What does one do?
Do you have any kids in your neighborhood?
When I moved from LA to SF I decided not to move a bunch of comics.
I rounded up some kids on the street and brought down three boxes and they were thrilled.
Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
Natter Area 51: The Truthiness Is in Here
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2007 8:04:02 am PDT #4761 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2007 8:07:38 am PDT #4762 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Do you have any kids in your neighborhood?
I assume so. Don't know where any live, though.
DavidS - Apr 29, 2007 8:09:27 am PDT #4763 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I assume so. Don't know where any live, though.
I was in Echo Park so it was easy to go down in the street and boom- there they were. It's not like I had to go door to door.
I expect if you dropped it off at Salvation Army some kid would be happy to get a stack of comics for 25 cents.
askye - Apr 29, 2007 8:12:18 am PDT #4764 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
Maybe the library could help you find a place -- an afterschool center or something like that.
§ ita § - Apr 29, 2007 8:16:43 am PDT #4765 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I will look into both those options--thanks!
Theodosia - Apr 29, 2007 8:19:24 am PDT #4766 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Locally in MA, there's a book donation charity that is happy to take old comic books -- the ones they can't sell get given away to kid centers and prisons, et cetera.
You could also try giving away the lot on Freecycle.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 29, 2007 8:35:17 am PDT #4767 of 10001
What is even happening?
Marilee Jones, the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, became well known for urging stressed-out students competing for elite colleges to calm down and stop trying to be perfect. Yesterday she admitted that she had fabricated her own educational credentials, and resigned after nearly three decades at M.I.T. Officials of the institute said she did not have even an undergraduate degree.I kind of love this. It is wrong and I'm not disputing that, but still.
Jesse - Apr 29, 2007 8:39:31 am PDT #4768 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The library might take the comics themselves, even.
Ms. Jones did apparently stop trying to be perfect....
I blame bon bon for the fact that I'm currently watching poker on TV. I did get my dry cleaning and talk to my grandmother, so that's something.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 29, 2007 8:50:21 am PDT #4769 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Just consider Matt, that it's a good thing that none of your neighbors had a video camera, or else you'd be up on YouTube right now. See? It could have been so worse..
This is true. At least the day shaped up after 11 am with sex, hanging out with my bartender friend over lunch to watch the draft, touring MCA during the Arts Festival, finally getting a haircut after 3 failed tries (even though I had to drive 16 freakin' miles from home to find a salon that would serve me, at least they did a good job!), and mellowing out for dinner on the patio of the good Thai restaurant nearby in absolutely perfect weather. It was actually one of the best days I've had this year despite its Oscar the Grouch-y beginnings.
bon bon - Apr 29, 2007 8:54:54 am PDT #4770 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I blame bon bon for the fact that I'm currently watching poker on TV. I did get my dry cleaning and talk to my grandmother, so that's something.
Oooh, what are you watching?