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Weekend report 0002

criminal-1_85f90c7bc8Read the first issue of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ Criminal over the weekend and was, for lack of better term, floored. Really, why can’t comics — or at least this one — be weekly instead of monthly? Methinks 30 days is too long to wait for Criminal issue #2.

And so my three-day weekend has come to an end. I like to believe it was productive — the thing I had to accomplish on Friday was accomplished, although it rankled me that my bank, unlike any other bank, couldn’t give me my certificate on the same day and had asked me to claim it by next week. And I paid P200 for that?! A pizza lunch with my mother and movies (Papillon, Hellboy) in the quiet afternoon helped calm my nerves.

Saturday was spent in Megamall attending the Manila Hobbies & Collectibles Convention 2019, my first toy event for the year. Scored two loose Marvel Legends figures (Sabretooth and the comics-version Vulture) for P1,900 — not bad. Delighted with the experience, I trooped to Yoshinoya afterward for my favorite beef bowl, and to Filbar’s for my comics fix.

Sunday was for rest and family, and reviewing the past two days, and mentally preparing myself for another predictably hectic workweek.

Listened to the Juliet, Naked OST, which is essentially an Ethan Hawke album.

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Bad news day

HiCHeroes in Crisis is definitely my favorite ongoing miniseries. Made that conclusion after reading issue 4 today. I like everything about it — the dialogue, the pacing, the artwork. Clay Mann really has this talent of making his female look sexy and vicious, damaged and beautiful. Girls I want to save from themselves.

Terrible news: my brother’s best friend died today. Late thirties, felled by hypertension. A burst vein in the head, according to info reaching my brother, who is in the Middle East. I didn’t know the guy personally, but his death had this chilling effect on me. News of someone so young kicking the bucket is not the kind of news I want to hear on the eve of my 40th name day.

Ah, well. Life goes on.

Saw my first movie for the year: First Reformed. Ethan Hawke as a reverend experiencing spiritual crisis. Movie’s OK, but fuck that ending. I was expecting something, uhm, explosive.

Also today: finally bought the missus her belated Xmas gift: Sony earphones she can use while working out. Exactly what she wished for.

Yay! And another workweek comes to an end.