Turnabout Insomnia
The Mrs. and I were up long past dawn wrapping up the final case in the Phoenix Wright trilogy. I'll... probably... do a write-up on the series at some point, for somewhere, if only to justify our obsession as research. But I'm up at this hour now, unable to sleep, so I'm finally able to catch up with a few things after the long break while I was out of town. I'll have some real content to speak of later this week, hopefully--if nothing else, the next comics column goes up Tuesday morning--but let's start by cleaning out my tab list:
- Tim O'Neil did a fantastic write-up on the values and drawbacks of the Mandarin as Iron Man's arch-nemesis, which is particularly relevant with his likely appearance in Iron Man 3.
- People venting on terrible working conditions at Diamond. Grain-of-salt reading, but not exactly hard to believe, either.
- I don't know why, out of all the silly pop thought articles I read a day, I was so taken with this note about the unhealthiest chain restaurant foods, maybe because I've noticed my weight not-so-steadily ballooning over the last two years, maybe because watching the KFC Double Down become a meme became tiresome very quickly.
- Speaking of memes, and aren't we always: another day, another Garfield thing. I thought this was cool: taking the color averages of a whole year's worth of strips and analyzing the pattern. The results, of course, will not surprise you.
- Shilling for someone I don't know: I first caught wind of the awesome craft work of Eyes5 over at the forums for MSPaint Adventures (about which more in this week's comics column), but their latest creation, dolls of Nu from Chrono Trigger, was so far up my alley that I couldn't help but point folks over to the sight.
It's been a really strange couple of months, and things haven't gone according to plan at all, but I am sincerely praying that the rough patch has passed. We'll see.
My Bags are Packed, Etc…
It's always nice when really smart people have nice things to say about you--both Dirk and Jog paid me very kind compliments today (re: the return of the Comics Column), particularly given that the final product found its way online riddled with my typos and lazy grammar mistakes. Thanks to both of you.
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Speaking of Moore and Morrison, as that column continued to do, I just saw this post, which reaffirms some of the things I've said in the column thus far. Between this recent column and the earlier Gurren Lagann review, I've leaned on that Moore/Morrison thing a little hard lately, and I'm hoping to go someplace else in future columns. Morrison shows up a bit more than I planned in the next two installments, but it was a little unavoidable based on format--beyond those, I want to get a little further away before I'm permanently branded as an advocate of the same half-dozen comic people. The next column is in my editor's hands and the next is underway, but beyond that I'm not sure exactly where I want to go next.
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I'm going out of town for a week--not sure if I'll be updating, even if the column's next installment goes up at the House in my absence (and I'm not sure exactly what the timetable on that is going to be). I'll be working on some reviews and things offline while I'm gone, but I might not be heard from until my return. That said, best way to reach me if necessary will probably be Twitter (see the sidebar). Let's meet back here next week, under the old oak tree.
Convention Season ‘10
(Job & Internship Fair at DePaul University, downtown Chicago)
I witnessed this sight today, and it got me thinking about the con season that is well underway. Everyone was in costume, everyone was going to get drunk when it was over, and some of the tables were getting really desperate for the attention of passers-by. Funny, though, many of the people at our conventions who believe themselves entitled to a career in the field don't look as much like they get regular sex (cheap joke).
I'll be at C2E2 in Chicago, April 16-18, in case you're wondering. I may or may not be covering the show in some capacity. If you're looking to meet up, drop me a line here or elsewhere! And hey, I don't drink, but I'll be buying drinks for others!
Also, closer to the show, I'll throw up a quick rundown of friends who have tables which you should visit during your time at the con.
Okay, let’s do this…
Testing out the Wordpress. Will move the URL eventually. Have to link to the old stuff worth linking to, or repost. Think we're ready to go.