Wow, time for a lame topic…cleaning! Any of you who talk to me via instant message or even by phone have probably contacted me at some point, asked me what I was doing, and the response was cleaning. I thought about that the other day. I’m always cleaning, and yet my room is still a mess. My files on my computer are disorganized as are their paper counterparts. So, what is the overall goal of all of this cleaning? I wish I knew. Maybe it serves a therapeutic purpose. It’s a semi-relaxing chore that signals stability once finished. Who knows? And who knows why I even wrote about it?
Those of you who are into comic books, please read Uncanny X-Men 466-468! I nearly shed a tear after reading this three-issue arc in which Marvel Girl, aka Rachel Grey, who is the daughter of Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Jean Grey (Phoenix) from the future (yeah, that’s actually the easiest part of the story to explain… if you want the whole story, I’ll tell you via e-mail) goes to visit Jean’s parents and meet other members of her current-time family. Anyway, as Rachel is visiting her family, they are attacked by Shi’ar assassins. Those familiar with the X-Men will know the role the Shi’ar plays in mutant mythos. The Shi’ar are the ones who declared the Phoenix (Jean) too dangerous to live and tried to kill her before she sacrificed herself for the sake of the galaxy (sort of, it’s complicated, too). In this present, the Shi’ar deemed the Grey lineage too dangerous to exist, so they smoked the entire Grey family except for Rachel (and Cable…again, complicated), despite her best efforts and those of the X-Men. Deep stuff, again proving how doomed that family was/is since they’ve come into contact with Professor X.
