Buffy season 8 no 29 and Angel No 26

So glad it's Friday! Have seen my a**se so many times at work this past week that it's a wonder I can still face forward.

Anyway, watched ep 8 of Dollhouse last night and might watch ep 9 this evening. More on that in another post (still enjoying, btw). Also, sorry that I've not yet responded to everyone on my post about character identification. I will get around to that after I've done this.

So - went down the comic shop yesterday and came back with ta-dah! Planetary the final issue, the latest Authority (my favourite comic at the moment), plus the latest Angel and Buffy comics. Comic Shop Boy - after a dull couple of months - was in fine form. As I was paying for my comics, his counterpart Record Shop Boy came in wanting some change for £20 notes. Of course, Record Shop Boy doesn't work in a record shop as such. It's more of an acid groove beat whatchamacallit shop (I am way too old to know what it really is) but Record Shop Boy is easier to say. He is way shorter than Comic Shop Boy, has a rather limp mohican, and loads of piercings in his nose and lips. He also wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses and looks like he wouldn't say boo to a goose.

Comic Shop Boy and Record Shop Boy started commiserating with each other about how hard it is to take shop takings into the bank and get change etc when you look like they do (Comic Shop Boy looks a bit like Jayne from Firefly but with less hair, and always wears faded black t-shirts with the names of obscure thrash metal bands on them). Comic Shop Boy, who has a bit of a temper, explained to Record Shop Boy that he was Doing It All Wrong, and that what he wanted to do was not take that s**t from those c**ts (yes, he did say this in front of me, it's like having a very foul-mouthed part-time son) but glare at them and ask if they 'wanted to take it outside.'

Record Shop Boy: It's all right for you. I just don't look mean enough. (This is quite true). The £50 notes are the worst. Have one of those and you're sunk. They give you the third degree.
Comic Shop Boy: You wanna get violent, mate. An elbow in the gut. Believe me. Works for me every time.
Me (to Record Shop Boy): It's simple. Just take him with you (indicating Comic Shop Boy). Then you'll be fine.
Record Shop Boy (smiling as if this had never occurred to him) Yeah! Yeah!

At this point, Comic Shop Bloke (who is a bit of a geezer) came back and told us how he used to collect £50 notes, and collected and collected them until he had £10,000 pounds all in £50 notes, which he used to buy the comic shop from some bloke who took the money and ran.

This is probably true.

On to the review. Spoilers for both Buffy and Angel comics behind cut.

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Buffy season 8 no 29 and Angel No 26

So glad it's Friday! Have seen my a**se so many times at work this past week that it's a wonder I can still face forward.

Anyway, watched ep 8 of Dollhouse last night and might watch ep 9 this evening. More on that in another post (still enjoying, btw). Also, sorry that I've not yet responded to everyone on my post about character identification. I will get around to that after I've done this.

So - went down the comic shop yesterday and came back with ta-dah! Planetary the final issue, the latest Authority (my favourite comic at the moment), plus the latest Angel and Buffy comics. Comic Shop Boy - after a dull couple of months - was in fine form. As I was paying for my comics, his counterpart Record Shop Boy came in wanting some change for £20 notes. Of course, Record Shop Boy doesn't work in a record shop as such. It's more of an acid groove beat whatchamacallit shop (I am way too old to know what it really is) but Record Shop Boy is easier to say. He is way shorter than Comic Shop Boy, has a rather limp mohican, and loads of piercings in his nose and lips. He also wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses and looks like he wouldn't say boo to a goose.

Comic Shop Boy and Record Shop Boy started commiserating with each other about how hard it is to take shop takings into the bank and get change etc when you look like they do (Comic Shop Boy looks a bit like Jayne from Firefly but with less hair, and always wears faded black t-shirts with the names of obscure thrash metal bands on them). Comic Shop Boy, who has a bit of a temper, explained to Record Shop Boy that he was Doing It All Wrong, and that what he wanted to do was not take that s**t from those c**ts (yes, he did say this in front of me, it's like having a very foul-mouthed part-time son) but glare at them and ask if they 'wanted to take it outside.'

Record Shop Boy: It's all right for you. I just don't look mean enough. (This is quite true). The £50 notes are the worst. Have one of those and you're sunk. They give you the third degree.
Comic Shop Boy: You wanna get violent, mate. An elbow in the gut. Believe me. Works for me every time.
Me (to Record Shop Boy): It's simple. Just take him with you (indicating Comic Shop Boy). Then you'll be fine.
Record Shop Boy (smiling as if this had never occurred to him) Yeah! Yeah!

At this point, Comic Shop Bloke (who is a bit of a geezer) came back and told us how he used to collect £50 notes, and collected and collected them until he had £10,000 pounds all in £50 notes, which he used to buy the comic shop from some bloke who took the money and ran.

This is probably true.

On to the review. Spoilers for both Buffy and Angel comics behind cut.

( Read more... )

Buffy season 8 no 29 and Angel No 26

So glad it's Friday! Have seen my a**se so many times at work this past week that it's a wonder I can still face forward.

Anyway, watched ep 8 of Dollhouse last night and might watch ep 9 this evening. More on that in another post (still enjoying, btw). Also, sorry that I've not yet responded to everyone on my post about character identification. I will get around to that after I've done this.

So - went down the comic shop yesterday and came back with ta-dah! Planetary the final issue, the latest Authority (my favourite comic at the moment), plus the latest Angel and Buffy comics. Comic Shop Boy - after a dull couple of months - was in fine form. As I was paying for my comics, his counterpart Record Shop Boy came in wanting some change for £20 notes. Of course, Record Shop Boy doesn't work in a record shop as such. It's more of an acid groove beat whatchamacallit shop (I am way too old to know what it really is) but Record Shop Boy is easier to say. He is way shorter than Comic Shop Boy, has a rather limp mohican, and loads of piercings in his nose and lips. He also wears thick, horn-rimmed glasses and looks like he wouldn't say boo to a goose.

Comic Shop Boy and Record Shop Boy started commiserating with each other about how hard it is to take shop takings into the bank and get change etc when you look like they do (Comic Shop Boy looks a bit like Jayne from Firefly but with less hair, and always wears faded black t-shirts with the names of obscure thrash metal bands on them). Comic Shop Boy, who has a bit of a temper, explained to Record Shop Boy that he was Doing It All Wrong, and that what he wanted to do was not take that s**t from those c**ts (yes, he did say this in front of me, it's like having a very foul-mouthed part-time son) but glare at them and ask if they 'wanted to take it outside.'

Record Shop Boy: It's all right for you. I just don't look mean enough. (This is quite true). The £50 notes are the worst. Have one of those and you're sunk. They give you the third degree.
Comic Shop Boy: You wanna get violent, mate. An elbow in the gut. Believe me. Works for me every time.
Me (to Record Shop Boy): It's simple. Just take him with you (indicating Comic Shop Boy). Then you'll be fine.
Record Shop Boy (smiling as if this had never occurred to him) Yeah! Yeah!

At this point, Comic Shop Bloke (who is a bit of a geezer) came back and told us how he used to collect £50 notes, and collected and collected them until he had £10,000 pounds all in £50 notes, which he used to buy the comic shop from some bloke who took the money and ran.

This is probably true.

On to the review. Spoilers for both Buffy and Angel comics behind cut.

( Read more... )