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That Would Be My Spidey Senses....
06.10.05 (4:07 pm)   [edit]
Image hosted by Photobucket.comRecently, it would seem, I’ve been a little obsessed with all manner of super-hero.

Super-hero lingo has infiltrated my vocabulary, and I have, for some time now, been crediting my “spidey senses” with all types of created accomplishments and self-claimed discoveries. (Me: Wanna know how I knew that? You: How? Me: Spidey senses. You: Of course, dear). This coupled with recent conversations about the Justice League and the relative merits of the Wonder Twins verses Aqua Man (still my favorite), not to mention the awesome power of [url=http://spleengirl.tblog.com]Spleen Girl[/url] , has brought me to the conclusion that I am even more of a nerd than I previously thought. It’s ok, though. I’ve long since accepted my propensity to “geek-out” as it were.

All this has lead me to some interesting moments of self-reflection, though.

One of my favorite short stories ever, [url=http://instruct.westvalley.ed...]Kurt Vonnegut’s "Harrison Bergeron,"[/url] tells the story of a society where everything and everyone is equal. I won’t bore you with the particulars here, (you all know how to click and read), I will only say that Vonnegut’s prose challenge the reader in a number of ways, not the least which being the forced task of considering what his/her individual strengths are. We’re all very good at identifying and lamenting our weaknesses and perceived flaws, but when it comes time to list our true strengths, the spots on our fabric where things are woven together particularly tightly and beautifully, I know I often falter with a shy blush and a bit of “self-deprecating bollocks.”

And so… not merely content to consider which super-hero I might be, (should I ever decide to don a brightly colored cape and some serious latex), lately, I’ve been thinking about super-hero status from what is, admittedly, an especially Vonnegut-esque vantage point. And I’ve discovered something, (using my “spidey senses, of course). Simply having X-ray vision and the capability to crush my enemies by just delicately batting my eyelashes at them really wouldn’t be enough for me. I know I’d be left feeling unsatisfied with a laundry list of supernatural abilities that stemmed solely from an accidental run in with some toxic waste or the lurid bite of some tropical insect. I’d want my natural abilities enhanced. Like [url=http://spleengirl.tblog.com]Spleen Girl [/url] and [url=http://berlinbear.tblog.com]Syntax Man[/url] and (my personal favorite) [url=http://thejongleur.tblog.com]Upper Cut Boy[/url], I’d want to be this incredible version of… well, myself.

That said, I’ve been trying to think about some of the qualities I possess that would lend themselves to being super-fantastic-mega-abil ities. Let’s see… I’ve considered becoming Smart Ass Girl whose powers include the ability to drown her opponent in thick layers of sweet sticky irony. But, I think that one might already [url=http://lindy.tblog.com]be taken[/url] . Then I thought about morphing into Name That Tune Girl or even Fabulous British Accent Girl. Clearly, I need to work on this a little more.

In the meantime, I want to introduce you to someone. This is [url=http://www.tblog.com/template...]Spatula Hand Boy.[/url] I’m in the process of writing his story. I’m not certain of the particulars yet… but I know he’s going to use that little spatula hand to do big things.

There's just something perfect about when [url=http://thejongleur.tblog.com]the little guy[/url] finishes on top, don't you think? It's not so much about being #1, although that certainly is something. Sometimes, it's all about the karma, (baby) of who is [url=http://www.tblog.com/template...]#2 [/url] and about figuring out that you don't need spidey senses to be ok... but they sure help.
 


posted by: billlyryan (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (1:19 pm)

Sometimes I feel...unqualified to read your blog. I wish I fit into your world!



posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (1:47 pm)

Call me Green Lanter :)



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (2:01 pm)

Reply to: billlyryan
Billyryan, fret not: on this occasion it's quite heavily laden with inside jokes which you had to be there to have any hope of following. *But*, just a month ago, I often felt exactly the same way as you around these parts, and at several of the blogs linked to in juni's post, but I kept coming back for more and the more I come back, the more I follow, and the more rewarding it becomes. I hope that helps! :-)



posted by: billlyryan (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (2:05 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear
No wonder they all call you wonderful Berlin! You just made my day!



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (2:56 pm)

Buwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Oh my goodness me!

Syntax Man - HAHAHAHAHA! It's perfect! Can you *not* see him with a big blue cape, arms akimbo spouting corrections at the top of his lungs??? Big booming Mr. Clean voice... 'SYNTAX MAAAAAANN'... Love it. He's the only super hero with an intercom system mounted to his weapons belt.

Upper Cut Boy. Tee hee hee. That seems to be quite fitting, eh?

Spatula Hand Boy may have difficulties bouncing to his step aerobics routine without his spleen, yes?

This SpleenGirl... hmmm... ever the mystery. We'll have to knock on her door and see what she's all about...

As for you... How about...

StealthBomber?

JuniperThug? haha.

There's got to be something that portrays a woman who comes along and shoots straight and true with a penchant for roughing one up...

Ah...

HooliGirl.




posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (3:47 pm)

Reply to: billlyryan

They call me wonderful?!?

Who? Where? And why do they do it in secret? ;-)

Lindy is the one you want to suck up to. She is the key to tBlog. If you get her onside, you're sorted.



posted by: childish (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:19 pm)

i have this theory about super heros. usually a normal nerdy guy who rises to epic porportions right? i think it is based on some kind of model of a penis. now hold on. i'm not being a perv. but think about it! my husband wont let me write a book about my theory. dangit.



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:54 pm)

Reply to: billlyryan

We're a unique cast of characters around here, and I think you fit in just fine. Sometimes I make quiet little nods and winks to people in my posts, but the general message or story is very anyone who stumbles upon me and wishes to read. I like having you hear. Please keep coming back.

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:54 pm)

Reply to: theseeker

Er... Lantern, dear?

*wink*



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:55 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear

Hmmmm.

"heavily laden with inside jokes which you had to be there to have any hope of following."

I repeat.

Hmmmm.

Perhaps my superhero name should be CodeGirl.

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:57 pm)

Reply to: lindy

Holy massive morons, Spleen Girl! You can be the caped crusader and I'll be your trusty sidekick.

I'm all about hooling it up with you.

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.10.05 (11:58 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear

First of... just for the record, as a matter of sheer principle alone, I refuse to call BB wonderful.

As for sucking up... I disagree. I am the one who needs sucking up to around here. Forget Lindy... everyone should worship me at the leisure.

j



posted by: shadowmusic (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (6:51 am)

Thanks for the link to "Harrison Bergeron".. that's a long-time favorite of mine, and I even got to attend a presentation by Vonnegut while I was in college.

As for superheroes: As some of you may already know, I was previously known as "Music Information Distribution Man" before shortening my name to "ShadowMusic". And I'll try to continue to use my super-powers for good not evil.



posted by: theseeker (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (7:15 am)

Yes, LOL, I type 4 words and I mess up one, LOL



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (8:51 am)

Reply to: juniperflux

CodeGirl. Hmm, yes, that's definitely the best one so far. Very apt, I think.



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (8:54 am)

Reply to: juniperflux
I beg to differ. Though you are very nice, and fun to be around, you do not by any means wield the likes of Lindy's tPower. Not even in the same league. Viz: Upper Cut Boy's current tRanking. Nuff said.



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (1:57 pm)

Reply to: shadowmusic

I always knew you were a superhero, SM! Able to sort giant music spreadsheets in a single bound! :)

As for Vonnegut... that's a great story. I'm glad you like it. Also - got your recent emails. A reply is in the works.

See you soon.

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (1:58 pm)

Reply to: theseeker

Don't worry... just don't let BB see you. He's the grammar police. :) I, on the other hand, seem to have misplaced my red pen.

*wink*




posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (1:59 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear

Maybe I should rename you "OutofLoop Boy."

*wink*




posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (2:00 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear

Hmmm.

I think Spleen Girl and Upper Cut Boy would agree that there's more to life than rankings, Mr. Bear.

j



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (8:05 pm)

Reply to: BerlinBear

Hahahaha. Look at you playing up to my ego. And it seems to work. Hah! You make me sound like some kind of tBlog powerhouse. hahahaha. I've always been on the outside of that crew, or rather just below them. ;)



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.11.05 (8:13 pm)

Reply to: juniperflux

Wow. You've got quite a thread here, madam. I'm almost afraid to jump in, in case anyone has been taking notes on SpleenGirl's typical Method of operation. You may have lost your red pen, but your tactical warfare simulations stomping ground seems ripe with tests, traps, and dare I say... casualties.

I smell dissension. Whew.



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (1:40 am)

Reply to: juniperflux
Yes, I think perhaps you should. Billyryan can be my sidekick. That said, I think "out-of-loop" sounds a bit more like a handicap than a superpower, so maybe I'll stick with syntax_man for now.



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (1:42 am)

Reply to: juniperflux

If only you knew just how many I let slide in patient silence, you would not be so flippant about it! ;-)



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (2:48 am)

Reply to: lindy

Oh... come now, surely you jest??? Dissension? Casualties? Nothing nearly as sinister going on here. I'm more than confident that Bear can take my gentle jabs as well as dish a few back at me in the name of good fun.

Is Spleen Girl going soft on me???

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (2:49 am)

Reply to: BerlinBear

Hmmm. Interesting to consider. Although, I can't help but think that perhaps BillllyRyan would like you has *her* sidekick??

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (2:51 am)

Reply to: BerlinBear

If only you knew how many I leave on purpose just to see how long it will take for you to crack, you'd see how really I'm much more than merely flippant.

*wink*



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (3:42 am)

Reply to: juniperflux

I apparently come off as bit of a Cream Puff - and that isn't a good thing from my understanding.

If you and BB keep this up, this post will soon resemble one of the earlier posts in TheJongleur's blog... and then there will be yet another changing of the Guard, so to speak. Oh, dear. There would surely be more tizzy at that point.

Poor Billlyryan isn't even *in* this anymore and yet her name is brandished around quite everywhere! Come to think of it, so is mine. haha. You two. *shakes ehad.

It would seem that BB *can* take your light jabs and perhaps *I* am the one taking things too seriously. -sigh-





posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (6:59 am)

Reply to: juniperflux
Oh yes, of course. I'd be more than happy to be billyryan's sidekick. Or, here's a suggestion, we could be an equally empowered, emanicpated superpower duo, with no hierarchical division whatsoever. That would be the best option in this day and age, I should think. Does that sound ok?



posted by: BerlinBear (reply)
post date: 06.12.05 (7:00 am)

Reply to: juniperflux
Oooooh, how dastardly of you. I don't believe you for a second, but nonetheless, touche!



posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 06.15.05 (6:41 am)

perhaps... Link Girl?



posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 06.16.05 (1:01 pm)

Reply to: surrogate

Hahahaha! Link girl! I like it! *giggle



posted by: Beyourself (reply)
post date: 06.17.05 (5:25 pm)

Another party I am missing. I must get out of my cave and mingle more.

On the Vonnegut's story, was that the one where graceful dancers had to wear weights on their hands and feet so they would appear as clumsy as the inept ones?



posted by: jennjr (reply)
post date: 06.18.05 (1:24 pm)

Hmm....even after reading all the comments, and re-reading this post, I'm still a little confused. But that's okay. ;) (I could be the Clueless Wonder - haha)
Anyway, what I really wanted to say is that I LOVE "Harrison Bergeron." Haven't read it in a long time. So thanks for sharing!



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (4:44 am)

Reply to: surrogate

*giggle*

You know what they say? If the shoe fits....

j



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (4:45 am)

Reply to: Beyourself

Yes. That is the one. There's so much beautifully tragic imagery in that story. I like that you recalled the dancers.

Thanks for stopping by.

j




posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (4:47 am)

Reply to: jennjr

Sorry, Jenn. I'm afraid I sometime secretly (or not so secretly) pepper my posts with messages to specific individuals. This one may be one of the more extreme examples. I hope it won't keep you from coming back.

Thanks for you comment re: Harrison Bergeron. It's a great story.

j



posted by: Beyourself (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (5:45 am)

Reply to: juniperflux

I thought it was either "Slaughterhouse Five" or "Welcome to the Monkey House", instead of "Welcome to My Asylum". May be I stole my title subsconsiously, you think?



posted by: juniperflux (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (8:25 am)

Reply to: Beyourself

Well... you know what they say about imitation and flattery and all that. Besides, even if your subconscious mind was inspired by a page from the book of Vonnegut, I'd not fret too much about it. I can think of far worse things from which to glean inspiration. That said, I think you're an original.

Take care,

j




posted by: Beyourself (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (11:22 am)

Reply to: juniperflux

I was not fishing for a compliment, but thank you anyway.

We are all originals, with unique gifts and abilities. What an awesome responsibility, eh?



posted by: jennjr (reply)
post date: 06.19.05 (2:42 pm)

Reply to: juniperflux
Naaah, it takes more than being a little clueless to scare me away. ;)
I'll be back, for sure.

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