Countdown to Chicago

Okay, have you seen Clerks II yet? Go. Seriously. It's a good flick.

Next weekend, I'm off to my favorite big city, Chicago, for the Wizard World Chicago comic convention. I went in 2004, primarily to see Kevin Smith and to meet some people from his ViewAskew Board. I had a blast and made some terrific friends. This year, I get to spend a weekend with some of those friends, particularly Tammy aka LouieGirl. She is such a sweetie -- truly one of my favorite sapiens on the planet. Renfest Karla, who always exudes fun and frolic, will be there too. And I'll get to meet some new VA peeps. Oh, and see Kevin again.

I am not a stalker.

Hopefully, I will also get a chance to fill in some holes in my comic collection. JC always does a great job of pulling for me, but every once in a while, something slips through the cracks.

So my next posting here will most likely be a recap of Wizard World. Geeks unite!

Don't Just Sit There -- Go See Clerks II... Now!!!

Kevin Smith's new film, Clerks II opened this weekend. Stop reading this now and don't come back until you've seen it.

Go! I mean it! This can wait.

Back? Now, wasn't that worth the paltry $10 or so you spent? I mean, you got to laugh, you got Rosario Dawson, you got the deliciousness that is Silent Bob and you even got a donkey show. What else can you ask for?

You want to see it again, don't you? I understand completely. I do, too. In fact, that's what I'm gonna do right now. C-ya.

Personal Website Updated

It took me a couple of weeks, but I finally managed to update the pages of my personal website hosted on AOL and clicked through timothyshannon.com. I've been wanting to make the HTML of those pages less browser-dependent and more suitable to being viewed at different screen resolutions.

What kind of cyber-crap will you find there? Stuff on my career (such as it is,) my Irish heritage (complete with Irish Joke Archive,) my writing, my loves of sci-fi and comics, my family and friends... you know, the usual bloggy stuff.

Now, I'm off to make an announcement like this one on my MySpace account.

Superman Returns... Thanks Bryan!

I went to see Superman Returns yesterday with my friend DeAngelo. FAN-Friggin-TASTIC flick! I think this was Big D's fifth viewing. Brandon Routh did an excellent job with the title role and Kevin Spacey managed to keep his portrayal of Luthor just this side of caricature. The time, heh, flew by. Bryan Singer, architect of the first two X-Men movies, clearly knows this genre. His homage to the first two Superman movies did those films proud. I can't say enough about this movie except this: Go See It!

I will again with my buddy Jim and his son Austin on Sunday.

Seeing the Spider-Man 3 trailer on the big screen was also a real kick. I'd already watched it on YouTube. Have I mentioned that I love YouTube?

And, I finally gave in and joined MySpace, primarily for Kevin Smith. I don't think I'll abandon this blog, but use MySpace to focus on the ViewAskewniverse and all things Smithian.

Go see Supes Returns. You won't be sorry.