Mike Karikas fell down the stairs as a young boy.

Spooky!

Construction outside the window

Whooooooowie! This was a fun weekend. On Friday I did indeed dance the Thriller dance, along with Andrea, James, and a horde of other zombies. That whole party thing was a blast. I even got to see the Amazing Rubberboy wear his ass like a hat.

There were a few problems at the show. Mainly, very few people got to see the Thriller dance! All these folks I invited didn't even see it, because they were all four or more rows back from the action. That makes me sad. Also, the acoustics were absolutely horrible, and the Circus Contraption Band didn't sound anything like they regularly do, which was very unfortunate since they're really fantastic. It also threw everybody off on the Thriller dance, since some of us didn't even hear the first beat... oh dear.

Excuses aside, I have indeed posted the video, courtesy of EBNY. She got very, very close. I had really hoped to get this online a couple of days ago, but my camera was being held hostage.

Last night I went to a party at Sara's, followed by Halloween madness at Neighbours' - good times. Props to Pete for dressing as Tony Danza. Best homemade mask ever.

And now, the sad story of my car...

On Friday morning I thought it would be fun to go to work in my Halloween costume. So, I'm driving to work, and at the first main intersection I get to my car dies. Dead. No go. I won't go into the details. My first thought was 'Crap, my car's not working and I'm holding up traffic'. My second thought was 'I am dressed like Colonel Sanders, and I need to take a look under that hood.' Kind of embarassing but amusing in hindsight. It did start working again.

Then - this morning I was coming home from Sara's and again - my car doesn't start. Once again I am dressed as Colonel Sanders (toned down, mind you). I was able to get it going once more, but when I got off the highway the temperature was hot, hot, hot! I looked in there; the coolant was leaking. I handed it over to the service shop in the closest gas station - dressed as Colonel Sanders.

Maybe if I stopped dressing like the Colonel, my car would work.

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And then you said:

Andrea, 11-3-2004 with $23.37
Despite my pre-Halloween grumblings that Colonel Sanders was a retarded get-up, it was one of the best and most recognizable costumes that I saw this year. I must also commend you for your civility in the face of Chef Boyardee's 'bring it on, old chicken fart' attitude.

Jason, 11-1-2004 with $20.02
The video is awesomeness, but I'm going to have to insist on photos being uploaded as well since I had to turn my brightness way up just to see anything. I gotta see the Colonel in full effect.

Jeromie, 11-1-2004 with $17.36
Honest to (insert preferred deity here) first impressions of the video... Col. Sanders in this case looks like an older, greyer Pee-Wee Herman with a beard. I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist. I kept expecting one of the band's lines to contain the "word of the day" or whatnot and prompt the entire audience to scream ... [847 more to go]

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