Tales of the Comic Shop [and a quick plug]

I worked my shift at the shop last night, and I'd been in about ten minutes, when a guy walked in wanting to know why he'd not received his latest copy of "The Boys". I winged the question to the comic guy, who looked confused and pulled out last Wednesday's invoice.

There it was, clear as day:

The Boys #26

We were down for thirteen issues. Which--we realized after some epic swearing--had not been shipped. The boss was in and made a rather pointed call to our distributor. We're planning a road trip of epic rage if we don't have the copies by Wednesday.

This would be a less obnoxious situation [not by much, but less] had the comic guy not made a hiccup in an order a couple of weeks ago. Angel #15 [Whedon's Angel, not X-Men's Angel] didn't get ordered at all and that was, as they say, bad. The comic guy had to call around to other shops in town to see if anyone had spare copies they'd sell us. His half of the conversation to the first shop he called:

HIM: "Hi, yeah, do you guys have any spare copies of Angel #15?"
[pause]
HIM: "Angel: After the Fall #15. The Whedon book."
[pause]
HIM: "Well, could you check the boxes? They should be alphabetical."
[pause]
HIM: "Can you check the shelf? Do you have a shelf?"
[pause]
HIM: "Thank you."

According to the comic guy, the person who spoke to at the other shop responded to as follows:

CG=comic guy
OG=other guy

CG: "Hi, yeah, do you guys have any spare copies of Angel #15?"
OG: "Angel #15?"
CG: "Angel: After the Fall #15. The Whedon book."
OG: "I don't know. All our comics are in, like, boxes and stuff. On the table. I don't know how they're organized."

And so on. And, no, this isn't some mutli-faceted hobby shop that has a few comics on the side. This is our main competition for customers. Which is why, most likely, no one's removed our heads for the faux-pas that's on us [lack of ordering Angel #15], and the faux-pas that's on our distributor [lack of shipping The Boys #26].

Y HALO THAR GUILTY PLEASURE

Actually, this is, maybe, a halfway guilty pleasure, but as I'm watching it purely for eye-candy, ridiculous inventions, and did I mention the eye candy? We'll call a duck a duck, yeah?

I sat down to work on the new nerdy cross stitch and decided to find something to watch something on hulu.com. I chose Crusoe, because--as mentioned--eye candy. And you know what? I think I really enjoy it. It's somewhere between light as a spring breeze and SRS BIZNUS, and it does not always manage to handle it gracefully. I'll also say nothing of Phillip Winchester's accent outside of the occasional, "REALLY?" Because, I mean, REALLY? There weren't any smoking hot, young British actors with ridiculously defined pecs who could run around shirtless because their shirt was stolen off the laundry line by a wild boar? REALLY?

[The Husband: "Orlando Bloom was busy. Busy pretending to be British."* Thanks, honey.]

So, yes, I think Crusoe is this season's...what did I watch last season that was vaguely ridiculous? Um...oh, wait! Crusoe is the kind of fun-and-mediocre-but-well-meaning-so-it's-fun that Knight Rider WANTED to be.

So, I suppose--and forgive me miriam_heddy, as I know your favoritism in this matter--Sam Neill and Sean Bean dropping in for recurring flashback cameos trumps Bruce Davison working hard to not make his character as bad as he was written.

*I won a dishes bet with The Husband because he was honestly convinced that Orlando Bloom was American.

I'm slightly surprised at my need for a second opinion

The above vid is for "Crusoe", and I can't decide if it's slashy or not.

That's right. There's a vid with two hots guys who touch each other a lot, and I'm not sure if I think they're having man sex.

Seriously. Given the closeness of the friendship of Friday and Crusoe, I could honestly see someone vidding this with the intention of being a friendship vid, not a slash vid.

That being said--yes, I am writing "Crusoe" slash. Because, seriously, touchies.


EDIT: I followed the video on youtube, and it is marked as a slash vid. My question still stands.