"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does. "

Everyone, this is Owen. Owen, this is everyone.

Owen is my dog. I adopted him today. We're happy as clams.

"Save us!!"...and I'll look down and whisper "No"...

With the release of several pictures and some hype about the upcoming Watchmen movie, I thought I'd pick up a copy and give this particular graphic novel another shot. I read it some time ago and didn't care too much for it. Something about it, though I can't quite remember what, didn't sit well with me. Occasionally with this medium, certain things about a graphic novel or comic book can turn me off. Art is a big one. There was a...what was it? A Wonder Woman or perhaps Powergirl book/series that used old school art, at least at the beginning and I couldn't read the damn thing because it looked like one giant comic strip from the funny pages. One of the main reasons I enjoy Fables as much as I do is because it's really rather pretty, especially the covers. I also enjoy the Buffy, Season 8 series because they've done a good job with the likenesses of the characters.

The paper that a graphic novel/comic book is printed on is important to me as well. I couldn't even touch Batman: A Death in the Family because the version I had access to was, like, newsprint. Like a newspaper. Ugh.

Now, the art in Watchmen isn't pretty by any means but it doesn't tear at me the way some do. And it's an Alan Moore work so the writing is rad enough that I can forgive somewhat ugly art, much the same way I do for League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. That series has really ugly artwork but it works so well in the context of the story that I can forgive Mr. Moore and Mr. O'Neill quite easily.

At any rate, I'm going to give Watchmen another shot, maybe read it a bit more carefully. I'll definitely go back and read the book excerpts that I ignored last time. Maybe the whole thing will make a bit more sense this time around...

I've wandered into a few comic book shops around this town (The Burque has SEVERAL and they're all pretty well stocked from the look of things.) but I find the task of picking up new material a bit daunting. I picked up Civil War recently and I read that but I don't know where to go with that series from there. I miss spending time with Batman. I even find myself wondering what Superman is up to but these characters have been around for so damn long that I don't know what's worth reading or where to start. I'm not even sure what's happening with my favorite stories like Fables or Y: The Last Man.

Perhaps I need to do more research...

The other day I was driving home from work and I saw a bird walking up a hill. I mean, that's cool and all, it's his prerogative if he wants to climb up a hill.

But I couldn't resist rolling down the window and hollering "Yo bra, don't you know you can fly?!"

Am I the only who didn't know this?!?!

Hey folks, remember this douche bag and his lame story line on LOST?


Did anyone else know that he is also Xerxes, god king of Persia?

Because I most certainly did not. And I'm kinda freaked out now. This dude is creepy. Seriously. Creepy.

Honestly though, was I the only who didn't know this? Am I the only one who cares? Whatever. If you all come back at me with the whole "Yeah, Amelia, we all knew that it was that dude." then I'm gonna flip out. I hate when people do that. It irks me. BS you knew that, you didn't know! My high school BF used to do shit like that all the time. But would he call Huggy Bear out when HB started trying to convince us that there was, indeed, an underwater tunnel that led out into the ocean? No, he let that crap slide all up and down that street.

Shot, if you're reading this, tangents. Gotta love 'em!

Ok, hold up. Along the same lines of Mr. Xerxes up there, did you guys know that the wife from Lucky Louie, this little chit:

also played Delores, Paulette's little sister in the cinematic masterpiece, Grease 2?

CRAZY!!!