"I may be old, but I can still pull it off."

My day has gone partly well, aside from the fact that I literally fell asleep while on the job; not a pretty sight, even if I was on a couch and had over 1/2 of what I needed done. I got home when I completed my last task and ate a very late lunch that consisted of a friend's birthday cake leftovers-three pieces, but it was enough.

I finished yet another day of my weekly evening class-one day for the week which leads up to five days-and am somewhat at ease. Tomorrow, I'm going to visit my grandfather along with my mother out in the country. I'm not sure how long that will be, but I enjoy every moment I can spend with him these days. He isn't selling the house, which is great news for me and a feeling of despair has vanished since then.

As things go regarding this upcoming "holiday" within eleven days, I've decided not to let it get to me. A few characters I roleplay in certain communities will be "excited" when that day comes, but I will be neutral about the whole thing entirely.


"He...Clark...doesn't want you to get hurt." -The Batman

"In that case, tell him he's failed." -Supergirl, Superman/Batman #19/Supergirl #0

My mother's birthday went quite well this past Sunday-I gave her the presents I'd bought her and she enjoyed them tremendously. The week has gone pretty good also-work has gone by fast, yet the only upsetting part is the fact that I still haven't gotten those forms from the teacher at the college. It's been nearly three weeks; I certainly must've gotten something by this time.

Today, much like last week, I ended up buying a DC comic book and a Marvel one-though, I got two Marvel comic books instead of one-I was able to get the back issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #2 while at the shop today. I now have a total of six of the 12-part saga; the only issues I need to collect are Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #3, Marvel Knights Spider-Man #19, 20, 21, and The Amazing Spider-Man #526 and 527.


( Robin #146; The Amazing Spider-Man #528 )

Other than being woken up by the morning rain showers that poured down until around 9:00 AM, my day has gone exceptionally well. I went into work, did what I needed to do there, headed down to Heroes, bought two DC Comics issues-as well as two Marvel Comics issues; hence the subject header-got home, worked on my assignment for my evening class, called my grandfather-but didn't get to talk with him long, since he was planning on going somewhere for a while-and got online for a short time.

This update, strangely enough, due to my specific detail, took me virtually over an hour to complete. Next week, I'm going to try and cut the time in half-if I can.


( Batgirl #72; Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4; Infinite Crisis #4; Marvel Knights: Spider-Man #22 )

My sickness has all but gone away-the only thing I must contend with now is chest congestion, but that is hopefully on the mend as well-throughout the course of the week. As for my appointment, that went fairly well. I must fill out some forms when they arrive to my house sometime next week, along with an application that will help prove if I'm able to be helped by this department of rehabilitation-when it comes to finding myself another job. I chose to celebrate the only way I know how-not by buying food; I have that at home-by buying books/comic books.

I ended up getting a total of four back issues and one current issue. (One back issue I already had, but the cover looked good enough, so I got it.) Also bought a book at Borders for $6.00 thanks to a coupon that cut the price by 30%.

I spent most of the week on my back since I had to recover from my illness-which must be one of the reasons why I enjoyed yesterday so much: I actually got to walk around and did productive things. (I would've bought some lunch, but that would've risked me becoming entirely broke so I felt that I should hold off on buying myself lunch until next week.)

I don't feel like giving responses on my current purchases just yet, but will get around to doing so eventually. The quote comes from one of my purchased issues.


"I am so gonna regret this...but NOT anytime real soon." -Superboy, Spyboy/Young Justice #1

As the hours pass by and continue onward to that day of celebration, my mood has changed-somewhat-from what it was a few days ago. I'm eager for the day to come, but it doesn't have the same joy for me as years past. Perhaps it's because I'm alone this year, or because my mother bought my present a month ago and I can't be surprised by it whatsoever-whatever the reason, I don't find the season as exciting as I once did.

Still curious as to what the new year will bring, but I hope it will have a bit more joyful memories than this year has had. No quote for today, but during the next post I may have one.

My day yesterday-and Wednesday-went quite well, save for the rain that crept up on me yesterday morning and stopped around 11:00 AM or so. After heading by work, I went to Heroes and found myself conflicted in a major way.

Only the first week of December-somewhat-and there were a number of good issues-Danger Girl, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Christmas edition of Justice League Unlimited...and, since I ended up spending quite a bit of my money earlier in the week, I could only afford two of those issues. Despite the fact that I really, really wanted to get both Danger Girl-since it's the 2nd part of the 4-part series-and Spidey-it actually features the death of Spider-Man, after he saves Mary Jane from one of his most dangerous foes, though he won't stay dead for long-I ended up getting the Christmas edition of Justice League Unlimited; Supergirl was on the front cover along with a few other heroes, holding a bag of presents. Also got the current issue of JLA, though the new issue of that saga will come out next week. (Next update, I may give my responses on how I enjoyed those issues.)

Have plans to see The Chronicles of Narnia this weekend with my mother, then afterward, she's gonna take me by Borders so I can buy her second present. Hopefully, if I ask, she'll take me by Heroes so I can get the other issues I decided to wait on getting. And, hopefully, those issues haven't sold out yet.

Got to go by the college and kept my appointment with the teachers. I'm supposed to call a woman from another department and see if I'm eligible to be in her class-so to speak. If I am, I might get another job very quickly. If not, then that would still be okay-I'd just meet with the same teachers that I'm seeing now and they would do their best to help me.


"Dum spiro, spero." ("While I breathe, I hope.") -Leonardo Da Vinci

That would be the name of an amazing 12-part saga, spanning over three different Spider-Man books. It revolves around everyone's favorite web-slinging hero, and will turn his world upside down. This saga started back in October, and I, not realizing until late November about this, ended up missing the first six parts.

The good news is that I was paid today, so after buying one of (possibly) three books for my mother concerning Christmas at Borders, she took me by Heroes and I bought two back issues of this saga-the first and third parts. I can buy the other four parts, but they would have to be at different stores, and I don't really have the time to get broke in one week while buying back issues. However, I do plan to get the other four parts, as well as keeping up with the current month and get the third half of this saga.

I know-I'm normally a DC Comics fanatic, but this is just too good a saga to pass up. The quote for today comes from one of my two purchased Spider-Man books.


"I'm your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. I laugh at bullets." -Peter Parker, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1