It's no "Starlight Express," but it's okay.

Benedict Cumberbatch.

If the music is groovy.

Oh god, yes.

Who's asking?

I don't know what to think, so I ask my friend Dena.

Yes.

Yes, I do.

Hm. I think the predominant stereotype of homeschooled kids are that they're maladjusted loners, which now that I say it, you know, fair enough. I think the others are that they're raised by libertarians or religious fanatics, neither of which are accurate in my case.

I didn't go to high school. I was technically home-schooled.

Explains a lot, huh?

At that age I was like a less-relaxed, more opinionated version of myself. I was also the same height, but skinny as a rail.

Murderers.

"Yeah (Crass Version)" by LCD Soundsystem.

The Snollygozzle.

...Cook? What is cook?

Ghetto Frankenstein is the Frankenstein of the Ghetto, duh.

*sigh* Yes, I would really like to.

Financial and work concerns are very real issues, but at the same time...

I've been thinking about what's important lately, how often we defer doing the thing we really want to do in favor of the things we feel like we should be doing. What I've decided is I need to work on my own projects instead of other people's, I need to walk outside when it's sunny and warm, and I need to see the people I care about. And I do miss you.

So let me see what I can do about traveling in 2012. But I might make you meet me in NoCal because SoCal... Not so much.

In the meanwhile, think very carefully about your questions for Ghetto Frankenstein.

Yes.

Loki's just fine, he's just not a superhero. I'll come to California when I have free time from running the shop and have enough disposable income to make the trip, i.e. no time soon. (But you should come to the East Coast.)

Loki's not a superhero. Superhuman doesn't mean superhero. Boston's getting cold, which sucks but is fair because it's fucking December already. How's LaLa Land?

Depends on the woman with whom I'm having sex. Different bodies feel good in different positions.

Depending on how we're defining "superhero," Batman. If you consider him more of a crimefighter- arguably true, due to his lack of superpowers- then Superman.