‘Sundays are different’

Ditching the usual weekend bullets to try a different tack. Why wait for the New Year to try something new, anyway?

The “new,” as I visualize it, is to churn out semi-daily posts with a comic issue as a jump-off point, then go on from there. The issue may be the best one I’ve read up to that point, or the most notable for one reason or another. Or it could be the only one I read, like “Sundays are Different,” the Jamie Delano-penned issue #33 of Hellblazer and the only comic book I’ve read on this particular Sunday.

This Sunday is indeed different. I was feeling good from having spent a night at the F1 Hotel Manila at the swanky Bonifacio Global City. It was our 12th anniversary, and the wifey and I decided to celebrate it with a little “staycation.” Yesterday, with our little nine-year-old in tow, we watched Aquaman at Uptown Mall, dropped by Filbar’s for my weekly comics fix, had merienda at the Hello Kitty Cafe, and watched the Disney-themed light show at the Ayala Triangle in Makati. We could’ve done a lot more, as the night was still young, so to speak, but the kiddo was already tired and grumpy, so we went back to our hotel room instead where the wifey watched a local movie about aging lesbians on cable and I fought and eventually lost a battle with sleep. So much for celebration.

And now it’s Sunday. Toyed with the idea of going to Megamall for the last day of the Toycon Christmas Toys & Collectibles Fair 2018, but the thought of heavy traffic and huge crowds turned me off. I’m not happy about it, but I gotta save energy for Monday.

And then I remembered I still have an issue left before I finished Volume 4 of Hellblazer.