Austronesia or art?

Apparently, my Dewey classifcation depends on whether I go by “Jim” or “James”:

Jim DelRosso’s Dewey Decimal Section:  

499 Austronesian & other languages

Jim DelRosso = 09345285995 = 093+452+859+95 = 1499

Class:
400 Language

Contains:
Linguistics and language books.

What it says about you:
You value communication, even with people who are different from you. You like trying new things don’t mind being exposed to unfamiliar territory. You get bored with routines that never change.

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James DelRosso’s Dewey Decimal Section:  

739 Art metalwork

James DelRosso = 0135945285995 = 013+594+528+599+5 = 1739

Class:
700 Arts & Recreation

Contains:
Architecture, drawing, painting, music, sports.

What it says about you:
You’re creative and fun, and you’re good at motivating the people around you. You’re attracted to things that are visually interesting. Other people might not always understand your taste or style, but it’s yours.

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I’m torn: on the one hand, I tend to go by Jim. On the other, metalwork is, well, metal. And unfortunately, the results from my date of birth are downright anti-helpful when it comes to choosing a name:

Jim DelRosso’s Dewey Decimal Section:  

014 Of anonymous & pseudonymous works

Jim DelRosso’s birthday: 3/7/1977 = 37+1977 = 2014

Class:
000 Computer Science, Information & General Works

Contains:
Encyclopedias, magazines, journals and books with quotations.

What it says about you:
You are very informative and up to date. You’re working on living in the here and now, not the past. You go through a lot of changes. When you make a decision you can be very sure of yourself, maybe even stubborn, but your friends appreciate your honesty and resolve.

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Ah, the trials of the protolibrarian!

Three comics in three paragraphs

Scott Pilgrim, volumes 1-4: A slow starter, but once it hit its stride it really hit its damn stride. Following the adventures of a dimwitted Canadian slacker bass player (who just happens to be one of the greatest fighters in the world) as he deals with less-slackery friends,  jobs, past relationships, and a new girlfriend who just happens to come with Seven Evil Ex-Boyfriends, the Scott Pilgrim books are by turns, smart, sweet, funny, and possibly just a little to into 80s video games. They, like Scott, have a nigh-irresistible charm, and I’m looking forward to reading more.

 

The Umbrella Academy, Apocalypse Suite: Created and written by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance, this book starts off the way more comics should: with superkids battling national monuments and famous zombies. That’s the sort of mad and beautiful idea that Alan Moore cited as being so wondrous about comic books, and more and more that’s exactly the sort of thing I want out of the comics I read. Sadly, there’s a tonal shift early on, and we find ourselves in the midst of angsty superpowered thirtysomethings who seem quite certain their lives suck because daddy never loved them. As such, the rest of to book disappointingly fails to live up to the promise of those first pages, just as the Academy’s adult lives failed to live up to the potential of their early years. How very, very meta.

Atomic Robo: I got this comic through interlibrary loan, and purchased my own copy the next day. Created by Tesla in 1923 and getting himself neck-deep in high weirdness ever since, the title character is reminiscent of Hellboy without being outright derivative. The art is similarly influenced by Mignola, but both the writing and the palette have brighter tones. The comic is thoroughly excellent: action-packed, witty, laugh-out-loud funny, and even poignant. Great stuff; more please.

Voting: it’s more than just something shelved in JK

I’m utterly buried, between work and school. I didn’t even realize how long it’d been since I’d updated until I sorted to the 300+ emails in my inbox this morning and saw all the Google Calendar reminders.

But hell, I voted. If you’re an American and registered, even if you’re busier than me, make the time.