#droppout

As an audience member...

...and as a presenter

Edit - The teaser trailer is out now and if they do actually upload something tonight (which seems likely, the FAQ says it's a 1 episode season), then I don't think it counts as a prank. I think it's just a fun surprise, perhaps a themed surprise, but not a prank.

UNLESS the video they upload is not d20 on a bus related, which would be a hilarious prank.

This semester I traded in textbooks for comic books. I'm currently reading "Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore", (<3) and "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &  Clay", by Michael Chabon. 

I am falling madly in love with both writers and artists (Stephen Bissette and John Totleben). Starting with "Swamp Thing," I've always had an interest in comics. Monster are a whole other section on my book shelf. When I was little I used to research stories on shape shifters. There was this one about a lady whom became a vampire whenever climaxing, she was my favorite. I was passionate about becoming a creature other than human and still am to this day. Modern stories of monsters are usually a bit philosophical too and so am I. In "Swamp Thing" I'm paying attention to how the writer narrates the story with a model of thinking. It isn't like a book where the reader needs to get lost in the narrator's voice. In a comic book the reader is already inserted into the world thanks to art. It's amazing to read a charter's thoughts and then see how they interact with the world around them. Jinkys! So Thank you Swamp Thing for involving all the things I love. 

The next is "Kavalier & Clay" and I started reading this a year back but at the time found the text too sophisticated for me to understand. I used to think that books and sentences had to follow a certain formula. A sentence needs a beginning and an end and commas and one single idea. Michael Chabon takes full advantage of all of these ideas! It isn't uncommon to read a full page sentence. The pacing of the story is completely new and refreshing and I am in love with the world described. There's Dali, there's comics, there's Jewish history and philosophy, there's magic both fantastical and menial in this world. I can't get enough of it although the story is reaching the climax soon.