I will miss Will Eisner. He died today, a few days after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.
WillEisner.com is his official website and had a lengthly biography and such. Will wrote and drews the Spirit and a Contract with God and Comics and Sequential Art. He knew a lot about comics and he thought a lot about comics and he elevated the art form just by...
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WillEisner.com is his official website and had a lengthly biography and such. Will wrote and drews the Spirit and a Contract with God and Comics and Sequential Art. He knew a lot about comics and he thought a lot about comics and he elevated the art form just by...
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Hey there, hon. Ya lost?
Oh, no, maam. No indeed. I am here for a piece of pie.
We got pie. That all you want?
I believe so, yes.
Meatloaf is on special.
Meatloaf is on special! I hadnt had meatloaf in years! Not since I lived at home, not since before I left for college.
Meatloaf, I said. Meatloaf sounds marvelous!
Whatever you say,...
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Oh, no, maam. No indeed. I am here for a piece of pie.
We got pie. That all you want?
I believe so, yes.
Meatloaf is on special.
Meatloaf is on special! I hadnt had meatloaf in years! Not since I lived at home, not since before I left for college.
Meatloaf, I said. Meatloaf sounds marvelous!
Whatever you say,...
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kay:
*smooch* Well done.
~cheers
~cheers
oak:
killer
that was exactly the scene i was looking for during my brief stint back in TX over Christmas, but those kinds of diners are getting far too rare down there, now that the soulless wasteland of chain joints is taking over the entire run of Interstate 35 all the way from Dallas to the coast.
so sad
but that reminds me of the tom waits song, "Invitation to the Blues"
that was exactly the scene i was looking for during my brief stint back in TX over Christmas, but those kinds of diners are getting far too rare down there, now that the soulless wasteland of chain joints is taking over the entire run of Interstate 35 all the way from Dallas to the coast.
so sad
but that reminds me of the tom waits song, "Invitation to the Blues"
I slowed my pace and frowned and considered. I love the air in autumn, even still, and especially at Monument Circle on my lunch break. It just smells . . . orange, if that makes sense to you. Like fall. And fall (and orange) tastes like pumpkin pie. Why, why pumpkin pie! I wanted a piece of pumpkin pie, I wanted it right then, and...
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aperfectsonnet:
I hope you were successful.
aperfectsonnet:
Good work. You beat me.
If I May:
My Grandma died on Xmas Eve. The family was over for dinner and gift exchanging. The clearest memory I have of Grandma isn't about her directly, but the painting of Jesus she had hanging in her old blue house. It's hanging in her new white house too, I imagine, but it's in the blue one where I remember it. That white house...
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My Grandma died on Xmas Eve. The family was over for dinner and gift exchanging. The clearest memory I have of Grandma isn't about her directly, but the painting of Jesus she had hanging in her old blue house. It's hanging in her new white house too, I imagine, but it's in the blue one where I remember it. That white house...
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olsen:
haha really? Why?
ed:
Dying on Christmas Eve...now that's an auspicious day if I ever heard of one.
The Jesus painting? Give it to me. Although I would paint on it--not to defile it, mind, but alter the meaning.
I'm actually in a drawing mood again. I obviously still have your dream script. What did you have in mind for me to draw when you left that message a few days ago? If I'm on AIM I'll either be xXFairy VomitXx or Ed Suicide. 'Course, email works, too.
The Jesus painting? Give it to me. Although I would paint on it--not to defile it, mind, but alter the meaning.
I'm actually in a drawing mood again. I obviously still have your dream script. What did you have in mind for me to draw when you left that message a few days ago? If I'm on AIM I'll either be xXFairy VomitXx or Ed Suicide. 'Course, email works, too.
There was a pounding in my ears, my heart or his feet and I couldnt tell which. Both, maybe, or something else entirely. I ran down the hill, and I dont know why, because I didnt know where else to go to, I guess. I ran down the hill, taking smaller steps than I had going up it, trying to keep my legs ahead of...
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ed:
Wow.
Do it again!
Do it again!
falias:
hi
I'm sure all the other nerds know this already, but Jim Lee--he of X-Men, Batman, Superman fame--has a blog that he updates fairly regularly. I haven't bought a Jim Lee comic in a long time, but I do think he's a really good super-hero artist--and the blog is an interesting look into a comic book artist's life and work schedule. He posts a lot of...
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olsen:
haha mine's not that fancy at all. it was the nicest I could get for free 
olsen:
I have a friend who bought a TINY camera to wear around her neck. It'd be nice to always have one on hand. If I could afford it, I prolly woulda gotten a camera phone. But seeing as I'm broke, and this phone was free, and a camera phone would be several hundred dollers 
I kiss her index finger first, three light pecks on the spiral of her fingerprint. She looks at me with eyes too big for her head, and brown, and I look back and try not to smile. I kiss her middle finger second, three light pecks on the spiral of her fingerprint. The corners of her mouth are tugged by strings. I kiss her ring...
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d:
wow.
that was fucking rad.
I want that.
-D
that was fucking rad.
I want that.
-D
holy MOSES.
I reckon I'm not usually one for diary-style journal entries, but I feel like I really ought to share the news with somebody, and who better than my fellow naked-lady-likers?
I've been in town for a little over two years now, and I've done some dating here and there, but I haven't met anyone that I was knocked-out-excited about. (And I still haven't,...
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I reckon I'm not usually one for diary-style journal entries, but I feel like I really ought to share the news with somebody, and who better than my fellow naked-lady-likers?
I've been in town for a little over two years now, and I've done some dating here and there, but I haven't met anyone that I was knocked-out-excited about. (And I still haven't,...
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delilahb:
welcome to my world! for the past few months, boys, boys, boys! Just go, get a woman and romance her. Romance her with all that you've got.
delilahb:
good for you! is she hot?
Jerry broke the silence. You know who Id like to see naked?
Who? said Face, immediately. If it was meant to be a distraction, it worked. How could it not?
Those Arabian girls, Jerry said.
Like in Aladdin? Shaun asked.
No, said Jerry, frowning. He complained sometimes about not knowing the right words for things. I mean like those girls with the veils. The ones...
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Who? said Face, immediately. If it was meant to be a distraction, it worked. How could it not?
Those Arabian girls, Jerry said.
Like in Aladdin? Shaun asked.
No, said Jerry, frowning. He complained sometimes about not knowing the right words for things. I mean like those girls with the veils. The ones...
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olsen:
Hey thanks for your support on this. I really appreciate it. And your ideas for raising extra cash are great.
No, this trip shouldn't interfere with the job I have lined up.....it might prevent me from getting another one in the meantime, but I was planning to temp anyway, and that's flexible.
I just don't know if I can actually do Chile....or if I do, if it's worth the stress. It seems like it....I think I'll regret missing this for the rest of my life if I don't go.....but I also know that now is supposed to be me-time, when I focus on myself and get my carreer going, and Mer, though she did her best to force us all to see the world, probably wouldn't want me to stress out as much as I am right now. I think she just prolly didn't think through how difficult it would be to coordinate so many people with different committments to travel together. .....I'm really confused right now about my priorities, and how I honor her and myself.....
No, this trip shouldn't interfere with the job I have lined up.....it might prevent me from getting another one in the meantime, but I was planning to temp anyway, and that's flexible.
I just don't know if I can actually do Chile....or if I do, if it's worth the stress. It seems like it....I think I'll regret missing this for the rest of my life if I don't go.....but I also know that now is supposed to be me-time, when I focus on myself and get my carreer going, and Mer, though she did her best to force us all to see the world, probably wouldn't want me to stress out as much as I am right now. I think she just prolly didn't think through how difficult it would be to coordinate so many people with different committments to travel together. .....I'm really confused right now about my priorities, and how I honor her and myself.....
olsen:
I want to say yes I went to Chile. ....I'm sure of that much. And I do think it will be worth the pain and stress if I can get it together.....
If my roommate gets off the phone I'm gonna try to call my childhood bank.....they have an old savings bond that matured a few years back, which might be enough to cover the trip, so that would be like spending money that's rightfully mine without touching my current finances.....the problem is they're in Colorado, so....convincing them that I am me and getting them to cash it out and transfer it to my account in a totally different bank while I'm not there in person.......
If my roommate gets off the phone I'm gonna try to call my childhood bank.....they have an old savings bond that matured a few years back, which might be enough to cover the trip, so that would be like spending money that's rightfully mine without touching my current finances.....the problem is they're in Colorado, so....convincing them that I am me and getting them to cash it out and transfer it to my account in a totally different bank while I'm not there in person.......
MOBILIZE!
Does anyone know in which work Horace said, "Untouched by life and free of wickedness"?
EDIT: You guys are awesome. Thank you!
Does anyone know in which work Horace said, "Untouched by life and free of wickedness"?
EDIT: You guys are awesome. Thank you!
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olsen:
I love it. Paper Prostitute. I want that to be the name of my new theme song.
olsen:
Hott.
There Are Many Kinds of Crushes
FRIEND CRUSH--we're pals. Oh boy, but we're pals. We pal around and take in movies and maybe grab lunch. We talk on the phone and we send funny emails and sometimes when I'm laughing alone (sock puppets in the mirror) or with others (making up breakfast cereals), I think to myself, "Oh boy, my pal would laugh at this...
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FRIEND CRUSH--we're pals. Oh boy, but we're pals. We pal around and take in movies and maybe grab lunch. We talk on the phone and we send funny emails and sometimes when I'm laughing alone (sock puppets in the mirror) or with others (making up breakfast cereals), I think to myself, "Oh boy, my pal would laugh at this...
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olsen:
Hey, I was just thinking....you wanna hang out the week after next?
olsen:
I thought this was real life!
Shaun of the Dead is a rad little movie. I'm a big fan of taking genre stuff and doing it well--Shaun does that with zombie movies, Kill Bill did with samurai flicks, Planetary does it with superheroes, and Michael Chabon and McSweeney's did an entire anthology of excellent genre fiction.
I just saw it, so it's still rolling around in my head. It's a bit...
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aperfectsonnet:
I meant Dawn from the office.
swoo:
Was the same one then.
He will be missed.
Greatest femme fatales in the history of comics...