X-Men

I went home last weekend for Mother's Day. It was nice to see my parents- I've been trying to get home as much as I can these last few months. I think my Mom appreciates it. It is a loooong drive, but it also gives me a chance to relax.

While I was home however, I went to see the new X-Men Origins movie with my parents. I really like it, I know a lot of the "hard core" X-Men fans didn't like it because it deviated from the X-Men cannon, but movies are never identical to the original works. Take the movie for what it's worth.

When we got back to the house I decided to pull my old comic collection out. It was fun looking back through things and it really sparked an old obsession. I mostly collected in the 90's so a lot of what I have is the X-Men and not the Uncanny X-Men. I have a pretty solid collection with only a few holes until I get to issue #50 and then it dies off until X-Men became New X-Men. (It was at that point during high school that I was hanging out with a guy who worked in the comic book store).

I've been searching ebay seeing if I could find the comics I need to fill the holes so I can have a complete collection which has been fun. Just searching X-Men will give you the Uncanny, The Amazing, Ultimate X-Men, X-Men the first class, and so on and so on... So trying to find what I want has been a pain.

What I have done is buy the Marvel CD-Rom of 40 Years of X-Men. I got it in the mail this week and I've been making my way through the older X-Men comics and boy are they a little boring. Don't get me wrong- it is fun seeing how X-Men started but the story lines are doing it for me. I'm at issue #12 of the Uncanny Series and its getting better.

I think once I get further into the 60's comics and the 70's that I'll be a little more engaged. Right now I'm saying, WTF is Wolverine? Wolverine, Rogue, and Gambit are my favorite characters.

For those of you who may be interested you can buy 40 Years of X-Men on Amazon.com .

In other news I'll be going to the beach next week. It was supposed to be a chance for me and the boy to talk about things (aka where this relationship is going if anywhere). BUT now it's going to be me, my boyfriend and his mother. Really? The boy sprung this on me just a few days ago... And I want to know what NORMAL guy wants to BRING HIS MOTHER on vacation with his GIRLFRIEND?

His mother doesn't like me either. So this is going to be awful and awkward, but I can't suddenly say-"Hey! I don't want to go to the beach with you because your mother is coming!" That would sound bad and quickly end our relationship.

If you don't hear from me in a week or so I may be in jail for strangling someone. Wish me luck!

Busy Bee

So- I haven't posted lately. Part of that is because I'm lazy. The other part of that is because I'm busy. I know, I know- excuses, excuses !Here's what I've been working on through:


My living room has been an absolute mess for a month. I had a big whole sale order that I've been working on completing for a B&M store here in Richmond. I am ALMOST finished! Yay! But most of the marble magnets and push pin sets have already been delivered. The store is called Keep Good Company on Lakeside, in Richmond, VA. Sara and her hubby run the store and are SUPER nice. Seriously- go check them out.

I still have a few orders coming in via etsy but things have been slow on that front because I've been neglecting it. But I'm back to being busy with my store- I've listed more items and have more that I need to take photos of first. I built this light box but it isn't working out real well for me. Everything comes out with a pink hue and lots of reflections in the glass. I'm getting better at taking pictures (partly due to the etsy forums but I'm still not where I need/want to be).

That's where I've been. I'll be back with something more interesting to talk about soon.

Like how the new X-Men movie was awesome.