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If you remember from this post a few weeks ago, you know that we are all suffering uber-nerdy anticipation for the release of The Avengers (the movie) in theaters on May 4th.

Read the comments on that post and you'll see reader Lourdes M's genius suggestion of watching all the Marvel super hero movies beforehand. We have been doing exactly that for the past few weeks.

Our movie line-up has been as follows:

Week 1 - The Incredible Hulk
Week 2 - Ironman
Week 3 - Ironman 2

We are saving Captain America and Thor for next week.

And then....on May 4th.....

I can barely wait for the awesome.

My friends at MARVEL (<--click on this link and be prepared to lose hours of your life) asked if I wanted to host a giveaway while we're waiting for the movie to be released. You can guess how quickly I responded with a great big YES, PLEASE!

I am greatly, greatly pleased to offer the following MARVEL Avenger coolness to one lucky winner.

- MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS t-shirt in adult sizes of S, M, L, XL

- MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS set of 6 buttons

- MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS one pair of limited edition 3D glasses

To enter the drawing for this cool MARVEL Avengers Giveaway of Awesome, please answer one or all of the following questions:

Which one of the Avengers is your favorite?
If you were an Avenger, what would they call you?

Remember that if you want to enter the drawing for the MARVEL Avengers gift pack, you must leave a comment on this post and I'll choose a winner on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 at 7pm PST.

If you don't already, go "like " The Avengers on Facebook. Sooo worth it for the fun facts (and eye-candy, but that's not important right now).

My answers?

My favorite Avenger starts with "Th" and ends with "or."
You could call me Cubanasa. Porque si. ;-)

A few months ago, my son, Jonathan (16) breathlessly runs in.

"Mom, you've got to see this!" He then proceeds to show me the following movie trailer:

Explosions! People in peril! ! MARVEL SUPERHEROES ! ! (Win.Win.WIN!)

He knows (because I've told him repeatedly, as I have all four of my kids) that I was a nerdy comic-book-loving kid. That's right. Little known fun fact.

{WARNING: Over-sharing-Uber-nerd Alert!}

My dad used to take me to the local drugstore on weekends and let me pick out 3 or 4 comic books every week. It's how I learned to read in English. This probably flies in the face of all kinds of English as a second language research, but, whatever....

I would very carefully choose a variety of comic books, from the Harvey classics, like Richie Rich to the "teen" comedy, Archie (for the record, I was always very pro-Betty, but that's not important right now). I also really loved the action/adventure Marvel comics.

Thor was my favorite of the Avengers. Mostly because he said cool things like:

"WE'LL NEVER BE BEATEN! FOR WE ARE...THE AVENGERS!"

(By the way, the only time you should EVER use the Comic Sans font is in a comic book. There. I said it.)

Back to the Avengers. And specifically to Thor. The Mighty Thor. I loved Thor. He had the hammer. The cool Viking vibe. When I was in high school we were The Mighty Vikings. It like one big cosmic Thor Love-fest.

In fact, when Adam was three, I dressed him as Thor for Halloween. I did. I swear. (Excuse me while I go dig up some proof.....)

Ta-da!

Hey! Superheroes come in all sizes (and my son has since forgiven me). But that's not important right now.

As I got older, my comic book consumption diminished, but my love of all things Marvel did not. In the late 70's, I religiously watched Bill Bixby/Dr. Bruce Banner turn into Lou Ferrigno/The Incredible Hulk . (Who didn't?)

So back to Jonathan and The Avengers Movie Trailer....

I am thrilled that my 16 year old and I have such awesome common ground.
We are out-of-our-skin excited to see the film. In theaters everywhere on May 4th.