Has the world gone MAD?? Or is it just me?

Has the world gone MAD?? Or is it just me?

[DISCLAIMER: You don't have to read the first paragraph. It's just me bitching. Read past it to learn what I think about a new comic store! Sky Captain promotional material! Alan Moore's Tom Strong! And more!]

I am going insane. I'm dealing with finding an apartment, finding the last few people for Clint's project (sound mixer, boom operator, and more!), and having to worry about going back to work on Thursday and working on Clint's project all of next week. While I found the place I'm probably going to settle on today--a bachelor between Mid-Wilshire and Downtown (not that means anything to any of you)--I've still got the moral dilemma of taking off of (paid) work to help someone else who's basically exploiting something I promised long ago not having any idea what my life would be like when they actually started shooting. He's also exploiting the fact that he got me said job to make me do much more than I should be and much more than I'm even qualified to do. My problem with saying something is that 1) he is a friend despite sometimes being a jerk about my responsibilities (the kind of situation where it's hard to determine if he's being hard on me because he wants me to learn or because he's exploiting me for my work ethic), 2) it would be much more fun to work on his project rather than "McBride", 3) it's only a four day shoot. On the other hand, I'm sure I'm constantly going to be pissed off at what he's going to make me do or what he'll try to blame me for whether or not it's actually my fault. On the other, other hand, it's good, new experience but at the expense of my paying job.

I just want to yell. Sorry to bring this stuff on you guys.

On a lighter note, I went to a new comic shop the other day and got a Sky Captain one-sheet and a mini-Shaun of the Dead poster for free with my purchase of volumes one & two of Grant Morrison's The Invisibles. I also got a fun conversation about Sky Captain's gorgeous production design and the length of time it took to make a comedy with zombies rather than a zombie movie with funny parts.

Speaking of Sky Captain, it seems Best Buy is giving away a promotional Sky Captain DVD in stores for free--even sans purchase as I understand it. It's actually pretty cool. It's got the teaser, the trailer, behind-the-scenes, and a Sky Captain game. It's going well with my reading of Tom Strong, which also incorporates a lot of 1930's-40's sci-fi stuff into it. It's actually quite kick ass, for those of you who might be wondering. It's a kind of post-modern/nostalgic look at early comic heroes, super- or otherwise. I'd recommend checking it out.

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