I'll answer the most obvious question now, before anyone (if they ever read this) asks...
The title. It was intended as a put down by the friend of a girl I was trying, and failing miserably, to chat up when I was 17 and very drunk. The "S" is for "so" and the "F", well, that would be a rude word.
I thought about it the next day and decided that it was so funny that I'd take it and own it. I'm not suave now and never have been but amongst other things, it gives me a name to hide behind on-line. Plus, it still makes me smile when I remember the reactions of my friends when the line was delivered - a priceless moment.
I've not really decided at this point exactly what I'm gonna blog about yet, although I figure I'll work it out once I get rolling.
I think I'll likely get around to mentioning the things that occupy my time (aside from the family), those being Movies, Music, Sports, Video Games, TV and Reading.
I'll kick off with reading I guess as I got a bunch of new books from the wife for Christmas.
I've been a Neil Gaiman fan for the longest time, so I was over the moon to get 3 Sandman graphic novels this year.
I first read the Sandman stories back in the early 90's (92/93) and they're ultimately what got me hooked on comic books again. I had read 2000 AD a lot in my early teens but got into "real" novels at around 16 (89) and spent years catching up on the classics I had spent so long avoiding while I was at school.
I'm only half way through Preludes and Nocturns at the moment, so I'll offer my opinions (for what they're worth) once I've finished at least volume 1.
I know that not a lot of the people who love to read, read comic books. To those who are not fans of comics, I ask - WHY? The stories are equally as compelling as "regular" novels and some of the art is far better than the tat on display in some galleries nowadays.
The people I know that aren't comic book fans fall, roughly, into two groups. 1) Those who, incorrectly, assume comics are for kids and 2) Those who've not read a comic book since they were kids.
Group 2 tend to be just waiting to be re-introduced to comics that are more age appropriate. I've hooked at least 3 or 4 guys at work by simply pointing out the amount of movies they love that originated as comics. With Group 1 its more difficult. Its not as easy as pointing out that comics are not all about Spiderman and like (although I have read some great Spidey strips over the years) or that there are comic books out there covering just about as many topics as print novels. I'll save that rant for another time tho...
I'm going to sign off now as I've realised that I didn't put as much thought into this as I probably should have. Does it come across like I've just sprayed random words rather than coherent thoughts?
Ok, I'll be back...
sf suave
