A good day to not die
Apr. 9th, 2005 10:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thebitterguySnra spent the day at Ad Astra, while I jogged around doing various chores, shopping, and hanging out.
Picked up my comics backlog from Altered States. Quite a backlog it was, too, since I don't think I've been in there since January. I'm finally up to date on Ultimates, Rising Stars, Spider-Joe, Joss Men, and a couple other books.
Also disappointed that the Power Company appearance in JLA turned out to be ONE PANEL, but that's what you get for trusting Kurt Busiek. That bastard.
Took a few hours over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
pyat and velvetpage's house where The Great Mouse, myself, and their darling child took in The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, an amusing b-movie spoof. There were confused aliens, submissive housewives, rather thick scientists, and a strange mutant that didn't want to kill, but it was all it knew.
It was amusing.
There were anime trailers, andpyat and I agreed that we'd like to see a steel cage Asian cinema discussion with robin_d_laws and sixteenbynine, because it would be neat.
We also watched some abbreviated sequences of Skullduggery, where we foolishly searched forhazyone101.
While there, I continued to work in my capacity as "bad uncle", convincing the household todder that "pull my finger" is, in fact, hilarious, and attempting to teach her to say "Diana was a whore".pyat quickly kiboshed that, but finger pulling was a smash success.
Hide, as it were, your children.
So, yeah. Home after that, chicken n' veggies n' rice, watched some TV with the wife (which was, in fact, her watching and me reading graphic novels) and now, the wife has gone to bed, and I'll join her shortly. A good day, if somewhat tiring.
Picked up my comics backlog from Altered States. Quite a backlog it was, too, since I don't think I've been in there since January. I'm finally up to date on Ultimates, Rising Stars, Spider-Joe, Joss Men, and a couple other books.
Also disappointed that the Power Company appearance in JLA turned out to be ONE PANEL, but that's what you get for trusting Kurt Busiek. That bastard.
Took a few hours over at
pyat and velvetpage's house where The Great Mouse, myself, and their darling child took in The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, an amusing b-movie spoof. There were confused aliens, submissive housewives, rather thick scientists, and a strange mutant that didn't want to kill, but it was all it knew. It was amusing.
There were anime trailers, and
pyat and I agreed that we'd like to see a steel cage Asian cinema discussion with robin_d_laws and sixteenbynine, because it would be neat. We also watched some abbreviated sequences of Skullduggery, where we foolishly searched for
hazyone101.While there, I continued to work in my capacity as "bad uncle", convincing the household todder that "pull my finger" is, in fact, hilarious, and attempting to teach her to say "Diana was a whore".
pyat quickly kiboshed that, but finger pulling was a smash success. Hide, as it were, your children.
So, yeah. Home after that, chicken n' veggies n' rice, watched some TV with the wife (which was, in fact, her watching and me reading graphic novels) and now, the wife has gone to bed, and I'll join her shortly. A good day, if somewhat tiring.
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Date: 2005-04-10 02:56 am (UTC)So, when you get old, are you going to change your name to Abe Simpson? Because I can so see that. ;D
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Date: 2005-04-10 03:02 am (UTC)Tragedy enough he has to get married to a Catholic, but he at least loves this one. Pip, pip.
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Date: 2005-04-10 03:56 am (UTC)I have a strong suspicion he'll abdicate, when the time comes, and Wee Willie will either be up to his fanny in mayhem, or, he'll say "sod this for a lark, I'm off t' pub!" I vote the latter.
I have feelings on this issue.
Date: 2005-04-10 05:10 am (UTC)Lady Di started with the chief of her staff and worked her way down to the footmen.
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Date: 2005-04-10 12:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 01:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 01:16 pm (UTC)Glad you were amused. Did your spouse give you the other package?
And how about that skeleton, eh? What an actor.
I SLEEP NOW!
Date: 2005-04-10 01:20 pm (UTC)I think the other package is upstairs, but she may have taken it back to AA by accident. I'll see in a few minutes.
Re: I SLEEP NOW!
Date: 2005-04-10 01:26 pm (UTC)Re: I SLEEP NOW!
Date: 2005-04-10 01:30 pm (UTC)Re: I SLEEP NOW!
Date: 2005-04-10 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-04-10 09:26 pm (UTC)I found it somehow...smaller...than I last recalled being there (that being circa 1992/93); smaller in the venue size, the size of the dealer's room, art room, and even attendee count.
And why no gaming there this year? The web-site was remarkably coy on that topic.
::Brian::
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Date: 2005-04-10 09:34 pm (UTC)As far as I know, most fan run non-anime cons are going through a contraction phase right now. Even Toronto Trek is going through an attendance reduction.
As for the gaming, I think that with the Rigel Group closing up shop, they probably weren't able to put up a good gaming room. I don't have much more info than that.