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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

9/23: IS IT OKAY FOR A MAN TO HIT A WOMAN. . .
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Blogging

...if SHE hits HIM first?



Was he wrong?

I absolutely hate men who beat up on women. Always say
there's no excuse. But, I'll admit, I can't really get mad @
this guy. She cursed @ & then slapped him. He slapped
her back. I think that's the natural first instinct of anyone
who gets hit, to hit back. Certainly if it were a woman
hitting another woman, or a man hitting another man, no one
would even think twice about someone hitting back, but it
does seem a little different when it's a man and woman,
doesn't it?

Personally though, I wouldn't have hit her. Not because I'm
overly chivalrous, but because I know about the double-standard
in perception. I certainly wouldn't hit back if we were private,
because later it's my word against hers, and I know who everyone is more likely to believe. Even if she admits hitting me
first, everyone would just be like "What's the big deal? She's
just a woman?" They wouldn't see the context.

But on TV it's even worse, because everyone would now look
@ ME as the bad guy. You notice how all those guys jumped
on stage and rushed HIM right afterwards, while she walks
away like nothing happened. How fair is that? So, as much as
I'd want to hit back, I'd just leave and immediately call the police
and have the bitch arrested for assualt. And I'd probably file a
civil suit against her, for the emotional distress that would come
afterwards (since you know everyone would be laughing @ me
for getting slapped on TV) and try to get every penny she has.

Currently listening :
Hard Candy
By Madonna
Release date: 2008-04-29

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Saturday, September 20, 2008

9/19: RANDOM LATE-NIGHT THOUGHTS, OBSERVATIONS, & RUMINATIONS.
Current mood: awake
Category: Blogging

2300 hours. Sleep no come.

Got a flat-tire on the freeway on my way home. Thank Godzilla for
Triple A. But now I need to get a new spare. Bummer.

Going through my friends list, I see that I have quite a few people
that I don't actually recall ever adding or talking to. Can't believe I've gotten so out of touch. Back in the good old days, I used to pride myself
on keeping up with everyone. Now I just don't seem the time (or
inclination). I hope I'm not becoming one of those "friend whores."

I've got TWO "transgendered" individuals on my list. What are the odds?

I wish everyone on Myspace used real names instead of screen names,
like they tend to do on Facebook.
It just feels more like you're communicating with a real person. I'd rather talk to "Mary" instead of "Minnibutterfly," for example. I mean, it's not like you have to use your whole full name, as I understand some folks may have privacy concerns, but you could use something close enough. If you don't want to use "Matthew Allen Strader III" you could just use "Matt." That's better than "Djinn Lord X" or whatever.

The two best-looking Asian women on my list are:DAVITA
& TEYE

The two best-looking Black women on my list are:BECKS
& ANABELA

The two best-looking White women on my list are:MAIYA
& SAM STONE

The two best-looking Hispanic women on my list are:FINE WINE & LILLIAN

I wish we had the option of sending one comment to multiple
friends @ once. Like, if I wanted to leave a "Happy Labor Day"
comment on the pages of all of my American friends, I could just
click their names & send it to them all, instead of having to actually
go to each page & post the comment, which could take too long.
Sure, you can post a bulletin, but that doesn't mean everyone's
going to see it, especially the friends who have huge friend lists, so this would be more effective.

And why do some folks disable html comments on their pages?
That's part of the fun of Myspace, posting some goofy picture or
graphic!

But what we really need is an option for a notification whenever
someone responds to a comment you left in someone's blog.
That way you'll know when to check back, to see what someone
said.

RE: Automatic playlists on Myspace profiles.
On the one hand,
it can get very annoying
to go to someone's page & suddenly
be blasted with some song that I really have no interest in
hearing. If YOU want to listen to Lil Wayne & Lil Jon all day,
go for it. Put it on your pc & listen while you're logged into
Myspace. But why you gotta force everyone else to hear
that crap?

On the other hand, I have actually discovered several songs
that I liked, after hearing them on someone's page. Everything
from a couple of Dave Matthews Band songs, to Lionel Richie,
Sting, Mariah Carey, & even the South Park Christmas song.
So it has come in handy sometimes. But, on balance, the
negative far outweighs the positive. Luckily I have
a program that lets me block playlists.

I don't care what anyone says, I still love Madonna

Eminem is one of the best rappers ever.

My favorite athletes are Tiger Woods & Serena Williams.

I wish I could've met Bob Hope when he was still alive.

Tom Cruise stole the show in Tropic Thunder.

I can't believe we're about to get a senile old war vet and
a stupid eskimo broad in the White House. Really, America?

Iron Man is on DVD Sept. 30th!!!! I'll be stopping @ Target
first thing in the morning, on my way to work, to get my
copy.

The weekend is here. Get off the damn computer, back away
from the keyboard, and GO OUTSIDE.

Currently watching :
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3
Release date: 2008-09-09

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Thursday, September 11, 2008

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 9/11!!!!!
Current mood: contemplative
Category: News and Politics

Well, that's what SOME people think. But I don't believe
so. And I'm going to tell you why.

Generally speaking, I have a natural distrust of all authority,
be it political, capitalistic, or religious. I consider myself a
skeptic, but I'm also a realist. I follow the principle known as
"Occum's Razor," which basically states that "All things being
equal, the simplest solution is the best."

So there are two things we need to consider here: motive
& means. The motive is, apparently, that the 9/11 attacks
were planned in order to give the Bush Administration an
excuse to wage war in Iraq.

The means are a bit different, depending on which 9/11
"Truther" that you're listening to. I've heard everything from
Osama Bin Laden is really some sort of C.I.A. operative, working
for us (or he may not even really exist), or he may be a
scapegoat, who the government framed for this crime. The
highjackings were staged, and the planes that crashed into
the WTC were actually remote controlled. And a whole bunch
of other theories (there's just too many to address, really).

But the main argument of "proof" is in the way that the
buildings collapsed. Supposedly, falling directly down, like they
did, is very similar to "controlled explosions," like what happens
when demolition crews put bombs inside buildings to demolish
them. So, some claim that this is proof that there were bombs
placed inside the various WTC buildings, and that's what brought
them down, not the crash of the planes.

Certainly, if it were impossible (not unlikely, or improbable,
but IMPOSSIBLE) for the planes to cause that kind of
collapse, then that would mean something. I've seen images
of the falling towers matched with images of controlled
explosions. It certainly looks similar. There are some engineers
who say that the collapse must've been due to something other
than the planes. But there are others who say that, due to the
special circumstances of the planes, jet fuel, the warped steel
of the buildings, as well as all of the furniture & equipment in
them when it burned, it's understandable that they collapsed.
So, there ya go. Two different opinions. Which one should we
believe?

It seems to me if it were as cut & dried as the "Truthers"
would like it to be, then there would be no question. For example,
to use another conspiracy, let's look @ the JFK assassination.
If he was killed by being shot with a water pistol, we'd know it
was impossible. Even if we saw it happening, everyone knows
that you can't blow someone's head off with a water pistol. So
there are millions of engineers in this country, and all over the
world, who saw the WTC collapse. Clearly, if it were so impossible,
they would've all immediately known that, when they saw it. And
they'd ALL be telling us that.

Plus, why would "they" plant bombs in the buildings, anyway?
If "they" were intent on creating some phony terrorist attack,
and "they" were somehow able to arrange for two planes to be
crashed into the WTC, wouldn't that be enough? Why also
the bombs? Even if the buildings didn't completely collapse after
the planes crashed, & let's say only 1,000 people were killed,
instead of 2,752, it's not like that would've been any less of a
tragedy. America still would've been sad & angry, & Bush still
would've had an excuse to push us into war with Iraq later on.

So now we come to the motive. And, as much as I love
to complain about the government, I really do not believe
that our government is evil. No, not even Dick Cheney. I
don't think any higher-ups in our military, or the Bush
Administration, would really engineer mass murder of
innocent American citizens, just so they could then
stage a war. I'm all for distrust of government, but let's
not get paranoid.

I believe that government, like most powerful institutions, is
@ worst greedy, & @ best incompetent. I do believe that Bush
& Co, from the beginning of their "election," wanted to go after
Saddam Hussein, seeing it as a chance to finish the job Bush's
father started. When 9/11 happened, that was their chance to
come up with a reason, & they took advantage of our national
outrage. But I don't think they planned it in advance. And my
reason is simple: look how badly they f***ed it up!

When you consider the massive planning that would've had to
take place to pull off these "bogus" attacks, make it look like
terrorists did it, & keep all credible news sources from finding
out, that would've required some BRILLIANT strategy. Look @
the Clinton scandals. They couldn't even keep a blowjob secret.
And that was between just TWO people, but one couldn't keep
her mouth shut (no pun intended). Yet not one person from this
WTC conspiracy has come forward?

So, despite all that brilliance in planning, when it came time
to carry out the war that this was all supposedly done for,
then they suddenly became idiots? Now, years after "Mission
Accomplished," we're still arguing about whether or not the
"surge" is working or was a good idea? And all those WMD's
that Saddam allegedly had, which was the official excuse for
the war? Nothing! I mean, dang, they weren't even smart
enough to cover their asses by planting some WMD's in Iraq.
I know WE have some. They could've snuck a few nuclear
bombs & some leftover anthrax over there, stuck them in
one of Saddam's military bases, and then said "Look! We
found Saddam's WMD! We told you he had them!"

It's like if you met a guy who was so smart that he built a car,
all by himself, with his bare hands, and then the first day he
went to drive it he got 17 traffic tickets. Wouldn't you think it
was weird that he's smart enough to build a car, but doesn't
even know how to drive it properly? That's basically what
we're being asked to believe with this 9/11 conspiracy.

So that's why I say that our government is too incompetent
to pull off something like this. And if there was a shred of
decent evidence, the mainstream media would be all over it.
Some will the say the media is involved in the cover-up, but I
don't buy that either. Well, maybe Fox would go along with it,
but certainly CNN, MSNBC, & the big networks & newspapers
would love to have this story if it were true. Any reporter or
network who provided evidence of a conspiracy involving 9/11
would be instant heroes. That's an automatic Pulitzer, @ the
very least. Mike Wallace would give his left testicle for story
like this. C'mon.

It just seems to me that with a lot of these conspiracy theories,
there are people who want to believe the worst, and think there's
more than meets the eye behind every big tragedy. I saw Spike
Lee once speculate that the government blew up the levees
in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. I say, isn't the blatant
imcompetence of the FEMA bad enough? Do we have to add more
to it, just to be even madder about it? And it's the same principle
here.

Now, I know this won't convince those who, for whatever
reason, want to believe in this conspiracy. I'm just saying that
my common sense tells me otherwise.

Or perhaps I've just been thoroughly brainwashed by the
Illuminati's secret mind-control rays. Dang, I knew I shouldn't
have went outside without my tin-foil hat on...




Currently watching :
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 3
Release date: 2008-09-09

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

8/27: I WISH I HAD NIGHTMARES
Current mood: awake
Category: Blogging

I had a great dream last night. And it sucks. Because I
have great dreams all the time. Some people don't
realize how disturbing that can be. Think about when
you have a nightmare, & you wake up in a cold sweat
with your heart beating fast, & you're all scared. Well
the alternative isn't much better.

See, my dreams are so good, that I don't want to
wake up. When I do wake up, instead of being
relieved, I'm upset. And I'm not just talking about
the impossible fantasty-type dreams, although I
do have plenty of those. Like I'm a superhero, flying
around the world, loved by everyone. Or I'm Emperor
Of The World, & I've created Universal Peace. Or I'm
a Sultan with my own private Harem.

But I'll also have the kind of dreams where I've
somehow gotten enough money so that ALL of
my depts are paid off, & I can buy a new car &
big screen TV. Or I find out that they're bringing
back the TV show "Dallas," with Larry Hagman
returning as J.R. Ewing (I loved that show, that's
how I got my name). And I'm really excited...and
then I wake up.

And it's like "F**K! It was just a dream!!!

So then my real life seem so much worse, in
comparison to my dreams, & I spend the rest of
my day remembering that dream & wishing that
it was real. It's times like this that I hate having
such a vivid imagination.

I can't even remember the last time I had a nightmare.
But that's what I want. Let me dream about being
buried alive in a coffin filled with cobras by a bunch of
zombie clowns. So I can wake up scared, and happy
that it's over. It would be a nice change of pace.







Currently reading :
The Darker Mask
By Gary Phillips
Release date: 2008-08-19

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

8/13: WANNA SEE A 63 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN A BIKINI?
Current mood: horny
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Helen Mirren, 62, turns heads in red bikini
From correspondents in London

THE British are calling it "the bikini that could start a revolution".

Yet it's not so much the bright red two-piece causing the sensation but the show-stopping, 62-year-old body of Dame Helen Mirren that fills it.

These jaw-dropping snaps of the Oscar-winning actress frolicking on rocks with her husband in Italy evoke memories of sexpots Ursula Andress and Brigitte Bardot in their heyday.

As one British commentator remarked, Mirren looks better in a bikini than most women four decades younger than her could.

When the photographs were published in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper last week - and replicated extensively online - they caused a frenzy.

After establishing there was no digital mischief involved, that Mirren's body appeared to be the product of good, old-fashioned exercise, readers posted gushing messages of admiration and, in some cases, envy.

"Yes, she does look great BUT she has never had children! Do not make us mothers feel bad, also it is her job to look good! I do admire her but this is also a very blurry shot ..." wrote one woman.

The majority, however, were more along the lines of: "Wow Helen! You look fantastic. I wish I looked as good as you and I am 10 years younger!"

Actress Joan Collins, no slouch herself at 75, was moved enough by the public's palpable surprise in finding a woman in her 60s truly sexy that she wrote a newspaper article about it.

"Everyone seemed rather amazed that she was looking so good just days short of her 63rd birthday," Collins said last week.

"Yet there are flocks of women in their 50s, 60s and 70s who still look sexy and absolutely wonderful whether in or out of a swimsuit.

"I certainly applaud Dame Helen for wearing a bikini on which she obviously thought was an extremely secluded stretch of beach."

The photographs were taken in Puglia, on the southern tip of Italy, where Mirren and her American film-director husband Taylor Hackford, 63, own a 500-year-old castle.

The grounds feature a mature vineyard and overlook the Mediterranean sea. Mirren reportedly bought the property to celebrate her Best Actress Oscar win for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II.

Long known as the thinking man's sex symbol through her work in theatre and films, Dame Helen achieved mainstream fame playing the no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison in the television series Prime Suspect.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1035510/Helen-Mirren-bikini-queen-reigns-supreme-63.html


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Apples And Oranges
By Stacy*Clark

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Saturday, August 09, 2008

8/9: WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE...GENE SIMMONS
Current mood: impressed
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

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I was never a fan of KISS, but I am totally hooked
on Gene Simmons' "reality show." I know this sounds
cliche, but look up "cool" in the dictionary & I bet
you'll see a picture of Gene Simmons. The man has got
swagger (or is that "swagga?" I gotta brush up on my
Ebonics). And you can tell it's not an act, he doesn't
have to try, he just IS.

I mean, the man is so cool, that even his kids are
cool. If I were a teenager, I'd be trying to hang out
with Nick & date Sophie. They don't seem like spoiled
stuck-up celebrity rich kids @ all. They've got their
heads on straight.

And he's "happily unmarried" to SHANNON F***IN'
TWEED! Oh man, when I think of all those nights I
used to stay up late to watch some movie she was
in on Cinemax or Showtime...

Okay, so there was that little
sex tape scandal
earlier this year but, whatever. She knew
what was up when she met him.


But the thing I love most about him is that
he is so unbashedly & ashamedly capitalistic.
The man is all about making money. That's his
main moitivation. Anything for a buck. None of
this highminded "artistic integrity" junk. Leave
the saving of the world to Bono. He epitomizes
what I'd say, 90%, of guys who ever picked up a
guitar, bass, or drum set first thought of: making
money & meeting women. That's what it's all about,
baby. Gettin' paid & gettin' laid.

He's come out strongly against digital downloading,
& gotten criticised for that. But he's like, I'm not
even going to bother making new music if I can't
make money for it. I love that! Call him greedy, if
you want to, so what? It's his world, & we're just
living in it.


Currently listening :
Apples And Oranges
By Stacy*Clark

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8/9: I SAW A WHOLE BUNCH OF MOVIES THIS SUMMER
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

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Best. Superhero movie. Ever. Period.
Seriously, there is nothing that I would
change about this film. Everything worked.
The cast. The storyline. Special effects. All
of it. I used to hold up Christopher Reeve
as Superman as the greatest onscreen portrayal
of a superhero but Robert Downey Jr. has beaten
that. I've read dozens of Iron Man comic-books
over the years & he literally became the image
that I've seen in print all that time. My only worry
now is that this was so good I don't see how they
can ever live up to it for the sequel. It's like there's
nowhere to go but down now...




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Apparently I'm in the extreme minority here, but
I was actually kinda disappointed in this one.
It was good, but not great.
Heath Ledger was fantastic,
of course, as was
Aaron Eckhart in his role, but
It was
a little too "dark" (no pun intended) overall. And it ended
on such a depressing note. When Iron Man ended I was
all pumped up, but with TDK I was bummed out.
Perhaps my expectations were too high?


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Another disappointment. I loved the comic-book that
this was based on, & I knew beforehand that the film
took many liberties with the story, but still I thought
this would be a decent action flick. And, I suppose,
it was. But it wasn't anything special.


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Definitely better than the first, with some good
action scenes. But the best thing about it is the
set-up for the future Avengers movie @ the end.


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Pretty good. Will did his usual thing, though this
role didn't actually strecth his acting chops in
any way. The twist in the 3rd act could've been
avoided. If anything, this should've been two
movies. The first just being with Hancock
gaining respect as a Superhero, & then saving
the other story for a sequel. And, although this
movie wasn't based on a pre-existing character,
I wish some publisher would license this movie
& create a comic-book about it to tell more stories.


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Almost the same exact reaction that I had
to the first one. Not horrible. But, now that
I've seen it once, I have no desire to ever
rewatch it.


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If you like excessive violence (like I do), then
you'll like this.


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A decent enough addition to the series, though I
still think The Last Crusade was the best. It's a
shame this couldn't have been made sooner, when
Harrison Ford was younger, so they could've kept
it in the same time period. Indiana Jones is best
when fighting Nazis, not Communists.


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Thankfully I have a bit of an Asian Fetish, because
Michelle Yeoh was the only thing that saved this
film for me. I loved the first two, but I'd rather
see a sequel to The Scorpion King.


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Eh. Should've just been a TV reunion movie. Wasn't
special enough for a theatrical feature.


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Worst. Eddie Murphy movie. Ever.
And, yes, I have seen Vampire In Brooklyn
and I Spy. I want a hit of whatever he was
smokin' when he first read this script & agreed
to make it, because that must've been some
good $h!t.



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Apparantly I'm in the extreme minority again, but
I loved this film! I couldn't believe it. ALL the professional
reviews I read for this were horrible, & almost everyone
I know, online & in real life, who saw it said it sucked.
My mother liked it, but she also liked White Chicks, so I
can't always trust her judgment. So I went in with
low expectations, but it was FANTASTIC! Very creepy
& suspenseful, & I just loved the concept of
a "virus" that makes you kill yourself & how it was
shown in the film. There were a few things I would've
changed, but I can't nitpick. It was great!

Just my opinion.


I'm going to try to catch Tropic Thunder tonight.


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Apples And Oranges
By Stacy*Clark

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8/9: THE SIX RICHEST NEGROES IN THE WORLD
Current mood: impressed
Category: News and Politics

As of March 5th, 2008, Forbes Magazine calculated
that there are 1,125 individuals in the world who each
have a net worth of @ least 1 BILLION dollars.

Of those, 6 are "Black" (well, one is half-Chinese,
but that's close enough for me). I don't count
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi (worth
$9 billion), who is considered "Arab," like his father,
even though his mother is Ethiopian.

Here's the list, from "poorest" to richest:


BOB JOHNSON, 62 (USA)
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$1 BILLION



MICHAEL LEE-CHIN, 57 (CANADA)
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$1.8 BILLION



PATRICE MOTSEPE, 46 (SOUTH AFRICA)
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$2.4 BILLION



MOHAMMED IBRAHIM, 62 (SUDAN/UNITED KINGDOM)
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$2.5 BILLION


OPRAH, 54 (USA)
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$2.5 BILLION



And the richest Black person on the planet is...

ALIKO DANGOTE, 51 (Nigeria)
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$3.3 BILLION


^^
That's even a bit more than

DONALD TRUMP ($3 billion)

Though I'll point out that, even putting all their
money together, it's chump change compared to
the top guys on the billionaire list, like

WARREN BUFFETT ($62 billion)
CARLOS SLIM HELU ($60 billion) &
BILL GATES ($58 billion)

*Bill's no longer number 1 because he's given over $38
billion to charity, so far.

But, still, I don't think you'll see any of these folks
shopping @ the .99 Cent Store anytime soon,
(unless they're planning to buy the company).


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Apples And Oranges
By Stacy*Clark

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8/9: MY 10 FAVORITE SUPERHEROES
Current mood: contemplative
Category: Blogging

Yeah, that's right. I'm a grown-@$$ man who reads comic-books.

So?




1)THE ORIGINAL CAPTAIN MARVEL
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I think I saw this character in the cartoons first, &
then later in live-action TV series, before ever
reading a comic-book. But it automatically appealed
to me. I'd already been interested in Greek mythology,
so that was an interesting connection. And I loved
the concept of the young boy who could say a
magic word that transformed him into a superhero.
I admit, there were a few times as a kid, when no
one was around, that I tried shouting "SHAZAM!"
just to see if anything would happen.

Oh, who the heck am I kidding? I still say it, every
once & awhile.


2/3)SPIDER-MAN & BATMAN
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I put them together, because it's basically a tie.
I can't really tell which one I like better. Somedays
Spidey's 2, somedays Batman is 2. I like Spidey
because of his motivation. It's more pure. He's not
obsessed to fight crime like Batman, he feels more
responsible, like he HAS to fight crime. Even if he
doesn't really want to, he doesn't have a choice,
because he's got those powers, & with great power
comes great responsibility.

But Batman gets an edge because he doesn't have
any actual superpowers. So, theoritically, any of
use could actually be Batman. If you work out, train,
study, & inherit a billion dollars from your parents.


4)SUPERMAN
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He Who Came First. Gotta love Superman, since there'd
be no superheroes without Him. My most cherished
individual comic-book remains my copy of "Superman
vs. Muhammad Ali," the team-up of two of my
favorite heroes. That's what I'm grabbing first, if there's
ever a fire @ my house. And Grant Morrison's
"All Star Superman" is the best series currently being published.



5)BLACK PANTHER
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As the King of Wakanda, the most technologically
advanced nation on Earth, he's like Batman, Iron Man,
& Conan all rolled into one. I didn't get into him until
after the previous series, by Christopher Priest, was
over, & I started buying the back issues. The current
series started off strong, but has been hit or miss for
me. I dropped it last year but started buying it again a
few months ago, & it's improved a bit. I still don't
really like the marriage to Storm, though, since I never
liked that character, even when Halle Berry was
playing her.


6)WONDER WOMAN
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Like Captain Marvel, I enjoy the connection to
Greek mythology in this character. First discovered
her in the TV show, of course. Then later started
reading the comics when George Perez was in charge.
I also like the various runs by John Byrne & then Phil
Jimenez. Hated Greg Rucka, & didn't bother with
Al Heinberg. Been meaning to check out what Gail
Simone is doing on the series now, but I'm waiting
for the trades.




7)JOHN STEWART: GREEN LANTERN
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The Power Ring is the most awesome comic-book weapon
ever (& a great fashion accessory). It's a shame that DC
won't give him the proper respect. Thanks to the Justice
League cartoons, he is THE Green Lantern to most of the
general public, but instead of putting him front & center
in the DCU, they bring back corny old Hal Jordan. Bleh.



8)CAPTAIN AMERICA
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When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all
who oppose his shield must yield. If you don't like
Cap, you're unAmerican. Although that cheap movie
that made back in the early 80's was one
of the worst pieces of dreck ever filmed. But my
favorite runs in the comics were the two times Mark Waid
wrote it. Also loved Mark Millar's protrayal of "Ultimate"
Captain America. I'm not currently reading the comics
until Steve Rogers, the real & ONLY Captain America,
comes back.



9)THOR
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The Norse God of Thunder. With a great big hammer.
The best run was by Dan Jurgens, when he Thor slowly
take over the world. Also loved Mark Millar's "Ultimate"
Thor (too bad Jeph Loeb messed that up). I hope the
upcoming movie is good.



10)BLADE
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I wasn't aware of this character until after I saw the
first movie. Afterwards I tracked down a bunch of the
earlier comics. Unfortunately, his portrayel in print has
never quite matched his coolness in the films (the last
series was wack). Hopefully, someone will write a good
series someday, because I believe he has a lot of
potential.




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8/9: 15 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT J.R. LEMAR
Current mood: contemplative
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Previously:
MY FRIEND JASON WROTE A "TAG" BLOG

11. J.R. Lemar- Because he's an interesting fellow.

Interesting? Moi? Okay, I'll play. I'm not tagging anyone,
but I'll post 15 (why so many? It's usually 7-10) random
facts about myself. Except, instead of writing them, I'll just post pics that represent each fact:



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