Friday, June 18, 2010
It's vacation time!!!
So as you can see, this isn't a Flashback Friday post. If you want to know where it is/why it isn't here, check out the opening paragraph of my Black Widow #2 post for an explanation. Anyway, since I'll be going back to school in a little over two weeks, I've decided to take a bit of a break from blogging the next few days... You know, enjoy what's left of my vacation before the specter of school is upon me again. But I know I can't just ignore the blogs for a few days, because if I do, I'm not going to want to come back... It's happened before... So I'll ask you, my loyal X-Maniacs(heh heh)what you think I should do... I could just post a Random Scan every day I'm on vacation(I don't really like that idea since that's what the pic blog is for), I could post scores for everything I read, with no review, which is what I'm leaning towards, although I don't think that would look very good... Then again, maybe I could post like a single sentence about each comic I read(or a VERY brief paragraph), along with the score and a scan from the comic, although, once again, I'm not sure how that would look... Or of course I could just post nothing for the next few days, and hope that I'd come back to the blog feeling all fired up and ready to go again(although knowing the way I am, I tend to doubt that...). I'm open to any ideas/suggestions, just let me know what you think I should do by tomorrow night(Saturday night), so I can implement it. I'll still respond to any comments that are being left for me, and check other blogs, but I'm just not too keen on spending upwards of 2 hours a day doing blog work... So there you have it. Let me know what you guys think, leave me a few comments, and I'll have SOMETHING up tomorrow... I'm just not sure what!
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Well since you'll be on vacation, what if you let Bizarro X-Man review a few books? :)
ReplyDeleteHA! I'd love to let Bizarro X-Man do some work around here, but I get the feeling Bizarro X would wind up giving me more work then I usually do! But you know, maybe one day during my self imposed blog vacation(if I'm feeling especially creative!)I'll hand the reins over to Bizarro X and see what he can do. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHere's another idea, which is kind of a variation of some of your suggestions...list the comics you read and see if you can give a three or five-word review for each (less than ten, for sure). Who knows, it might actually be pretty time-consuming to boil things down that much, but if not it could be kinda fun.
ReplyDeleteOr heck, just take a day or two off and don't worry about posting anything. With everything you've been doing around here lately, I'd say you deserve it!
I agree with both of Marc's ideas, not the Bizarro X but the other two haha. So yeah dude, I'd like a two or three sentence review of everything ya read, that'd be cool.
ReplyDeleteNoooo don't leave meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee X!! I'll only have JT to harass.:(
ReplyDeleteNaah JK. You definitely deserve to relax blog-free for a couple days, enjoy the NY scenery and hell read comics and don't worry about reviewing them. :)
Hope you have fun and enjoy your time off!!
Could you write down all the comics you are reading and put a quick grade next to them?
ReplyDeleteFirst off, thanks for the suggestions folks, I appreciated hearing them all. As you have probably seen, I decided to post the books I'm reading, along with my thoughts, in three sentences or less. I figured any less then three sentences would amount to me just saying, "This comic was good/meh/bad!" for every review, and if I decided to do any more then three sentences, then I might as well do a full review!
ReplyDeleteOh, and in one review I posted tonight I actually DID manage to do it in less then 10 words Marc, which(for me, being rather loquacious and all)I considered pretty impressive! You know what else is impressive? My use of the word loquacious! :P
And JT, what's wrong with the idea of Bizarro X-Man?!? :P
I still thing Deoxyriboneucleic Acid beats Loquacious. :P
ReplyDeleteLol you remember that time he outwitted me... I've had a grudge ever since. His damn backwards talk!
Yeah, but isn't it easier to just say DNA instead of Deoxy... Deoxy... that long word? :P
ReplyDeleteJT, the fact that you were once outsmarted by Bizarro X makes me sad for you... :D
Three sentences was a good call, and I love how one comic didn't even need more than one sentence.
ReplyDeleteThe fact I can use big words should void that Bizarro X outsmarted me... :P
ReplyDeleteSurely the picture posting bit must take up more time that the Brightest Day #4 review? ;)
ReplyDeleteOh, and you totally need to review EVERYTHING you've read in the style of Flashback Fridays :P (I gotta do that with my 24 comics)
Well, so far so good with the mini reviews. I'm FINALLY breezing through my unread new comics pile, hopefully by the end of the week I'll be completely caught up for the first time in... well, more months then I can remember!
ReplyDeleteThere's no shame in being outsmarted by Bizarro X JT... Aw who am I kidding, of course it's shameful!!! :D
Yes, when have you EVER been caught up with this weeks comics :P
ReplyDeleteI seriously don't think I've been caught up with my unread new books pile in a good 2 or 3 years. This blog is a BIG reason as to why though!
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