Well no dates and no women last Saturday night, a policy? No, just the way it was. Being somewhat bored, I went to the local bottle shop at picked up a bottle of Captain Morgan 'spiced' rum went back to my unit and decided to sought through some comics. Picked up the Avengers: The Initiative (Marvel) comic and started reading them again, there is this character in that series by the name of the Taskmaster. He is kinda cool, well at least how Christos N. Gage (writer) has written him (a mercenary that wears a skull mask). Slightly hard story to explain, but the gist of it is a guy (Taskmaster) who is trying to see the best possible scenario in th worst possible conditions. Maybe it was the Captain Morgan kicking in, actually it was quite nice mini review coming, but I like characters whether male of female that just cope with odds and wait for the good luck to swing back again. You could call that adaption, but life generally is filled with good and bad luck situations; we can never have it just one way. Even with bad luck, say a prolonged period, eventually, or possibly, your luck changes and you get back on your feet and back up again. Woddy Allen mentioned this, I remember seeing an interview with him and how he said that he has been incredibly lucky, that one doesn't 'make their luck' pe se, he is right to a degree. You have to position your self for a change in circumstances, that is the knack. Many don't, if a period of misfortune occurs, even if it is relatively minor. They just except their lot with all it's misery.
So characters like the Taskmaster rings a bell, I liked the idea of a guy that just cuts it, some cash is flowing in, he has some company from time to time (female); he is just trying to roll, when the next big thing comes his way. Which is essentially what the 'Initiative' story was somewhat about, the Taskmaster seeing that the situation that he was involved in is turning south and he is trying to make his plan to get the fuck out.
So there you go.
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