The day of the comic book has once again arrived. We didn't have the internet at work until about twenty minutes ago. It was horribe. I actually had to do work.

Here's comics for this week: Adam Strange #1 (of 8), which is supposed to be cool; Amazing Fantasy #4, which I think is ending at issue six; The Amazing Spider-Man #512, continued the Sins Past storyline; Batman #632, the last part of the second act of War Games; Catwoman: When in Rome #1 (of 6), a new mini-series from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale set during The Long Halloween; Daredevil #65, the anniversary issue; Doctor Spectrum #2 (of 6), from the pages of Supreme Power; Green Lantern #181, the last issue before Rebirth starts; Invincible #16, which always kicks ass; JLA #106, the last issue before Kurt Busiek comes onboard; Kabuki #2, from the aewsome David Mack; a series of five one-shots called Marvel Knights 2099, from Robert Kirkman; Outsiders #16, which is always good; Powerless #4 (of 6), which is the best mini-series from Marvel I've read in a long time; Richard Dragon #5, which is actually very good; Superman #209, which looks cool; Superman/Batman #12, which is incredibly late; Wonder Woman #208, which is always good; and X-Men #162, which is stretching along until Peter Milligan takes over in January.

I also might get some stuff out of my box. Probably not. Next week is going to be really light, so I might wait until then.

In a fit of boredom and slacking off I haven't experienced since I was fifteen, I spent three or four hours last night finishing The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah. I got through about two hundred pages, and not I wish it had been my Psychology or History books I had been reading, or perhaps writing my English or History papers (the former of which I'm working on right now. Honest). But, yeah, I stayed up until 1:00 in the morning finishing that book, which is something I haven't done since I was a kid. Oddly enough, I think the last time I did something like that was when I was reading Wizard and Glass in ninth grade. Ah, memories. The last volume of the series is almost 900 pages long, so I'll have that done when I'm old and gray, or at least out of college.

The next few weeks are going to be hectic for me. I have an English paper due on Thursday (which I have open in another window). My mother has that dreaded doctor's appointment (and perhaps it's just me being naive, but I honestly think that it's nothing. I don't think that's how her story ends) on the same day. I have a History paper due next Tuesday that I don't even know how to start, and that should take up my weekend, if it wasn't for the possibility of either my father or grandfather coming down with that damned car. He said this weekend, and I hope he keeps to it, although it's only the fifth time he's planned to come down here in the past month while I've been walking everywhere or bumming rides off of people.

But this has let the creative process begin. That English paper is calling me, the little button in my taskbar that just says "Document 1" looking all sad and lonely and left out. I should go make it feel welcome by at least saving the damn thing.

For some reason the weekend I was granted with some time to actually read something that wasn't school related, so I dug back into Song of Susannah, which I hope to finish soon. I guess it's good it's taking me so long, because it draws out the series that I've been waiting so long to finish. When it's finally over for me I'll be sad. I have about 200 pages left to go, but the last volume, The Dark Tower, is an almost 900 page mammoth of a bastard. So when I'm 25, maybe I'll be done with it.

I still have an English paper due on Thursday, and History paper due next Tuesday. Maybe I should have worked on that this weekend. That would have been productive and responsible, though.

I got to the halfway point of issue three of my comic last night while watching an episode of Dallas. With everything I have going on, it was good to sit down and get back into that thing for a couple of hours. I still need to tweak issue one, and revise the script to issue two quite a bit, but I'm hoping this will all see print someday. Chris needs to draw. Do you hear me, boy? Stop having sex and draw something for me. Then, you know, go back to having sex, because one of us should be getting some.

On a loosly related note, I've decided I've become enamored with someone. And she doesn't read this so it's okay to admit it without fear of being shot down. I've never been good at that, anyways. Wait and see. Perhaps something might happen.

I spent four hours yesterday getting a message board working for a group of about eight friends of mine that can be loosely defined as a "club." But I finally got it up and running on a Lycos webpage here. It should be an interesting experiment in social interaction, at the very least. If I know you but forgot to send you an e-mail about this, head on over there and sign up. But I only know about ten people, and they all have e-mail.

I long for 5:00. I don't want to go back to work.

The plague infected me. While in my coma I dreamed of high colored mountains and trees that had leaves of them. Then the NyQuil wore off and I watched an episode of Dallas and the episode of Jack and Bobby from last Sunday.

I got paid today. Then I get to go get comics and The Dark Tower VII. And possibly the Star Wars DVD set (that might have to wait). And then Lost and Smallville come on tonight, plus the season premiere of Law and Order. It's a pretty good day.

So, comics for today are as follows: Astonishing X-Men #5, which I can't wait to read; The Avengers #502, which is awesome Bendis stuff; Batgirl #56, which is part of War Games; Black Widow #1 (of 6); which looks interesting; Catwoman #36, which is loosing Ed Brubaker soon; Conan #8, which after I read, I'm going to drink some ale and eat some grog with a bar wench sitting in my lap; Ex Machina #4, which is pure genius; The Flash #214, which ties into Identity Crisis; Manhunter #2, which had a very good first issue; Marvel Knights 4 #10, which is always good; Mystique #19, which is also always good; Nightcrawler #1, which has an awesome creative team; Robin #130, which also is part of War Games; Rogue #3, which I might drop soon, despite how awesome Cliff Richards is; Runaways #18, which is last issue; Singularity 7 #3 (of 4), of which I still need issue two; Sleeper: Season Two #4 (of 12), which always kicks lots of ass; Teen Titans #16, which leads into the new Legion series coming in December; Ultimate Elektra #2 (of 5), which is good stuff; Ultimate Fantastic Four #11, which is always good; Uncanny X-Men #449, which I've been enjoying; and The Witching #4, which I might drop soon.

Lots of good stuff today. Watch Lost tonight.

Austin sucks horribly. I have decided that I hate this town and never to return for any reason if it is avoidable.

Just typing this makes me feel better, however.

I'm leaving Austin tomorrow with my mom to see her sister. It should be... interesting, if nothing else. Hopefully I'll have some time to hit a comic book store and pilfer through their back issues, as I have hit all the ones in Dallas, San Antonio, and Lubbock.

When I get home, there should be a car waiting for me. At least, that's what my dad tells me. He's going to come down this weekend and drop it off, then head back to Ruidoso, as he doesn't have time. It makes having to choose between staying and waiting for him or going with my mom a far easier decision.

And now I only have to work two hours tomorrow.

My computer at work has stopped working, so I'm having to steal someone elses. If all goes according to plan I should have some kind of internet hookup in my apartment this evening.

Comics for this week are as follows (and it's light week for me): The Adventures of Superman #632, which is my favorite Superman book at the moment; Birds of Prey #74, which is always damn good; Daredevil #64, the end of the current storyarc; Fantastic Four #518, which ties into the Avengers Disassembled event in a very interesting way; Gotham Knights #57, which is part of War Games; Hawkman #32, which I think is a stand-alone issue; Identity Crisis #4 (of 7), which kicks all kinds of ass; Iron Man #88, also part of Avengers Disassembled; Madrox #1 (of 5); a new mini-series from Peter David focusing on Multiple Man; Mary Jane #4, the last issue (the twelve-year-old girl inside of me is crying); Strange #1 (of 6); a new mini-series from J. Michael Straczynski and Samm Barnes focusing on Dr. Strange; Ultimate Nightmare #2 (of 5); which is pure coolness from Warren Ellis; Wanted #5 (of 6), weird crap from Mark Millar; Wolverine #19, Greg Rucka's last issue; Wolverine: The End #5 (of 6), which is incredibly late; and X-Men #161, which I think features Nocture from Exiles.

Good week. I still would like a car.

Dammit. I want a car. I want stuff to stop coinciding with other stuff. I want to finish this stupid English paper at a decent hour tonight. Most of all, I want to be 4:00 so I can get off of work. And more money would be nice, as long as I'm demanding things.

I should have internet in my apartment by Wednesday.

I don't want to work or go to my last class today. But I have a presentation to do in that class. And then I have to go feed Blake's mom's cat and dog. I want to go home and read Powers. And The Pulse. And Fallen Angel, Green Arrow, and Ultimate X-Men.

Stupid job and responsibility.

Comic books don't come out until tomorrow. That makes me a sad panda. But as is my practice at work on Wednesdays, here is what comes out tomorrow: Action Comics #819, which I'm enjoying; Bite Club #6 (of 6), concluding the mini-series; Bloodhound #3, which I'm also enjoying; Captain America #31, continuing Robert Kirkman's stint on the book; Challengers of the Unknown #4 (of 6), continuing the Howard Chaykin mini-series; District X #5, which is pretty good; Fables #29, which needs to get back on track; Fallen Angel #15, which more people should read; Gotham Central #23, which is one of my favorite books; Green Arrow #42, another of my favorites; Identity Disc #4 (of 5), which I'm glad is almost over; JLA #105, which I'm waiting for Kurt Busiek to start writing; JSA #65, which is always enjoyable; Legends of the Dark Knight #183, which is the second part to the second act of War Games; Marvel Knights Spider-Man #6, which kicks alot of ass; Masters of the Universe #6, the last issue before it moves back to Image; Nightwing #97, also part of War Games; Outsiders #15, which is late; Powers #4, which is always ridiculously good; The Pulse #5, the end of the current storyarc; The Punisher #11, which I think I might drop at issue twelve (but the next arc features Nick Fury and Communists, so I might have to check that out); The Spectacular Spider-Man #19, which needs to stop being the editorial Spidey book; Spyboy: Final Exam #4 (of 4), more Peter David-y goodness; Teen Titans #15, which is always enjoyable; Touch #6, the final issue; Ultimate X-Men #51, which is always good; and X-Men: The End Book One #3 (of 6), which I'm actually enjoying.

I've also been reading Christopher Priest's Black Panther and rereading Grant Morrison's run on X-Men. Good stuff there.

I had a good day off. I woke up at 1:00 and spent the day watching the rest of the second season of Jeremiah and trying to finish off Dallas (of which I have a ways to go).

I also got paid this morning, which makes me happy. I'm definatley going to get the fourth season of Angel and the tenth anniversary collection of Clerks as soon as I get my check cashed (which won't be until tomorrow because of my car). I might also get Jersey Girl, and at a later date the third season of Alias and the box set for Keen Eddie.

The current plan is for my dad to bring down a car this weekend. I long for the day so I can quit bumming rides off of people and walking to class everyday.

Okay, so I've had a number of people (well, four, but one of them was one of my best friends) make fun of certain Marvel books that I read. And since I have nothing better to do, I feel the need to stand my position. Captain America and Captain America and the Falcon are written by two of the coolest writers in comics today, Robert Kirkman and Christopher Priest, respectively. Kirkman does stuff like Invincible, The Walking Dead (which I read in trades), and a ton of other stuff that all kicks alot of ass. Priest did Black Panther and The Crew, two low-tier Marvel books that hardly anybody read, but both of which were some of the best things I've ever read. So, I tend to follow writers. When they move books, I tend to move with them. So, yeah, I read Captain America and Captain America and the Falcon. When Captain America starts over with a new issue one in November, I'll be reading that, because it's written by Ed Brubaker, who wrote Batman for years and does the awesome Gotham Central and Sleeper.

But with Jubilee, the first issue of which came out Wednesday, I also picked that up because of Robert Kirkman. Now, I haven't had a chance to read it yet, so I can't really take a position other than I know the writer can tell a damn good story, so why not see what he can do with such a odd character like this.

There's a couple of other books I get shit for for reading, namely Thor and Iron Man. I admit, I got sucked into read both of these because of Avengers Disassembled, but the fact that Mike Oeming was writing Thor and Tony Harris was drawing Iron Man didn't sway me from picking these up. I enjoy Thor immensely. I never thought I would. But the next issue that comes out will be the last one, and I don't think their going to be doing anything with the current incarnation of the character for quite a while (I could be wrong, Neil Gaiman was rumored to be doing something with it, and there's a Thor-like character in the new Young Avengers). With Iron Man, I like the art more than the writing. The writing isn't bad, but I don't know anything about this character other than the obvious (guy in a suit). But I enjoy the art, because Tony Harris is really cool. I'll definitely pick up the new series in November, because it's writing by Warren Ellis (Planetary, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Global Frequency, among other things) and the artwork is from a guy named Adi Granov, who does covers for Marvel, and who has this digital art that looks really cool.

So... yeah. There's a reason I read certain stuff. I did stop reading Aquaman recently. That should make me a little more cool. And I never read Namor, unlike other certain people who I know that did, and therefore have no right to make fun of anything I read.

I forgot to do comics yesterday. To much shit on my mind. I talked to my dad, who has bought a 1975-ish Ford Tank. This thing is apparently a large peice of metal with wheels. I can't wait to get it.

Anyways, here's what I picked up: The Avengers #501, because it's Bendis; Birds of Prey #74, which is always good; Bullseye: Greatest Hits #1 (of 5), which has art from Steve Dillon; Captain America and the Falcon #7, which I've been enjoying the hell out of; Detective Comics #798, which kicks off the second act of War Games; Elektra: The Hand #1 (of 5), which I hope is good; Exiles #52, which is always fun; Firestorm #5, which I'm enjoying; Gambit #1, because he was always my favorite X-Man; Hulk and Thing: Hard Knocks #1 (of 4), which will at least cool; Invincible #15, because it always kicks alot of ass; Jubilee #1, only because it's from Robert Kirkman; Justice League Elite #3 (of 12), which has been damn good; Thor #84, which is really good; Ultimate Spider-Man #65, which I read first thing yesterday, and was one of the best things ever; Uncanny X-Men #448, which I'm digging; and Y: The Last Man #26, which is always excellent. There was alot of stuff I didn't pick up, as well.

That always relaxes me.