First week of the year, and I've got a few longer hardcovers and books, and a lot of time in the Eighties. Here we go! DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras and DC Through the '80s: The Experiments. These were on my wish list for a while and I got both for Christmas, …
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The Year in Uncollecting 2021
Well, we've finished the third year of this endeavor and with this update and reflection, there seems to be both a lot to talk about and at the same time, not very much. 2021 was a strange year for me. Sure, the running thread through much of popular culture and social media was that it …
Personal Archaeology 22: On College, Philosophy, Love, Friendship, and Acceptance
So I have been part of a listserv for My So-Called Life fandom for 20 years. The emails flowed from a trickle to a complete stop years ago when a number of us shifted over to social media or moved on altogether, but back in October, it sprang to life again for a little while. …
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Pretense, Joy, and the Residue of “Cool”
Stop making fun of adult women who read YA; stop making fun of men who take a childlike delight in things. There's no law that says we have to become stuffy and boring as we age. Let people find joy where they can.Boze Harrington "It's Cool, California" by Duncan H is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 I cannot remember …
I, Tonya
A few weeks ago, I reviewed Bud Greenspan's 1994 Olympics documentary, noting that this was one of "my" Olympics, so to speak--one of the games that took place when I really paying attention to everything surrounding them instead of just watching them when they came on. The marquee event, at least as far as network …
Personal Archaeology 21: Unexpected Moments of Normal
The last two of my journals, which chronicled my junior and senior years of high school. I've been trying to figure out how to write this post, because once I finish it, I will be completely done going back through the paper notebook journals from junior high and high school. They began sometime in the …
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Crucible: The Final Impact
The !mpact Comics line from DC was never something I ever got into. I think that I may have mentioned this in a previous post, but i picked up the first issue of The Legend of the Shield because of the Captain America pastiche and The Comet for the Tom Lyle artwork, and I wound …
The Freedom is Tyranny of the To-Do List III: The Domination
So I was talking to my therapist this week about my issue with long-term projects with a "large" starting point. I used the analogy of a cluttered room (of which I have more than one in the house)--you know you have to start somewhere, but it all looks so overwhelming that you find yourself throwing …
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Uncollecting Update November 2021
As always, let’s get started with the numbers … Media consumed # (remaining/total)Physical Comics Read: 38 (6/57)Digital Comics Read: 0 (472/539)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 5 (36/74)Books Read: 0 (114/174)Movies Watched: 2 (101/146)TV Seasons Completed: 0 (90/101)TV Shows Completed: 0 (28/38)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 229 What cracks me up about the podcast number repeatedly going up is that I keep finding new podcasts to listen to. I guess I'll never be done with …
Thanks for the Livestock
The other day, I was trying to write a Thanksgiving-themed post in my notebook and it was a complete mess. I could not get beyond feeling like things had not gotten better than they were last year, even though I was glad that my suspicions that I was suffering from depression were confirmed. I guess …
The Uncollecting 