This show used to scare the crap out of me:
I always wanted to be a member of the Midnight Society, they were pretty awesome.
Archive for October, 2008
Some kind of “wonder”-ful
October 30, 2008So I finished my Halloween costume last night. I’ll have to get someone to take a full body shot for me tomorrow, but this gives you a little taste:
Now I just have to finish carving my “No on Prop 8″ pumpkins and I’ll be all set for Halloween. What are you dressing up as? What do you have planned?
“you’re the color, you’re the movement and the spin”
October 29, 2008On Monday night, I went to see The Notwist, my favorite German electronica/ambient/indie band. I was coming down with a bit of a cold, but I said “Damn it, I bought these tickets back in August, I’m going to this fucking show!”. And I’m glad I did. They put on a really good show and did a lot of songs from “Neon Golden”, which is my favorite album of theirs. Highlights were “Neon Golden” ending in an extended jam which then led into “Pilot”. My only criticisms would be that sometimes they got a little too jammy for me. For example, at the end they brought out the opening acts and proceeded to have a long, noisy, extended jam. Fun for them, but since in general I don’t like noise rock or jam bands it wasn’t as fun for me. But overall a good show.
Flashback Friday #3
October 24, 2008Hooray for 90s “rap” songs with nonsensical mumbling!
Sooo 90s. I love the picture in picture effect and (of course) the Scatman’s ridiculous moustache. And don’t forget this one:
“Ickyboomboomnow” is now officially the word of the day.
Gayme recognize gayme
October 24, 2008So today after work, I headed to the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse. It’s a great place to go if you’re looking for crafting materials, cool antiques, or just random ass stuff. I went because I’m looking for more stuff for my Halloween costume. While I didn’t find anything that would help me on that front, I did find this:
Yes, “The Rainbow Gayme,” an early 90’s gay-themed board game. Check out the ga(y)me board:
It looks like Candyland, but (somehow) even gayer. Since it combines 3 things I love (the 90s, the gays, and games), I couldn’t not buy it, especially when it was only a few bucks. Who wants to play? Let’s get our gayme on.
In other news, my Halloween costume is coming along quite well:
POW! I still don’t know what I’m doing for Halloween, but I know I’m going to make an awesome Wonder Woman.
Sunday Bitter Sunday #4
October 20, 2008Another Sunday, another outpouring of bitterness. And another new hairstyle:
Such is the beauty of last week’s bantu knots: you take them down and you get a whole new hairstyle. But not even awesome hair can keep me from being pissed off about this:
Sunday Bitter Sunday #4: Terrible Store-Bought Halloween Costumes
I love Halloween.
It’s probably my favorite holiday because it combines two of my greatest pleasures: a) dressing up and b) getting really, really drunk.
But seriously, a lot of these mainstream costumes are ruining it for me.
I went downtown on Wednesday to buy comics when I passed by one of those Spirit Halloween stores. I haven’t decided what I’m going to dress up as yet, so I thought I’d just poke my head in to see what they had.
Big mistake.
Practically all of the women’s costume were “Sexy (insert noun)”. No, you cannot just be a witch or a fairy or a nurse (which are already pretty dumb costumes to begin with), it has to be sexy. My “favorite” one would have to be the Sexy Border Patrol lady:
But it gets better. The website where I found an image of the costume includes this sentence at the end of the costume description:
“Pair the Sexy Border Patrol costume with our Mexican Man costume for a hilarious couples outfit.”
The Mexican Man costume (of course) looks like this:
Um, wow. Hate crime, anyone?
Let’s just say that I will definitely be making my own costume this year.
You know, it’s funny to me, all the people out there who think that racism and sexism ended years ago and people just need to stop complaining. You don’t even have to listen to the ignorant vitriol coming from recent Sarah Palin rallies.
All you have to do is look at what passes for a fucking Halloween costume.
Batman! (in cake form)
October 17, 2008
This fabulous cake (and yes, it is all cake from the LEGO Batman sign down to the little garbage cans) was made for the LEGO Batman premiere. I think I would almost feel bad eating it because it’s so cute. But then again, the only thing better than playing LEGO Batman is eating it in cake form…
More images and such here. (Also, props to Janelle for the link, it totally made my Sunday.
Sorry the posting has been a bit sparse this week, I’ve been feeling pretty blah. But I do have a music post forthcoming on the new TV on the Radio album, more time-wasting websites to share, and (of course) this week’s SBS.
Sunday Bitter Sunday #3
October 13, 2008Well, after a week off, me and Bitter Batman are back! Check out my new hair (Bitter B helped, because he’s Batman and he knows how to do everything). I didn’t cut it or anything, just wrapped each lock into a tightly coiled ball of bitterness.
This week’s topic: “Hard-working white americans”
I don’t have a problem with actual hard-working white americans (unless they’re racist homophobes. Then they can suck my 8-inch black strap-on). But I am completely fucking sick of this whole meme that’s pushed in the media and the entire Republican campaign that “Joe Sixpack” and “hockey moms” (and the various other bullshit euphemisms being used for white middle and working-class midwesterners) are somehow more American than anyone else. That they are somehow more authentic.
Fuck that shit.
Being a person of color and a queer person, I have a complicated relationship with this thing called America. It hasn’t worked out so great for people like me in the past. But whatever complexities are woven into that, I’m still from here. I was born here and I was raised here and I’m a citizen just like anyone else. I’m sick of the idea that anyone who’s not “Joe Sixpack”is considered out of touch with real America, is an outsider, an Other, a second-class citizen.
Me and Bitter B, we’re those west coast/east coast elitists you hear about. His family has that whole Kennedy-esque thing going on (east coast, old money, liked by many, struck down by terrible tragedy). And I’ve got that whole Bay Area black queer feminist thing going on. But whatever. Aside from the fact that he’s a fictional character, we’re just as real as anyone else and it’s way past time people realized that.
Flashback Friday #2: 90s era kids shows on PBS
October 10, 2008Maybe I’m biased because I was a kid in the 90s, but it was a great decade for kids shows. Like these two gems from PBS:
“He’s a ghost and he writes to us. Ghostwriter!” You can’t argue with the logic of that.
I also was a big fan of this show:
Awww! Wishbone is totally How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read for kids.
