Did Richard Moll die or something? Cause I need to know these things. All I know about city life and criminal justice came from Night Court. And his voice work as Two-Face on Batman:TAS was killer, too.
Unless I just didn't notice his oddly oval head up there before...
Or maybe Google has brainwashed me into believing all header manipulations have meaning.
It's a little big in the upper body area. I can deal with that. The cape can hide the lack of muscles and the belt draws attention away from the gut.
The crotch area is a little funny. Sort of a little too tight. Not uncomfortable tight. Showy tight. Need to figure out what to do with that. Or I could wear the cape in the front. But then I won't be able to see through that side of the hood.
Oh...and there's no zipper or hole in the suit. So if I need to piss, I'll have to get out of the suit. Going to need an elaborate tubing system...or a sidekick .... Brak...zorak...where art thou?
So, what's everybody else dressing up as on Halloween?
Hey, Killoggs! It's been a while. The man has cut down on my screw around time at work so my net presence has been down significantly. Things in Chicago are alright. Nothing new major going on, which is fine for me.
What I have to share with you today, in the category of Food:
The Honeycrisp Apple
If God wants an apple, he must eat a Honeycrisp! I discovered these a couple of weeks ago while doing my hunting-gathering. I would like to thank gene-engineers at the University of Minnnesota for giving us their state's best export since Prince. Sorta tart. Sorta sweet. Juicy/Crunchy (squirty, even). As I understand it, these won't be in season much longer, so if you can find them, buy a bushel. Foodstuff of the Month!
I was on the train and I saw Chris Carrabba outside his massive tour bus behind the Aragon Ballroom. He was either crying or it was raining. Probably both.
Now, standby as Killoggs is infested w/ emo googlers.
Harry Goz, the voice of Captain Murphy, passed away this week. A message from Adam Reed and Matt Thompson, co-creators of "Sealab 2021," follows:
"We are devastated by the loss of our good friend, Harry Goz. Working with him was always sheer joy, and his talent was beyond compare. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, and we shall all miss him dearly."
I'm bummed out. Not Johnny Cash bummed out. But still sad. Goz's Captain Murphy has always made me smile. (I couldn't find a news link so hopefully this isn't a hoax. I think this was actually released last week).
1. The Happy Day Express
2. Hallelu, Hallelujah
3. Little David, Play On Your Harp
4. O-B-E-D-I-E-N-C-E
5. Marching Medley: Battle Hymn Of The Republic / Joshua Fit The Battle / We're Marching To Zion / Onward, Christian Soldiers / When The Saints Go Marching In
6. I Am A C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N
7. Who Built The Ark?
8. Old Man Noah
9. His Banner Over Me Is Love
10. Hinei Ma Tov
11. River Of Life
12. Classics Medley: Go Tell It To The Mountain / Canaan's Land / I'm Gonna Sing / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
13. I Like To Pray
14. Jacob's Ladder
15. Peter, James And John In A Sailboat
16. I've Got Peace Like A River
17. My God Is So Big
18. Michael Row The Boat Ashore
...and as Billy's solo in "My God is So Big" ended, a single bead of sweat rolled slowly off Father O'Malley's brow.
I just downloaded every episode of "Clone High." I've only seen like 3 actual episodes but the ones I have cracked me up. I love the A.D.D. Gandhi clone and the disaffected goth-y insecure Joan of Arc clone. And the Ghengis Khan clone with the "Free Tibet" T-shirt.
I tend to avoid panic when it comes to things I can't avoid. On 9-11, when my family was calling me worried about my status, I hadn't yet been hit by the enormity of the event and wondered how they could even be concerned. I don't watch network news and I take everything I read with a grain of salt. When they found "Dr. Chaos" hiding his cyanide or whatever on the Blue Line here in Chicago last year, I wasn't the slightest bit worried.
Given that, I was sort of weirded out by an incident yesterday. I live on the north side of the city far from downtown and the loop, but had to go to the dentist at UIC which took me down, underground, through downtown, on my way there (80 % of the train system is above ground here, only downtown and a couple other places does it go below ground).
Anyway, right before I went underground, I got REALLY nervous. I'd been too busy this week to figure out that the hajj ended the day before, and just conjured up all these ideas about how I had x number of last chances to get off and run other errands, avoiding certain doom/nerve gas. I have a scarf. Scarves stop anthrax. A-OK.
I just felt really ridiculous, because I've NEVER worried about that sort of thing and suddenly Tom Ridge had me in his fist.
...but unpacking sucks more. I finally started putting some stuff away today (I've been here a week). It's just all so neatly organized in boxes. If I could spread them out a little more, I probably wouldn't even bother.
B-Fest tonight! 24 hours of numbed-ass, sarcastic shouting, and tragically wasted celluloid.
Here's the schedule:
Friday, January 24 2003
6:00 p.m. Intro
6:05 Kingdom of the Spiders
7:45 Cool as Ice
9:25 Flash Gordon
11:25 Raffle for Door Prizes
11:45 The Wizard of Speed and Time (short)
midnight Plan 9 From Outer Space
Saturday, January 25 2003
1:20 a.m. The Happy Hooker
3:00 Flesh Gordon
4:20 short
4:30 Warlords of Atlantis
6:10 Dementia-13
7:30 No Holds Barred
9:00 breakfast break
9:40 Mac and Me
11:20 The Last Dragon
1:10 p.m. It Came From Beneath the Sea
2:30 What is Communism? (short)
2:50 Supergirl
4:50 Godzilla 1985
I'm working on memorizing the refrain to "Lose Yourself" for use at some point during "Cool As Ice."
I was just watching M2 and they played the video for Moby's version of "That's When I Reach for My Revolver."
MTV squiggled up the "reach for" portion of the refrain.
What MOBY?! What will you do with your revolver?
In other news, "The Others" came out on DVD this week. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out. Very creepy. Much better than most of the garbage nominated for awards last year.
So I was in the library today browsing the shelves and I heard this odd thumping noise. Every 30 seconds or so, I heard this sound, kind of like somebody thumping coconuts at the grocery store. So I turn down the next aisle, and there's a librarian shelving books. As I continued browsing, I noticed that every time he shelved a book, he punched himself in the head - THUMP! It was one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Has anyone a name for this sickness? The only thing I could think of remotely similar was the people who chew their own limbs off and have to be restrained for protection. I wondered if this was the type of person that library work attracts, but then I remembered Brandon worked in a library and he eats things off the ground and burns himself, so maybe it's like a requirement or something.
If anybody in the DC area wants a free sandwich from Potbelly (555 12th St. NW, Wash; 4250 Fairfax, Arlington; or 199K E. Montgomery Ave, Rockville), e-mail me your address and I'll send you a postcard I picked up that'll get you one. I've only got 3, so first come, first serve.
So Brandon, Don, & I went to see David Cross at the Metro here in Chicago last night. Pretty funny stuff and MILES better than his last HBO special. Lots of making fun of the Bible, Kansas City, Harlowe, President Bush, Promise Keepers, Post 9-11 Gay rollerbladers, and southern relatives.
He had a brief Q & A in which he mentioned Run Ronnie Run possibly coming out in April or June, but his tone had more of a straight-to-video vibe. He talked about doing the Mr. Show DVD commentary and said the first set is likely going to hit this summer.
He's coming DC way for you folks there. Friday night in DC at the Black Cat and Saturday in Baltimore at Ottobar. Highly recommended.
