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Creepy Halloween Things
Oct. 31st, 2008 12:47 pmI hadn't really thought to do anything for Halloween this year and then my office said that we could wear costumes (nobody wore any last year, but I dressed as I normally do using my laptop bag as my lunchbag, so when I did go into Hollywood that night people thought I was Harold
from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.). So on short notice I grabbed my Kirk uniform shirt (it was my brother's from a Halloween years ago that I borrowed for a sketch at The Comedy Studio that he didn't miss) and cut off the dashes and one stripe per arm making it a Lieutenant rank. Then I shaved my sideburns into points, combed my hair (though it's more a Scotty wave than a Sulu with a detached lock) and got some ratty black corduroys and my boots I wear regularly anyway. It was at least different amongst the other employees with devil horns on their regular clothes.
from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.). So on short notice I grabbed my Kirk uniform shirt (it was my brother's from a Halloween years ago that I borrowed for a sketch at The Comedy Studio that he didn't miss) and cut off the dashes and one stripe per arm making it a Lieutenant rank. Then I shaved my sideburns into points, combed my hair (though it's more a Scotty wave than a Sulu with a detached lock) and got some ratty black corduroys and my boots I wear regularly anyway. It was at least different amongst the other employees with devil horns on their regular clothes.My backup costume was underneath (a John Lennon style New York City shirt, which is also a little tattered. Maybe I'd be undead John Lennon if I went to Rite Aid after work).
Speaking of creepy, I've noticed something about Death Cab for Cutie. They're songs are melodic and catchy enough, but of the hits of theirs I've heard, most of them seem to come from the point of view of a stalker that doesn't know he's a stalker. Certainly the last three singles fit this mold: I Will Follow You Into the Dark, I Will Possess Your Heart, and Cath....
The last one in particular has such lyrics:
Cath, it seems you live in someone else's dream
In a hand-me-down wedding dress
Where the things you could have been are oppressed
But you said your vows, and you closed the door
On so many men who would have would have loved you more
The songwriter is obviously talking about himself as one among the many men who would have loved Cath more, but hiding it behind a rhetorical hypothesis that is quite presumptuous. I mean I think I know what he's getting at, but The White Stripes did it much better last year with their single You Don't Know What Love Is(You Just Do What You're Told). White's song was just as presumptuous, and possibly just as sexist, but hedid it from a point of view that suggested he didn't care as much whether or not his subject loved him. That somehow saves it from being creepy, though not quite from being slightly cruel and cutting. But I like the White Stripes more anyway.
I'm not sure what I'm doing yet tonight, but I'll probably go into Hollywood or something, walking around like a lost 23rd Century helmsman with Harold's laptop.
m. That somehow saves it from being creepy, though not quite from being slightly cruel and cutting. But I like the White Stripes more anyway., which is also a little tattered. Maybe I'd be undead John Lennon if I went to Rite Aid after work).Speaking of creepy, I've noticed something about Death Cab for Cutie. They're songs are melodic and catchy enough, but of the hits of theirs I've heard, most of them seem to come from the point of view of a stalker that doesn't know he's a stalker. Certainly the last three singles fit this mold: I Will Follow You Into the Dark
, I Will Possess Your Heart, and Cath....The last one in particular has such lyrics:
Cath, it seems you live in someone else's dream
In a hand-me-down wedding dress
Where the things you could have been are oppressed
But you said your vows, and you closed the door
On so many men who would have would have loved you more
The songwriter is obviously talking about himself as one among the many men who would have loved Cath more, but hiding it behind a rhetorical hypothesis that is quite presumptuous. I mean I think I know what he's getting at, but The White Stripes did it much better last year with their single You Don't Know What Love Is(You Just Do What You're Told)
. White's song was just as presumptuous, and possibly just as sexist, but hedid it from a point of view that suggested he didn't care as much whether or not his subject loved him. That somehow saves it from being creepy, though not quite from being slightly cruel and cutting. But I like the White Stripes more anyway.I'm not sure what I'm doing yet tonight, but I'll probably go into Hollywood or something, walking around like a lost 23rd Century helmsman with Harold's laptop.
I'm not sure what I'm doing yet tonight, but I'll probably go into Hollywood or something, walking around like a lost 23rd Century helmsman with Harold's laptop.
