When Civilization Attacks

I've been having a pretty uneventful weekend. I got my car's oil changed yesterday, and today I bought a copy of the second volume of Skottie Young and Eric Shanower's Wizard of Oz comic adaptation. I actually kind of like the look of the Tin Woodman with a mustache, although seeing him without his funnel hat is pretty weird. I also like the old crow, even if a bird with eyebrows and a beard really doesn't make any sense. And I've always imagined Nimmie Amee as a brunette, but Young's blonde version works as well.

Speaking of The Wizard of Oz (and yes, I know I do that quite frequently), I always found the part near the beginning when Dorothy informs the Good Witch of the North that "Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead--years and years ago." There's somewhat of a theme in Baum's Oz books and related works that magic USED to be possible everywhere, but civilization basically meant its end, and only countries that were never civilized still had witches and wizards. Was this a common theme back when Baum wrote, or something unique to him? I know Baum also wrote a poem called "Who's Afraid?", which presented dragons, giants, and witches as now-dead figures of the past.

Okay, I'll finish this post with some old Friday Fives, courtesy of slfcllednowhere:

1. What decade did you attend/are you attending high school or college? The nineties.
2. What clothing fashion from that time are you glad/do you wish went out of style? I don't know. I don't pay attention to fashion, really.
3. Do you still listen to the music from your high school/college years on a regular basis? If you mean stuff that was played on the radio in those days, then no. If I'm going to listen to something formerly mainstream with nostalgic value, it's really more likely to be from my elementary school days. I think a fair amount of the music I listen to came out when I was in high school or college, but it wasn't mainstream, and I didn't listen to it back then.
4. What hairstyle/hair color did/do you wear during high school/college? My hairstyle throughout most of my childhood can best be described as "messy." In my senior year of high school, I started growing my hair out, and I kept it long through college. Looking back, I don't think that look really suited me, but I guess that's the time for trying out temporary things.
5. What was/is "the cool thing to do" while in high school/college? Whatever it was, I wasn't doing it. And I was in the Honors College, which means the cool thing to do was probably discussing Plato or something.

1. What would you do right now, if money were not an issue? Not worry about having to go to work tomorrow, and possibly buy some stuff.
2. What would you do for the next three years, if money were not an issue? Probably not much of anything. As much as I hate to admit it, it might be better for my well-being that money IS an issue.
3. What is bringing you the most joy right now that requires little or no money? Well, I'm married, so I guess I'm supposed to say my wife, right? {g}
4. What types of things do you find enjoyable that require no money? Books from the library
5. Is there anything you've been meaning to do for a long time, but put off because of money? Getting our own place to live.