Welcome to the new DC Universe

Where things combust. Into fire!



Seriously, the rest of the book (that's the new JLA #1, written by Geoff Johns responding to a dare to make people nostalgic for JLA Detroit) isn't much better. It's basically pages and pages of Batman being an arrogant dick and GL being a cocky prick. And this is what DC is leading with to introduce their new universe.

ETA: Coming next month: "He was defenestrated through the window."

I love ILL

Thanks to Interlibrary Loan, I'm holding a copy of Nicola Griffith's And Now We Are Going to Have a Party: Liner Notes to a Writer's Early Life. It's nifty as anything just to look at (there are thirteen distinct items in the packaging), and even has scratch and sniff cards. And given the 450 total copies in existence, no way would I have gotten this through any other means.

*blink*

I just did seven ten-minute presentations in a row.

Gah. Mind you, it was fun telling the incoming grad students all about our LMS, and it was rewarding, but man, that's much. We're talking less than a minute between sessions, too.

And this afternoon, I'll be leading a discussion of Fun Home for incoming freshmen. And getting to meet the author. I do not promise that I'll be able to avoid fanboying.

Shorter version: Life's good, but hella busy at this time of the year.