How to live as an incorrigible flirt

Have you ever met someone with such a pretty face you couldn't help but flirt a little? Maybe they were in a relationship, but you flirted a bit anyways. Maybe you yourself were in a relationship and felt bad for the flirtations. But at the time, you simply couldn't help yourself. Now, imagine this happening with more than half the people you meet.

If they looked like either, you really can't
be held responsible for any flirtation.
It's a knee-jerk reaction.

So let's say you're someone who can't see even a moderately pretty face without the flirting coming out. Let's say people start to label you as "creepy" or some variation of the word. What can you do? It's who you are. I say, stop apologizing for who you are. So long as you're not actively engaging in any true creeper behaviour (eg. stealing underwear), I say, why try to change. A little flirting does a great deal for a person's ego/confidence. You're doing someone a favour by flirting with them, even if they don't flirt back. It makes them feel special and wanted. It makes them feel attractive. If that's a bad thing, I'll gladly go to jail for it.

This man could file SO many lawsuits
if flirting were illegal...
against me alone.

Now, I'm not one to be judgemental about looks. It takes A LOT to keep me from flirting if I'm in a flirtatious mood. To me, pretty much everyone is beautiful, and they deserve to know that. There have been occasions I may have toed the line of creepiness, but I usually know when to reign it in.

If he wasn't so nice, he could file quite
the sexual harassment suit.

All I want to say is, flirting is healthy. It's a great way to have a little fun, even if you're not in for a commitment. It's a great way to let someone know you think they're attractive, which certainly makes a person feel good about themselves. If that's so wrong, I don't want to know what right is.

Cheers!

In Defence of Grammar Nazis Everywhere

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone who types like they're a monkey bashing its head against the keyboard?

I feel like the monkey is probably better at both
typing and spelling.

"but i liek to typ3 li3k dis" is often a defence for such crimes against language, or "its shorter 2 not type it all out and ur super dumb 4 not doin this 2" is an alternative. Why? For the first one, why would you want to look like a drunk ape learning how to use a complex piece of equipment? I honestly don't see the allure in looking like a complete moron in a setting where everyone across the globe could conceivably see your act of idiocy. For the second one... well, you're using a full keyboard. Can you honestly not spare the extra half-second it takes to type "to" or "too" instead of using the digit? If you're really that busy, should you honestly be wasting your precious, precious time on an internet forum or the comments section of whatever it is you're browsing? Quickly, get off your computer and get back to your life-changing work.

Seriously, these monkeys know what
they're doing.

Surely, if you are a lover of languages like myself, or at least a human being of moderate intelligence, you've wanted to, at some point, correct at least one egregious error in your time on the internet. Perhaps you've restrained yourself for fear of being labelled a "Grammar Nazi" for the whole internet to see.

My question is, why be afraid? Why fear being known for proper use of your language? Since the internet really started to soar in popularity, the quality of grammar everywhere has been deteriorating. It's gotten to the point where people, grown, adult people, have no idea how to use simple words like "your" and "you're" properly, and are simply confounded by the idea of "there", "they're", and "their" being different things with different meanings. Please, don't even get me starting on using "then" rather than "than" to make comparisons. This is simple grammar people should have picked up in grade school when they were learning how to read and write. No amount of wifi should ever change the fact that this is important linguistic knowledge.

Yes languages change an mutate over the years. Otherwise, we'd still be going around asking "what light through yonder window breaks" or "how art thee this fine morrow?" However, languages should not mutate to the point where words lose their meanings, or become so confused with similar words that no one knows how to spell or use them correctly without several visits to a dictionary. My point here is, use a darned dictionary, learn what words mean and how to use them, and I'll stay off your back. Until you do that, I will continue to be one of the last crusaders for linguistic purity.

Cheers.

I believe Nintendo's lost its mind...

The Nintendo Wii U is set to be released sometime soon, and it's helped convince me that Nintendo's finally gone completely bonkers.

Let's take a look at the controller:

It's large, it's clunky, it doesn't look like it can fit into someone's hands comfortably. Now, having spent my fair share of time with controller in hand, I can tell you that carpal tunnel from gaming is a real thing, and it's exacerbated by controllers that are uncomfortable to hold. This... this thing is a giant rectangle. It has made no effort to conform to the shape of a human hand, which really leads me to believe that Nintendo has some inside information about an impending robot apocalypse and they are preparing for our soon-to-be robot overlords. Robot overlords that have square-shaped hands or something. I honestly feel like the people who designed this have never sat down and played a game before in their lives.

Now let's talk about how you actually use the clunky controller:

It's a touch screen. Like on a DS. I bought a DS when it first came out. Then I bought another one when the Lite came out. I think I may be partly to blame for the inflated ego Nintendo's gone and grown itself. My point is, I don't need ANOTHER DS lying around the house. And that's basically what this is. It's a bug, clunky, not-foldy DS that works with your TV. Now, don't get me wrong, I'd love to play some of my DS games on the big ol' telly screen (Dragon Quest, anyone?), and if the new system allows me to do that, I will probably shell out my hard-earned, hard-to-come-by money for one on that principle alone. I'm not perfect. But if I'm going to have to look at a smaller screen instead of my TV half the time I'm playing the game, I'd rather not spend the money on the new system and just play my games on the consoles I already have. Because, you know, I'm responsible with my money.

This stuff just materialized on my shelf.
 I didn't spend money on it. I swear.

While we're on the subject of the touch screen, it appears that I will have to actually tear my eyes away from my pristine telly screen to fumble around with my bloody box-controller, presumably while I'm dying on the larger screen where the actual game is happening. Maybe Nintendo is looking to encourage team work, having one person operating the large robot weapon controller and the other looking for potential threats on the main screen. But what about lonely basemen hermits like myself with no one to spot them? Are we not allowed to play your games, Nintendo?

Now, let's talk games. Let's see, the hot titles Nintendo;s keeping from us are...

Stick [insert random word] Edition on the end and
BAM! new game.

Games we've already had for quite some time and have probably become sick of by now. It looks to me like Nintendo's just gone and taken the hottest games from the past year and gone "That's great... but I think adding clunky multi-tasking-required controllers will make it ten times better." Because that's how you get people to love your games right? Making them hard to play.

Let's talk connectivity. Ever tried to watch Netflix while hooked up to your PSN?

Then you've probably been filled with rage by this thing.

Annoying right? You're trying to watch a film or a very charming serial killer killing people, when little notifications keep popping up on your screen. A lot of the time, it's messages from the same person. "Hey, I see you're online, but not playing the game I'm playing. You should fix that." "Hey, are you listening to me?" "Hellloooooo?" The point is, they start to sound like Navi.

Back to the Wii U. Apparently, it's a completely connected userbase. Basically, everyone can see and message everyone. You see where this is going. Those "Hey! Listen! HEEEEYYYY!" infuriations are going to start happening. A lot. And there's nothing you can do about it. You'll be getting messages when you're trying to concentrate on a game, and a lot of the times (you know it will happen) it'll be some ten year old going "Hi." I can only imagine the mass console slaughters that will occur within a week of the Wii U's release. So, er, Nintendo... good luck with that.

Cheers!

Green Lantern's Going Rainbow?

A panel from the upcoming issue in which Sam is introduced.

Oh my, it has been quite some time since I've posted anything, I'm not used to actually having a life. Its strange to me.

Marvel's been making news recently with their announcement that Northstar and Kyle will soon be tying the knot. And if you're anything like me, you're waiting so impatiently to see it you're wearing a groove into the floor with your pacing.

DC, as they seem to do, is following suit, bringing back Alan Scott as the Green Lantern (I hear he'll eventually be heading the Justice League!) and their puling him out of the closet. The second issue of Earth 2 (written by James Robinson) will introduce Sam, Alan's lover, who in my opinion is adorable. It's out soon, I can't wait!

This is such a big step forward for the comic book world and I am so excited to be able to witness such a major change.

I, of course, had to draw my own.
It's obviously not as good as Robinson's.