Comics and such

Hey peeps. Ever since my parents left, awake has been the new sleep. No, not coz i'm enjoying myself but coz i've got two essays and a case anaylsis to complete by the 10th. One of them is particulary interesting, "Without law, there is no order" A common thing to say, "Law and Order".. seems to go hand in hand. I'm sure i'll enjoy typing this one out. Just the citations and sources are the tricky bit. But first, i've got to finish this pesky consti essay!

The next few days, MSN to me is like a submarine. I'll submerge by going "appear offline" to avoid the social radar to concentrate on my work but when i get bored i re- surface but going " online/away" Heh. Don't mind me.. I've got an imaginative mind. Lack of sleep helps breed more of that.. all those pretty colours... whee. >.< Nah, JK.. i'm not going dillusional, yet...

Yesterday was a horrid day to put it in a non-vulgar way. Ever had a time where things just don't go your way? Well, ever since i left my backpack in the train on the way to the airport.. it hasnt been. The money wasted and effort wasted in retreiving it *sigh* Basically, I got booted of the train yesterday coz I didnt have my rail card on me. If I had followed my parents down to London to wish them off (and also claim my bag from lost and found) and returned to Notts, it would have costed an additional 54 quid!! My existing tickets were invalidated just coz I had left my Railcard at home. Miserable time it was. I had to get off the train a few stops later and take the opposite train back to Notts. It was a horrible farewell to my parents. My dad upset at me for my foolishness (which i admit) and me not able to get my bag back. It all started coz of my forgetfulness in leaving behind my bag and later on, my railcard. *sigh* A low point in my life, this was. Lesson is: Keep your baggage with you at all times. *deeper sigh* To make things worse, my phone charger is in my backpack so.. my phone's dead for the past week and possibly the week to come. Why can't i use another charger you say... Coz the blardy phone's an obscure NEC phone!! ARGGHH!! *deepest sigh* Pardon my melodramaticness but tis was indeed a bad time... A downward spiral. I've got to be more careful in the future dammit... Rant over.. something now about a joy in my life which i'll like to share with the world.. Comics. After that incident, it was comics that uplifted my spirits. The great thing about being over at my brother's place is the comics. The Italian food he cooks is a plus. But i've got to say C-O-M-I-Cs are one of the highlights.. Among the comics I've read over here (some which he got from libraries) are : Sandman: Endless Nights(by the highly acclaimed Neil Gailman) Ghostworld(it was made into a movie) and a biblical related one.. Chosen by Mike Millar. These aren't your typical comics. It isn't about bodily disporportionate super people (talking about the muscles la..) who have a fetish of wearing their tighies undies on the outside stopping evildoers from world domination. These comics actually deals with real world stuff. However, I've got to note here that all 3 comic books are pretty explicit in content. Believe it or not, Ghostworld has nothing on powers. It's just about 2 girls in our era, coming of age. Sandman deals with themes dealing with humanity such as desire, death.. combined with mystery, wonderful art, fantasy and exoticness) Some of the stories are just plain wierd tho.. and takes lots of deep thought. Something I dont seem really good at? Lol.

But the comic i'll really like to point out is CHOSEN. It's a really really cool comic!! It's about.. WHAT IF.. Jesus was born in modern times? The comic is rich with symbolism(The cover of the graphic novel has a boy on a cross and two telephone poles, in the shape of the cross in the horizon..giving the look of Golgotha).. and it doesn't necessary insult Christianity but poses questions. It starts out with a 12 year old boy who goes wandering in the woods with his friend in search of a porn magazine they heard was out in the woods. But then, tragedy strikes! A lorry veers off the bridge and lands on him! Next, we are brought to the hospital where a priest approaches his parents and we discover, there's not a scratch on him!

A nurse approaches him and he questions the nurse, "How is it possible?" Then, she replies, " Ask your mother why your father spends each night in the backroom?"

Zoom a few pages forward and we have a scene where all the teachers are asking him question about math, history, science and he answers them from the top of his head. His mother find him in shock and shouts, " Home!" Drawing an analogy between Jesus and the temple elders in the Temple of Jerusalem.

The comicbook goes on to draw parallels to Jesus. The way the writer deals with this touchy issue is.. just.. Brilliant. It was a great read.. one of the best i've read. I'm not giving away how it ends.. but if u see it, do check it out! Here some links to some reviews on it.

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Well.. that's all for now.. Cheers. I'm off to help my bro cook our dinner.. let the house training begin! >.<

P.S I'll post some pics and stories about my trip down to London, Bath and Italy... sometime in the future.