Motivation = WIN. Execution = FAIL.

The Move was supposed to be the focus of attention today - I'd planned for doing some prep well in advance, and I was ready...

...so, why am I online now, blogging, not there, moving sh8 around...?

Plans for today got postponed, by the other party involved. Great.

So, here I am, struggling to get going with anything, 'cause I was all geared up to go to the house and get into that. I set aside this weekend because I wanted some uninterrupted free time, unimpeded by falling asleep at the keyboard at half past ten at night...

It's just not frigging fair. "The other party" is always complaining that stuff doesn't get done, then when we go up there to do something, the effort ends up a half-hearted, half-finished excuse, and a waste of half a day. Yes, I know there have been a string of workmen who absolutely will not stick to their appointments, leading to a heap of familial frustration, but surely that's all the more reason to make the best use of the time available. Grrrrr...

I'm prepared to do what needs done next week. That gets called off, you can wait a month. And bang goes "move by Christmas". Not my fault.

BONUS! Comic Order Goodies!

I promised this quite a while ago - a peek into my shopping habits...

Every now and again, something in the toy and/or collectable section of Previews grabs my attention, whispering "buy me... buy me..." in my ear, and right now, I'm in a financial position to do just that. Some months ago, the "BUY ME Bug" struck twice in one order, tugging at the heartstrings of my love for the X-Men character Phoenix (the Dark version, in this case see left) and the whole cosmos built around DC Comics's latest property to become a movie, Green Lantern (right)...

The latter aren't just a collection of the recently released "freebies" - these ones light up when you wear them. How cool is that?

I jump at the opportunity to grab these things because of a missed chance when I was in New York in 1998. At Toys R Us, not long before I was due to head back to the UK, I saw a limited edition two-set of 12" Batman and Catwoman dolls - very nice, and only $40 - but I had a stop-over in London on the way back to finance, so I passed on them. In London, I paid Forbidden Planet a visit, and guess what I found on the shelves - the very same set of dolls, priced at... *gulp* £100.

Also, I have an annoying tendancy to see something I want, and tell myself I'll purchase said item "on my way back", but I almost never manage to do that. Breaking that habit really should be one of my Mission 101 Tasks.

I don't buy these items to stash away to sell for a profit. I buy them to enjoy, to put on display - my new "office" will have display opportunities aplenty - dust occasionally. Once everything is in place, I should do a big panorama - and comic-book related merchandise isn't the only thing I plan to have on show...

And I don't just mean

91 - Create a "personal goddess"

More on that soon!