Breaking The Silence

It's been quite a weekend here at Casa de Schoo/Gauthier.

Friday: Work was work until it was discovered that one of the new employees at the store was attempting to steal product from the store. The day was made much better when I checked the mail and saw that my new CD from The Brides had arrived. Meghan and I then stayed up until almost 4:00am getting everything ready for our Halloween party on Saturday. Good times!

Saturday: A slightly late start waking up led to another busy day of party preparation. I had a few errands to run in order to pick up a few last-minute things, as well as filling out another day off request form at work. We then finished cleaning up the apartment, and our guests started showing up a little before 7:00pm. We then ate lots of sweet & sour hot dogs (recipe later), chili, and loads of other snacks, watched Halloween, The Amityville Horror (the re-make), and finished the evening with Shaun of the Dead. By this time, Meghan was exhausted and slightly inebriated, so I stayed up until a little after 3:00am cleaning up.

Sunday: Thank the gods for daylight savings time! I'd completely forgotten about it and managed to scratch out an extra hour of sleep. Meghan and I then finished cleaning up after the party before she got down to hammering out her schoolwork. Neither one of us changed out of our pajamas the entire day, and I spent the day reading, watching TV, watching some movies, and playing PS2. Oh, and I got that game Black, which is pretty okay.

Inbetween Days

Yesterday marked three months I've been living in West Virginia. It marked two months I've been working for Best Buy. It completely slipped my mind until now, but the 6th was the birthday of THE INSOMNIAC [link]. And tomorrow's my 26th birthday.

Whoop-dee-fucking-doo.

Things are not so swell here in WV. I'm not really in the mood for talking about it right now, but I can pretty much guarantee you that tomorrow will be one gigantic suck. I have to work my usual 8.5 hour shift, and then I have a whole slew of errands to run on Wed.

I fucking hate it here. I wish it was August so I could be packing everything up and moving back to MD. I miss my home, and I miss my friends.

Independence wasn't supposed to be this miserable.

Finally, Things Go Right For A Change

So my big box of comics came in the mail yesterday from Cosmic Comix. In it, I got American Splendor #1, American Virgin #7, Berserk Vol.13, Blade Of The Immortal #s 116 & 117, Casanova #4, DMZ #11, The Escapists #3, Haunted Mansion #4, Moon Knight #s 4 & 5, Nextwave #8, Phonogram #1, Runaways #s 19 & 20, Sullengrey #4, All-Star Superman #5, The Ultimates 2 #12, The Walking Dead Vol.5, Wasteland #3, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse #2, X-Factor #s 10 & 11, and Astonishing X-Men #17. I've already read about half of the single issues and will try to finish the rest by tomorrow. The trades may take a bit longer, though.

Today continued my new lucky streak when UPS delivered my copy of Bleed The Grey Skies Black to the store. I haven't finished listening to it yet, but it's some of Bella Morte's best stuff yet. Seriously. I can't wait to see them in concert again. And don't forget; it's still not too late to pre-order yourself a copy!

And I also picked up a copy of Thank You For Smoking and X-Men III: The Last Stand. As a matter of fact, Meghan and I just got finished watching X III. Watching it again has re-kindled my desire to write a script for an X-Factor movie. Maybe I'll jot some ideas down on paper sometime soon.

I Believe I Can Fly

So Meghan and I finally watched the premiere of NBC's new show, HEROES, last night. It wasn't quite what I was expecting it to be, but it wa sstill pretty good. The next episode is on tonight, and I'll be sure to have my tape ready to catch it.

I realize now that I have too many expectations about this kinda stuff. I've read too many superhero books. But what I like about this series is that no one knows where these people are getting their powers. One theory by one of the characters is that it's evolutionary, but it's only a theory. There's also a lot of buzz going on in the first episode about a solar eclipse that's supposedly the biggest in history. It, too, could be the cause.

So far, here are the powers that have been introduced: regeneration, teleportation / time travel, flight, premonitions, and multiple personalities (similar to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde). There's also a guy who has some power that's so far undetermined, but it seems like he has the ability to find people who have powers. And in the next episode, it looks like there's a cop with psychic abilities.

So be sure to check out the next episode of HEROES tonight! I know I will.