I’ve always had a fondness for Supergirl. When I was a kid, I even liked the movie, well, parts of it anyway. Just like the Superman franchise, it had its flaws… namely the fact that the movie people of the time tried too hard to add humorous bad guys and just basically made the movie into some kind of joke. Of course people weren’t going to want to pay money to watch it.

Still, Supergirl’s story is a fascinating one and there’s so much there to work with.

Kara In-Ze was a teenager when she first came to Earth, an alien with no real idea of how to deal with humans. It would be like taking an American teenager and sending them to live in Afghanistan. Things would be very awkward and toes would get stepped on.

The Way of the Househusband 01 at Amazon

I’m not going to name any names, but I just read the most boring and lackluster romance story I have ever had the displeasure of coming across. Not because it was badly written or anything, but because it had so much potential. There was all this build up, then nothing happened. Then there was the build up again, then nothing. Then again and again. Every single point when the story could have some kind of action, nothing would happen.

It was so frustrating and now I feel like I’ve irrevocably lost a few chunks of my life that I’m never going to get back. It was kind of like the Rune Lords books.

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I feel all out of sorts. I was going to write all day today, but I had to rearrange the Q on Game Fly and somehow my attention was caught by the Arcade games. Which is how I found Youda Sushi Chef and spent a ridiculous amount of time playing.

No, I’m not that slow. I beat the free level, but I still was like “Ooh, Time Management games,” and was sucked back into the world of addiction. I spent hours playing various other games–a movie theater game, Penguin Diner, etc. It was disgusting and I’m terribly ashamed of myself 🙁

A couple of years ago I was completely wrapped up in these stupid games, either running pretend diners or pretend farms, but I finally had to come to the decision to just stop and take back my life. Now I’ve been sucked back in again.

And all I want to do is raise some chicken for eggs to make cakes. Thanks Youda. I know where you live.

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