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A few days ago, I went to my favorite comic book shop, ComicQuest at the Festival Mall. I do that every week. Well, mostly every week. I try to be there every Thursday night so I can be one of the first geeks to see the new comics for the week. It has been a routine. And my wallet hates me for it. Oh, sweet wallet. So naive to the perils of Baddie having a job and a steady flow of cash.

Anyway, this particular trip to the four-color heaven I call ComicQuest was special. Usually, the only females there are the clerks. Rarely do I see female customers. If they’re there, they’re with their boyfriends. Or sons. Or husbands. Or brothers. This trip was different. There were 2 female customers. One of them was a chubby girl with her guy friends trying to look for a gift for someone. That someone was probably a Transformers geek since the girl was hellbent on finding a Transformers comic or action figure that would agree with her budget. The other girl… well, she’s a goddess.

She was this perky, cute, and sexy chick who’s into Superman, Batman, and practically the rest of the DC Universe. She was talking to the clerk about current storylines in the Superman and Batman books. She was also checking out other DC titles on the rack. She was extremely ecstatic while talking about the DC books. I was smitten. It would have been “love at first sight” if her boyfriend wasn’t there.

When the dude saw me take my place beside the goddess, he immediately reached around her waist and gave her a “you’re-mine-and-other-dudes-can-only-look” little kiss on the lips. Asshole. As I was asking for the new stuff from the same clerk she was talking to, I felt like it was high school all over again.

Cute… chick… beside me… must… concentrate… must… pretend… have to look… at the list of new stuff… even if I already know… what to get…

The boyfriend was feeling uneasy. He was trying to rush her. Maybe because he wasn’t really interested in the stuff his girl was talking about. Or maybe he noticed I was taking my time “looking at stuff” beside his girl. Then the goddess mentioned Infinite Crisis. She started discussing and explaining it to her non-geek boyfriend. Discussing and explaining a universe-spanning comic book crossover event. Goddess.

I hope she’s a regular there. It’s a rare thing to hear a hot chick talking about comics. It was a rare thing for me to stay at the shop for that long. I hope I’ll get to meet her. Without the boyfriend. That would be sweet. Fanboy meets fangirl.

On that note, if you, dear reader, are a hot chick who can explain Infinite Crisis to me, contact me! We’ll share the panels of life and the 2-page spreads of love together ad infinitum. Haha!

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