LibrarianOfBabel

...and I think I may make it permanent.

The entire idea came to me on a whim born from the bitter fumes of alcohol--as my ideas so often do.

"SU bores me," I thought. "I shall leave it forever."

Forever eventually turned into "I'll check back in after a month," and here I am (minus a few hours). My conclusion: I did not miss this place one iota.

In fact, not having that tacky, ungainly toolbar marring my otherwise pristine Firefox interface was like having a great stone wheel unshackled from my feet. Mechanically clicking the Stumble! button dozens of times looking in vain for something (ANYTHING!) interesting was a rote activity towards which I found no nostalgic urge. I discovered no compulsion to get up to date on whatever empty, facile e-dramas had played themselves out in great futile circles during my brief absence. I did not miss SU's clunky, ugly interface, and its pseudo-blog foundation was one case in which absence clearly does not make the heart grow fonder.

Some of the users, perhaps, I missed. Many of them I missed after they were banned for their first or second time, and I began to lose track of who was who or when or why.

So, with that said, it is unlikely that I will return in any meaningful capacity. Consider this my final word on the matter.

I may check in periodically to reply to PMs (though, let's be honest, why would I start now after dutifully ignoring them since 2004?).

A living testament to the fact that some parts of America are like a third world country. Like her vagina, for one.

Holy shit is this old as hell.

Nancy Pelosi was a real sweet peach back in the day. Va-va-voom! I'd have sure liked to have taken her to a sock hop and then awkwardly fondled beneath her poodle skirt in the back of my old man's Studebaker.

In other news, Dick Cheney wasssss onccccccccce a maaaaaaaan.

The Catholic Church is, at its core, survivalist. As goes the wind, so goes the faith. I am convinced that come the heat death of the universe the Catholic Church will still exist, and will find some way to escape.

Whereupon I Lay Mercilessly Into the Creative Words of Another, Not Because It Gives Me Joy, but Because I Am a Heartless SOB Who Genuinely Thinks It More Valuable To Scorn With Purpose Than Praise Unduly:

Frankly, this bored the shit out of me. The girl could be the daughter of a cop, or a high-powered attorney, or a United States Senator, or anything really. The superhero schlock is a gimmicky glaze for a very standard young romance story that is even more nauseatingly adolescent than most in its treatment of the subject.

Using stand-ins for comic book icons can be done to great effect ("Invincible" and "The Boys"come immediately to mind). Here, however, it borders on laziness. The Batman stand-in is nothing more than that and, as I said, could easily be substituted for any powerful, overprotective father figure.

That said, this is a noble--if hopelessly juvenile--effort from two untested talents, and I am sure that the creators will go on to produce works of greater ambition on more worthy topics.

I much preferred this.