Good-bye, turtles

It finally happened. *sigh*

Those of you who know me in Reality know that I used to have two box turtles- Tammy and Caleb- that I got when I was eight. I used to- to really be excited about them. Loved 'em. Was obsessed with turtles! ;) But... lately I haven't been taking care of them like I should. After being hounded about it for a long time, I decided to sell them. It's been a while since then. Someone finally accepted the offer, with online "ad" help from my mom :P, and took them not 15 minutes ago, to give to their eight-year-old son for Christmas.

I know it's better for them... but it's hard letting them go, even if I hardly see them anymore.

*sighs again, deeply and slowly*

The parent of the new owner took my email address, and said she'd tell me when they get the turtles set up.

Gah. I didn't even cry when my fish died. I don't know why I'm sad now! I just... agh.

I'll miss ya, tortellies.

Thank you, Sunshine

Must thank Sunshine for recommending Soon I Will Be Invincible. Finished it tonight. Some cursing but otherwise very fine! It begs for a climactic ending. But, alas, it simply leaves room for more. Which, I suppose, is for the best.

spoiler: Kinda wish CoreFire had stayed dead though. No offense to him. :P

Moist: Humidity Rising

*spoilers ahead for the Dr. Horrible Moist webcomic* Well. Certainly not what I had hoped for. It gave an origin story for Moist, true; but not with that comical yet tragic touch the original blog (indeed, even the Captain Hammer comic) had. I'm not wild about the visuals- better than I could draw, but somehow the characters just weren't... themselves- some bad language (those of you who know me can probably tell that the Lord's name in vain in the first panel is a turnoff), they "realistic-ed" the fun, cartoon-physics punch from the Captain Hammer comic, and the characters were... kind of out of character. Moist didn't have that pathetic, lopsided, but somehow comical expression, if you know what I'm talking about; Hammer kept his lines from the first comic, but I'd expect him to soak it up... be a big ham in the background, for the press, at least. And Horrible talking about taking Hammer down at the end? He looked like... dare I say it... Hammer himself, in his stereotypically heroic pose. Somehow I hoped for... bonding? Lovable "wimpiness" in a way? A little more Horrible-esque self-battering and/or humor? He was taking himself so seriously... and not the way Dr. Horrible usually did. More like some kind of buff he-man. And, surprisingly, they did not play it for jokes. You can be funny and dead serious at the same time, as Joss Whedon proved in the web original.

The good thing about it? At least now we know that Moist is a) Horrible's henchman, officially, and b) runny, not sweaty. Although the conjecture about that last one was part of the fun...

That all said, I am grateful to Zack Whedon and Farel Dalrymple, if the credits are correct, for providing the fans with some more Dr. Horrible material and a few questions answered- plus even more Horrible press. It did not appeal to me; but I'd bet you money that someone out there is going to love this. Therefore, it was probably worthwhile. And I thank them.