I hate to jump on any bandwagons... but...
ok fine fine FINE!!!

Batman Begins was SOOOOOO FRIGGIN COOOOOOOOOL! =B
My favorite Batman movie yet. Christian Bale was perfection. Michael Cain was awesome comic relief. And how can you beat a supporting cast of Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and Rutger Hauer? YOU BLOODY WELL CAN'T!
 
My only only gripe was everytime I saw Katie Holmes I thought about Tom Cruise and his super-dorkdom on the Oprah show (http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/cruise-oprah.php?gobackto=search) Forget what's in the Gotham water supply - what are Scientologists slippin' in Tom's drink? 
And... ok... I saw the War of the Worlds preview tonight, too.. and YEAH I wanna go see it *sigh* despite Tom's super dorkdom, it looks like a kick ass movie.

Oh wait... another gripe about Batman Begins... not enough Scarecrow... but, I suppose, that just leaves the door open for a sequel *crosses fingers* Just as long as Christian Bale returns as Batman! 

Went in for an 8 week follow up visit today and the doctor told me to stop lifting anything over 15 pounds, damn it. I could have a post operative hernia where my incision busts open on the inside where the muscles haven't healed completely and me guts would come pouring forth. Well... needless to say, that was enough of a disturbing mental picture to make me NOT wanna push the whole lifting thing. Oh, and no sit ups or anything like that yet. So, pretty much I can stretch and walk as far as exercise goes, at least for another couple of months. So, maybe some light yoga, but no weight training or Aikido yet. Nyah, I have a doctor's note to be lazy heheh

Another month and a half and I can have a glass of wine with dinner. Yay! Gotta keep my liver primed, y'know.

My Uncle is doing really fantastic. Aside from some swelling due to fluids, which is mostly uncomfortable and a nuisance, he is strong and energetic. Him and my Aunt have been to the opera and the symphony a couple of times now, and have been going out to eat on occaision. I hope this time next year, they'll be able to do some travelling - at least domestically if not international.

Y'know what sucks?

The cat projectile vomiting onto my D&D Players Handbook...

=P

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at the Episode 2 Premiere

http://www.milkandcookies.com/stuff/triumphvsw.asx

I love this clip =9

Awwwwww *pouty and disappointed* Unless it IS fiction =(

http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/lionmidget.asp
http://lionvs40midgets.uk-directory.com/

Truth is stranger than fiction!
LMFAO

http://www.newturfers.com/mwf/attach/38/355838/BBCNEWSWorldLionMutilates42MidgetsinCambodianRing-Fight.htm

I spent $80 on Free Comic Book Day.  Hey, it was 20% off storewide - how can I resist the bargain?? The clerks ringing me up were freakin the hell out, "I've never even HEARD of a GIRL spending this much money on comic books!" THey even threw in a free $20 Burne Hogarth book on Dynamic Light and Shadow for me. Oh, what a wink and giggle will get a girl ;)
It was the four "Blade of the Immortal" books that jacked up my total... but they are so worth it. I need MORE!!!

And awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay we go!
see ya in a little while, my friends...
I'll miss ya ^^
*big hugs*

=D
everyone needs to know about this...
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

Two days later, and I am still recovering from Birthday Celebration Mayhem on the 9th. My god.. I haven't partied that hard in I can't even tell you how long. Talk about wild abandon. It felt faaaaantastic. I lost count of the shots around 10pm. The bestest friends a girl could ask for were all there. I made a sappy, heartfelt toast to them, telling them all how much I value them, love them, need them, admire them, etc... It felt good to let them all know that sentimental stuff. Life's too short to assume the people you care about know how you feel... they'll always feel good when you tell them. 

I got a huge case of the warm fuzzies from all the great birthday wishes from my Elftown friends, too. It was really overwhelming - you guys don't even know how much you made my day. 

This was, literally, the best birthday I've ever had.
*big hugs all around*

I have to see this movie...

http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle/splash/no1killers/

Gyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!! *Snoopy dance* 
I just got the bestest early birfday present! =D
My veddy own subscription to The Astonishing Xmen!!!
*goofy giddy giggling*

The Perry Bible Fellowship by Nicholas Gurewitch
This guy rocks - http://cheston.com/pbf/bio.html

I was doing some reading on the forums in IMDb.com
about the Animatrix. I've been thinking about that
Second Renaissance over the past couple of days.

I was so stoned, that portion really stuck in my mind.
Here's some interesting random stuff I dug up.
Remember the robot who was hauled in front of the
courts: B166ER?

There are references to Bigger Thomas from Native son.

From Amazon:

"Bigger Thomas is doomed, trapped in a downward spiral
that will lead to arrest, prison, or death, driven by
despair, frustration, poverty, and incomprehension. As
a young black man in the Chicago of the '30s, he has
no way out of the walls of poverty and racism that
surround him, and after he murders a young white woman
in a moment of panic, these walls begin to close in.
There is no help for him--not from his hapless family;
not from liberal do-gooders or from his well-meaning
yet naive friend Jan; certainly not from the police,
prosecutors, or judges. Bigger is debased, aggressive,
dangerous, and a violent criminal. As such, he has no
claim upon our compassion or sympathy."

and from IMDb:

"I was reading the comics on whatisthematrix.com when
I noticed the name of the lawyer that interrogates
him. The lawyer's name is Clarence Drummond. If you've
ever read Inherit The Wind, then you'll catch the
reference. If not, here's an explanation.

Clarence Darrow was a lawyer hired to represent a
teacher who taught his students the theory of
evolution in the 1920s. The case made national
headlines because the evolution theory was more
controversial than abortion is today. Years went by,
and a couple of writers decided to turn the case into
a play. In the play, the teacher's attorney is named
Henry Drummond."

Makes me wonder what other subtleties I missed out on
in the piece.