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yubsieSo, 3:45? SO not a good wakeup time. It's more like a go to sleep time. But that's when I had to get up today to make it to the 4:45 meet time to go count the Zellers in Saint John. Everyone was in agreement that it was an unholy hour. Tomorrow's meet time is 5:45, which is likewise unpleasant.
I was assigned a "buddy" today at work, a new guy who I was supposed to be helping out. It was kinda weird, since he was old enough to be my dad and I was teaching him. :p The store was about 70% hardline (things counted in multiples, considered harder to count even though I honestly prefer it), so I got pulled off softline to go do exciting things like groceries and cookware. I was doing a little "I get to do multies!" dance because I had been told that I was going to be on the one at a time stuff all day to keep me close to my buddy. :p
So yeah, short version, I HATE MORNINGS. :p
Oh, and a couple Zellers associates were having a loud conversation in which one of them was trying to explain the difference between manga and comics. It was all I could do to not yell out "You're doing it wrong!" when he explained it as "Comics don't have a story and suck. Manga has a story and doesn't suck."
CLEARLY he's been reading the wrong comics. I mean, the whole lack of story thing used to be my perception of comics. Then some evil person recommended Sandman, which had a story and was made of awesome. And then I started finding out about lots of comics that have stories. Of course, given the price, I'm not sure this was a good thing. D*MN YOU NEIL GAIMAN!
Aww, who am I kidding. I can't get mad at Neil Gaiman. :p
I was assigned a "buddy" today at work, a new guy who I was supposed to be helping out. It was kinda weird, since he was old enough to be my dad and I was teaching him. :p The store was about 70% hardline (things counted in multiples, considered harder to count even though I honestly prefer it), so I got pulled off softline to go do exciting things like groceries and cookware. I was doing a little "I get to do multies!" dance because I had been told that I was going to be on the one at a time stuff all day to keep me close to my buddy. :p
So yeah, short version, I HATE MORNINGS. :p
Oh, and a couple Zellers associates were having a loud conversation in which one of them was trying to explain the difference between manga and comics. It was all I could do to not yell out "You're doing it wrong!" when he explained it as "Comics don't have a story and suck. Manga has a story and doesn't suck."
CLEARLY he's been reading the wrong comics. I mean, the whole lack of story thing used to be my perception of comics. Then some evil person recommended Sandman, which had a story and was made of awesome. And then I started finding out about lots of comics that have stories. Of course, given the price, I'm not sure this was a good thing. D*MN YOU NEIL GAIMAN!
Aww, who am I kidding. I can't get mad at Neil Gaiman. :p
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Date: 2007-07-11 02:57 am (UTC)Comics=Manga
Not much more to it....... there's all kinds of wonderous stuff, likewise all kinds of wonderous junk to find in each.
Have you read Bone (http://boneville.com/) yet?
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Date: 2007-07-11 11:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-11 11:57 pm (UTC)Gaiman is not the only comics writer with stories, but he certainly has some of the more interesting things.
Manga/Comics difference - technically none, but it's all in the art. That's all they had to say. "Mangas has a different kind of art than western comics" (mostly - the lines are blurring)
There are people out there who, when given a small amount of information, suddenly become experts and spread misinformation like wild fires. May they all be stuck in a small room with no egress, but a detailed plan to open the secret door. Which is in another room.
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Date: 2007-07-12 12:11 am (UTC)The difference really does come down to art and/or place of origin.
I like your plan for these people. :p
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Date: 2007-07-12 02:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-07-12 03:17 am (UTC)OMG, it looks SO SHINY! I am SO excited about that movie, it's RIDICULOUS.