I am a member of an online Wonder Woman fan club (may the geek comments proceed) and a new member actually commented on my page asking me why I loved Wonder Woman so much, here is my answer:

It's not about her being great, it's about her simply being the best. That's just part of DCU canon, she's the strongest female heroine in the DCU. She's typical said to be second only to superman in terms of strength. She's fast enough that the Flash comes to her when he wants someone challenging to race with. She's strategic enough and trained well enough that when Batman wants a good chess match or a strong sparring parnter she's who he calls. She's kind and compassionate enough that when the weight of the entire world counting on him pushes Superman to his wits end he calls Diana for a sympathetic ear and some advice.

She's a purposefully created Mary Sue, the strongest, fastest, smartest, most beautiful woman on the planet. She was blessed by the gods themselves, she's immortal, she's human and yet at times she's a complete outsider who feels completely out of touch with modern man. For some people this is a great character, for other's its a dull boring character. Some people like Superman, some think he's dull and repetitive. It's the same thing with Wonder Woman. I've always felt that for characters with as high a power level as they've got it's just purely a situation of "You either like them or you don't."It needn't get anymore complicated than that. As for me, personally? I love Wonder Woman because of her message. She's a warrior who seeks peace. She's the living embodiment of self sacrifice.

She gouged out her own eyes in order to fight Medusa and stop her from harming anyone else. She cast her own reputation and respect down into the gutter by being willing to kill the man who'd driven Superman into a psychotic rage. She constantly seeks the betterment of humanity, even if they do nothing but hate her for her efforts. She's the ultimate self-sacrifice. She's willing to do anything to save lives, to protect perfect strangers, to try and foster good will and peace between nations. I suppose the short way of saying it is that I like her because she tries to spread a message that I never believe we'll accomplish in the real world. She seeks peace on earth and I do not believe it's something we'll ever see anywhere except in our dreams; yet she keeps struggling to obtain it, she'll fight for it, she'll preach for it, she'll even let her own mother kill her if it means possibly putting an end to blood shed.

Basically, I respect her because she fights for something that I think even she knows is unobtainable, but even though it's so far out of reach, even though the hope of achieving it is slim to none, she still tries. She's the only hero in comics anymore that I still hold in the highest regard, the only one I have left who I can think of as a good role model. If I wanted my kids to have a fictional role model she's who I'd want it to be.

My Conli and Me..

We went swimming on the 4Th of July at the pool located at Brent and Lisa's (jds bro and his wife) house. I of course got the great opportunity to be the one that my niece Conli decided to attach herself too. She is so full of love, life, energy and excitement. When I get stressed at work, upset with life or cant seem to be happy. I of course think of this amazing little girl and I cant help but smile.

on the way home...

Today on the way home , I was witness to an accident. I was driving home from work in Salt Lake today and when I was stopped at an intersection waiting for my turn to move, a guy in a motorcycle going the opposite direction from me went through the light and was hit by another vehicle. The motorist was thrown forward from his bike and was run over by another vehicle and was essentially had his torso 80% separated from his lower body. I turned into the gas station that was nearest the intersection, ran out of my car and headed over to the injured motorist. I am certified in essential life care and first aid. I knew that I had a responsibility to help this man.

When I reached him, I could tell that he had passed away. Even if I could help him, there was not enough of his chest and mid-section for me to even perform CPR until the ambulance could arrive. Myself and other onlookers surveyed the scene until emergency reps arrived and removed the man. He was in his early twenties. I give my love and sorrows to his loved ones. Life is so short, and so precious. I am very lucky to have JD, my brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, mothers, father, and friends that continue my growing and supportive family. Live your life to the truest of who you are.

More then meets the eye..

On July 4th , JD and I were witness to the Transformers. I loved, loved it. It might tie with Superman Returns as my favorite movie of all. As a 31 year old male, I was the at the perfect age when Transformers came out originally. For birthdays and christmas I would always recieve the "good" guys and my brother Mark would always get the "bad" guys. I knew that it was my mothers way of forcing my brother and I to play together.

I am very glad that she did, it was something that my bro and I were able to share as children that crossed over into our adulthood. We are to this day always making comments to each other about our chosen transformers sides.

I will text him "Decepticons drool, Autobots Rule" or even "Too bad us Autobots are kicking your Decepticons ass and taking names" he will of course make a comeback that applies. I love that even how different my brother and I are, that we still can have a connection about a passion that we both have for transformers.

I also love that I can still enjoy aspects of my youth as an adult, too often I am reminded how rough and cruel this world can be. With the war, struggles with gay equality and the problems of our goverment, I can go to a movie that takes me away from all that for a while. That I can let myself be taken by the memories of a time when the battle for good and evil were played out with plastic robots and the imagination of two young boys.

All talking, all singing, all dancing

I just first wanted to just make a quick post introducing my new blog room. I chose my life in pink, because i like pink.. I think i am man enough to admit that! I also do some blogging on my myspace page www.myspace.com\supergirlnut. Here is to happy posting!