Who would win in a fight....

As Wendi pointed out, she bought a Loki doll.  I thought it would be a good idea to get a Thor action figure to keep the Loki doll in line.

So we both went to bed last night and she woke up this morning and found Loki with Thor's hammer on his chest, yes just like in the movie.  Logic would seem to dictate that Loki was already starting to act up and Thor put him in his place.  Sounds like I was right about the whole getting Thor action figure after all.

When I awoke I found this sight waiting for me in the kitchen...

It is so obvious that this is a setup.  Does she really expect me to believe that Loki the doll was able to get out from under Thor the action figure's hammer.  The hammer that nobody can move but Thor himself?  There are so many things wrong here that I simply find in unbelievable. 

First off, Loki the doll is holding Thor the action figure's hammer up as if to triumphantly wield it.  It is pretty well documented in graphic novel and silver screen adaptations that he cannot move the hammer, let alone lift it above his head.

Secondly, his staff.  He's not even holding it.  Unless he is planning on committing suicide he is amateur when it comes wielding weapons where Thor is what we refer to in the business as a master.  I guess that's the difference between how a doll holds a weapon and an action figure.

Thirdly, what are those things growing out of his head?  I'm not a medial doctor or anything, but I don't think it should be doing that.  He should probably get that looked at.  He must have very strong neck muscles to hold his head up with those things attached.  It looks like some that Hellboy would have if he stopped trimming his horns back.

The one accurate piece of this I can see is that the Thor the action figure does look to be in a bit of pain.  I imagine that god or not it would probably hurt to have somebody standing on your crotch like that, doll or no.  I think Loki the doll should be more grateful to Thor the action figure for not taking him out on one of the many occasions he has had to do so.

For the record, I think the Hulk had the right idea of what to do with Loki :-)

Gitt'n down

 We had a ton of fun celebrating Eric's birthday last week.  Lisa successfully threw him a surprise party at Boondocks.  He played laser tag and drove the go carts around.  Eric drove the entire track with his left blinker on.  Ye kept yelling at Mel to "slow down or somebody is going to get hurt".

We also played a bunch of video games and ended up on one of the head-to-head driving ones.  Suddenly he is in a hurry ramming Mel and me off the road.  I guess he still knows the difference between real-life and video games, which is good.

When we were all sitting down to cake the hostess (person not the makers of the delicious cupcakes and twinkies) came and gave Eric 200 tickets to redeem for all sorts of amazing prizes, but she made him work for it...I captured the moment for blackmail purposes (check out the people watching him in the background :-).

 

I know there were times there where we weren't sure we would make it past 20, but you did it, and I couldn't be powder.

Thanks Lisa and Eric, we had a blast.

 

Avenge my birthday.

I am supposed to be drawing Loki right now for Wendi.  No, I can't really draw, but thanks for asking.  It's my own fault I suppose.  We had a birthday party yesterday for one of our long-time friends (a guy my age).  Wendi ran to the store to get gift, card etc. when it came to me.  "Don't get him a card" I said, "I'll draw him one".  I thought it would be fun to give him like a kid-like drawn card.  Those are always better than store bought ones anyway, right?

Well one thing led to another and I was late coming home and I still hadn't made the card.  So I grabbed a box of markers, some paper and a book to draw on as we ran out the door.  For the 20 minute drive to their house I madly scribbled.  A table, a cake, some plates....Iron Man, yes this is turning out nice.  The bumpy road was really working to my advantage here.  Captain America was next...of course, followed by Thor (whose head was smaller than the rest Wendi pointed out).  I needed a couple more people gathered around the table so I asked Wendi for some help.

"Draw Loki" she said.
"I can't draw Loki!" I said.
"Sure you can." she said.
"Not and him be recognizable as Loki" I said.
"Fine, then the Black Widow" she said.
"What does she look like" I asked.
"Black suit with red hair" she said.
"Easy enough" I said and I went to work.

Keep in mind that I am scribbling frantically so these people only vaguely resemble the Avengers, but mostly I did it to keep from getting sued.  Then behind all of the other birthday well wishers I drew a big green mass, obviously the Hulk.

As we pull up I pen the birthday greeting "We will AVENGE your birthday" and signed it from us.

It was good for a laugh, which it did deliver.  Who knows, maybe it will make the fridge for a week.

So Wendi says on the way home "If you can draw that good in 20 minutes on a bumpy road, imagine what you could draw if you took your time!"  I tried to explain that it's easy to draw something when expectations are low but not when they are high.  It's like going to a movie that somebody has told you "It's the best movie EVER!!!!"  Don't get me wrong, I liked Halloween Town 2, but there was just too much hype and it didn't even make top 10 for me.

So, I have been tasked to drawing Loki, Wendi's favorite character in the Avengers.  I'm not sure if she realizes that she is cheering for the wrong side, but I don't have the heart to tell her.  I guess I better get to it.