A successful Friday

[eumelia]

Another week went by and indeed another Friday, one of the coldest, but rather satisfying.

I finally got to the Yarn shop on Chestnut Hill (a very nice neighborhood near Mt. Airy, where I'm currently staying).
The shop was awesome, God so much variety... in everything!
They had balls of yarn, skeins and wraps (I think they're called), finally bought the circular needles I've been jonesing for the past month and began my HP scarf (Tami, it'll be done by next winter I promise :).
Got stitch markers and DPN's (double pointed needles, to make the booties) and the shop owner was no nice, one of those classic bald men with a car underfoot.
He was very sweet and helpful and was very interested in the (lack of) variety in Israel, since he caught the fact that I was Israeli and he himself was Jewish... knits his own כיפות for God's sake.
So it was good.


Went to Borders books and bought a DC comic book with Batman and Superman, oh how I love the Bats... Supes is okay... in a boy scout kind of way. I love the interaction and dichotomy in those two, it's amazing how different their approach is and still how successful they are as superheroes.
Batman in probably the only reason I prefer DC to Marvel (okay and Vertigo is better, but they're practically independent from DC anyway).
Oh to be a superhero... but being a Mutant is better.

Batman is human and he's better than all of them.

Comments

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Heh, well, I guess I should keep my sheer loathing of Batman a secret since you like him so much, then.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

*gasp* No, seriously, I actually gasped... you loathe him?! You actually *louthe* the Bat?
I--Wh---I ca--... I'm speechless /snark.

Really? That's a shame, he's such a misfit, that's one of the reasons I like him and he's really not that invinsable... he's benn crippled a few times over the years.

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

It's due to a number of things. Firstly, I tend to dislike non-super superheroes and Batman exemplifies the type. He also has the whole "do anything he wants so long as he's prepared" mystique that's pretty much bordering on the deus ex machina.

Then, finally, there're his fans. I hate all of them except you. :p

For what it's worth, I feel the same way about Wolverine (minus the non-super part) in the Marvel Universe so it's not just your hero that I hate. :)

And in case you're wondering: the X-Men. Colossus and Nightcrawler in particular.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

You hate them or like them... 'cause they're my two favourites... tread carfeully ;P

Why do you hate Batman fans? (I also dislike fannish displays of affection, I must say, it's all very well to discuss social criticism and philosophy through popular culture, but to be fannish, nah, not for me).

[aesiron.livejournal.com]

Piotr and Kurt're my two favorite X-Men. Warren, Scott, and Bobby too.

And I hate them because of their rabid and slavish fanaticism. I actually feel somewhat similarly about Whedon's fans (I sometimes regret liking Firefly because its fanbase annoys the hell out of me) but as I am included in the group and am probably considered fannish by others, I tend to give them a pass.

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

Oh Kurt! I love that German Devil :) He also has the best power in my opinion. Piotr is just... I dunno, I like him. Angel I always found pretencious, Scott is such a goody-two-shoes I get annoyd by him and Bobby *sigh* I wish he and Rouge had made it work... although Remy is tre beaux ;)

I'm prorbably one of the oldest Buffy fans in Israel having seen it since it began on network television, which most people missed here.
I hate those stupid teenage girls that are "Shiny" ugh, they annoy the hell out of me, the guys seem to be better, since they seem to be a little bit more rational when it comes to the inter-relationships with the characters.

I think Buffy, Angel and Spike should form a menage, it'll balance out so well, True Love and Great Sex!