SUPER POCOYO!
The best episode of the cutest show EVER!

Responsible Adult = Secret Identity

I really like the idea that our responsibilities as adults are the suit and glasses we put on to fool the world, but underneath?

Oh, boy.

We're winking to the camera.

If they only knew.

The other thing is the few, select, special people that get to know the real us, who we are under the glasses (whether it be from us revealing our secret to them, or them somehow deducing it for themselves), those people get to be the people that are like the hero's hero.

Those are the people that believe in us.

The people that know what we're really capable of and have this incredible faith in us even when we've got our glasses on and are pretending to stumble trying to catch the elevator.

It's like people having faith in you makes you want to reward their faith in you by being what they believe you to be. Someone else having faith in you, believing in you, gives you the ability to go beyond what you are or what you think you are and be who they think you are.

And it's so easy when you're the person out there trying to save the day and make the world better, to get knocked down and dragged through the mud. The real you, though more capable and powerful, is unfortunately also more vulnerable to all the people and forces out there that don't want to believe or don't want others to believe. The you with the glasses on is able to blend in with the crowd and not be such a target. But I guess that's the price we have to pay for daring to dream of something better.

It's riskier.

It's scarier.

There are criminals and evil businessmen and monsters and giant robots from outer space all out there waiting to try to take you down a peg and be the one who beats you.

And not just out there doing evil things, but sometimes actively plotting against you while you're none the wiser. All kinds of traps and ambushes out there just waiting for us.

And yet, we have to not just endure it all, but persevere.

To not just find a way to survive, but to come out on top and be ready to jump headlong into the next adventure.

It seems like it's too much to ask of anyone. It seems like it's more than anyone should be able to do.

And maybe it is.

Maybe it is too much for anyone to do, but to think that there are people who believe we are capable of it, I think, is what gives us the ability to do so.

I wait for signals.

So, I've got this superhero character I've made up named Tiger Claw.
He's something along the lines of a pop-hero.
Think Madman, X-Statix.. you know, come to think of it imagine he lives in the Allred-verse and that should give you an idea of what I had in mind.
Point is, I've been working for a while on some kind of logo/emblem to go on his chest and I haven't cared for anything I've come up with so far.
This is where you come to my rescue.
I've toyed around with circles and other shapes with tiger paws in them, shapes with a T in them, shapes with claw marks in them, etc. Nothing has felt right.
I'm happy to admit that this may be due to my own artistic shortcomings and not due to those being bad ideas.
I'd post pictures of what the rest of his costume looks like, but it might change completely with a truly inspired emblem.
I'll say that he is a superhero, he has a utility belt, and he carries a ray gun.
If anyone wants to give something a shot, please feel free.

GuitarSuperHero Party!

Sean and I threw a final party at our place before they tear it down to make way for a Target.
Since it was our last chance for a shindig at the site of many a memorable party it had to be something special.
It had to combine all the fun of a costume party with all the awesomeness of a Guitar Hero get-together.
Thus we had a GuitarSuperHero Party.














Room8s 4 Lyfe.

Also in attendance, but not pictured :
Curt as Clone Thor (I did get one great picture of Curt, but I doubt he'd want me to post it)
Joe as Superboy
Dani (sp?) as Daredevil
Emily as Mighty Mouse
Diana as Impromptu Batgirl
and a number of secret identity partiers