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DECREES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF BOBBYLAND
Aug. 30th, 2007 07:56 pmToday I did a little back-to-school shopping. I have a new knapsack! The old one had a strap break some time ago and been a unadjustable tied-in-a-knot strap for most of the summer. The old one was pink and maroon; the new one is black and BRIGHT GREEN ahahaha... It's smaller (yay! I was packing too much crap into the old one, and killing my back) and it has a great pocket set-up. Theoretically I could fit my laptop in it, too. We shall see.
I also got some notebooks (yay!), an 8pack of my fave gel pen (Sarasa Zebra) in blue (previously I could only find the multi-colour small packs, and I pretty much never use the red), a pencil sharpener so I can use the several boxes of pencils I have (it took me, a store employee and two other customers 10 minutes of searching to find the sharpeners -- but there were pencils everywhere, just no damned sharpeners) and it is also green.
And then I went to the comic store. :3
I think X-Men First Class is probably the most enjoyable thing Marvel is doing right now, as far as I'm concerned. It's a lot of fun, and I just think of it as existing in another universe, where the storylines from the original books happen, but with modern touches like laptops and iPods. You'd think this would be driving me crazy, but the idea that you wouldn't really have to change all that much of the Merry Mutants to have it all going on today sticks with me, like a balm against the achy scars of the 90s determination to make teen books as angsty and fucked up as possible. *purples*
And they're so much fun! If I were to quote my favourite bits from the most recent issue, I'd be just as well to scan the whole damned thing. (But my scanner hates me.) I suppose I should explain where my journal entry title comes from, though.
In this issue (#3 of the on-going series) the team is trapped on the Island of Monsters. Naturally, everything is trying to eat them. (Even the butterflies. And the trees.) Last issue, Bobby claimed the island for is own, planting a flag (made of ice) and declaring the island "The Republic of Bobbyland". Hank replied that the best part was "Hankville". (I love them so.)
Here are his decrees, from the first page of X-Men First Class #3:
"1. Bobbyland will be divided into 6 sections: New Bobby (that's the capital), Hankville, Jeanatropolis, Scottsylvania, Warrenburg and B.D. VIP (for when The Bobby needs alone time).
2. Since the trees here apparently wanna eat us, "shoot-first-ask-questions-later" is the norm when it comes to the shrubbery.
3. Sandwiches will be passed out like so: Bobby gets first choice (I want tuna), then Jean, then Hank, then Warren, then Scott (because I'm pretty sure he's too boring to experience flavor).
4. When we run out of sandwiches and chocolate, we'll eat Hank first. Then Warren. We'll draw straws after that."
Then Hank reveals he replaced all the candy Bobby had packed for the trip with healthier granola bars and a fight breaks out. I love that this book always plays to my "Bobby has a sweet tooth" conviction. XD
Finally, unrelated to comics or school, this is too cool! I'm having fun poking the links to previous entries, too.
I also got some notebooks (yay!), an 8pack of my fave gel pen (Sarasa Zebra) in blue (previously I could only find the multi-colour small packs, and I pretty much never use the red), a pencil sharpener so I can use the several boxes of pencils I have (it took me, a store employee and two other customers 10 minutes of searching to find the sharpeners -- but there were pencils everywhere, just no damned sharpeners) and it is also green.
And then I went to the comic store. :3
I think X-Men First Class is probably the most enjoyable thing Marvel is doing right now, as far as I'm concerned. It's a lot of fun, and I just think of it as existing in another universe, where the storylines from the original books happen, but with modern touches like laptops and iPods. You'd think this would be driving me crazy, but the idea that you wouldn't really have to change all that much of the Merry Mutants to have it all going on today sticks with me, like a balm against the achy scars of the 90s determination to make teen books as angsty and fucked up as possible. *purples*
And they're so much fun! If I were to quote my favourite bits from the most recent issue, I'd be just as well to scan the whole damned thing. (But my scanner hates me.) I suppose I should explain where my journal entry title comes from, though.
In this issue (#3 of the on-going series) the team is trapped on the Island of Monsters. Naturally, everything is trying to eat them. (Even the butterflies. And the trees.) Last issue, Bobby claimed the island for is own, planting a flag (made of ice) and declaring the island "The Republic of Bobbyland". Hank replied that the best part was "Hankville". (I love them so.)
Here are his decrees, from the first page of X-Men First Class #3:
"1. Bobbyland will be divided into 6 sections: New Bobby (that's the capital), Hankville, Jeanatropolis, Scottsylvania, Warrenburg and B.D. VIP (for when The Bobby needs alone time).
2. Since the trees here apparently wanna eat us, "shoot-first-ask-questions-later" is the norm when it comes to the shrubbery.
3. Sandwiches will be passed out like so: Bobby gets first choice (I want tuna), then Jean, then Hank, then Warren, then Scott (because I'm pretty sure he's too boring to experience flavor).
4. When we run out of sandwiches and chocolate, we'll eat Hank first. Then Warren. We'll draw straws after that."
Then Hank reveals he replaced all the candy Bobby had packed for the trip with healthier granola bars and a fight breaks out. I love that this book always plays to my "Bobby has a sweet tooth" conviction. XD
Finally, unrelated to comics or school, this is too cool! I'm having fun poking the links to previous entries, too.
