Our first set of poll results are in…
…and you guys want me to write about women, movies, and action figures more, and more often than the other chosen subjects (abusing emerging technologies, baseball, dancing, football (the rest of the world), laughing, long distance running and profanity; I’ll cop to being the guy who voted for lozengeplay).
Based upon the fact that the following subjects received no votes, we’ll assume that you do not want me to write about them more often than I already do: classic video games, comic books, dyssomnia, football (American), munging (thank God), music, parties, politics, reading, Second Life, television, trading cards and writing.
I’m very curious as to what you want me to say about women, almost as curious as I am about what I would say if I were to write about them specifically rather than just including anecdotes about them in things I write about other subjects.
Movies, awesome, I’ve been watching a bunch lately. This will eventually be its own post or series of them.
Action figures? Cool too, got a few for Christmas. My DC Direct History Of The DC Universe Black Lightning figure is hanging on the wall directly in front of me as I type this. I’ve waited a long time for a “classic” Black Lightning figure to come out in a decent scale (I think they did Mini-Mates once). I’ve got the 1995 costume as part of the Total Justice line, and I’ll probably eventually get the modern costume figure from the most recent JLA line, but my favorite’s always going to be his original suit, because I remember when the first issue of the book came out in the late 70s, and he just looked so awesome. I’ve also got the DCU Classics Vigilante on its way to me in the mail, and Mattel’s new Mego-esque Green Arrow as well, but they’re not here yet. I really wish action figures hadn’t become so goddamned expensive, though. Time was, 3 or 4 bucks would get you a Mego, sometimes as cheap as 2 if they had sales. Ditto on GI Joe, Super Powers, Secret Wars Star Wars and some of the other all-time greats.
As far as the stuff you guys didn’t express an interest in seeing me write about more, trading cards are the subject that I’m most excited about at the moment, so whether you like it or not, fuck you, I’ll be writing about them as the mood strikes me. It’s an exciting time to be in the hobby.
Next poll’s up. Vote!
