Anonymity

The Internet is an odd thing. On the one hand, it appears to provide the perfect refuge to write anonymously about any and all subjects.  On the other hand, it allows one’s information to roam freely in an uncontrollable electronic space.  Both of these qualities seems to be fueling the ire of my government handlers.

I must admit I am confused.  I am aware they were not initially in favor of this blog posting my musings on living amongst earthlings.  However,  I have convinced them in the past that this blog would be a useful “red herring” to get people to doubt its validity.  For the most part, that strategy seems to have worked, but something seems to have changed.  They are very nervous about my “lack of anonymity.”

I have been getting more hits on the blog recently, but they seem of more amused interest than a risk to security, if that is what they are worried about.  They have not asked me to remove the blog yet. Still, they have strongly hinted that my posts should be less frequent and less revealing of the other aliens’ lives.

I suppose they will not be too happy with this post, either, but we shall see what happens.  Something must have changed that I am not aware of.  I am sure to find out soon.

Battleship

Movie night has become such a regular occurrence with my fellow refugees, they are starting to take it very seriously.  They were adamant that we see the film “Battleship” thinking it was somehow a document of our own failed invasion attempt.  It took considerable effort to convince them otherwise.  They are slowly coming around to the notion of films being works of fiction, as they still do not have a firm grasp on human art forms.  Not only are they slow to understand the level of verisimilitude in art, they are even slower to the concept of quality.  The general perception is that the facts are up on screen and therefore must be true.  I could not even convince them that The Avengers are a construct of artistic imagination.  I suppose I was equally naïve about human culture when I first arrived here.  Those were such innocent times.  I will admit it is a lot easier to accept that The Avengers are real.  I am not entirely convinced that they are not.

Car Alarm

Human Earthlings are obsessed with their cars to an illogical degree.  They love to buy, drive, and show off their cars, making whatever cosmetic changes suit them as though the vehicles themselves undergo a constant mating ritual.  They place such importance on these vehicles that they install loud and appropriately irritating alarms.  Yet, when these alarms go off, the owner is nowhere to be seen or heard from.

The particular car alarm that has been irritating me this evening has been going off for the past hour and a half with no foreseeable end.  I do not even know whose car this is.  The car is about two properties down, but I do not believe it belongs to those residents.  If it did, they are not home, and from what I can tell there is no visible sign of vandalism or attempted theft.

One would think that the owner of this car would be concerned enough to check on their car as soon as the alarm went off, but no one seems to be doing anything about it.  If no one arrives to claim this vehicle or shut off the alarm, I am considering using my endo-particle disintegrator to end the madness.  This is a residential street after all, and it is a school night.

Earth 2

Speaking of super heroes, it has come to my attention that Wednesday is “new comic book day,” and I have stumbled upon a whole new universe.  The new universe I speak of is called “Earth 2.”  I suppose it is called that because the physical laws and content of this world are so close to that one, but it is a variant, changed by slightly different courses of events, even different versions of the same people, in this case, super heroes.

This is all theoretical, of course, but I wonder, what if humans have indeed discovered alternate dimensions to their own?  What would they do about such a discovery?

Intriguing.

Super Heroes

I have never seen a group of displaced alien refugees marvel with such excitement over their first experience with Earthly heroism.  Considering how short a time we have been here, that is not saying much, but it is something.

Needless to say, my alien brethren were quite roused by seeing The Avengers this weekend.  The first reaction was fear.  Understandably, since as one reformed military strategist put it, “If that small team could have so easily dispatched an alien invading armada of that size, we would not have had a chance.” He also remarked on the brilliance of having a chaos bringing creature like the Hulk on their side.

Again, I attempted to explain the fictitious nature of the movie, but I gave up in the end as it became to difficult to explain after their insistence that it must be true.  “After all, that Captain America fellow fought on the side of the Allies against Germany in World War II, and Thor is a well documented figure of Norse culture.” There is no arguing with that logic.

Of course, this is leading to more questions about my dealings with the local Earth government.  They all want to know if I can arrange for them to join S.H.I.E.L.D. or at least meet the Avengers.  As if I had that kind of influence with my government friends.

Heroes

With all of the recent drama I have had in my relationship with April, I have not been maintaining my movie nights with the immigrant alien population.  To my pleasant surprise, they have been upholding the tradition on their own.  They have been more successful in figuring things out on their own lately.  Still, one topic has come up quite a bit lately: Super Heroes.

I admit, I have not steeped myself in quite as much current popular culture research as I thought, but I blame myself for that since the first collective experience I shared with many of the new arrivals last July was Comic Con.  I suppose it was more vague and overwhelming at the time, but now there is growing concern about this motion picture event documenting the group known as The Avengers.

My understanding is that these “Avengers” are a group of beings, both human and alien who have sworn to protect the Earth from other alien threats.  This has created growing concern among my brethren for two reasons.  First, they worry that they may be the perceived threat and fear the wrath of these formidable heroes.  Second, they worry about the vengeance these Avengers might be bringing forth.  We are all unfamiliar with human vengeance, but we know too well the lengths Martians will go to for vengeance, which can be quite terrifying.

I tried to assure my alien comrades that this movie is merely a work of fiction, but even I cannot be completely sure of this.  I suppose we will have to see it to find out what kind of people these Avengers are.

Comfort Zone

April and I have had several long chats these past few days, and I think we are finally getting back to where we were before we started giving each other space.  I suspect there is still part of her that is worried about my alien side.  We have generally spent so much time pointing out how alike we are despite the obvious differences that we have spent very little time discussing how deep our differences run.

This is something we will have to discuss more in depth, but I am content putting that off to a later time for now.  I am just pleased we are comfortable with each other again.