"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware."

This weekend started off looking like it was gonna be the most boring, longest and loneliest weekend of my life but it ended up being one of the best. My best friend who was supposed to enter a card tournament with me on Saturday called saying she had to bail because her sisters took her away on a surprise trip to Orlando. My other friends were either too busy, outta town or on the injured list. So about an hour later she calls me back with an invite from her and her family to join them at Epcot. Being I've never been there, I gratefully said yes. Saturday morning I left my house about 8:30 AM after a few wrong turns found the hotel they were staying at (I got there at 10:30) we caught the bus to Epcot from the hotel. After we got to there, we went all over the park, got on the Nemo ride twice, ate at seasons, went to see Honey I shrank the audience, spent a LOT of time in Japan, watched the drummers, listened to the story teller (I ended up acting in said story) drank some saké and got to keep the glasses. Let me tell you this Kali is an awesome drunk. We then staggered over to morocco to eat. All the time having a vary bad case of the drunken giggles. wandered over to Germany looking for candy, stopped by America got a funnel cake, Believe it or not I've never had one before. OMG! those are tasty bastards. About this time the fireworks were about to start, so we stopped by China, Kali got a peach oolong tea and I had a strawberry oolong tea slushy. we sat and watched the fireworks. Afterward we caught back up with her sisters we took the bus back to their hotel, sorted my swag from hers and drove home. I know i left out a lot of details, but my mind is still racing. i got home around 1:15 AM. so at the end of the day i drove 200.4 round trip, had the best day of the year (several years), had good food, good drink, some great swag, all with a great friend. and i learned that sometimes a spontaneous trip can do you wonders and i need to do it again --- Green eyed Dragon

"The language of friendship is not words but meanings." -- Henry David Thoreau

The other day I way in a bad situation that could've been avoided if I hadn't been so reluctant or stubborn to ask a very good friend for help. I was a mistake that could have affected my health. She was there for me and I appreciate it. My "brother" told me that has always been a flaw of mine, and that friends are there to give and ask for help. He doesn't see how I don't mind helping people, I'll go outta my way; but when I need it I turn into a coward. He told me I suffer from a common condition and I need to accept it. It's called he human condition. I need to think about how i AM a part of peoples life, a cog in the human machine. People stumble and fall. If you don't allow your friends to help you when you falter when you need them; how are to know they can ask you when the time comes? In the end it's a two way street. friends are a blessing; the good ones are there for the good times AND the bad. --Green eyed Dragon

This is me, not you

Don't you hate it when people try to push their ideals and ways of life onto you. Like vegans saying "meat is murder" which is : 1 stating the obvious, I'm pretty sure they don't volunteer 2. In my opinion (that I don't force on anybody) veganism is ungodly, if the almighty didn't want us to eat animals, he wouldn't make them taste like meat. or religion EVERYBODY knows a religious zealot, so I'm just gonna stop there. Now to get to my point. One of the guys that work for me and I got into an argument about if it's all right for a woman to ask a guy out; He said it made them "a greedy 'ho." Needless to say, this set me off. I told him that it's a new age; Women can vote now, they can be the one who "brings home the bacon", they cannot only ask a man out they can ask them to marry them. s#it they can even be on top. I can't post his reply because ebonics will not work with spell check and it was laced with profanity. In closing, however ignorant they may be people are entitled to their own opinions, just don't tell everybody their wrong and try to make them follow your beliefs. -- Green eyed Dragon

Nappy blame game

I'm sick of people blaming others for their kids being fuckwads. Every one is so ready to blame Anna Nicole Smith, Don Imus or violent video games instead of the parents. Parents who use the TV to baby sit are to blame. If you're gonna have kids raise them, teach them and do not blame other people, video games or movies. If you have to try to find someone or something to blame you suck; turn your brat over to the state and get your self sterilized. If you think a game or TV show can influence mommys little Mongoloid, try talking to them, even better try being a parent. Video games have been proven to improve hand eye coordination, motor and other useful skills. Another blogger friend of mine says "the fact is this: violent games do not make children violent. In fact, it's been shown that it makes kids LESS violent as they work out their frustrations and anger through the games to get it out of their system." So back the f*ck up offa my games before i hurt ya -- Green eyed Dragon

OMG

Thank GOD you're here.

I usually blog about comic books, anime, Manga and Video games; but this kind got me, In a country where the ten commandments are no longer welcome to be posted on the court houses that pass judgment on those who break them, where prayer and the name of God has been from schools and the workplace, Comes a TV show called "Thank God you're here." I'm religious, not a zealot mind you. All I have to say is WTF? they can say "Godda#n" All they want on TV but they cannot talk about God. Only in America. Oh, just so you know this is really me: Green lantern, Batman, Superman walk into a bar; Only superman wasn't hurt -- Green eyed Dragon

It's so confusing to be a leader these days -- you don't know if people are following you or chasing you.

A good friend of mine recently wrote on her blog about the X-man Rogue and how it seems like they're trying ever so hard to f*ck her life up even worse than they did in her series. I read the same interview (linked here .: Welcome to UncannyXmen.Net - For The Fans, By The Fans :.) it looks like she's gotta very good point. It makes me ask "Why give Rogue her own team just to take it away?" why keep messing with her powers, to me she could be one of the most powerful heroes in the Marvel U? The under use of her abilities to their full potential is very annoying to a semi-fan like myself, it must bug ten types of s#it outta her. I mean think about it she can absorb almost any powers and the knowledge to use them; mix two or three powers (like she did in X-MEN #188 ) and she still gets her a$$ handed to her too many times. She finally gets her own team, Three or more people on her team have tried to kill her many times. Now this: The current writer says there is more power changes for her and a possible return of Gambit.... *SIGH* It makes muh head hurts -- Green eyed Dragon

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death is irrelevant is comics. I could stop there, but what would be the fun in that? The list of heroes (and villains) who have died and stayed dead is a short. Dead and still dead (off the top of my head) The Flash II, The Atom I, Hawk woman I, Dr. Midnight I & II, Wildcat II, Black Canary I, Hourman III, Peace maker II, Bluebeetle I & II, Dove I, Xorn I & II, Jade, Ben Parker, Ultimate Beast, Scarlet Spider, and a few others The list of the "Round trip death" club is much longer: Jean Grey, Cyclops, Hawkeye, Superman, Wonder woman, Greenlantern (Hal Jordan), Robin II, The Flash III, Hourman I, Jack of Hearts, Thor, Captain Britain, Psylocke, Magneto, Black Tom, Multiple man, Wonderman, Mrs.Marvel, Hawk, Captain marvel, Metamorpho, Deadpool, Strife, The Human Torch I & II, Mr.Fantastic, The Thing, Dr. Doom, Venom, Green Arrow I, Carnage, Strong guy, War machine, Colossus, Nick Fury, Dr.Fate..Sigh the list can go on forever, Some die for years and some don't stay out of the game very long like a revolving door of death. especially with people like Jean Grey and her high speed merry-go-round of death and rebirth. When a character dies it should be meaningful, sometimes the comic book companies try and then change their minds like when DC "killed" Superman, they made a great deal of the death and thereby committed themselves to putting a great deal of effort into explaining how this death had become undone (back peddling). So now to the main point, Will Marvel Keep Captain America dead or is it another trivial annoyance? His death has (for now) a meaning; The "civil war " shouldn't have happened, Some heroes don't want to register because the have loved ones who can get hurt or killed. Will they turn it into a "Alice in Wonderland" type death, it was all a dream or it was faked? Only time will tell. In the fantastic world of comics, clones, robots and shape shifters can impersonate the prospective cadaver and die in his place; and time travel and multidimensional excuses can help him escape his fate altogether, I hope comics will slow this trend and return the our (the readers) fear of their favorite hero staying dead for more than three issues. In closing if i missed any hero or villain in either list please tell me -- Green eyed dragon

Continuity: A: uninterrupted connection, succession, or union b : uninterrupted duration or continuation especially without essential change

Remember when comics kept true to that word? These days nothing much is cannon; Powers, pasts, family and friends all change faster than a Las Vegas stripper. When I was a kid, Heroes never died, Villains never won. costumes stayed the same.

Today Heroes die, the bad guys win, villains become heroes and Heroes become villains, Sometimes that works (Rogue, Hawkeye, Hell any number of Avengers) The Bad guy turning into a good guy thing can sometimes backfire i.e. Magneto: Bad guy, Good guy, Bad guy, Good guy back and forth, dude s#it or get off the fence.

Another thing that gets me: Mind f%cks, a few good examples: Ronin (New avengers) is at first a guy then the mask comes off and it's a lady (Echo from Daredevil) now it's someone else. I think either it's Aunt May or Hawkeye, in realistic thinking it should be Hawkeye. 1. he's back from the dead. 2. Someone else took his name and 3. He's gotta be somewhere. But knowing marvel it'll be Aunt May.

Being back from the dead is probably going to be my next post, untill then -- Green eyed Dragon