I'm not a fan
of vacations, at least the ones where people go places and do things.
My idea of vacation is staying at home and doing nothing, or at most
catching up on those little things that you've been meaning to do. So
I'm not looking forward to tomorrow, when my parents and I drive to
Vancouver for the week to go to one of my second-cousin's wedding.
I usually take the an extra day before and after off. A day before to
pack and clean up my place a bit and do some errands. It's not fun
coming back from vacation to a messy house. I also made sure my VCR is
ready to tape my shows (good thing it's summer because one VCR can only
record so much -- I do have the EyeTV on my server but that's not
perfect). I packaged and mailed Dan's stuff (how many tripods and
camera accesory duplicates can a guy need?).
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I bought some
comic books. Marvel reset Wolverine to #1, so I dropped that title,
leaving me with Avengers, New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men. Avengers is
interesting, with a government conspiracy, a deadly plague, and the Red
Skull. Both X-Men titles are so so. I also picked up Emma Frost #1 --
and I don't know if it's a regular series or a mini-series. Bought it
solely on the strength of one scene where she admitted that she had
fallen in love with Scott Summers. Up until then she was not a nice
character but unrequited love is one of my favorite subjects and that
makes her character much more interesting in my book. The series starts
with Emma in school when her powers developed -- we'll see how that
turns out.
I took the scenic route to my parents, taking Highway 160 which winds
its way alongside the Sacramento River. It's hot, the river is peaceful
except for the occasional boater, and a few cars to keep me company. As
I drive through little towns like Isleton and Walnut Grove, I just
think that this is another world. It's more like the start of the 20th
Century than the start of the 21st here. It's so...quiet and slow. And
empty. That's not the life for me.
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