Saturday : 20 August 05
After getting into bed far later than I had planned, morning came far too soon. And I didn’t even get to sleep in as “late” as I had hoped, thanks to what I can only assume was the swamp cooler. Twenty minutes…. twenty minutes… before the alarm was to go off, “something” started squeaking and squealing. *sigh* I was about this close to blaming it on the cats. But I didn’t. This time.

I got out of bed and (SLOWLY) got moving and making myself semi-presentable. Perry and Max showed up a little after 9:00, so that we could head to Mecca (commonly referred to as “The Bookshelf”). After a trip to the local Beans & Brews – it’s nice to be able to walk into a place and not have to order your drink – and a sidetrip back to Perry’s, we hit the road.

The excursion was fruitful. Oh, so very fruitful. I picked up some back issues (mid 80s and early 90s) of Green Lantern comic books, featuring John Stewart. Of course. I also picked up a copy of Phil Foglio’s Girl Genius: The Secret Blueprints for Volume One. And plastic crack. Many pieces of plastic crack:

  • Cloak and Dagger (rookie and experienced, respectively)
  • Dmitri Pushkin (unique) – Rocket Red #7 from Justice League International
  • Easy Company Trooper (rookie) for use in Nox’ Call of Chthulu game.
  • Firestar (veteran)1
  • Tigra (experienced)
  • Wolverine (experienced) – feral with bone claws
  • …and eight (8) figures of Alpha Flight’s Puck – to be used a pawns on my chess board

I was rather pleased with the haul. From there, we headed to the End Zone’s store in Clearfield. It was a nice shop; bigger than the one in Trolley Square. Naturally, I fed the addiction a little more. The highlights from this stop include:

Two Shadowcats. Hm. What ever will I do with that extra Ms. Pryde…?

We stopped for lunch on the way home and then popped into Media Play and Office Max for a bit. We left both stores empty-handed. Astonishingly.

My father called to see if I had received a package that he sent. At the time, I hadn’t; it was in the mailbox when I got home. All that he told me about it was that it had some pictures and other assorted items. I opened it… Wow. Among the items in the package were:

  • The invitation that my folks sent my grandparents for my christening.
  • A couple of pictures from when my ‘rents got married
  • A “memory book” from my father’s senior prom
  • An issue of Jet from 1965 in which my father was quoted
  • My father’s college commencement programme

I think that it’s very cool to have these pieces of my past.

The Pulse-Pounding Adventures of Bolty: Novice Superhero at Large
I took a trip to Paragon City this afternoon. Of the 7400 points that I need to make Security Level 14, I put a 1400 point dent in it. That’s good. I got a little sloppy towards the end of my playing, though. I wasn’t happy with the way that a fight went, so I decided to take it out on a couple of members of “The Council.” That was definitely NOT one of my more inspired moves. They cleaned my clock eight ways from Sunday. So, I racked up a brand-spankin’ new 800 points of experience debt. I’ll probably just exemplar with a lower-level character and burn it off.

Breakfast was a rather small affair tonight – there were five of us. One of the five, however, was Kate. I found it amusing that I hung out Perry and Max for the first part of the day and got to hang out with Kate tonight. People-watching. Catty commentary with lots of “Did you see that…?!” raised eyebrows.

And now it’s time to call it a night.

Namaste.

1 – With this Firestar figure, I now have figures for Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends. That makes me laugh.