AUGH.

Why you gotta do this to me, comic book companies?

THREE (count 'em!) comics coming out this week that I must have.

Spike: Shadow Puppets. And they want me to pick a cover? I realize they want me to buy both, but I can't do that, dammit.

Buffy issue 7. Gotta have it. At least they made the choice of covers easy for this one. And hey. Faith. Last month they made me go "OW" for her. Joss isn't afraid to hurt his characters...and it's a lesson I've learned well. Maybe too well.

Beowulf. Ohyespleasegivememoreofthis. It's going to be a weekly issue, so I'll have to plan for it.

My cup runneth over this Wednesday.

At least I don't have to worry about getting the Wyrms comics until February at LTUE, when I can get them autographed from Jake. But that's something I'll have to plan for as well, down the road.

AUGH.

Why you gotta do this to me, comic book companies?

THREE (count 'em!) comics coming out this week that I must have.

Spike: Shadow Puppets. And they want me to pick a cover? I realize they want me to buy both, but I can't do that, dammit.

Buffy issue 7. Gotta have it. At least they made the choice of covers easy for this one. And hey. Faith. Last month they made me go "OW" for her. Joss isn't afraid to hurt his characters...and it's a lesson I've learned well. Maybe too well.

Beowulf. Ohyespleasegivememoreofthis. It's going to be a weekly issue, so I'll have to plan for it.

My cup runneth over this Wednesday.

At least I don't have to worry about getting the Wyrms comics until February at LTUE, when I can get them autographed from Jake. But that's something I'll have to plan for as well, down the road.

Yes, I love NASCAR.

That being said...

On what planet is this acceptable?

*adjusts wank hat* I find this ad (the whole series of ads, honestly) just creepy and offensive on every level. The behavior these women is exhibiting verges on the scary-stalkerish, and if I was Kasey, I'd be filing restraining orders. And this gives me one more reason (as if I needed one) to not use Allstate ever. This would not be "funny" if a bunch of middle-aged men were ogling Maria Sharapova, the tennis player/model. The double standard, she burns.

And then there's this:

Just how whipped is Jeff by his new wife? As the Hubby said (which nearly made me snort Diet Cherries and Cream Dr Pepper up my nose OW), "Brooke wouldn't have done him that way." And it's not like I didn't already hate cell phones; this just adds a whole 'nother level of WTF and annoyance. They're going to interrupt filming something that costs multiple thousands of dollars so he can go out and get frelling diapers? I don't think so.

Whatever happened to the era of good NASCAR commercials? Stop woobie-fying my men, dammit.

Yes, I love NASCAR.

That being said...

On what planet is this acceptable?

*adjusts wank hat* I find this ad (the whole series of ads, honestly) just creepy and offensive on every level. The behavior these women is exhibiting verges on the scary-stalkerish, and if I was Kasey, I'd be filing restraining orders. And this gives me one more reason (as if I needed one) to not use Allstate ever. This would not be "funny" if a bunch of middle-aged men were ogling Maria Sharapova, the tennis player/model. The double standard, she burns.

And then there's this:

Just how whipped is Jeff by his new wife? As the Hubby said (which nearly made me snort Diet Cherries and Cream Dr Pepper up my nose OW), "Brooke wouldn't have done him that way." And it's not like I didn't already hate cell phones; this just adds a whole 'nother level of WTF and annoyance. They're going to interrupt filming something that costs multiple thousands of dollars so he can go out and get frelling diapers? I don't think so.

Whatever happened to the era of good NASCAR commercials? Stop woobie-fying my men, dammit.

HAH.

Behold my mad laptop-cooler-repairing skilz, y'all. The power source for the thing was loose and finally caused it to die completely, so I opened it up (which was an adventure in and of itself...WHY does it need eight screws to hold it together, all of which are hidden under little rubber things or the big label?), readjusted the pluggy thing, and screwed it back together. And now it's running like a champ.

So there's fifteen bucks I don't have to spend on a new one. Considering the fact that my poor little laptop dies at the hint of overheating, an external cooler is a must for it.

In other news, my Steelers lost today. *cries* Not only that, but the NASCAR race got rained out and they swapped over to ESPN for it, because of network constraints. Boooo.

However, during the NASCAR race, we got to see some ads for a new show called "Pushing Daisies," which looks...funny and weird just my cup of tea. Will have to check it out. I'm still a little up in the air about "Moonlight," mainly because Jason Dohring's character is made of win. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't watch it again. The opening sequence all by itself fails on many levels, and the fact that Nick's injecting blood (EWW. No needles, kthx?) raised my WTF-o-meter nearly off the charts. They might have thought "Hey, this is different," but different does not always = better, guys. Especially when you're ripping off every other vampire private eye out there. We're not going to forgive you for all that if you have one thing that's a little "edgy."

And I just missed out on an eBay auction because they thought I wasn't signed in. CRAP. Oh well. There will be another.

HAH.

Behold my mad laptop-cooler-repairing skilz, y'all. The power source for the thing was loose and finally caused it to die completely, so I opened it up (which was an adventure in and of itself...WHY does it need eight screws to hold it together, all of which are hidden under little rubber things or the big label?), readjusted the pluggy thing, and screwed it back together. And now it's running like a champ.

So there's fifteen bucks I don't have to spend on a new one. Considering the fact that my poor little laptop dies at the hint of overheating, an external cooler is a must for it.

In other news, my Steelers lost today. *cries* Not only that, but the NASCAR race got rained out and they swapped over to ESPN for it, because of network constraints. Boooo.

However, during the NASCAR race, we got to see some ads for a new show called "Pushing Daisies," which looks...funny and weird just my cup of tea. Will have to check it out. I'm still a little up in the air about "Moonlight," mainly because Jason Dohring's character is made of win. If it wasn't for him, I probably wouldn't watch it again. The opening sequence all by itself fails on many levels, and the fact that Nick's injecting blood (EWW. No needles, kthx?) raised my WTF-o-meter nearly off the charts. They might have thought "Hey, this is different," but different does not always = better, guys. Especially when you're ripping off every other vampire private eye out there. We're not going to forgive you for all that if you have one thing that's a little "edgy."

And I just missed out on an eBay auction because they thought I wasn't signed in. CRAP. Oh well. There will be another.