May 2012
63 posts
“I’ve seen a ton on the facebooks about “thanking veterans for their service.” As a veteran let me just be very straightforward and honest with you. We didn’t “serve our country”; we don’t actually serve our brothers/sisters or our neighbors. We serve the interests of Capital. We never risked our lives or spent months on deployment away from our family and friends so they can have this abstract concept called “freedom”. We served big oil; big coal; Coca-Cola; Kellogg, Brown, and Root and all the other big Capital interests who don’t know a fucking thing about sacrifice. These people will never have to deal with the loss of a loved one or the physical and/or psychological scars that those who “serve”, and their families, have to deal with for the rest of their lives. The most patriotic thing someone can do is to tell truth to power and dedicate yourself to building power to overthrow these sociopathic assholes. I served with some of the most real and genuine people I’ve ever met. You’ll never see solidarity like the kind of solidarity you experience when your life depends on the person next to you. But most of us didn’t join for that; we joined because we were fucking poor and didn’t have many other options.”
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An anti-capitalist veteran (via elitc)
Well heres a take on it not often uttered or shared
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Erika Moen's Tumblr: Things to remember →
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- You don’t owe anything to the people who created you by smashing cells together.
- A bully is a bully and emotional mistreatment is abuse.
- Don’t let a dictionary definition of what “family” is guilt you.
- Love those who love you and are worthy of your love.
I mean seriously, if hearing someone’s voice for 30 seconds auto-triggers nausea and baseless guilt, then you have every right to question why they should exist in your life.
I choose to not respond.
About two years ago I cut off all contact with one of my parents; blocked them from being able to access me through phone and internet, didn’t give them my address when I moved, the mail they send to my office gets a “Return to Sender” on the envelope.
It has surprised me how rarely I feel guilty, like I expected I would. These last two years, it’s like the sun has finally come out. Genuine happiness and peace of mind reassure me, in my weaker moments, that my life is better now because I made the right decision. The more time passes, the more stable I feel.
My family now is made up of the people I’ve chosen to be in it, and I’m a healthier, happier person for it.
All of this, 1 million times, yes.
I cut off all contact when I was in college after a hideous message was left on my machine telling me I was worthless, all because I wasn’t home when he called the day before. I had spent my whole life living with abuse, it crippled me emotionally. He kidnapped me twice, both times were traumatizing and violent and the court still decided my sister and I had to see him. I was completely terrified and I decided I didn’t want to be anymore, and you know what? It turned out I didn’t have to be. When I turned 18 the court couldn’t tell me what to do anymore.I have so many friends with crazy parents and they want to work it out and make it right and if you can, that’s great. In some cases though, there is only so much trying you can do, only so much abuse you can take. Just remember that you have the strength and you can leave.
The Slavic Inferno: One Million Moms targets DC, Marvel over gay storylines →
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One Million Moms, the conservative Christian initiative that launched an unsuccessful campaign in February urging Toys “R” Us to stop selling the issue of Life with Archie depicting the wedding of gay character Kevin Keller, has now turned its attention to Marvel and DC Comics.
A project…
- me: wow i like this person a lot
- me: i should talk to this person
- me: wow look!!!! a perfect chance to talk to this person i should totally take it
- me: types out message
- me: gets nervous
- me: exits page
- me: floats away from computer
- me: drifts out window
- me: is lifted up into space
- me: orbits around earth
- me: is incinerated by the sun
Flourescent Black Flash Comic Preview →
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An essential presentation of Nathan Fox’s art, Flourescent Black the graphic novel. A screen doesn’t really do the over-sized book justice, as the detail of the landscapes in full spread are breathtaking. It’s one of those books that’s a work of art as much as it is a comic.
I’m still sad I never grabbed the limited edition hardcover at comic con in 2010. There were only 500 made of those beautiful books. Bah.
Three weeks after going through the tragic loss of his mother, my 20 year old cousin came inches from getting killed or seriously injured when a drunk driver crashes into a convenience store where he was getting an iced coffee.
It’s just shear luck he didn’t sustain any injuries whatsoever. Everybody was just so lucky in this situation in general. But my nerves are fucking shot. I lost one of my cousins on the same side of the family when she was 17, and my aunt wasn’t even 50 years old. I’d really just break if it happened again.
Hero's Assets
- Me: Maybe we'll go see a movie for mother's day instead, since everywhere else might be packed. There's that Disney chimpanzee one you wanted to see at the UA.
- Mom: no, I want to see that new one.
- Me: Which? Dark Shadows, Avengers, Hunger Games?
- Mom: Hunger Games is all nothing but gore and violence. The one with Robert Downey Jr.
- Me: Yeah, that's the Aven-
- Mom: And that gorgeous blond guy.
- Me: Thor?
- Mom: No, that really big muscular guy with the blond hair.
- Me: Chris Hemsworth. Thor.
- Mom: Ok, the Thor. He's so goddam perfect. I could watch him all day. Robert Downey, too.
- Me: Yeah, Downey's always great, and the other guy's the perfect Thor
- Mom: Robbie Jr.! Did you see Sherlock Holmes? Oh my god, he's hot in that. I need a guy like him. He's a real man.
- Me: I'd think so. Flesh and blood and everything.
- Mom: What?
- Me: Uh...uhm...Avengers is pretty violent too, you know.
- Mom: Oh, come on, is it? Bloody?
- Me: Not gory. Lots of ass kicking and suspense. Minor cuts and abrasions. Things you could put a band-aid on....well, maybe a big band-aid
- Mom: Pfff, as long as the asses being kicked are hot like the Thor and Robbie, it can't be gruesome. Let's go buy the tickets.
- Me: ....
- Me: Loki's ass /is/ kinda hot.
gun x sword
Kotaro Nakagawa
Gun X Sword soundtrack compilation: Dann of Thursday/Tremendous Blade/Where Are You Going? composed by Kotaro Nakagawa.
Completely epic, and heavily reminiscent of the scores for Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and Yoko Kanno’s work for Cowboy Bebop.
Mon prétendue vie...: azorahai: FYIYou can both like a character and dislike their actions... →
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FYI
- You can both like a character and dislike their actions without voiding your initial like of said character
- You can dislike a villain and like a hero without being cliche
- You can dislike a hero and like a villain without being heartless
- You can dislike a male character…
Preach it
Variations of Off White- Tarantino, Elvis & a PBJ Sandwhich →
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I rose to a friend’s satirical challenge and I feel all the more unclean for it. Maybe I’ll write the whole damn parody book someday.
Happy Free Comic Book Day!
Some good, solid, super friendly local shops for the Downstate NY area to check out:
Blu Planet Comics Massapequa, NY. 50% discounts for first 25 people lined up before store opens at 11. Signings by John Broglia and Michael Sarrao (Unmasked, God Complex)
Fourth World Comics Smithtown, NY. Yvel Guichet and JC Vaughn signing 4-5pm
Time Warp Comics Hewlett, NY The only shop participating in FCBD in the 5 Towns. For a small store, this place is crammed with an extensive selection, and the owner’s very accommodating of special orders.
Bailey’s Comics Lindenhurst, NY Back-issues for a $1 and big discounts on graphic novels today.
Comic Book Depot Wantaugh, NY Joe Kelly (X-Men) signings
St Mark’s Comics Greenwich Village, NY. Great selection of alt/indie/underground titles
Long Island Comics West Babylon, NY Usually doesn’t do anything for FCBD, but the owner is a great conversationalist on all things pop culture, and his backlog of comics is cheap and impressive. Lots of rare and obscure stuff here.
Forbidden Planet NYC (Broadway)
