Chris Haley is... THE ENTHUSIAST!
Me: What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen?
April: I guess that depends on how you define "weird".
Me: The question is intentionally open to your own personal interpretation.
April: It's just a really open-ended question. I'm having to try to think of all the weird things I've ever seen. I can't think of what the weirdest thing is.
Me: Can you think of a single weird thing you've seen?
April: (Brief pause) No.
Me: Haha!
April: (After 10-15 minutes of thinking and light conversation) I guess I'd have to say.. the weirdest thing.. I've ever seen.. is.. a giraffe.
Liz: oh maaaan. are you going to the hi tone?
Me: I want to but I've got some other things I've got to defeat first
Liz: vanquish ... the things!!!!
Me: Liz! I have to get past the family visit, the dinner with friends, and the making a poster for a thing levels before I can unlock the dance party stage!
Liz: that is an excellent way to view priorities
Me: If I can keep it up, I might win at life
Chat transcript with Chris Haley:
thechrishaley: check this out.
[Chris then tells me that a friend of his was depressed because she saw somebody on Facebook who was apologizing for her power being out, which prevented her from being able to “send out any beets or whatever it is they send or trade.”]
me: Wow. I had no idea it was that depressing.
thechrishaley: Neither did I.
me: That makes me want to lie on the ground forever. Maybe that’s what was going on in that Radiohead video.
(Source: youtube.com)
Me: So, out of the four main Green Lanterns, which TWO do you think DC will screw over in "War of the Green Lanterns"?
Curt: Hmmm.. the black one and... Kyle Rayner. (Editor's note: Curt knows John Stewart's name, he's making a point that DC will, of course, screw over the minority character.)
Me: (Reading the solicit for Green Lantern Corps #61 aloud) "In the aftermath to “War of the Green Lanterns,” John Stewart and Kyle Rayner’s world is left completely shattered."
Huston: Oh hey, we saw Source Code last night. Really good.
Me: I want to see that and Hanna. Double feature.
Huston: I couldn't talk my wife into a double feature. We would of had to go to the midnight showing. Did you know the the guy who made Source Code is David Bowie's son? I did not.
Me: Yes. I knew that.
Huston: Crazy. I've never thought of David Bowie having kids before.
Me: That is literally all I think about.
Sims: Where's your girlfriend? Sorry, I should use your girlfriend's name. Where's Curt Franklin?
Me: lolfr
April: Do I look like I'm in a John Waters movie?
Me: No.
April: Yes I do, shut up.
thechrishaley: so tell me all about SDCC dude!
me: oh man. so crazy. i don't even know where to start. so much walking. so many lines. so much unfortunate cosplay. so many weird C-list celebrities
thechrishaley: haha
me: i saw the asian dude from mythbusters dressed up like battlestar galactica! i have no idea how to respond to that. is that awesome? weird? sad? i have no mechanism in place for processing stuff like this.
Me: Did you read OMAC?
Chris: Not yet. I read Action, Detective, Swamp Thing, and JLI. I've still got Animal Man, Batgirl, Batwing, Men of War, and OMAC
Me: I'm kind of in love with OMAC. And I was really disappointed with the writing side of Swamp Thing.
Chris: You know why this is difficult for me to stomach.
Me: Why?
Chris: There is a name attached to it that makes it hard for me to believe it isn't excrement.
Me: What, OMAC? I know, dude. I read it with my nose plugged for fear of it stinking up the joint.
Chris: Haha
Me: But man, I think it was my favorite comic of the week.
Chris: Wow.
Me: Yup.
Chris: Still definitely going to read it, but man … we're through the looking glass.
Me: Yup. Up is down. Cats is dogs. Liev Schreiber is Dustin Hoffman. End times.
Creepy Dude on the train: "You have really nice eyebrows."
Me: "Thanks. I work out."
(And he never spoke again.)
