You don't know me... I do what I want!
I've recently found myself spending a significantly larger amount of time in a comic book store. And when I say that I'm there significantly more, I mean, I'm there.
You see, my good friend notified me a while back about this comic book all about The Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland. Being that The Haunted Mansion is one of my very favorite things in the world, I decided I should check this comic book out.
After a while, I kind of forgot about it. I never went to the comic book store to buy it, I never looked it up online... nothing.
So, maybe a month or two ago, I was at said friend's house, and he pulled out a copy of the Haunted Mansion comic book, and handed it to me, telling me he had picked me up a copy.
I went home and read it, and immediately fell in love with it.
So, after my next paycheck, I went to the comic book store in search of the 2nd issue in the Haunted Mansion series. To my great disappointment, I was unable to locate one, mainly because it had not been published yet. So, instead, I bought a couple issues of a Batman series that's being written by Frank Miller (he did Sin City). Since I liked the movie, Sin City, a whole hell of a lot, I thought I'd check out this Batman series and see what it was all aboot. I'll tell you something... it's pretty fuckin' good.
So, I bought a couple Superman comics.
And the first issue of Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine (this one is fuckin' rad).
I also did some research on Slave Labor Graphics (the publishers of the Haunted Mansion comics) and found many artists and stories I'm interested. I placed an online order just last week.
My sudden nerdiness doesn't stop there. Oh no.
Back in middle school and high school, my brother and his friends turned me on to a wonderful little card game called Magic: The Gathering. If you don't know of this game, it's what's called a Trading Card Game (or, TCG), in which they put out these special cards and stuff, of all different varieties and rarity, and players build decks according to certain strategies. These types of games are widely regarded as very uncool, Magic being at the top of the list of "most nerdy."
As time passes, so do fads and trends, and interest in such things ebbs and flows. Well, this definately happened with me and my friends, and we all just kind of stopped playing. Of course, I still have hundreds of cards. There are two reasons for this. One: they're collectable, and if kept in good condition, could potentially be worth something someday, just as anything else that's collectable can be. And two: I simply didn't know what to do with the cards. I didn't want to throw them away, I would never give them away, and I'm way too lazy to categorize them and try to estimate their value for selling them (trust me... I tried starting the process a few times... it got real old, real fast).
But, for some reason, my friend (the same one who sparked my interest in comic books) has gained interest in these TCG's himself, and wants to learn them. So, I've taught him how to play Magic (with a little refreshing from my sister), and we learned how to play a game called Versus (basically DC vs. Marvel) from a guy at the card shop which is connected to the comic book store.
I know that typically, these things are considered to be "lame" and such, but honestly, I don't give a fuck. My friend who's been playing these games with me gets kind of embarrassed about it, and I simply don't understand why. If you like doing something, then what's the problem? If you enjoy playing cards, play cards. If you enjoy playing football, play football. If you enjoy raping young children, you're fucked up, and I hope you choke.
But that's not the point.
Don't be embarrassed by your interests (unless of course you're interested in hockey... hockey sucks).
Rest in I-may-be-a-big-nerd-but-I-still-have-a-bigger-dick-than-you Peace.
You see, my good friend notified me a while back about this comic book all about The Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland. Being that The Haunted Mansion is one of my very favorite things in the world, I decided I should check this comic book out.
After a while, I kind of forgot about it. I never went to the comic book store to buy it, I never looked it up online... nothing.
So, maybe a month or two ago, I was at said friend's house, and he pulled out a copy of the Haunted Mansion comic book, and handed it to me, telling me he had picked me up a copy.
I went home and read it, and immediately fell in love with it.
So, after my next paycheck, I went to the comic book store in search of the 2nd issue in the Haunted Mansion series. To my great disappointment, I was unable to locate one, mainly because it had not been published yet. So, instead, I bought a couple issues of a Batman series that's being written by Frank Miller (he did Sin City). Since I liked the movie, Sin City, a whole hell of a lot, I thought I'd check out this Batman series and see what it was all aboot. I'll tell you something... it's pretty fuckin' good.
So, I bought a couple Superman comics.
And the first issue of Ultimate Hulk vs. Wolverine (this one is fuckin' rad).
I also did some research on Slave Labor Graphics (the publishers of the Haunted Mansion comics) and found many artists and stories I'm interested. I placed an online order just last week.
My sudden nerdiness doesn't stop there. Oh no.
Back in middle school and high school, my brother and his friends turned me on to a wonderful little card game called Magic: The Gathering. If you don't know of this game, it's what's called a Trading Card Game (or, TCG), in which they put out these special cards and stuff, of all different varieties and rarity, and players build decks according to certain strategies. These types of games are widely regarded as very uncool, Magic being at the top of the list of "most nerdy."
As time passes, so do fads and trends, and interest in such things ebbs and flows. Well, this definately happened with me and my friends, and we all just kind of stopped playing. Of course, I still have hundreds of cards. There are two reasons for this. One: they're collectable, and if kept in good condition, could potentially be worth something someday, just as anything else that's collectable can be. And two: I simply didn't know what to do with the cards. I didn't want to throw them away, I would never give them away, and I'm way too lazy to categorize them and try to estimate their value for selling them (trust me... I tried starting the process a few times... it got real old, real fast).
But, for some reason, my friend (the same one who sparked my interest in comic books) has gained interest in these TCG's himself, and wants to learn them. So, I've taught him how to play Magic (with a little refreshing from my sister), and we learned how to play a game called Versus (basically DC vs. Marvel) from a guy at the card shop which is connected to the comic book store.
I know that typically, these things are considered to be "lame" and such, but honestly, I don't give a fuck. My friend who's been playing these games with me gets kind of embarrassed about it, and I simply don't understand why. If you like doing something, then what's the problem? If you enjoy playing cards, play cards. If you enjoy playing football, play football. If you enjoy raping young children, you're fucked up, and I hope you choke.
But that's not the point.
Don't be embarrassed by your interests (unless of course you're interested in hockey... hockey sucks).
Rest in I-may-be-a-big-nerd-but-I-still-have-a-bigger-dick-than-you Peace.
That's a wierd way to end a blog. I know sorority princesses that played magic in college so I guess it's not nerdy everywhere.
Posted by
yer seester |
11:02 PM
They got nextwave in, pick it up. You'd like it.
Posted by
Anonymous |
12:07 AM