Musings from the God of Cities

much like almost every other stupid jerk with a digital camera, i went to see the simpsons movie promotion at 711 where they changed a 7-11 into a kwik-e-mart. (though all the other stupid jerks probably didn't go on the 4th of july at 8 a.m.) i thought it would be a bigger, crazier transformation, but it really just amounted to some pastic characters, and some signage. pretty neat, but nothing to write home about. blogging about it, on the other hand...


here's the outside signage of the 7-11/kwik-e-mart


office wiggum, enjoying some...


...pink frosted donuts


ralph wiggum enjoying an icicle next to...


...comic book guy heff albertson and jasper, aka frostilicus


of course homer was there, enjoying...


...kwik-e-mart hot dogs, which are full of bunly goodness


i didn't find any buzz cola, but there were tons of boxes of KrustyO's cereal boxes (one of which i bought, obvs.) i also bought a couple of donuts. there were a couple of cops there, and i wanted to ask them to pose as if they were easting a donut, but i'm pretty sure they would have shot me up real good if i had.

more pictures from my visit to the 7-11/kwik-e-mart trip
here on my flickr page. speaking of which, even though i don't post here very often, i'm sort of constantly uploading stuff on flickr. i'll probably post some of that stuff here sooner or later, but if you want to keep abreast of my latest picture-taking adventures, you always check out my flickr page.

Labels: pitcherz, stuff

jeers to "the descent" which, despite positive reviews, i didn't care for. i just didn't think it was that scary. there were a few good moments, sure, but overall i was hoping to crap my pants with terror, but didn't.

cheers to "the graduate" which i saw for this weekend for the first time. good stuff, good stuff. i realize i'm coming into this way late, but like a wise old woman once said, "it's better to be late than pregnant. besides the obvious reasons why the movie is enjoyable, i thought it was neat to see dutin hoffman as a young, nervous buck, and to hear all those classic simon and garfunkel songs in their original context.

more and bigger cheers go to the manpanion and the brand new, totally awesome camera he bought me. i don't have a memory stick yet, so i can only take about eight pictures at a time, and therefore didn't take it outside. instead, i stayed indoors and started teaching myself how to use the camera. i'm still learnding, so the pictures didn't turn out great, but some of 'em came out pretty good. mostly 'cause the camera is so great. it has more than twice the megapixels and three times the optical zoom of my old camera. anywho, here are the highlights of the pictures i took with my new camera:

the jack knight starman action figure i have in my bathroom


and here it is up close


here's the golden age sandman action figure i have next to starman


this is the "justice league unlimited" action figure i have across from the two former JSA members


here's my arachane-variant spider woman chase action figure


here's two of the three hydra henchmen that come wih the spider woman figure


here's a homer simpson christmas ornament


here's a mochi i was eating that i thought looked kinda like some weird "dark crystal"=y creature. (which, p.s. did you know they're making a dark crystal sequel?)


finally, i tried taking some pictures from far away to test out the zoom. i'd say the camera really held its own in these pictures of stamps taken from across the room


this detail from a map several feet away


and this lord of the rings bookend on my top shelf

Labels: comixxx, pitcherz, stuff, they're not dolls

being the sneaky fella that i am, i managed to score a pass to the 2007 American International Toy Fair. the highlight was obvs seeing the d.c. figures (marvel didn't have anything particularly interesting out. there, i said it.) it was an "all business" kinda place, so i couldn't mess around too hard, taking pictures and whatnot, but it was still really cool seeing everything... and i unleashed the ninja and took some sneaky pictures of the d.c. figures. some of the pictures came out kinda polly-wolly crappy 'cause i was being all sneaktacular. i think i probably could have been less sneaky about it, since the d.c. folks seemed more relaxed than any of the other folks there. anywho, here are pictures of the new d.c. comics/d.c. direct action figures, busts and other ephemera such as


batman statues and a batwoman bust


zatanna "women of the d.c. universe" bust


busty busts (l. to r. big barda, power girl, wonder girl donna troy)


superwoman, batwoman and bizarro from loeb and mcguiness's "vengence" storyline in "superman batman"


more mcguiness bat-people goodness

it was a touch... ironic? that the two pictures i took that came out the best least worst were of some fey elseworlds flash i'm not familiar with and...


...the new aquaman, arthur joseph curry. at least you can see the variant blue beetle figure.



my favorite thing at the toy fair had to be dr. fate's helmet of nabu and amulet of anubis. they were so realisitc, i was afraid to put it on, lest it turn me to water.

oh, and tobey mcguire was promoting the new spiderman movie there. i tried to get his autograph, but he just hopped in a cab, which is when i snapped this picture of him.

he really has put on a lot of weight.

a few more pictures from the toy fair can be found here on my flickr page.

Labels: comicon, comixxx, pitcherz, stuff, they're not dolls

i love visiting mumsie up in westchester 'cause she's always going to random stores they don't have in the city. last time i was there, we went to michael's arts and crafts store together where i took these pictures:

Labels: pitcherz, stuff