To start, I accidentally set my alarm for 10 pm instead of am, so I slept right past when I wanted to wake up. I slept right up untill 10:05 when someone knocked on my door. It was my neighbor who made too many cupcakes and thought I would enjoy them. She was right. The only way that being woken up like that could have been any better would be if it was a hot chick in a bikini and not my 90 year old neighbor.
Now that I was up on time and ready and out the door, it was off to celebrate Free Comic Book Day. Funny thing... I completely forgot to pick up my free comic books. Seems I was too distracted by PETER LAIRD, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I got there just after they had set up, so the line was minimal, I only had to wait 15 minutes in line. I had my series of things to be signed plus, I came out with a little bonus.
A signature on each mini-comic for each turtle.
And....
HE DREW ME A TURTLE!!! Holy shit, I could barely contain myself. Also, you may notice the Michaelangelo comic is a special Christmas edition. The people infront of me were ready to pay me for it and were all about where I got it. I've actually had it for years and did not just buy it there or on E-Bay. As you can see, I kept it and also had it signed by Jim Lawson, the artist who did the Raphael's Christmas Carol in the back. Now, to track down Kevin Eastman....
I have frames on order and they will soon adorn the walls of my awesome bedroom.
Later on that night at my friend Brian's house, we (he, actually, but damn I want one) bought an X-Box 360. It rules, hardcore.
Normally, that would make for pretty close to the best day ever. Now if only I could find something to push it over the top.... Oh, I know, how about the proof that not only does Karma exist, but it is the greatest fucking thing EVER. Some of you may know about a little problem with a "bully" I had a while back. It was this person's job to make my life a living hell. He had bumper stickers made up about me and plastered all over where I live, among many other torments. Well, he was going to get married on April 1st, and I was going to ruin it, but decided that holding a grudge like that was probably not good for me, so I let it go. Well, the universe seems to have it's own way of setting things right, because Late saturday night I had a bit of information brought to my attention.
Salem filmmaker held in Alabama on child pornography charges
By Shelley Murphy, Globe Staff | April 11, 2006
A Salem man has been arrested in Alabama on charges of child pornography and exploitation after allegedly responding to an Internet advertisement that authorities placed offering ''Lolita" escorts.
Luke S. G*****, 26, who works as an independent film producer for ITV Direct of Beverly, responded by e-mail to the ad posted on Craigslist.org in February and March, court documents allege. His notes indicated he was looking for two or three 10-to-12-year-old girls to videotape performing oral sex on him and that ''pigtails, freckles, and school uniforms would be a plus," court documents filed in US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama indicate.
G***** flew from Massachusetts to Alabama on March 31 after allegedly agreeing to pay $1,200 for three hours with three girls. He was arrested at a Birmingham hotel by FBI agents, US postal inspectors, and Birmingham police, court records show.
Last Friday, US Magistrate Judge John E. Ott ordered G***** jailed without bail pending trial, saying that he faces 20 to 30 years in prison if convicted of the charges and would pose both a risk of flight and a potential danger to the community if released.
''He has a fear of flying, yet he flew on a lengthy flight to come to Birmingham to meet the children," Ott wrote in his detention order. ''He traveled with his iPod that contained video clips of child pornography, again showing an impulsive nature with little thought for the consequences."
At the same time that G***** was negotiating with undercover officers to meet the young girls, he also ordered 10 child pornography movies from another undercover officer in the Birmingham Innocent Images Task Force to be sent to his parents' home in Massachusetts, according to Ott's detention order. He also said he had 23 images of child pornography on his home computer, court records show.
G***** told investigators that it was a fantasy to him and that he was not sure if he would have had sex with children, but Ott said that statement was inconsistent with the fact that G***** spent $400 on air fare to Alabama and paid $1,200 to an undercover officer before his arrest.
G*****'s court-appointed lawyer, James L. O'Kelley, declined to comment on the charges.
I would have just hotlinked to it, but since the story is over a month old, it won't let me. Also, I had to blot out his last name, since I don't want this being viewed through google. Though I am leaving his company there so that anyone searching to use their services should know that they employ child molesters.
Have fun in prison, bitch, I'm sure you'll make someone a nice wife, especially since they just loooooove child molesters in the clink.
So, to recap my awesome Saturday for those who don't like reading...
-Cupcake alarm
-Ninja turtle's creator
-Free Pizza
-Taco Bell
-Xbox 360
-Ice cream
-Fuck-you-in-the-ass prison for my good friend Luke.
... yeah... best day ever.
Now, I just have to get ready for five days of work at which point I am on vacation. If anyone wants to hang or do something, let me know. I'm technically living off of 20 dollars until the 16th, so if it has to involve cash, we should probably plan for the 17th - 21st.
That's it, I have laundry to do.
btw- I've got cheat codes for far cry already
and yes, "The road warrior" does indeed count..
one of my favorite road/car films as well