Selenay's Ramblings

I've been in a grumpy funk for the last week or so, which sucks, and I haven't been able to pull myself out of it. This morning the radio was playing a bunch of make-Sel-happy tunes (Meatloaf!) and I actually sang along and felt pretty cheerful when I got to work. The plan today is told hold onto that cheerful feeling and try not to sink back into the grump funk.

So I'm trying to find things that I'm happy about to discuss today :-D

Apparently Captain America 2 has started filming and they've released info that says we're getting a bigger role for Natasha and Peggy is back. Woot!

I'm pretty excited about this film now. Natasha, Peggy, the Winter Soldier, Falcon...it's looking pretty sweet.

Together with the trailers I've seen for Iron Man 3 (Pepper!) and the info I've seen on Thor 2 (more Sif! more Darcy!), Marvel is doing exceedingly well right now at creating films I want to see. And as Joss is helming Avengers 2 and has a lot of influence on the SHIELD TV show, I'm feeling pretty confident and happy that we're getting some excellent stuff from Marvel for a long time. The new synopsis for the TV show (I'm surprisingly OK with the new title - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD at least won't be confused with The Shield) sounds very promising and I'm going to be shocked if ABC doesn't pick it up.

Well done, Marvel, you're doing a rather excellent job of creating things with plenty of appeal for all the genders. Take note, DC.

On the comics front, I'm officially a Marvel girl. Not just because I love the various Avengers lines, but also because lines like Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, and Fearless Defenders are amazing as well. I started out reading some DC lines but I've dropped pretty much all of them :-( Marvel's lines are a lot more fun and I don't get ragey over the treatment of their female characters.

*sigh*

Anyway, I got the email from my local comic shop about what's being released this week and realised that around three-quarters of my pull list comes out tomorrow. Definitely making a trip to the city on Saturday to pick that up! I've been reading the Age of Ultron book and I'm intrigued to see what the tie-in issue of Avengers Assemble will be like.

I suspect Saturday afternoon will be spent with big pot of tea and my lovely new comics. Heh.

Someone *cough*sugoll*cough* indicated that there might be some interest in hearing about my attempt to read all the Civil War books. So here you go.

I've learned about the broad outline of the Civil War event that Marvel did so it's not too difficult for me to read whatever I can get from the library in any order. Part of me doesn't want to read it (because ow) and another part of me needs to read it because it's such a big part of the back-story in a lot of Marvel lines. So I'm grabbing everything from the library, girding my loins and plunging in.

Currently I'm reading a massive book that seems to combine the trades issues as Civil War: X-Men Universe, Civil War: Wolverine and Civil War: X-Men so I'll talk about those later. I've also got another huge book that collects all the different Avengers issues to read when I'm done with that.

The first thing to arrive from the library, though, was this little number:

Civil War: Young Avengers and Runaways
I hadn't read anything about any of these characters before so the little precis on each one and their history at the beginning was very useful! I'd heard people discussing Teddy and Billy so I knew a little about them. I've also been reading the new Hawkeye series so I'd met Kate Bishop.

The book is mostly working on the outskirts of the main Civil War storyline, showing just how ugly it got when it extended to the younger superheroes. It didn't pull many punches and the villain of the piece wasn't just evil, he was downright creepy.

It didn't seem to be a book that was crucial to the main Civil War storyline but I did finish it itching to read more Young Avengers books.

Note to self: it's Wednesday, dammit, keep remembering that.

Note to self 2: sleep is a good thing, try it some day.

( Cut for work stuff )

Also, apparently I cannot type or proof-read my documents. Every change request that I've sent in this week has been initially rejected because I make tiny typos. Yesterday I had two periods in a file name. Today I have typed in incorrect file extensions. I'm thoroughly annoyed wih myself.

Next week there will be a five day break between sporting events. My evenings will be oddly empty. Maybe I'll actually do some reading or something. I have got quite the reading list of stuff that I need to finish by the end of the month, after all. I really need to get further with GRRM and there are a couple of novelette's to finish as well.

Shockingly, I have less that ten graphic novels out from the library and the to read stack on my coffee table looks downright reasonable. Until you realise that five of them are due at the library next week. Um, oops?

I can safely say that I'm thoroughly enjoying the first volume of the newer Avengers series by Brian Michael Bendis (as differenciated from all the other multitudes of Avengers lines including New Avengers, which I'm also enjoying from Comixology) and I'm looking forward to the Hawkeye stuff that's next on my pile.

Mum (my library mule) says that I have to restrain myself from putting Buffy Season 8 on hold until the to be read stack is down to only one or two books. She may have a point.

So next Friday, I'll put All The Buffy! on hold :-D

And on August 1st, I'm going through my back-log on Comixology and reading all of those because I will be done with Hugo reading and allowed to read Other Books and Stuff Not Due At The Library.

I'll also be hiding in some Mercedes Lackey and some Scalzi for a few days plus all the lovely treats waiting on my Kindle, such as Huntress by Malinda Lo.

So. Much. Reading. Yay :-D

Note to self 3: remember that you're on a writing deadline and need to actually write even when the Hugo and library reading catch-up are over and you're drowning yourself in fluff and fun.

ETA: I found out last night that Mum has been reading some of the stuff that I get from the library, like the occasional volume of Fables (she likes Bigby a lot) and one of the X-Men books. My poor mother, turning into a nerd by osmosis :-D

Um, the comic thing could be very bad. Have bought the first volume of Fables, both issues of Demon Knights and the second issue of Stormwatch.

Oh dear.

And I think that I may be enjoying Demon Knights a tiny bit more than Stormwatch. They're both excellent, though.

Dad flies back to England tonight. He's possibly going to start packing soon.

I'm very tired, but I want to at least try to catch up on some of the things on my PVR. So I may try watching Once Upon A Time after he's left from the airport - two RL friends really enjoyed it so I've got hopes for it.

Why isn't it nearly the weekend?