You'd be surprised at how many people actually enjoy (or at least pretend to enjoy) Godzilla films.

To celebrate my birthday, I decided that I would have a Godzilla marathon at my place. I sent a number of invitations out, expecting only a few close friends and my reluctant girlfriend to show up. Because, really, Godzilla movies? Who would want to just sit around and watch Godzilla movies?

Surprisingly, more than you would expect. Or well, more than I expected. I was afraid having a bunch of my friends (many of whom had never really even met each other) in one location could spell disaster, but no, we all sat around watching movies and having a good time, eating pizza and drinking Mountain Dew.

I've never really had a birthday party since I was little, but this was a blast and I'd love to do something like it again.

Yesterday was ALSO Free Comicbook Day! One of the nerdiest days of the year! And I uh, spent way too much money. >_> Alien, Astonishing X-Men, Ignition City, and an older issue of Heavy Metal were my claims.

...Yes, I love Heavy Metal. I admit it. I confess. Yes, I know it's garbage, the writing is usually pretty crappy and badly translated and it's all violence and nudity, but it's my guilty pleasure. It's the best, cheapest way to see comic art from European and South American artists, and a better deal than anything Marvel or DC is currently putting out. Because seriously, I am getting so sick of superhero comics, with a few exceptions, and there's not much else coming out right now which interests me (or which I can afford), so I find myself digging through old, obscure stuff. The weirder, the better, and some of the stuff in Heavy Metal gets pretty weird, I assure you.

Anyways. Finals week starts tomorrow, all I have are critiques, and I'm readying myself. I have to print a bunch of stuff at Kinkos and mat or mount things too...

After that, a month of freedom to actually read all the comics I bought (and two novels and the first season of Fringe I received as gifts), work on portfolio stuff (SLOTHS), and then it'll be a month of summer classes: comicbook illustration and digital photography!

My work is never done...

[Brett]