{"id":636,"date":"2007-04-05T18:21:45","date_gmt":"2007-04-06T01:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2007\/04\/05\/peter-parker-forgets-his-roots\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T05:52:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:52:53","slug":"peter-parker-forgets-his-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/peter-parker-forgets-his-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"peter parker forgets his roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image637\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/spider-manweek.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"spider-manweek banner\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the end of this month &#8216;Spider-Man Week in NYC&#8217; begins throughout&#8230; NYC?<\/p>\n<p>this street banner is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicknormal\/445562522\/map\/?view=everyones\">located near the Steinway Street R subway<\/a> (whose Queen&#8217;s termination is Forest Hills, where Peter Parker LIVES! note: the <a href=\"http:\/\/spider-manweeknyc.com\/\">event website<\/a> even <a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/spider-manweek-queens.jpg\" title=\"peter parker from queens\" rel=\"lightbox\">says this<\/a>!)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/spider-manweek-map.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"spider-manweek map of events\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However examination of the said website offers a map, a map that shows more events taking place throughout Brooklyn than Queens, with NO events located in Forest Hills (which would be a genius PR move), and of course the absolute fucking bulk of events taking place throughout the increasingly tourist-infested Manhattan neighborhoods. But only a few events south of Houston, most of them are taking place up the Broadway-axis to the southern edge of Central Park, with a few others scattered about.<\/p>\n<p>Does this mean Peter Parker, the ageless wonder I have adored for years past, has forgotten about the borough we both love? Nooooo, rather, you proceed to tease me by being &#8221; <a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/502new_storyimage4684956_full.jpg\" title=\"spider-man back in black\" rel=\"lightbox\">Back in Black<\/a> &#8221; (written by my man <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._Michael_Straczynski\">J. Michael Straczynski<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Babylon_5\">Babylon 5<\/a> acclaim!), taunting me with <a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/spiderman3_10.jpg\" title=\"spidey muscles\" rel=\"lightbox\">those&#8230; mmmm&#8230; big&#8230; black&#8230; muscles<\/a>HEY I WAS GONNA WEAR MY SPIDEY THERMAL SOCKS UNTIL THE RELEASE BUT NO MORE!<\/p>\n<p>YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME! (I&#8217;ll see you on 5 May. squeek.)<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of this month &#8216;Spider-Man Week in NYC&#8217; begins throughout&#8230; NYC? this street banner is located near the Steinway Street R subway (whose Queen&#8217;s termination is Forest Hills, where Peter Parker LIVES! note: the event website even says this!) 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