Food Poisoning

Alown's girl got herself a case of the ol' food poisoning. Really feelin' for her right now. I was at the restraunt she thinks she got it from, but that was way back on saturday around noon. Seems like it woulda hit much sooner if that's where it came from. Even better is that I'm supposed to go with someone to the same damn place on thursday. Stay tuned though, there's some rumblings that alown's gonna explore the ramifications of odds, the lottery, and why the how and why of life in the general mish mash.

Oh yeah... reality check -- there's two circles of people (some might refer to this phenomenon as a set of cliques or social niches) that cohort around these parts. Well, two that are in any way relevant. These cliques have an ambassador and have been known to intermingle from time to time. Nothing big, just a few crossover issues and special cameo appearances here and there. Well... as it turns out, I found myself a nice little copy of DC-Marvel crossover classics here and seem to be getting drawn in. Slowly and akwardly for sure (as is to be expected from me, I manage to turn any normal conversation into an excercise in silence and silly questions).

Now, here's the thing. The roving bandit who's assumed himself the role of ambassador to the people has been through this issue somewhat. He's warned me good that it'll draw you in for the first couple of pages, but once the reading gets good, it may not be exactly what you thought it was. That's not to say it becomes an Image-Marvel crossover or anything, it just may not be the same quality you'd expect from such a comic. Natually, I don't wanna blow off this one, but I can't help but wonder how this could end up being. I'm not exactly the kind of person that is okay reading a comic in the store without buying it, taking it home, and cherishing it forever. Truth be told, I keep as many of my comics as I can. For as long as I can. This isn't always exactly what comics expect when they make themselves known to you at the store. Sometimes they just like to be put in the plastic bag and then returned to the shelf.

I don't know exactly what any of that means, because obviously it's not about comics. What I do know is that the last comic I bought came with warning sealing every part of it. I chose to ignore them and I got hurt when I opened it up. Maybe I'd be good to just flip a few pages in a couple of my favorite lines... maybe I'd be good just staying away from the store for a while altogether... maybe I'd just be good to read the warnings before opening the plastic. I don't know. I do like comics though... especially the ones with a couple squishy pages in them, just so you know you're getting your money's worth.