PART A: First of all, let me be the (probably not) first to say that a
TTC strike just isn't a TTC strike without a solid heat wave giving would-be commuters strokes. Hooray! Everything sucks!
Not that I'd know, of course. Getting to work, in my case, involves the following:
1) Put left foot in front of right foot.
2) Put right foot in front of left foot.
3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 about 45 times.
4) Congratulations, you are at work! Assume the position.
Still, I'm sure that sooner or later I'll want to visit someplace/one that doesn't reside/live within walking distance, in which case I'm screwed. Or buying a bicycle. Too bad there are no bicycle stores within walking distance.
PART B: Second of all, last weekend I went to a sweet ass comic release party. There I got the second Scott Pilgrim comic (which I am "currently reading"). The writer, Bryan Lee O' Malley, even drew a lovely drawing in my copy.
Righteous!
As much as I enjoy the Scott Pilgrim series, though, the real reason I went down was to meet my childhood idol Ryan "
Dinosaur Comics" North. By childhood idol I of course mean "guy whose work I've been a huge fan of for a little over a year," although I don't think I made the distinction when I told that to him. Mr. North was, thankfully, a totally awesome guy, and even wrote a comic on the spot as part of a presentation. There's a good article covering the event
here, and if you look closely you *might* (read: definitely will) be able to see me (I call that picture "Panel 4").
As awesome as that was, it did make me aware of the fact that I act like an idiot in front of celebrities (or idols, etc). I end up yammering about "biggest fan" this and "childhood idol" that and "scrapbook devoted to you," um, this. After it was over, I asked my friend Warth if I came off as a total moron, to which he replied, "Only a bit... but don't worry, he probably won't remember who the fuck you are." Still, I overheard someone else who was most likely worse than me...
Fan: You know what you should do? A comic about riding the bus.
Ryan North: Like...
Fan: Yeah, like one where the characters are riding the bus and stuff.
Ryan North: Well, it'd be a bit difficult, cause, you know, there's a building and a car in panel 3... so they can't really be on a bus, right?
Fan: Oh, well... maybe they're talking about riding the bus?
Ryan North: Yeah, ha ha maybe.
Fan: Because it'd be funny. Buses are funny.
Ryan North: Yeah, they are pretty f-
Fan: Buses are fucking funny.
...and so on and so forth.
PART C: Third of all, this has nothing to do with buses. But... well...
That should be popular in Japan. OUCH JAPAN OH SNAP!