Sunday, July 29, 2007

Blogathon 31: Magic Eight Ball Midnights Part One

This past Monday, I began a new weekly feature here at GraphiContent called Magic Eight Ball Mondays where I ask a magic eight ball questions. In our first edition, I questioned it about the Skrull invasion currently going on in the Marvel universe and which heroes are actually Skrulls in disguise. As always, anything that's positive is a yes ("outlook good," for example could be ambiguous depending on whether you're asking about a bad thing or not, you know) and anything negative is a no. If it says to ask later, we do that, etc.

Me: Magic eight ball, you ready?

8: It Is Decidedly So

Me: Rock and roll. Do you think the Blogathon is going well?

8: Without A Doubt

Me: How about my stuff?

8: Cannot Predict Now

Me: Will more people pledge some money to help fight alzheimer's?

8: Yes Definitely

Me: Excellent! Now, you want to do some comic questions?

8: My Reply Is No

Me: Um . . . no?

8: My Reply Is No

Me: This is a comic blog! You should be answering some comic book questions, don't you think so?

8: My Reply Is No

Me: Will you do some comic questions at 12:30?

8: Reply Hazy Try Again

Me: Will you do some comic questions at 12:30?

8: Better Not Tell You Now

Me: You're a fucking asshole, magic eight ball. A real smug bastard. Did you know that?

8: Yes

Me: And you're okay with that?

8: Concentrate And Ask Again

Me: ARE. YOU. OKAY. WITH. BEING. A. REAL. SMUG. BASTARD?

8: It Is Decidedly So

Me: Goddammit. If you won't answer comic questions then I don't know what to ask. Um, do the Hives kick ass?

8: Yes Definitely

Me: I knew that already. Uh . . . will I make it to 9 am?

8: Better Not Tell You Now

Me: . . . fuck you?

8: Cannot Predict Now

Me: Always with the smart comebacks. Will you at least answer one comic question? One about the title of Casey's last issue of Uncanny X-Men?

8: Cannot Predict Now

Me: You goddamn asshole. You love toying with me, don't you?

8: Don't Count On It

Me: . . . you're fucking with me right now, aren't you?

8: It Is Decidedly So

Me: I knew it! I fucking knew it! Motherfucker! Do you want to keep going?

8: My Sources Say No

Okay, we'll leave it at that for this round of questions. Do you see what I mean about the magic eight ball being a total dick? I mean, Christ. (And no, I am not changing any answers for the purposes of being funny. I am using the magic eight ball program here and copying and pasting the responses. The magic eight ball really is a smug bastard.)

In 30 minutes, we'll continue our little dance and hopefully get some answers about stuff related to comics. But who knows with this bastard.