Comics

Last night there was a poker game at the compound. $10 buy so I did not do it. Those of us that did not play hung out in the parking lot and had a grand old time. The most memorable moment of the night was a truly fantastic misunderstanding between Dan and I. He had been telling me that we were going to swap comics for the summer (since I brought a box and he did too..... We are two little peas in a nerd-pod) and he had been saying his "survival pack." So I thought his survival pack was his box of comics. I have a couple books and movies I tend to travel with so I thought that was totally normal. There was a lapse in conversation and he turns to me and goes "I have to get something out of my survival pack, want to come see it?" So we run off to his room.
It turns out his survival pack is literally a survival pack. It's a backpack with rope, water purification, knives, blanket etc. He kept pulling things out and I kept expecting a pack of comics to come out next. By the time we got to the med kit and Kevlar rope I was starting to doubt that I was going to see batman;s face come out next. So much nerd happened in those 10 minutes. I got all excited and ran off with him because I wanted to see his comics. He got excited and wanted to show me his apocalypse survival kit. But really we both would have been happy looking at comics or camping gear. I think my favorite part is that it took me half a backpack full of heavy duty survival gear to realize that he probably wouldn't have put his comics at the bottom of it. I think we are forging a great friendship.

For my birthday tomorrow I am going to go horseback riding in the day. Then after the show we are going to have a Batman party. I have Dan to thank for that one of course. I didn't know what to theme my party and he said "What's your favorite TV show?" We looked at each other and said at the same time "Batman: the animated series."