Category: Musings

Denouement

There comes a point in your life when the thing you enjoy no longer becomes enjoyable. When the thing you enjoy and had a profound affect on your life and your way of thinking becomes a thing of such indifference that you’re willing to step away for a good long while and never look back. It might not be the most pleasant feeling in the world, but in the end, you’ll get over it, move on with your life, and find something else to enjoy… or barring that, go back to the old things you used to enjoy and work from there.

There’s this thing that I used to enjoy. I enjoyed it very much. It became a thing that I enjoyed for years and looked forward to this thing whenever it took place. And then the thing started to become less of the thing I enjoyed and more something else. Eventually, it became a thing that was the complete opposite of the thing that I enjoyed and suddenly, I didn’t want anything to do with that thing anymore.
So I took a step away from that thing and moved on to something else.
Funny thing is even though I’m not doing that other thing that I left behind, there’s no real void. If anything, it feels like a great weight has been lifted from me. Suddenly, I’m feeling much better about life and the world in general. And I found some other things to enjoy… but I wonder how long these things that I enjoy turn out to be less so… and how long before they become something that I can’t enjoy?
This is a general thought process that occurs whenever I stop enjoying something that I’ve enjoyed for years. A circle, if you will. I’m not denoting anything specific nor am I saying anything in particular. I’m just expressing a thought here.
Something to think about…

A Shellbinding Conversation

I hooked up with an old buddy that I hadn’t seen in years and we had a nice, pleasant conversation over a cup of coffee or two. As we were talking, he mentioned that he started getting back into comics and heard about the IDW-published TMNT comic series that’s currently ongoing, wanting to know if I knew anything about it.

I told him some basic stuff that I knew; it was yet another rebooting of the Turtles, but one built from the building blocks of what came before. I’ve heard good things about the series, but aside from a couple issues here and there, I haven’t been following the series nor do I know anything beyond the bare essentials of the plot. In any event, he said that he would give the series a shot.
A couple weeks go by and I hear from him again via e-mail, mentioning that he got the first trade paperback collecting the first few issues. He seemed impressed by the quality of the stories, but didn’t care for the reincarnation origin that fueled this whole story. He offered to lend me his copy so I could check it out, but I declined, told him how happy I was that he was enjoying the book, and wished him well.
I did get the trade for myself, along with a couple others, and they are presently my bedtime readers. While I’m beyond the point of giving this series the full follow-up, I liked what I read for the most part. This stuff is years old, the series is firm in publication, and apparently doing really well.
Turtles still have some staying power after all this time… and the comic, at least, is in good hands with IDW.

X-Men '92 To Be Ongoing Series In 2016

Source: http://www.newsarama.com/26038-x-men-92-return-as-ongoing-series-in-2016.html

Now everyone’s favorite version of their favorite mutants will be getting an ongoing series next year. Watch as they get completely fucked up and ruined by the modern writers who pretty much fucked up and ruined the modern version of everyone’s favorite mutants.

Wait, I thought comics in the 90s were supposed to suck?

Oh well…