Genius Jones continued climbing up the rope ladder onto Spanish pirate Captain Fear's ghost ship.

"'This universe?'" Traci Thirteen asked, climbing up behind young Jones.

Settling onto a cannon, Genius Jones answers, "There's another universe that these Architects are at war with. One that reinvents itself every summer-- so 'Things will bever be the same again,' it claims."

Professional skeptic Dr. Thirteen, his daughter Traci, I... Vampire, French caveman Anthro, Captain Fear, General Stuart, and Infectious Lass of the Legion of Substitute Heroes are all gathered around Genius Jones, trying to grasp the significance of what the boy has just said.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I read Tales of the Unexpected. Not because of the awful, awful Spectre story, but because of the awesome, awesome Dr. Thirteen back-up. The Primate Patrol just showed up too, and while I'm normally against all this Silver Age silliness, I'm all for it when it's being used to make jabs at Marvel and DC and their continuing efforts to alienate fans with dumb crossovers and company reboots.

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Obama's not black?

2007-02-15T10:22:57-05:00

so, i hear that some people are saying that Obama isn't really black because his dad is from Kenya and he's not descended from West African slaves who were brought to America.

what?

and when i said "some people" up there, i meant "some black people." Debra Dickerson, author of The End of Blackness, said that Obama has never had the "black experience." Out of curiosity, how many black people have had the "black experience?" What exactly is the "black experience?" I guarantee that if you ask five different black people what the "black experience" is, you will get five different answers.

and isn't it racist for a black person to say another black person isn't black because he or she doesn't conform to the first black person's idea of blackness? or does it only count when white people say it? because if a white person had said Obama wasn't black, there'd be a shitstorm.

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Guy doesn't have a country who'll let him vote at 3:16 PM, Feb 23, 2007
I have an eleven inch penis...have i had the black experience?