Guys, being a superhero is tough: training exercises, constantly being beat up, and facing literal nightmares. This pretty face can only take so much, baby. JK, it really is AWESOME! Sure, a lot of your time is spent fighting baddies, but then the rest of it is hanging out with OTHER superheroes.

Last night after defeating a meturglar (a meta who is also a burglar, yeah I’m good) Dibny, Harry, Killer Frost, and I went out. It was a little hard to convince Harry to leave the lab, but the key is the promise of a good brandy. Thanks for the tip, KF.

I thought we’d find a good one at the first establishment we went to, but apparently four-year-old brandy is way too young. Per Harry, “A brandy aged six to ten years is far superior, Ramon.” We entered into a battle of wits until Frost bought us a round of very fine scotch. They had good scotch, but not brandy?! Lame.

Before I knew it, we were at a second bar, then a third. KF really knows her way around town! Now this part gets a little blurry so stay with me. It was late. We stumbled upon an outdoor ice skating rink. Dibny made his hand into a key and lit up the place! Classic Dibny. Killer Frost made us ice skates. I felt so alive like Neo being unplugged in the real world. My man.

KF threw mist that crystalized into all kinds of ramps for us to skate off of. So that’s why my arm is throbbing! I did land on it quite a bit. I may have yelled, “I’m the King of the World,” more than once.

Dibny made himself into a slingshot so we could propel ourselves across the rink. That could’ve done it too, now that I’m thinking about it… Then, we raced. I totally beat Harry, but not Frost. Ice. It’s her thing, you know? Did I race Dibny? Oh no I did NOT race Dibny. He was very busy checking out his reflection in the ice. Dude c’mon.

At some point it started to snow. It was so nice. I looked around at our group and remember thinking everything was pretty great. Until I woke up on the floor of the Cortex missing a shoe, my T-shirt had some serious claw marks in it, and the light was bright. Too bright. Conclusion: worth it.