The sweetest May, this is not your luck....

I know I said I'd finish the previous post, but I do not have the brain/will power to do it right now. But I still feel the need for a post of some sorts. So my ebay shopping is going well, found a lot with Mad Love and the first issue of the Harley Quinn series for a not-quite-so-ridiculous-as-usual price. Assuming that it doesn't get bid inflated. Hence why I am currently outbidded, but am waiting to bid on it again, because I am one of those last minute bidding jerks. :)
I also found a lot with the three LOTDK Halloween specials by Loeb/Sale. SUPER EXCITED. I love their creepy pumkins, very signature. I am also looking at a set of Nofesratu comics and lots of LOTDK. I love comics. End of story.
Time to paint :)

Not to touch the earth, not to see the sun.

"I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown."

I've been thinking about that quote a lot today. Actually, it's been stuck at the back of my head for a while, and surfaces once in a while for me to ponder. But lately the pondering won't stop. The more I think about it, the more I find that it is as vague as it is multifaceted. Now, I think I need to write out an analysis to at least satisfy myself, if not anyone else, on the meaning of the statement.
"I believe" it simple enough to start with. It is Mr. Morrison starting that this is first point of view is his and he believes it is correct. He is not stating that it is universally correct, he is not making the assumption that everyone else shares this view, but simply indicates that this is what he believes. "Long" has a couple meaning. It could be "long" in a geometric sense, as in, something that is elongated in one of its dimension. It can mean that it is full of content or space, for instance a long list or a long way. It can also mean a large portion or distance in time. Now at first I would have thought that it would be related to a period of time of which the derangement occurs. When looking at the word from a different point of view, I started to think of this derangement in terms of physical or representational space. It seems to me that this process that Jim is in terms with is like a journey, a long way to travel. when considering the rest of the text, it fits in well. I never imagined "The unknown" to be any wheres close to a person. After all what is around us is in our sights, and that's why we stay in that spot, because we enjoy the things around and their secure familiarity. When we go on a "long" journey, it is often to find something new to replace what we know (because we are not satisfied by what we know) or to expand on it (to heighten our perceptions, to make our vision acute but broad).
I'll finish this late, need to pay attention to class now.
Also, read Huxley. Always.

You are the sun. I am the moon. You are the words. I am the tune, play me.

Ugh, had improv tonight. I was feeling that wonderful feeling of really getting into a scene for the first while, but then not so much. I think that must be how a cocaine down must feel. Except worse, because you only have yourself and your skills to blame. Oh well, I know I probably won't be preforming soon but I know it's only because it will be for the better hood of the performance. I would not be a good communist if I was not looking out for the needs of the many, now would I? Speaking of which, I really wish I had a fur coat. I think I might invest in one soon, though the Com Badge and silver wig take priority over it as of now.
I really shouldn't keep the menu for Jack's Pizza near my desk, especially not right in front of my chair place (which is where it is now), for two reasons: 1) I want donair 2) I lost.
Bahaha. Pointless rambling, I know.
Well, here's a point. Today I reached the 9th issue of The Huntress series by Cavalieri, and it's starting to piece together nicely. The three issues before the 9th I find were quite up in the air, storyline wise. They focused more on Helena, which was great, because she is a interesting character to see evolve, but the rest of the world in the story was a little too helter skelter to overly enjoyable. I was reading in one of the comments to the writers that someone thoguht that Helena Bertinelli was not "pretty" enough, and that if she was more beautiful, she would be able to use it to her advantage to get information out of people, and the like. Now this pissed me off. How typical can you get? Can we not have atleast one femme fatal that does rely of hypnotizing people with her chest? Sure, it's funny once in a while, but something a little more down to earth-one is good to have once in a while. Also, if they had really been reading the series closer then just for the pulse raging pictures of her jumping from buildings while her tits defie gravity, they would have seen that it would be totally out of character for Helena to do so. She is far to independant and reclusive from other people. She even rejects her body guard that has been her only friend all her life. I dare say, she has to real friends, and seems to like it that way. Why she would go out of her way to socialize and degrade herself to get information, when she can just beat the shit of out people until they tell her what she wants, I don't know. And I am glad she doesn't. In the newer versions of The Huntress, they have indeed givin in to this request (hence why I stick to the 1989 version, for now). Fuller lips, less powerful and dominating eyes. Just the art turns me off, because it doesn't give off the powerful feel that Cavalieri's Huntress did. Though I do like her new outfit.

P.S. The Huntress is totally my comic girl crush, if you haven't figured that out yet. ^_^

Let's swim to the moon. Let's climb through the tide....

Is it wrong that I almost vomit with excitement every time I look at the new Star Trek promotion pictures?

I really can't believe how good it all looks. It will be strange not having George Takei or Walter Koenig at the helm for me to lust after, but I'm sure I'll survive. I sure hope that there is some shirtless swashbuckling on Sulu's part though....
IMDB has whispered to me that Nimoy will be having an appearance, which is completely expected and appropriate if you ask me. I'm interested to see if Monsieur Shatner will eventually give in and lend his body to the production. Or if they even want him to at all. We'll see.
I think it would be funny if Michael Dorn had a cameo somewheres in the movie, maybe as a red shirt (though I don't think he deserves to sinkthat low, really. After all he has his Klingon pride to protect) because no one would recognize him with out his layers of makeup. Well, I would. and real Trekkies. Who are probably the only people who will be going to see this.
So, after hunting on ebay for a decent Com Badge, I decided that I may just save up and invest in a real good one. The cheapest one I could find was 30$, but for another 30$ you can get an super nice one. Worth it, I think. But I think this ebay spree will mostly be spent on les comic. LOTDK are an obvious choice, and I was thinking about finally picking up my own copy of Long Halloween aswell. Depending on how many LOTDK I choose to get, I may also get a lot with the three Black Orchid comics that Gaimen and McKean did. I'm a totaly sucker for McKean's art. I also stumbled accross some Alex Ross meets Nosferatu books, which look interesting.
We'll see though. Time to read some Kant.

Procrastination.

It's things like this that make me have that panic-like feeling when I sit down to do a test or midterm. These sort of things that I do instead of properly preparing my self for examination. The sort of things that make my large quantities of money, that has been spent of my education, go down the drain. Maybe after typing this out rather then just thinking it in my head, I will actually get motivated enough to keep learning about bits of the brain; what they do and where they sit in our little held-high skulls.
Perhaps.
The recent change of music, to some more familiar music, seems to be helping my attention span. I think that I should get back to work, but not until after noting the reason for creating one of these. For one I need to practice writing. Secondly, I want to see if anyone actually reads this stuff. Third, I want a place to get thoughts out. Sound good? Yes.