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| The Internet Doesn't Care If You Smell | REMEMBRANCE OF PERFUMES PAST / DEMETER. Vetiver.
/ worn: junior year and most of senior year
/ bought on sale / Japanese Cherry Blossom
/ worn: senior year and first year of college
/ 18th birthday gift from my sister / Clarity.
/ worn: first semester second year of college
/ bought with a gift certificate / Egyptian Sunset
/ worn: spring semester second year
/ bought in a gift shop, cheap. / Bamboo Body Mist
/ worn: firs semester, third year
/ bought at Target, very ceap / Athena: The stench of my past is overpowering! cough cough cough http://actionathena.com/2008/12/03/the-internet-doesnt-care-if-you-smell/ |
| I Heart Three Hours of Sleep! | [[The Cannon River waterfall.]] / [[Bridge Square and the Popcorn Wagon.]] / [[Goodbye Blue Monday coffee shop.]] / I Heart Nfld. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/05/i-heart-three-hours-of-sleep/ |
| Monday Is Only The Beginning. | SATURDAY NIGHT / cheap beer! $12 a case! / Sahar / decade dance / s'mores and snow / blessed sleep at 4 AM http://actionathena.com/2008/12/08/monday-is-only-the-beginning/ |
| Seeecrets | Athena: secrets, secrets are no fun... / Chris Semple: oh, we'll let you in eventually! / Athena: secrets, secrets hurt someone! / Sean: Awesome! / Sean: What? http://actionathena.com/2008/12/10/seeecrets/ |
| Beards and Long-Forgotten Fantasy Novels | Catherine: Omigosh! You guys should totally both wear T-shirts that say: "Men: They Do It Better." and then see how people react. It'll be a social experiment! / Athena {{to Chris}}: Ha ha! Man, that'd really take balls on your part. / Chris Semple: Or a BEARD. With this I am UNSTOPPABLE. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/12/beards-and-long-forgotten-fantasy-novels/ |
| Blink Blink | Suited Man: unfortunately we were unable to obtain / Suited Man: a sufficient sample population / Suited Man: and thus / Suited Man: ... / [[A pause.]] / [[Another pause.]] / Suited Man: guess that's it, then. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/15/blink-blink/ |
| Cling | It's going by so fast. / And I've no one to whom / I might cling, nor / Would clinging be / A useful approach. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/17/cling/ |
| OMG Northfield | Alice B. Toklas: Ooh, I had leftover Chinese for lunch. It was so good. / Gertrude Stein: I ate all my Chinese. / Alice B. Toklas: I'm sorry. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/21/omg-northfield/ |
| Technicolor | Technicolor / [[Colorful rainbows, a leaping golden-haired lady, smiling gnomes, a cuddly bear, a waterfall...and then Cameo. Arms crossed, surly, and drawn in only black and white. Cameo clicks off a TV.]] / Cameo: Everyone thinks color is so great. / Cameo: So many options! So much creativity! / Cameo: Personally, I think it makes almost everything way more complicated. / Cameo: I like my world in black and white. / Cameo: Good and bad, day and night... You're either one or the other. It makes life so simple. / Cameo: Why would yo want to ruin all that with a bunch of primary colors?
/ [[She clicks the TV back on. It shows obnoxious, colorful Teletubby-esque creatures surrounded by butterflies.]] / Cameo: I think I'm gonna be sick. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/22/technicolor/ |
| ANGRY WOMBZ | [[A mother cradles a baby in her arms.]] / [[The baby leaps forth into the air.]]
/ ANGRY BABY! / Mother: NOT AGAIN / [[Angry Baby stomps into a bowl of porridge.]] / [[Angry Baby yanks on his mother's hair.]] / [[Close-up of Angry Baby's evil eye.]] / [[Angry Baby stomps throughout the room destroying things.]] / SUPER BABY--MASTER OF CHAOS, LORD OF DESTRUCTION! / [[The mother weeps.]] / Mother: DAMN MY WOMB! http://actionathena.com/2008/12/24/angry-wombz/ |
| Minnestalgia. It's A Word Now. | Cameo: It was a night like any other... / Cameo: I found myself walking in an unkempt part of town... Suddenly I realized I had stumbled into a cheap film noir... / Cameo: The man in the dark hat knew my name. / Cameo: You're the dame I've been looking for, he said. / Cameo: I followed. / Cameo: We went down steadily narrowing alleys, into the heart of the BAD neighborhoods. / Cameo: This is it, he told me, with a wink oozing charm. All I could see was city... / Cameo: And sky. / Cameo: Sigh... / Cameo: This is where I pushed my ex-wife off the ledge, he said. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/26/minnestalgia-its-a-word-now/ |
| I Will Miss You. | I WILL MISS YOU.
/ Sarah
/ Evan
/ Diana
/ Sean
/ Catherine
/ Nate
/ Bera
/ Hannah
/ Chris
/ Aliya
/ Dylan
/ Elizabeth
/ Kate
/ Large One
/ David
/ Tabitha
/ Krellenstein
/ Joanna
/ D.A.K.
/ Sasha http://actionathena.com/2008/12/29/i-will-miss-you/ |
| Resolute | ATHENA'S NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS FOR 2009 / * Develop an incredible work ethic. / * Become famous. / * Earn $$$ despite the failing economy. / * Get fucking hot. / * Have a torrid romance. / * Go to CRAZY PARTIES. / * Oh, and uh...maybe get a little less self-centered. http://actionathena.com/2008/12/31/resolute/ |
| Hampshire Gots No Majors | Drunk Lady: So what are you majoring in? / Athena: eh. / Athena: Bullshit! / Athena: Self-obsession. / Athena: Pop Culture! / Athena: White liberal guilt. / Athena: The Internet. / Drunk Lady: Oh, you'll do fine. I majored in Binge-Drinking with a minor in Trophy Wifery. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/02/hampshire-gots-no-majors/ |
| Worth Remembering | MONDAY DEC 29, 2008: Discount shopping with Mom and Phoebe at the Southdale Mall. / TUESDAY DEC 30, 2008: Picking up my repaired computer from the Apple Store. / WEDNESDAY DEC 31, 2008: Chatting with old friends at our fantastic New Years party. / THURSDAY JAN 1, 2009: Watching A LOT of "Sex and the City" with Mom and Phoebe. / FRIDAY JAN 2, 2009: Hanging out at Sarah G's house with the old group. / SATURDAY JAN 3, 2009: Dinner with Becca, then conversation with Sam and William. / SUNDAY JAN 4, 2009: Drawing and drinking coffee in Blue Monday. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/06/worth-remembering/ |
| Dirty Mouth | Athena: Phoebe has diarrhea, she thinks!
/ Mom: Oh DEAR! / Phoebe: Well, it's not in my PANTS! / Mom: I know, but that's no good when you're travelling. / Phoebe: No, it's fine, I won't poop anyway. / Phoebe: You know I never poop on vacation! http://actionathena.com/2009/01/12/dirty-mouth/ |
| She Has Her Phone | Phoebe's bitchiest moment to date: / Phoebe: Dad, YOU have to take this one. / Phoebe: I have my PHONE. / [[Phoebe struts with her cell phone. Dad carries the extra bag of luggage.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/01/14/she-has-her-phone/ |
| Singing at the Cow | Now that I've discovered aging...it's everywhere.
/ (Naples, FL Jan 2009) / I picked up Marquez's "Living to tell the Tale." The way that man conjures nostalgia! / And I'm once again rereading my old favorite book, thinking about the passage of time--due to the story itself, and because I've read the thing three times before.
/ (What I Loved, Siri Hustvedt) / Cate Blanchett graces the cover of my magazine and discusses her most recent film, in which she plays youth through old age. / Celebrities who look younger than me are popping out babies and buying multimillion dollar mansions. / On a beach walk with my sister, we discuss our lack of belief in an afterlife. / I sing 1940s classics while my Grandma plays the piano. These are HER songs, but I know them too, every word. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/16/singing-at-the-cow/ |
| What I'm Avoiding | What I'm Avoiding: any and all phone calls. / final evaluations. / the outdoors. / packing. moving. / What I'm NOT Avoiding: rocking out. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/19/what-im-avoiding/ |
| Petty Concerns | A Random Sampling of the Clientele of Goodbye Blue Monday / MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
/ Middle Schooler: We look SO COOL sitting here. / HIGH SCHOOLERS
/ Male High Schooler: I was SO drunk last night--
/ Female High Schooler: Drunk? You don't know the meaning of drunk! / CARLS & OLES
/ Carl & Ole [[thought]]: Freak. / WISENED RETURNERS
/ Sarah Goldfeather: pff.
/ Athena: yeah, pff! / REGULARS
/ Old Dude 1: Get a load of THOSE guys!
/ Old Dude 2: ha ha ha / VISITORS
/ Old Lady 1: Oh my! Is this a panther?
/ Old Lady 2: What a LOVELY lamp! / EVER-PATIENT EMPLOYEES
/ Aaron: sigh. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/21/i-will-love-blue-monday-all-the-days-of-my-life/ |
| Tomorrow I Fly | [[Athena sits silently for six panels. Then,]] / Athena: Tomorrow I fly! http://actionathena.com/2009/01/23/tomorrow-i-fly/ |
| I Fucking Move A Lot | PACKING - AUG '06
/ Athena: I'm gonna go to college! / UNPACKING - SEPT '06
/ Athena: DAD! Don't put it there! / PACKING - NOV '06
/ Athena: I'm gonna live with a boy! / UNPACKING - NOV '06
/ Athena: Now we're roommates. / PACKING - JAN '07
/ Athena: It's 3 am! / UNPACKING - JAN '07
/ Athena: It's 3 degrees! / PACKING - MAY '07
/ Athena: My giant diaper bag split! / UNPACKING - MAY '07
/ Athena: I'm leaving this shit on the floor. / PACKING - AUG '07
/ Athena: 36 hours on a greyhound! / UNPACKING - AUG '07
/ Athena: That's our new double! / PACKING - FEB '08
/ Athena: Mama! / UNPACKING - FEB '08
/ Athena: Thanks, mom. / PACKING - MAY '08
/ Athena: Oof! / UNPACKING - MAY '08
/ Athena: Whatever... I'm going to St Paul soon. / PACKING - JUNE '08
/ Athena: Let's bring this card table. / UNPACKING - JUNE '08
/ Athena: ung! / PACKING - AUG '08
/ Athena: Must own nothing! / UNPACKING - AUG '08
/ Athena: Home again. / PACKING - AUG '08
/ Athena: Time for college, season 3! / UNPACKING - SEPT '08
/ Athena: Fuck! / PACKING - DEC '08
/ Athena: Goodbye, Mod 102. / UNPACKING - DEC '08
/ Athena: I have to get rid of stuff! / PACKING - JAN '09
/ Athena: Passport...German Dictionary / UNPACKING - JAN '09
/ Athena: * http://actionathena.com/2009/01/26/i-fucking-move-a-lot/ |
| Essen | Wer sagt es gibt nur fleisch auf Deutschland?
/ Es gibt auch... / BROT / KASE / EIER / ...UND MOHNTORTE! http://actionathena.com/2009/01/28/essen/ |
| Monumental | BERLIN MONUMENTS: / 1) the Reichstag (parliament) building, 2) the Victory Column, 3) the Brandenburg Gate, 4) the TV tower, 5) the Berlin Cathedral, 6) the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, 7) Charlottenburg Palace, and 8 ) Museum Island. http://actionathena.com/2009/01/30/monumental/ |
| OMGWTF Germany! | Athena: I wish I had someone to write love letters to. / [[She grins evilly out of the panel.]] / Athena: I would be damn good at writing love letters. http://actionathena.com/2009/02/02/omgwtf-germany/ |
| Z?hringerstra?e | [[Athena holds the word "LIFE!" above her head. For three panels she jiggles it.]] / [[In the fourth panel, she brings it down and holds it against her chest.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/02/04/zahringerstrase/ |
| Herrfurthstra?e | [[Daniel Inkeles stares at his laptop.]] / Daniel: hee hee! / [[Daniel continues looking at his laptop, now smiling.]] http://actionathena.com/2009/02/06/herrfurthstrase/ |
| I Love My Sheebee Sister | MOJITOS. (Nov 2007) / Athena: Remember how we used to make houses for fairies when we were little? / Phoebe: Yeah. I always wanted them to be real. I still do. / Athena: I wonder why you forget how to play make-believe when you grow up. / Phoebe: Sofie and I tried awhile ago. We got out all the Playmobil and set it up, but...we didn't know what to do. It wasn't the same. / [[Sad pause.]] / Athena: Growing up is weird, isn't it?
/ Phoebe: I know, it sucks. http://actionathena.com/2009/02/09/i-love-my-sheebee-sister/ |
| Malte and the Bear | Malte: http://actionathena.com/2009/02/11/malte-and-the-bear/ |
| sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me | START HERE: / You don't get that amazing internship. You get a job at Kinko's instead. You go home and eat raw cookie dough alone every night. FATTY. / You DO get that amazing internship. You hate it. Turns out you suck at journalism. You suffer a crisis of self-doubt. You meet some doofus at a bar and sleep with him. ACCIDENTAL BABIES. / Amazing internship eventually becomes cool job. Bad economy: you get fired. You meet a boring dude, marry, and have kids. You kill your family. ELECTRIC CHAIR. / You get a promotion. You buy a cat. You buy another cat. You buy another cat. CAT LADY. / You get a Pullitzer. Fame & Fortune. Greed & Downfall. Booze. Alcoholism. / You get an Oscar. You move to L.A. You hire a personal trainer and go fake tanning. You fuck the pool boy. COUGAR. / You meet a nice guy. Also he's really funny and "gets" you. Also he's frickin' hot. You drive him away with your shrewish ways. BITCH. / You feel accomplished. Guest lectures at prestigious universities. Multiple book deal. Serenity, happiness, world travel, etc. RESPECT. http://actionathena.com/2009/02/13/sock-it-to-me-sock-it-to-me-sock-it-to-me/ |
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