Well, I've had tendonitis most of the year, so I've been trying to avoid the internet. My wrists are finally getting better so I can type and play video games again! _{for ten minutes at a time.}

What interesting things happened to you guys while I was gone?

Things that happened to me this year (second half):
- I almost failed illustration
- I got pretty good in my Comics class though
- I went to a funeral
- I missed video games a ton
- I saw a ton of televison and movies
- I created at least three new stories and worked on a few older ones
- I made a neat series of paintings
- I discovered the wonders of local craft and fashion
- My sisters went to new and exciting places! I stayed home and went to class.

Fandoms! ( Read more... )

Tendonitis very slowly getting better.

Things I have done in past week:

- 'rescued' Woodpecker (northern flicker) (quotations because it didn't exactly survive)
- Met deaf puppy (adorable)
- saw Star Trek again
- Infuriated Sister
- Watched some Supernatural (don't ask), TNG, Leverage, Veronica Mars and half an episode of Smallville (I really should just skip all the bits that don't have a Luthor on screen)
- Caught up on Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- Discovered I like record players
- Had a dream involving LittleBigPlanet and a really scary spider
- Picked up new issues of Booster Gold and Secret six. Really good.

I haven't been as active lately because typing wears down my wrists the fastest.

So I thought that when Legion of Superheroes got canceled shortly after me starting to watch it, it was a coincidence. Sure, a lot of my comics have gotten canceled, or changed into new, distressing forms - New X-men, Blue Beetle, Cable & Deadpool, Adjectiveless X-men, Blue Beetle, Teen Titans (technically not canceled, but under McKeever's writing)...

And sure, the season after I finally started watching Stargate: Atlantis was the last one. And to be fair, Veronica Mars and Dead Like Me were already done for by the time I started watching them. Heroes isn't canceled! Just - changed into new and distressing forms (though I have started watching it now that it's getting good again).


But this is just ridiculous.

So some movie site had this article called We Need More Female Superheroes. No kidding. Elsewhere on the internets, another article pops up saying Why the Comic Book Movie Industry Needs a Female Superhero.

Then a male writer comes along and says, in response to the two previous articles, We Don't Need More Female Superheroes, on the basis that women would much rather go see Sex in the City or something with Julia Roberts in it. I think this might be the only time either of those things have been mentioned in my lj.

Needless to say, the internet explodes. So, is he saying that I don't exist, or that I'm a weirdo? I Say Bullshit. My Uterus Does Not Decide What Stories I Like. Girls hate comics, I know because a guy told me. No Girls Allowed.

I don't really think I have anything worthwhile enough to add except that I got into comics through my sister. And I think there should be more mentions of Runaways. Yes, it is an ensemble cast, but it is also one of the few teams where the girls outnumber the guys.

Kim Possible gives you... the background lesbian!

Also, 'Stop Team-Go' is an awesome episode. But it makes me want to watch the episode with surprisingly competent evil!Ron.

PS: Firefox has developed this weird habit of closing whenever I change my mood. Not cool.