Collector Box Blues

Hello Cats and Kittens,
Well today is the the last skit of the month, and what a month of skits it's been huh? Half-weird, half-wonderful, and kinds crazy good fun!

I'm sure you're all wondering what's in store for you guys today? Well wait no more good people, and enjoy "Collector Box Blues."

Thing: "Quick, someone say sumptin' funny before that sonavabitch sticks us back in that damn box again!"

Mr. Fantastic: "Hmm. Well I do have a funny anecdote about Albert Einstein."

Torch: "Dammit Reed, Ben said something funny, not something that'll make us wanna' blow our brains out due to sheer boredom!"

Invisible Woman: "Johnny! You don't have to be so mean to Reed. You know comedy's not his forte."

Mr. Fantastic: "Gee honey, thanks."

Torch: "Hey sis, you have to put up with Reed because you married him, not us. It's not our fault's he's not funny."

Thing: "Great, just great! We've wasted all dis' time fussin' without being funny. Now we're going back inta' that damn box fa' sure!"

-The Thing farts....big time!

Torch: "What a revoltin' development that was Ben...In your pants! Ugh god!"

Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman: "Urghh, Ben!!!! That was much, much worse than an attack by Dr. Doom old friend!"

Thing: "Sorry!"

-All three laugh at Ben.

Thing: "Does that mean I did good then?"

What do you think guys? Not bad?

No on to something a  little different.

You remember that whole Heroes Reborn event from the late 90's? I'm sure most of you do. I'll get back  to how badly time's(and fans have) treated them over years, but that's not what I want to showcase right now. Nope, after going over all of the various HR issues I have, I've stumbled on a few quotes from the various heroes, that if taken out of the innocent context they were written in, could be taken out of context as extremely sexual and just plain wrong.  Wizard Magazine's done this before with various X-Men quotes over the years , so sit back and enjoy the little nuggets of perversity I've stumbled upon.

Fantastic Four#2 (Vol.2)( Nov'96):

Sue Storm: "Reed! It's, it's working! But...so difficult...to keep it...open!"

"Can't maintain this shaft..much longer! The Strain is murderous!"

-No that's not Mr.Fantastic's nether region she's talking about. Go read the issue and you'll see what's really going on here.

Fantastic Four#5 (Vol.2) (Jan '97):

Super-Skrull: "Enough! Unngh!" " Your human form would not have been able to withstand the infusion of such raw primal power!"

-Man I hope he's just talking about the power Cosmic and not something else. Ugh indeed!

Finally this other gem of perversity:

Iron Man#7 (Vol.2) (May '97):

Thor: "A hole. Thou hast brought the God of Thunder to the very netherworld of Avengers mansion....to show me a hole?"

"My armored friend, as holes go, it compares to none. And I do not mean to belittle thy efforts, but if we art to be Avengers, why wouldst we need a hole to put our weapons when any true warrior ne'er allows his weapon to leave his side?"

Iron Man: "I....never mind."

OMG people! I hope Thor's talking about underground hole, and scene from one of those really nasty pornos. You know? The one that has some freaky chick insert her whole fist or various foreign objects into her....you know....happy place?

Never mind indeed.

And that's a just a sample of random quotes you can find any comic book that seems just plain dirty if you have the right kind of imagination. You know, like I do.

Happy hunting kids!

Oh, here's a quick one I just found:

Apparently Ol' Shell-Head's into fisting too! Damn!

Just Warming Up

My pedi. I'm loving this new Essie color,  silk cord.

Yep, I broke out the white jeans today. It's warming up and I am getting a bit of Spring fever! This weekend, I had some 4 full hours to myself! OMG! What to do? I had so many ideas in my head. Do I shop, get a mani/pedi, chill and read my 5 new magazines, or re-do my closet for Spring?  The list in my mind was endless. (Well, actually I was working a serious amount of laundry in between it all, but why let life enter into this?)

My hubster and youngest were off to a cub scout campout and my oldest had a swim party to attend. Right before the scouters left, my hubs managed to rip the side of himself apart on his weekend bike ride! It almost looked like he wasn't going to make the campout, but after a shower and a serious patch job, off they went.

They had to take the family car, and left me with my husband's convertible.  I usually don't like squeezing into his car, but today my 8th grader begged to put the top down, and you know, we had fun. In fact, I kept it off after I dropped him at his party, decided to go get my mani/pedi and drove it a bit on this lovely day. With my music on, top down, I was enjoying life and how beautiful it was in this bit of California today. "Laundry, you are not part of my reality right now," I thought. Yes, Enrique Iglesias, I am loving you too. Ah ha.

 Essie Mademoiselle is my go to for Spring manis.

How do you escape for a while? Hope you get a break this weekend!

xo

Kim

"It's Animotion!"

For today's skit(and the last one of the week) I decided to make one up about the Bronze Tiger and the lovely Zatanna. Omega, this one's for you buddy! Enjoy!

                          Bronze Tiger: "I thought you said you liked doing it with my tiger mask on?"

                          Zatanna: "Yeah, but isn't that like, kinda bestiality? How fucked up is that?"

Bronze Tiger: "No it's not you dumb bitch, now get back to what you were doing with that ass-backwards tongue and magic wand of yours."

    Zatanna: "I love it when you talk dirty to me!"

Bronze Tiger: "Did ever tell you about the time I kicked Batman's ass?"

Zatanna: "Yes you did baby. All the time."

Bronze Tiger: "Well good. I just thought it bears repeating is all."

EXTRAS/OUTTAKES:

Bronze Tiger: "Hey look. I'm giving myself head."

Bronze Tiger: "Ha ha! made you look you dirty birds!"

 Bronze Tiger: "For the last time, the Black Panther is not my brother! We don't look anything alike."

Zatanna: "I'm just saying is all..."

Bronze Tiger: "Damn woman, that is straight up racist right there!"

 Bronze Tiger: "No, I don't get how having sex with me is like fucking Tony the Tiger. I just don't see it!"

  Zatanna: "It just does okay? Hey that's part of the attraction baby."

-That's me. I'm outta' here! Have a good weekend folks.

Road Trip- Santa Monica and Beyond !

I've been meaning to write a little post about the rest of our trip to Southern California. Sorry it has taken me a bit to get to this. I am still in vacation mode. Re-entry is tough!

Our trip was a quick jaunt to Santa Monica, which is a beautiful and quite cosmopolitan beach town. It's very upscale and not at all similar to beach towns in Northern Cal, which are pretty earthy. We were able to get a great deal at the Loews  hotel on the beach there. It was a great spot to stay with pretty rooms, great pool, restaurants, and very family friendly. It's also right on a beautiful beach and next to the boardwalk. If you are in Los Angeles, you might check it out. It's close to so much. This was our view from our bargain room!

We also checked out the Getty, above, while we were there.  We had never been there and have heard so much about it.  It's absolutely gorgeous and a lovely way to spend the day. There are actually two Getty museums. One is the Getty Villa, in Malibu, which has ancient art. There is also the Getty Center which has Western art from the middle ages to present. Admission is free and you get a fun ride up the hill in a monorail type train. On the ride up, below. Those rascals! It's actually very sedate.

 The day we visited, they had a Herb Ritts photography exhibition going on. The photos were provocative for sure. We couldn't see it all with the kids.  We also took the highlights tour and saw some famous paintings and learned a lot. The decorative arts area is really interesting too. The Getty was designed by Richard Meier and is composed of 1.2 million square feet of travertine. It's absolutely stunning and is a great backdrop for the surrounding beauty of the ocean and Los Angeles.

 There are three restaurants on site and about two cafes to have a cappuccino and enjoy the views. We ate in the cafeteria. They have organic choices and we thought the food was one of the best meals we had on the trip! One of the restaurants below.

 Check out this upholstered 18th century bed from the decorative arts area. My flash less photo doesn't do it justice. According to our tour guide they had to recover these things every three months because people rarely bathed in those days and they got quite grubby! We are talking years without baths! They thought water wasn't healthy...The things you learn. Guess I may not want to time travel back to Versailles.

More Getty views...

 and the city of angels in the background.

Loved this portrait. Sorry I forgot the artist. The art collection is really amazing and I would love to go back and also visit the Getty Villa.

The Getty has so many beautiful areas to relax.

We also chilled by the pool and checked out the famous Santa Monica muscle beach in the front of the hotel. It was filled with man-size swing sets and climbing ropes. The boys (my husband included), loved it.  The boardwalk is so nice and has some fun rides and restaurants on it. There's a fabulous path that runs for miles down to Venice Beach a bit South of where we were. You can rent bikes or skates in front of the hotel.

Messing around and enjoying the beach at night.

Not more than a block or two away is the Promenade which is a closed street that goes for blocks and is shopping heaven. We checked out some of the cooler shops we don't have up in Northern Cal, like Kitson, purveyor of all things cool.  Here's my youngest, Griffin trying on some shades and checking out the reading material...

 On another night we hit a Tratasvere, on the Promenade. I felt like I was back in Italy. The food is so simple and fresh. Fantastic and a fun crowd. Dressed in collars for dinner, my boys below.

 What my boys liked best about this trip was the tour of  Warner Brother's Studio. It's a two and a half hour tour with a guide of the studio, museum and sound stages. Below one of the streets where so many things were and still are filmed. Props make each scene look unique added to the existing streets. When you are watching a film or show and you think they are on the street, they most likely are on a lot like this, not location. Friends had it's exteriors shot here as does The Mentalist and a ton of films made by Warner Brothers. You get to see how movies are made, go on a real sound stage and see it all.

On the tour.

In front of the studios with Bugs Bunny! Below is another of the neighborhoods on the WB lot. They have about 5 or 6 that they use. The houses look one way on the front and are a different house on the back. This house on the square was used in a ton of movies like Rebel without a Cause, The Music Man and Pollyanna, which the tour guide highly recommended. We had never seen Pollyanna with Haley Mills, so we just did with the kids to spy all the sets we saw. I have to say all four of us thought it was a really good film, boys included. Check it out if you want an uplifting family film.

The WB car museum. I loved this, "shaguar" from Austin Powers! 

Jackson liked all the Batman cars and the Batman motorcycle. This Batman car cost a million dollars to make. They also have a WB museum that is filled with movie costumes and props. There are dresses that were worn by people like Doris Day, The Matrix costumes, and so many other cool items. Sadly, no photos were allowed. The top floor is all wardrobe and props used in the Harry Potter films and the boys loved that a ton.

Back at the pool fire pits. The sunsets were so nice. Cocktails too.

Another view of the beach.

 The boys dug all the movie posters all over Los Angeles, like this Avengers one. Some of them even are animated. We also checked out Griffith Park, where the Hollywood sign is. It's a got an incredible view and great spots to hike. Funny it's the middle of Hollywood surrounded by gorgeous homes, but we even saw a coyote there.

I loved Santa Monica though. It's so fun and just really pretty. The neighborhoods are so cute and retro. I liked this beach cottage below with white shingles. One of many like it. Their car looks cute with it too.  Can you imagine the lifestyle? Sorry the palm trees would not fit in the frame!

Well all good things have to end, and on this trip we had to drive back up the boring highway 5 to home. On the way to the Bay Area, there is practically nothing for 4+ hours. One bright stop was a little place I hadn't been for a very long time, Casa de Fruita.  Don't you love the beautiful artichokes? You know you are back in Northern Cal when you see them.

This roadside complex sells all things fruit and nuts. They carry so many kinds of jams, chutneys, candies and more. Because of it's proximity to the fields, it is all really fresh. The truck of honey had a mind-boggling amount to chose from. I bought some local sage honey. I also got strawberries that were picked that morning- so good! Of course we came away with chocolate covered items too. Don't miss this stop if you are find yourself on Interstate 5 between L.A. and the Bay Area! They also have a great kids park and a coffee bar. It just has some charm about it and something for everyone.

These guys seem to be the official greeters in the Casa de Fruita parking lot. 

Hope you got to get away for Spring too.

Kim

"Hair today, gone tomorrow"

Yeah, I know I technically already posted for today, but what the hell. I've got a backlog of skits finished, so enjoy a bonus post today. And with a fresh new skit too. See people, lots of love here.

Captain Atom: "Nice hair there Farrah Fawcett."

Captain Mar-vel: "Ha, that's rich coming from the man who's a walking, talking Duracel battery."

Captain Atom: "Touche' man, touche'."

                               Captain Atom: "Hey, you probably shouldn't stand so close to me then. What with you being so susceptible to Cancer and all. Don't want to end up like Farrah Fawcett for real right?"

                            Captain Mar-Vel: "OMG man! WWFFD? Not cool man, not cool at all!"

 -Hmm. What would Farrah Say?

Yes, I went there, and she did say that. I'm pretty sure she did.