Is This Some Kind Of Bust?

So today was Scott's last day at work.
When I picked up our comics on Wednesday, I also grabbed him a going away present, something that he could put on display in his shiny new pod at his shiny new job that would immediately establish his "geek cred."
I was going to go with a Superman, or Batman, or Spider-Man sculpture of some sort.
But then I saw this and knew it just had to be:




After all, nothing says "geek" (or at least "male geek") like a super-heroine in a skimpy skintight outfit with ridiculously large breasts.
The super-heroine in question is Power Girl, who is essentially an alternate universe version of Supergirl.
The story goes that when she was introduced in the 1970s, artist Wally Wood had initially designed her to be rather voluptuos in comparison to her more slender counterpart, but had the intention of increasing the size of her bust with each successive issue until someone in editorial finally took notice.
The tradition has sort of continued to this day.
This particular piece - complete with the trademark "magic cleavage window" - was designed by artist Adam Hughes, who is ideally suited to the task of drawing PG (though maybe that should be PG-13).
Cheesecake elements aside, when written well, Power Girl is actually a pretty interesting character, and she can be a lot of fun, particularly when she gives in to her more impulsive, angry side. She's certainly far more interesting than the current version of Supergirl.
Another sculpture designed by Hughes has recently stirred up a lot of controversy in comic fandom. A lot of people are upset about it, and, as fond as I obviously am of cheesecake art, I can certainly understand why.
Check it out here.
All I can say is what I said the first time I saw it: yikes.

"Aw, Sonnuva - "

Two great Daily Show clips:

Anyone Call For A Web-Slinger Or Doom Will Crush You All!

While I tend to be fairly pantheistic when it comes to reading comics - I'm willing to read comics from any and all publisher and am not fanatically devoted to any one company - I also have something of a DC bias, for reasons that I won't get into here (and the differences between DC and Marvel - the "Big Two" - have been elucidated and examined in many, many other places, so there's no need to do so here).
So it was kind of surprising to me that when I took these two quizzes, the results in both cases showed me to be Marvel characters.
Oh well, I guess sometimes life - and silly, meaningless quizzes - can surprise you.
'nuff said.

Your results:
You are Spider-Man

Spider-Man 95% Superman 80% Green Lantern 65% Hulk 60% Batman 55% Supergirl 47% Robin 47% The Flash 40% Catwoman 30% Wonder Woman 22% Iron Man 15%

You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.

Click here to take the Superhero Personality Quiz

Your results:
You are Dr. Doom

Dr. Doom 54% Apocalypse 46% Mr. Freeze 46% Magneto 44% Juggernaut 41% Venom 40% Lex Luthor 39% The Joker 38% Dark Phoenix 37% Kingpin 33% Mystique 29% Catwoman 28% Poison Ivy 26% Green Goblin 17% Riddler 14% Two-Face 13%

Blessed with smarts and power but burdened by vanity.

Click here to take the "Which Super Villain are you?" quiz...

I was a little surprised by the Spider-Man result (I expected to be Superman), but was pretty stoked by the Dr. Doom result.
All shall bow before DOOM!
It's worth noting that both Scott and Stacy were Spider-Man, tying the three of us together in some sort of weird menage a super-hero.

Warning! Cute Overload

This video clip is so adorable as to possibly cause spontaneous womb growth. You've been warned.
If you already have a womb, it may cause you to pounce on the nearest potential sperm donor available, and your biological clock will chime like Big Ben.

Was It A Belated Gift Or A Really Early One?

The other day Kathleen informed me that she’d gotten something in the mail for me and that we should meet for lunch sometime this week. I mentioned that there are a lot of places to eat around the comic shop, so we agreed to meet in that area today, giving me the opportunity to have lunch, get my belated Christmas/birthday present from her, and hit the comic shop for this week’s new books.
So that’s what we did.
The belated gift was a copy of the Chicago Manual of Style, something that I’d suggested a while back.
Yes, I am enough of a nerd that I would suggest a writing reference book as a potential gift for me.
Anyway, it makes perfect sense; it’s something I’ve wanted for a while but was unlikely to ever get around to buying for myself.
So I am legitimately thankful for it, and have to say that as gifts go it’s several orders of magnitude better than a fish.
At 5 someone representing the new owners will be at the office to discuss the leasing options, so I’ll be heading down there to let them know that I’ll be opting for the month to month option.
On Monday I’m going to be checking out some houses with David. There’s one in particular that looks really promising, so I hope it looks good when I’m actually there.Not much else is going on, and Kathleen and I sat around talking so long after eating lunch that I actually started to get hungry again, so I think I’ll tend to that

Keyword Klearinghouse

So I thought I'd take another look at the keywords that have been the primary drivers of what I laughingly call traffic to this blog.
There are, of course, the usual suspects: Bikini Cavegirl/Teenage Cavegirl, Carla Gugino's/Giada de Laurentis'/Monica Keena's/Insert Female Celebrity Name Here's bra/cup size, various other queries related to Giada, such as her height and whether or not she's a dwarf, whether or not she's pregnant, and searches for naked/bikini pictures of her. There are some people who are specifically looking for her nipples. I'm not sure if they just want close-up pictures of her nipples, pictures in which her nipples are visible, or if they're attempting to physically locate her actual nipples, as if there is some sort of GNPS (Giada Nipple Positioning System) site that lets you know where Giada's nipples are at any given time. Then again, maybe people are wondering if Giada even has nipples at all. It seems likely that she does, but I guess you can't take anything for granted.
A good percentage of traffic is coming from people looking for information about Ginger Alexander and Richard Davis of the recently renamed TLC series The Real Estate Pros (Formerly The Real Deal; not sure what necessitated the name change, though the new tagline on the commercials is "When it comes to real estate, Richard Davis is the real deal.").
Many of these seekers of wisdom are, in fact, seekers of boobs - sorry, I'm fresh out of Ginger Alexander's boobs. Try back next month; I may get a new shipment.
I would suggest that those of you attempting to find Ginger Alexander's MySpace page - if one exists - that you might want to go to, oh, I don't know, maybe MySpace.com to look for it.
Some want to know if Ginger is dating in general, while others want to know if she's dating Richard specifically.
As I have absolutely no basis for saying it, therefore I will not say that yes, Ginger and Richard are "dating," if that's what you want to call Ginger giving him hand jobs in the rest rooms at home improvement stores dating.
And no, I don't have any idea what Ginger's bra size is and wouldn't even want to hazard a guess because I have no skill whatsoever at estimating that sort of thing, as I can't see any reason whatsoever to want to know what someone's bra size is unless you're planning to buy her a bra as a gift or something, and if that is what you are planning, let me just stop you right there and say that sending lingerie to some woman you've never met, but have seen on TV and with whom you feel you've established some deep connection via the TV, is probably not the best way to make a positive first impression. I know, I know, it seems like it would be the perfect gift, but some women just get freaked out by complete strangers sending them undergarments, especially when accompanied with some ominous note about how you'll see her wearing them "soon." They also tend to react negatively to pictures of them that you've taken through their bedroom windows while they're sleeping, even though going to her house in the middle of the night like that shows that you're serious enough to not let a little thing like a restraining order stand between you and true love. Pfft, women. Am I right?
Anyway, I'm really not your best source for all things Ginger, so keep looking elsewhere.
One new Keyword Kontender has been the search string selecca connie naked.
I don't have too much to say about this one, but I would refer you to her body of work, and mention that she has been married to John Tesh for over fifteen years, and then let you decide for yourself what that says about the chances that she has ever appeared nude in any fashion that you will benefit (?) from.
Oh, and I have no pictures of Tanya Memme in a bikini/nude available for you. Pictures of her in a bikini do exist, but you're not going to find them here. As for the nudes, I will say that it seems unlikely, but you never know, I guess. What I do know is that I haven't seen them, but then, I haven't been engaged in dogged pursuit of them like some of you out there. Still, I would say that a Google Image Search is your best bet to find pictures of her.

And It's Especially True For MY Family

Prior to getting the letter about the closing of the buy-back, I’d been in touch with my realtor yesterday afternoon.
After sending him an e-mail with what I’m looking for, he set me up to receive listings that match my criteria via e-mail. Looking through the first one I got today I found several possibilities. Most of them are three bedroom townhomes, which would be cool, as I’d like to have space for an office/studio and still have a guest bedroom available.
Sure, I never have guests, but things can change (or so I’ve heard). Maybe my mom will come out to visit or something.
This morning I headed off to Wal-Mart to look for the Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron DVD. I also picked up the Ghost Rider DVD. I’d been undecided about that one. The movie was okay, but I didn’t know whether it warranted buying the DVD, but once I saw it on the shelf I said, “Screw it,” and picked it up.
I also grabbed a copy of Not Another Teen Movie, as it was in the 2 for $11 bin and was therefore impossible to pass up. Granted, I can see the movie on Comedy Central pretty much any time that they aren’t airing some Blue Collar Comedy thing – which isn’t often – but I couldn’t not buy it when it was so cheap.
While I was there I saw a 46” 1080p LCD TV for about $1,300. I almost went for it, even though I don’t have any immediate need or use for it, and it’s just one other thing that I’ll have to move.
I mean, I’m never going to have HD service while I’m here, so it would just be sitting around unused until I move.
On the other hand, LCD prices have, by many accounts, bottomed out, so they’re not going to get any cheaper, and I would be prepared for when I have moved somewhere that I can/will get HD service.
While I was at home it occurred to me that I could use it as a huge computer monitor. There’s no room for it on my desk, so it would have to be paired up with Munin. The thought of this ginormous TV on my kitchen counter struck me as terribly amusing, and so I laughed at the idea for an inordinate amount of time (I’m still chuckling now).
Now that the settlement is so close, I’m kind of eager to get on with finding a new place, but the thought of how much money I could save if I were to keep renting for a while is pretty tempting, though I suspect that I would end up not saving that money anyway, and who knows what will have happened to the market if I wait.
Still, the prospect of signing a six month lease and at least trying to sock away the money I’d been paying above the rent amount is kind of appealing.
(Theoretically, in the course of six months I could sock away over four grand. Possibly more, considering that I’ll likely have my car paid off within the next few months.)
So I don’t know.
I just booked a flight home for the end of July. It was a little pricier than usual. I ended up going straight through Northwest because the prices on the travel sites were way up there, and I had a coupon for $75 from when I ended up missing my flight back in October and my brother and I got stuck in Detroit over night which I could only use if I booked through Northwest.
I also had to reserve a car so that I can get around while I’m there, as my mom doesn’t have a car.
It’s going to be strange going home and not actually going home, but instead going to my mom’s apartment. And of course, it’ll be strange not having my dad there.
While I’m there we’ll be going to some sort of family reunion. It’s my dad’s side of the family, and, more specifically, his mother’s family.
I’m sure it’ll be terribly exciting.
The biggest problem with family reunions? Lousy place to meet chicks.

NSFW Picture

My latest picture, which is somewhat naughty and NSFW, can be viewed here.
It's a picture of model Alley Baggett, done in the sort of cel-shaded, vectorized, A Scanner Darkly style that I've been playing around with for years and never really succeeding in achieving to my satisfaction.
This one comes pretty close, and involved using a technique that I picked up from a tutorial.
I think the main reason I like it, though, is that it's just a really cute picture of Alley.
So check it out if you can (the features that make it NSFW are Alley's bare - and very nice - bottom and a bit of a nipple).

A Thing Of Beauty

Last week I ordered all of the available trade paperback collections of Fables.
Today they arrived, and, collectively, they are a thing of beauty.
See?



I still need to pick up one more trade to have everything up to the point at which I started buying the monthly comic, but if it's available now (it wasn't when I ordered), I'll pick it up on Wednesday when I go to the comic shop.
I also got a letter today informing me that the buy-back of my condo will be going through a lot sooner than anticipated - at the end of this month.
That means I have to start moving a lot faster on the purchase of a new place, though I will apparently be able to rent my place on a month to month basis from the new owners.
Even paying the higher price for month to month, I'll still be saving over $600 a month with not having to pay the mortgages and condo fees.

Esprit De Corps

This is a picture of the DC Comics character Soranik Natu, the Green Lantern of the planet Korugar.
Why did I draw a picture of her? Why not?
She's one of the characters that's come out of the new Green Lantern Corps series that I really like (and not just because of the big red cleavage, though that is a plus).
She's an interesting character with an interesting heritage, as one of the previous Green Lantern's from her home planet of used his ring to subjugate the people of his assigned sector and was the first Green Lantern to ever go rogue, the evil Sinestro.
(The name should have been a dead giveaway. I mean, when you're named "Sinestro," what other option is there than to be evil?)
After Sinestro's defeat, the Green Lanterns weren't exactly the most popular group on Korugar, given the treatment they'd received by the last one they had. Sinestro's successor, Katma Tui, though noble was reviled for being part of the Corps.
So when Soranik Natu was selected to join, she was less than thrilled - until she learned how useful her power ring could be in her career as a neurosurgeon.
Anyway, here's the picture. Make of it what you will.

Oops

So I realized this morning that yesterday's post was a week early.
Oh well, it's not like I have any reason - other than to dread it - this year to keep track of which Sunday Father's Day actually falls on, is it?
I took the post down, but the fact remains that I miss my dad every day.