The Awesome New Cat Leo

I just got back from Boy Scout Camp at Camp Yawgoog in Rhode Island. When I got home I found that my parents had bought my brother a cat for his birthday. We used to have two cats, Frankie and Nelle, but since Nelle died in October we've only been toying with the idea of getting a new cat. the new cat's name is Leo. Leo is an eight month old American Shorthair/Siamese mix. He gets an awesomeness rating of 8.9 out of 10. We've been trying to introduce him to Frankie, but Frankie seems scared for some reason. Here's a picture of me with Leo.

The Flash Comics Anomaly

So, like I told you, I recently got back from my 13-day vacation. I mentioned that I went to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where my grandparents have a chalet. There I went to S & G Comics and Collectibles, which, in terms of comic book stores, I would give on a scale of 6.8 on a scale of 1 to 10. They didn't have a lot of what I was looking for, meaning Silver and Bronze Age comics. I know that means I shouldn't be biased, and in their favor, they did have loads of later comics from the Modern Age. They also had lots of different figures and busts, which was pretty cool. I purchased The Flash #176 and Adventure Comics #431. I was pretty happy with my purchase. That is, until Saturday. I went to New England Comics in Quincy, which is where I do basically all of my comics shopping. I give them an 8.9 out of 10. I was there to use my gift card that I received from my grandparents for my birthday. There, I bought The Flash #147, #154, and #192. Also in the section where I found those comics, I found The Flash #176. Yup, the same issue that I bought in Tennessee. Except there, it was half the price, ( $20.00 at S & G, $10.00 at New England Comics), and in better condition. I obviously didn't buy a second copy just because of the better price and condition. Too bad. Really too bad. Oh, by the way, my brother just started writing on his new blog and told me to put it on a post on my blog. The URL is arlosrandomworld.wordpress.com.

Just got back from my 13-day vacation at approximately 10:30 PM last night. Here are some pictures of the highlights of it. Sorry for the poor quality, my camera wasn't working very well.

Me at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. By the way, I tried the blue cheese, and it tastes awful.

Me at Yosemite. Man, those were some huge geysers.

By the way, all the photos above were made with a program on my computer. I didn't go to Paris or Yosemite. I really went to Cleveland to see the Pirates play the Indians, then to Gatlinburg, Tennessee, to stay at my grandparent's chalet, then to Athens, Georgia, to visit my uncle. here are some pictures of me with a Green Lantern replica power ring that I bought at Bizarro Comics in Athens, and me with an Edgar Allan Poe bobblehead that I bought today at Newbury Comics with the gift card my parents gave to me for my birthday.

The Awesome Bat-Signal

Again, sorry for not being on my blog for so long. But now since I'm out of school for the summer I'll have way more time to post stuff. Like how I got this totally awesome Bat-Signal for my birthday! No, unfortunately, it is not an actual Bat-Signal that comes with a life-sized Commisioner Gordon figure that will turn on this Bat-Signal that will project a symbol that will call to action Gotham's greatest crime-fighter. No, that's not what it is. But it is what I think would be the second-best thing to that. It's a small Bat-Signal, but it actually projects the Batman symbol. I mean, it doesn't work all that great from a distance like the real Bat-Signal would, but it is still extremely awesome. There's a picture that shows it up above.

Nature Can Be Gruesome

Yesterday, I was riding in the car with my parents and brother. Spotting something black in my peripheral vision, I turned around just in time to see a large Common Raven flutter to the ground. It had something small and tan hanging out of its beak. At first glance, I had thought it was a mouse or small rodent of some sort. But when a large Eastern Cottontail rabbit came racing up behind the large black avian, I realized that the bird had caught something more than its usual game. The small lifeless body in its mouth was a baby rabbit. Specifically, the kit of the cottontail chasing after the bird. The raven, realizing that he needed a better place to enjoy his prey, took off, landing several yards away. The rabbit chased him to the point of him fluttering up to the roof of a nearby building, out of the rabbit's reach, ending the conflict. The mother then simply stood staring at the spot where the raven had landed on the building, not moving, almost like a way of mourning the loss of her child. Nature can be gruesome.

OH MY GOD. Boston Comic-Con was more awesomer than I ever could have imagined! I saw Tim Sale, and I bought Amazing Spider-Man #298 and Web of Spider-Man #1. I also saw a business that had Amazing Spider-Man #1 in Good condition AND Amazing Fantasy #15 in Very Fine condition! It was SO COOL.

               

I am so going to Boston Comic-Con this weekend. Tim Sale is going to be there. TIM SALE! He did the art for BATMAN: HAUNTED KNIGHT, BATMAN: DARK VICTORY, BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS, and SPIDER-MAN:BLUE. Awesome.