IT WAS THE BEST DAY EVER.

[stoopbeck]

Guess what happened to me today?

People who live in Alabama: you know the bridge at the Prattville Exit, 179 on I-65?

WE BROKE DOWN ON IT. Our truck completely stopped and refused to move and blocked an entire lane. Then we waited for the tow truck with a totally awesome lady police officer. It was kind of crazy, because it was somewhere around ninety degrees out, and Mom and I had spent the entire day working in the sun, so more sun was most unwelcome, and we were all camped out on the side of the bridge watching the traffic go by underneath us and around us, and the whole bridge wobbled dangerously when the big trucks went past, and all in all there are better ways to spend an afternoon.

After forty-five minutes, we called the tow truck people to see if the tow truck was ever going to arrive.

Mom: Hi, uh, when will the tow truck be here?

Tow Truck Lady: Oh, we don't have any drivers.

Mom: Uh, what?

Tow Truck Lady: Yeah. So, no tow truck. I totally meant to call you and let you know, but I must have forgotten! Ha ha ha!

NO REALLY THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID. WORST EMERGENCY TOW TRUCK SERVICE EVER!!

But the totally awesome lady police officer had tow truck connections, so she put in a call for us. Eight minutes later, and we were being towed. EIGHT MINUTES.

And then when Mom and I got home and cooled off we decided that we deserved to not have to, you know, cook and stuff, so we had Moe's for dinner!

And then we went to the bookstore, which is always awesome, except the guy who rang up my purchases was all, "Do you have a discount card?!" And I was like, "No," and he asked me if I wanted to buy one, and when I said no he got all angry, and rang up my books in an angry manner, and then told me, angrily, "Well, if you had a card, you would have totally saved $5.67," like, SO THERE, and what do you say to that? (Dad had the awesome suggestion that when he said "You would have saved $5.67," I should have responded, "Yeah, but you still would have been a dickhead," WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME. WHY DON'T I THINK OF STUFF LIKE THAT.) And then the guy told me how stupid it was to spend all that money on graphic novels. WORST SALESMAN EVER.

So now I have sunstroke and a fever and sunburn on my face and on the backs of my arms and a headache so bad I am seeing halos around lights, BUT I HAVE DEADPOOL GRAPHIC NOVELS. GOD IS IN HIS HEAVEN AND ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.

Comments

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

I'm serious about this: call that guy's supervisor. The hell?

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

WE WILL BE.

Seriously. We could have died! Any number of horrible things could have happened to us, because the stupid tow truck left us stranded in the middle of a busy road!

I mean, all they had to do was call and say, "Hey, we can't help you, so sorry, hope things work out for you." Apparently that was too hard?

THEY WERE THE EMERGENCY TOW TRUCK SERVICE. IT IS THEIR JOB TO TOW BROKEN-DOWN CARS. I WILL NEVER BE CALMED DOWN ABOUT THIS.

[ewanspotter.livejournal.com]

*clings*

[skroberts]

You're dad is awesome.

ALSO!! I took my car in to have it inspected like your mom asked, so I'll let you know about that when I know more.

Also, also, I want to drive to your book store and buy IM comics just to piss that guy off even more.

[skroberts]

Also...



Adorable!!

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

I LOVE HIM.

I LOVE HIM SO SO MUCH.

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

WHY I LOVE DEADPOOL:

http://www.mcfarland.co.uk/sarah/deadpool.jpg

http://lilcube.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/deadpool-27-10.jpg

http://img52.exs.cx/img52/2264/deadpool67183nl.jpg

MAN IS ON CRACK

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

OMG yes.

Yay!

Dude, they had this... like... ridiculously huge display of pretty much every Iron Man comic in the history of ever. You should totally come buy some and show that guy what for!

[skroberts]

Alex, you're supposed to be discouraging my urge to buy comics. :P

[skroberts]

So, I had an idea for a comic based on us...

The Grammarian: Fights for truth, justice, and proper sentence structure! Powers open to discussion.

Idiot Smacker: Born without the ability to tolerate blatant stupidity, this hero -- with the assistance of her teleporting powers -- bitch-slaps idiots for the betterment of mankind.



Either that, or we make an IM/Deadpool/Wolverine comic or something. :D

[skroberts]

Dude... Do you think there's a chibi!Deadpool like chibi!Iron Man?!

[skroberts]

OMG, ALEX...

http://www.hasbro.com/marvel/superherosquad/default.cfm?page=Products/Detail&product_id=21553

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

DUDE. WE MUST DO THIS.

Also, there's no law that says we can't do both... ;)

[skroberts]

Yep, we must do both.

And I think the Marvel one should feature chibis. :D

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

You do realize I'm totally going to make you make these comics with me, yes? Okay!

If we did make an adorable chibi!IM/Deadpool/Wolverine comic, what would the premise be?

[theemdash]

I must know. Which Deadpool graphic novels do you have? I haven't been keeping up with 'Pool because they did something retarded and I stopped reading and then someone told me, "No, it turned out okay!" but I never picked it back up and then they started the Ultimates universe and I got sucked into Ultimate Spider-Man (which is pretty much the BEST THING EVER) and when I saw what they did to Wade there I wanted to CRY.

So, uh, yeah.

I have the first 40 or so issues of 'Pool's original run, so I'm curious about where you're reading.

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

WHAT DID THEY DO TO WADE IN THE ULTIMATES?!! (Do I want to know, or am I better off in ignorance?)

Okay. I have Deadpool Classic, which covers New Mutants #98, Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1-4, Deadpool (1994) #1-4 and Deadpool (1997) #1. The other one is Deadpool vs. the Marvel Universe, which covers Cable/Deadpool #45-50. They are both quite awesome.

Are there ones I should watch for?

[thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com]

I bet I know who that is. Was he a big, obviously gay guy?

[thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com]

Also, I'm glad you and your mom are okay! I think I would have just walked home, but I guess someone has to be responsible for the car. Hate responsibility. :)

[thelasttoknow03.livejournal.com]

Oh! One more thing and I promise that's it until later. Next time you're at BAM, you should give them my home phone number (if you still have it), tell them I said you could use it, and get the discount with no hassle. It didn't cost me anything, so why not share the pretty, pretty discount?

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

He was about my height or maybe just a little taller, and looked like a soccer player.

[hokkaidomary13.livejournal.com]

You and your mom should bring down unholy terror on that guy and his tow-truck driverless company.

As for the dork who was offended that you didn't get a dicount card, you could have also told him that the last guy who tried to sell you one accidentally wound up missing an eye...

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

I should have just turned to like the most violent action page and started like twitching, and grabbing pens from the counter and making violent gestures with them.

[skroberts]

Also, today is kinda made of fail, and I really wish I had a giant, IM plushie.

[stoopbeck.livejournal.com]

*MEGASNUGGLES*

They really need to get onto that whole making-giant-Iron-Man-plushies thing already...