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Collectibles: Everyone Has Something

Do you have any collections?

Collections are something everyone has. Some hide theirs, and others show them off. Do you show yours off? Or do you collect them in private and hope no one finds out? Me? I show my collections off. If I hide them, then what’s the point in collecting?

I really only collect two things. I’d love to collect more, but I don’t have anywhere to put stuff. I also don’t think there’s much else I’d like to collect anyway.

The first thing I collect is comic books. Old comics, new comics, I collect them all. I don’t actively hunt down certain issues of comics, but every comic I buy, I read, and then I store it away in a box. I haven’t counted how many I have, but it has to be about 1,000 comic books by now.

Most of my comic books are Marvel, but I also have several DC and independent comics. Some of the independent comics are just as good, if not better than Marvel or DC. If I see something I’m interested in, I’ll buy it. A good story is a good story, regardless of where it comes from.

The second thing I collect is Funkos. I love Funkos, and I have since I started buying them. I easily have a few hundred of them by now, and I have them sitting on shelves where people can see them. Which ones do I have? There are way too many to list, but the majority of them are Marvel related.

I do have several Funkos that have nothing to do with Marvel, too. I have a few Stranger Things Funkos, Silicon Valley, Happy Days, and even a few Metallica Funkos. I have no intention of ending my collection of Funkos. There’s always new ones coming out, and if there’s one I like, I’ll buy it.

There’s nothing wrong with collecting things. Some people might call it weird. Some people might hate it. But at the end of the day, if it makes you happy, then that’s all that matters. Collections bring people joy. So collect on!

Repeating a First Experience

I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Not for any particular reason, either. It just popped into my head. There have been a few TV shows and movies I wish I could see again for the first time. Even albums I wish I could hear again for the first time. Things that just hit different when I first experienced them.

What are these things I wish to experience again for the first time? In terms of music, the album Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Nightwish. I have been a fan of Nightwish for years, and that album absolutely blew me away the first time I heard it. To this day, that album holds a special place in my heart as being one of the only albums to truly leave me speechless.

There are three TV shows I wish I could see again for the first time. They are Daredevil, The Punisher, and Vikings. Daredevil and The Punisher were everything I wanted them to be and more. I was so upset when they were canceled, but I have a new hope with Daredevil: Born Again being made by Disney. I also loved every bit of Vikings. It’s true, after Ragnar died, it lost something, but I also feel they did a great job carrying the show on without him. Bjorn was a very worthy successor to Ragnar.

As for the movies I wish I could watch again for the first time? A few circled around in my head. I don’t necessarily want to see the entire movie again, but the Darth Vader hallway scene from Rogue One is something I wish I could see again for the first time. I remember seeing that for the first time and being both excited and terrified at the same time. It was such an amazing feeling.

But the only movie I wish I could see again for the first time is Avengers: Endgame. It had so much buildup and years of waiting behind it. Endgame also had so many special and memorable moments that I’d love to witness again for the first time. It wasn’t a perfect movie, but I really did enjoy watching it. I’ll never forget the giddy feeling I got when I realized that Cap could actually lift the hammer. Nothing but pure joy.