First off, comics have become way more expensive than they are worth in my opinion. There are only a few titles out there right now that I think are worth the money. Sadly, trades are worth the money in my opinion. You get the whole story at once, and they actually work out to be a bit cheaper than the individual issues. As much as I hate to say it, I think that's where the industry is going to be heading. Actually, in my opinion, is pretty much there. There aren't many individual stories anymore. There are always these huge arcs. Why? That way it can go into a trade. I really think they are going for the bookstore market. A trade is going to sell much better in Borders than an individual issue.
(can you tell I bought comics yesterday, and paid way more than I wanted to, and that was AFTER weeding out the crap!)
I'm just really slow at getting things done. The second series of Doctor Who has been done for almost a month now. 13 episodes total. I think I have watched six of these episodes. You'd think that they are broadcast once a week on Saturday nights, I could find the 45 minutes to watch it at some point in the week, and stay relativily up to date with it, but alas, I can't do that. Venture Brothers is the same way, I've only seen the first episode of this season. It's not that these shows bore me, they are some of the best there is out there right now. But, I just always put it off to do something else.
Heather went home to visit her parents this week. Whilst there, she got shingles. She is on her way back to Ames as I write this, deathly afraid of me thinking she will look "not cute" with Shingles. She can be kind of paranoid sometimes, but that can be for the best I suppose. She also has reason to be, which I won't get into.
Um...Kinda sorta looking forward to Gencon. I always feel just, "meh" to leaving and not sleeping at home. Plus I think I want a vacation where I'm not doing ANYTHING. I've never had one of those. I guess when I worked at the radio station, I'd take a week off and just play video games the whole time. They would tell me I wasted my vacation at the station. I said I wasn't there and didn't have to see people, so I was happy. I'm sure when I get there though, I'll have a ton of fun.
All right, started this post hours ago, so I think I'll just end it now. Bye.
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4 weeks ago
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I feel so bad for Heather; shingles can be very painful and fatiguing. This past winter,my mom had shingles for the 1st time and a fun time was not had. I hope Heather feels better soon. There are times I freak out about Frank seeing how I look and we've been together over almost 16 years and he's seen me in labor (without drugs mind you), but it still seems I worry/care about how he thinks I look. Sometimes it annoys him, but other times I know he's glad I care.
The cost of comic books has become outrageous; I'll selling Frank's in order to bury him. I know Frank has also dropped several titles from his file and has gone more towards reading books; more bang for his buck. Oh.. I'd better get back to work I suppose.
I'm with you on the pace of vacations; what's the point of taking time away from busyness to do other busyness; human's need time to dial down; that's why God invented sleep and Sundays(but I don't always use Sunday as a true day of rest the way God intended, but I should and sometimes I try).
Smiles,
Jennifer
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