Thanksgiving

Hey, it's me again! Your friendly neighborhood cynic! The end of the year is coming folks! Thanksgiving's just the beginning! In no time at all, it will be December! Then comes 2009! I'm using a lot of exclamation points!
Yep, soon enough we'll be surrounded by: dead birds for two consecutive holidays, family members whom we barely know, Christmas carols that have been created with the sole purpose of driving us insane, and peace and good will coming out of every single pore in our bodies. Yet, somehow amidst the hustle and bustle (can't have one without the other it seems) of the holiday season, I still manage to love this time of year. That is probably because I have almost no responsibilities and practically no one to shop for. Yes indeed, I love this time of year, even the cold weather. Somehow I just love being zapped to my core with the chill of winter and searing my lungs with the frosty atmosphere. Let it snow (I honestly fully intended just to say that, but, inevitably, the song comes to mind)!
This could also be just the opportunity we've been looking for to save the economy with shopping after Thanksgiving and Christmas. BAM, BAM (not to be confused with the character on the Flintstones)! Well, a happy Thanksgiving to everyone out there shorter than me (just add a congratulation for those taller. They deserve it)

Vending Machines

Now, I'm sure you've all seen the snack machines, the drink machines, those little sticky hands that you throw up (yuck yuck) against the wall, those cheesy character tattoos, and maybe even some machine that will crank out squashed pennies for ya. However, I myself have just recently discovered the DVD vending machine. You pay a dollar a day for a DVD and my mom actually has a coupon that lets you get two (DOUBLE FEATURE!). Needless to say, the past few Saturday nights have been movie nights. The only drawback (huh, that makes me think of those creatures from Tattoine. Dewbacks? Anything?) to this amazing invention is the fact that the seem to be understocked. Pretty much every time I go to the machine, the movie I want is out of stock.
Poor little me has to wait for the point of saturation when everyone's had their fill of the movie and I can get it once it's returned. Oh well, maybe someday I'll get to watch Kung Fu Panda again. Skadoosh!

Comics and Such

So I just got a slough of new graphic novels the other day, and I'm just wondering, why is it that comic book characters are always so physically exaggerated? I personally prefer the ones that actually look like they could exist in real life. It seems to me that DC comics is particularly guilty of this, which is a shame, because I like DC story lines better than Marvel. Actually, these days I'm mostly reading Dark Horse comics because they are pretty good at making believable characters rather than slutty-looking heroines and bodybuilder heroes. I'm actually enjoying reading Knights of the Old Republic right now that chronicles the misadventures of a scrawny failed Padawan, Zayne Carrick. He and his friends actually look like normal people (except for those that are actually aliens) and have believable characters. I must say that, despite it's many various artistic inconsistancies (not sure about the spelling on that because the only person I have to ask is my chemistry teacher who really can't spell) it is indeed my favorite comic story to date. Among the others I enjoy and am following are Crimson Empire, Clone Wars (the classic ones, not the new ones with the wooden-looking people), Legacy, Dark Times, Rebellion, Trinity, Teen Titans, and Justice League. Good stuff. No school tomorrow! Yay veterans!

Robin Hood

I like the story of Robin Hood. You gotta love the story of a former murderer rising to fame from his good deeds. He was my hero as a kid and I read every book I could find on the guy. Come to that, i even love spin-offs. I enjoyed the Disney cartoon with the foxes. I laughed hysterically at Men in Tights. I loved the artwork in the graphic novel. I just love the story all around.
I recently found out there was even a TV show that I might watch, and as I write this I just finished watching a Freakazoid episode with the Huntsman who dresses like Robin Hood. I mean, I love Freakazoid anyway, but that was priceless. Of course, you can't confuse Huntsman with the Green Arrow in DC comics. He's basically amazing and has one of the most interesting characters in all of DC continuity. I like how they portrayed him in the Justice League show too.
Even now, the sight of a bow and arrow excites the feeling of heroism within me, not to be confused with heroinism, which, I'm not sure if that's just a girl being heroic or the 'ism' of heroin. I have to go look that up now.