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Oct. 16th, 2002 03:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragonlady7Calvin: I don't want to go to school. I don't want to learn anything new. I already know more than I want to! I liked things better when I didn't understand them! The fact is, I'm being educated against my will! My rights are being trampled!
Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant?
Calvin: I don't know, but I refuse to find out!
(Homocidal Psycho Jungle Cat, p. 41)
Been reading a bunch of Calvin and Hobbes books. (Every one, in fact, except for the first self-titled one, which is contained along with the second in The Essential Calvin and Hobbes anyway.) And why, oh why, are there NO comic strips in circulation today that are this goddamn good? I was going through and finding good quotes and marking down strips I wanted to scan so I could have a copy, and it was pretty much every one. For the however many years the strip was running. I mean... jeez! He was witty, relevant, thoughtful, socially-aware but not preachy, cute but never cloying, sentimental but never infuriating, never self-indulgent, never repetetive (even though he sometimes said the same things over again, they were things that bore repeating, and it was somehow even funnier), never stupid, never boring, and dammit, it was FUNNY. And beautifully drawn.
*sighhhh*...
sister fifi and i are chatting:
fifi (3:05:51 PM): oooohhh!!
fifi (3:05:59 PM): you should do what I do to keep your clothes fitting, tho
me (3:06:35 PM): what's that? buy elastic-waisted garments?
fifi (3:06:36 PM): i had food poisoning all weekend, and puked my guts out for a full day, and didn't eat anything for another day, and when I finally was able to go out in public people kept complimenting me on how svelte I looked
me (3:06:46 PM): oh boy. i should do that. yay!
fifi (3:07:14 PM): oh, it was so fun.
me (3:07:16 PM): Yes, body-racking nausea is the way to go, this year.
fifi (3:07:35 PM): and my torso muscles are all tight now from the projectile vomiting
me (3:08:07 PM): Oh geez, that sounds lovely....
fifi (3:09:47 PM): oh, absolutely
me (3:09:55 PM): i bet it was a blast
me (3:10:39 PM): Zobar's buddy Corey (3:09:51 PM): Wow
Zobar's buddy Corey (3:10:13 PM): I'm going on an all poison diet.
me (3:10:30 PM): totally.
me (3:10:48 PM): He thinks your suggestion is great.
fifi (3:11:00 PM): lol. I shoudl patent it and write the book
me (3:11:04 PM): indeed.
******
fifi (3:12:59 PM): do you have online boobage that I can't sense cuz I'm a girl?
me (3:13:06 PM): prolly
me (3:13:13 PM): i get that kind of thing all the time...
fifi (3:13:25 PM): oh, oh wait....
me (3:13:36 PM): are you getting boobage?
fifi (3:13:39 PM): if I really put my face near the screen I can kind of sense the IM boobage....
fifi (3:13:46 PM): oh wait, I can almost see htem
me (3:13:47 PM): ah. yeah.
fifi (3:13:52 PM): I can almost--
me (3:13:53 PM): they're kinda big. you probably can from there.
me (3:13:56 PM): ew, don't touch them
me (3:13:59 PM): that's creepy
fifi (3:14:05 PM): AAAAAGHHH!!!!!! YOU PUT MY FUCKING EYE OUT!!!!!
me (3:14:16 PM): damn you. do i need to put a warning on these things?
Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant?
Calvin: I don't know, but I refuse to find out!
(Homocidal Psycho Jungle Cat, p. 41)
Been reading a bunch of Calvin and Hobbes books. (Every one, in fact, except for the first self-titled one, which is contained along with the second in The Essential Calvin and Hobbes anyway.) And why, oh why, are there NO comic strips in circulation today that are this goddamn good? I was going through and finding good quotes and marking down strips I wanted to scan so I could have a copy, and it was pretty much every one. For the however many years the strip was running. I mean... jeez! He was witty, relevant, thoughtful, socially-aware but not preachy, cute but never cloying, sentimental but never infuriating, never self-indulgent, never repetetive (even though he sometimes said the same things over again, they were things that bore repeating, and it was somehow even funnier), never stupid, never boring, and dammit, it was FUNNY. And beautifully drawn.
*sighhhh*...
sister fifi and i are chatting:
fifi (3:05:51 PM): oooohhh!!
fifi (3:05:59 PM): you should do what I do to keep your clothes fitting, tho
me (3:06:35 PM): what's that? buy elastic-waisted garments?
fifi (3:06:36 PM): i had food poisoning all weekend, and puked my guts out for a full day, and didn't eat anything for another day, and when I finally was able to go out in public people kept complimenting me on how svelte I looked
me (3:06:46 PM): oh boy. i should do that. yay!
fifi (3:07:14 PM): oh, it was so fun.
me (3:07:16 PM): Yes, body-racking nausea is the way to go, this year.
fifi (3:07:35 PM): and my torso muscles are all tight now from the projectile vomiting
me (3:08:07 PM): Oh geez, that sounds lovely....
fifi (3:09:47 PM): oh, absolutely
me (3:09:55 PM): i bet it was a blast
me (3:10:39 PM): Zobar's buddy Corey (3:09:51 PM): Wow
Zobar's buddy Corey (3:10:13 PM): I'm going on an all poison diet.
me (3:10:30 PM): totally.
me (3:10:48 PM): He thinks your suggestion is great.
fifi (3:11:00 PM): lol. I shoudl patent it and write the book
me (3:11:04 PM): indeed.
******
fifi (3:12:59 PM): do you have online boobage that I can't sense cuz I'm a girl?
me (3:13:06 PM): prolly
me (3:13:13 PM): i get that kind of thing all the time...
fifi (3:13:25 PM): oh, oh wait....
me (3:13:36 PM): are you getting boobage?
fifi (3:13:39 PM): if I really put my face near the screen I can kind of sense the IM boobage....
fifi (3:13:46 PM): oh wait, I can almost see htem
me (3:13:47 PM): ah. yeah.
fifi (3:13:52 PM): I can almost--
me (3:13:53 PM): they're kinda big. you probably can from there.
me (3:13:56 PM): ew, don't touch them
me (3:13:59 PM): that's creepy
fifi (3:14:05 PM): AAAAAGHHH!!!!!! YOU PUT MY FUCKING EYE OUT!!!!!
me (3:14:16 PM): damn you. do i need to put a warning on these things?
missing you!
Come live in Albany with me. We can exercise together! And go sailing!
And my cats are much more sociable now so they'd love you too.
I have a new apartment now. It's about 3 miles from Crossgates. But I haven't moved in yet.
--Kathleen