December 31st, 2007 by The Grey Ghost
It’s that time to look back at the year’s past and, take what we’ve learned, and direct ourselves into where we want to go in the future. Put simply, let’s get to those new year’s resolutions!
I’ll stick with my usual lot of eating better, exercising more, saving money, and making more time to see friends. But I have a few more to tag on for good measure.
First, I want to keep on the guys at work for getting me involved in web development. I want to be working in that department full time by this time next year. Ideally to the point where I can do my work remotely, from home or anywhere. The goal is to be able to stay gainfully employed by the time Ashley gets her teaching license next year so that I’ll be free to follow her wherever she may go with it.
I also want to continue working on this site. Last month, I set myself up with the challenge of making five posts per week. I was inspired by a job listing looking for a game reviewer that had that as one of it’s requirements. I’m proud to say that I’ve been doing a pretty good job so far! I may bend the rule a bit by counting any day that I work on the site, not just writing posts. I’ve been reading up on how to manage a site and possibly capitalize on it. I don’t expect to make any real money (if any), but I would like to prove to myself that I can do something significant with it. Though it will be hard to top David Sirlin’s comment here.
Those are my biggest resolutions. I have tons of minor things I’d like to improve upon myself, but those are key. The only other thing I can think of is playing more Street Fighter. Even if I only play single-player like a loser. With all the hype around the franchise next year and the game room events at Animazement, I’d like to stay somewhat fresh.
Happy New Year, everybody! See you in 2008!
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December 31st, 2007 by The Grey Ghost
This was a big weekend for birthdays. Yesterday, a close buddy of mine had his 30th birthday. The day before, my sister turned 19. And the day before that, Stan Lee turned–holy shit, that guy is 85??
Wow, Stan Lee’s getting old. Like, ooooooold. And yet he continues to take part in terrible television show year after year. I’ll give him one thing; he has a lot of energy and enthusiasm for his age. I think that it’s because of that (more so than the fact that he created some of the most influential comic book characters in history) that when he finally leaves us, he’ll be so greatly missed.
I always read stories from all sorts of comic book professionals about the day they first met Jack “King” Kirby. All of them–no matter how old the person was at the time–gave the sense of a child meeting his hero. All very inspirational. Unfortunately, I’d never met Jack Kirby before he died. Never even seen him at any of the conventions I’d attended. Unlike Stan Lee, Jack Kirby wasn’t in the spotlight much, so I never got much exposure to him other than his artwork and those stories.
Stan Lee’s different. The closest I ever got to seeing him myself was when I walked in on the last 5min of a panel he was on. I could barely see him from behind all the people standing in the back of the room. But aside from that, I think that him being in the public eye was a positive thing. Every time I see him talking on TV, I get excited! Even if it’s about comics that I’ll never read ever, I feel like a kid again!
I think one reason why we’ve been seeing Stan Lee so often lately in both film and TV is because people are realizing that he’s not going to be around to lead the way for the comic book industry for much longer. So they’re going to get as much mileage out of his notoriety as possible. Whether it be producing crappy reality shows or 3-second cameos. Sure, it might be exploitive, but I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t love seeing him.
Happy 85th, Stan Lee… Excelsior!
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