Don't make me take these glasses off.

We watched Superman Returns last night. It was so awesome! I totally dig superman. Maybe it's because I have fond memories of watching the old superman movies with my dad as a kid, but I've always liked him best. I had the hugest childhood crush on him. He always dropped everything to save Lois Lane, and I thought that was romantic. Now in retrospect, I guess that would be pretty sweet for her, but if you happened to be in trouble at the same time as she was, I guess you'd be screwed. Too bad burning bus of school kids! My girlfriend is in trouble!

My only beef with the superman mythos is the whole glasses are my disguise thing. So when he puts his glasses on, he looks like a totally different person? I realize he also goes from suave to complete teabag in zero to ten seconds, but still. Why don't people notice? I guess the truth of the matter is that people just aren't that observant. I wear glasses just about everyday, and sometimes when I get the hankering, I'll put in my contacts. When I do, people act like I look completely different. If I am wearing them and want to avoid someone at the store for example, I just walk right past and they usually don't notice. It's nice. Other times it's just damn annoying. Once I went to work with my contacts in and someone actually came up to me and said "Can you see me?" And waved their hands in my face. Idiot.

So in homage to the new superman movie, here is a short list of some of my favorite old school superman moments (not necessarily in order):

:::The time Lois Lane died and he flew around the Earth, changing it's rotation and turning back time so he could save her. (complete cheese, but still a classic)

:::Superman using his super breath to blow an oil spill back into a damaged oil tanker.

:::Superman giving up his powers to be with Lois Lane then getting owned at a diner by some biker/thug.

:::Zod and Superman scuffle in the white house.

Awesomeness.