I used to have a boyfriend who’d say, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Now that I think about it, I’ve had two boyfriends who loved that phrase at least as much as they loved me. And possibly a lot more than they loved me! One in high school and one in college.
The thing is, I love sleep. I love love looooooooooooove sleep.
I love working at night, because I get to sleep late during the day. Sure, I don’t get an early bedtime, but I’ve always been naturally inclined to get up late and stay up late, so doing radio at night actually allows me to indulge my inner child, the one whose dad associated sleeping late with sloth, evil, and the Democrats.
Last night, for example, I stayed up until 4 a.m. reading a graphic novel that I don’t even particularly like (“Watchmen”). It’s interesting, and I can see how it was groundbreaking in portraying most so-called superheroes as being a bunch of sexually tormented, distinctly un-magical dorks and psychopaths, but it’s not blowing my mind like the blurbs on the trade paperback say it will. I’m waiting for it to blow my mind, but I’m almost done and my mind remains unblown. I did enjoy the moment when Rorschach looks at his landlady’s kid and stops calling her a whore because he feels compassion, for once. That was pretty cool. Very cinematic, too, and I hope it’ll be included in the film. But all the other shit…I think I’ll have to read some criticism, fan blogs and reviews in order to appreciate why people are so into it.
I’m glad I’m reading it, though. It’s one of those books everyone tells you to read. And it IS good. Just not life-altering.
What the hell was this entry about?
Oh, right. Sleeping. Well, after working on a plan for tonight’s show, uploading my interview with Living Liberally co-founder Justin Krebs, and doing a bunch of other stuff, I’m ready to nap.
Then, off to work.
I think it’s because no one had done it like Watchmen before Watchmen came out. Comics were still in their corny goody-goody phase, and then Watchmen was a hit and everyone tripped all over themselves to become “edgy”. Through that lens, from Superman not liking to do any harm to bad guys to Watchmen’s ultra-violence, it’s like a quantum leap.
Or something.
You know what? That’s exactly the kind of perspective I’ve been looking for in order to begin to appreciate this graphic novel more. Thank you!
First of all not much of sleeper. I can never really sleep fitfully. A good night’s sleep while good seems rare, always stuff going through my mind or job stress stuff… I might be in that I’ll sleep when I’m dead camp also.
I recently read the Watchmen. It blew my mind. Doesn’t it make all the sense in the world that if you are going to do something as extreme as getting in fucking costume and fucking people up that there’s more to it than antiquated notions of justice or doing good? Rorsharch might be the best example. He’s unyielding and psychotic. Violent and ruthless. Not to mention incredibly small. Easily his best line is:
“None of you understand. I’M not locked up in here with YOU. YOU’RE locked up in here with ME.”
So good, maybe you haven’t gotten to that part yet. But The concept of this book is such a departure from typical super hero stuff, it’s just really different.
That’s a great diatribe on comic books. If you were wondering I’m an absolute beast with the ladies. A real cassanova.
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