:: Out of Spite, Out of Mind ::

:: Friday, November 01, 2002 ::

Happy All Saint's Day! Or in my case Alls I 'Aint Day. (I ain't feelin' too healthy today but riiiiiidontevencare)
Having some trouble forming complete sentences today, but try...I...will...to...describe, uh...last night?

Halloween- Castro Street
Green and feelin' hollow
Angels, Devils, ass and teats
the sinnin' life I follow

ok- I give up trying to rhyme.. sound more like Dullin' than Dylan.
Anyway I found myself on Castro Street, swimming through the hordes of freak-verts and Perv-astants...revelers and revealers...
Me? I was GUMBY dammit. People were losing their shit- I felt like the mayor of some imaginary/happy/drunken/loveydovey place. Girls were hugging me and screaming my name... Professing their childhood crushes on me, I think one girl was about to give me her number but her boyfriend dragged her away. Guys were giving me props like I was some sports hero or something- my favorite quote of the night:

"GUMBY-!! (pause) You My NIGGA!"

I think I was the most clothed person there on Castro- it's a full body suit (w/two little inch and a half eye-holes) I was kind of sad because people could not see me smiling at them- (although gumby is ALWAYS smiling on the outside of the costume). I have to admit, it's quite a stunningly attractive outfit. People kept asking me "where's Pokey?" My answers: "He's hookin' it up!" Or "glue factory!" Vague, I know- but I was pretty drunk.

I was so disheveled by the end of the night- I was drinking beer through the eyehole of the costume...beer dribbling all over me- Riiiiiiididn'tgiveadamn though. (sorry- me and my friends used to say "riiiiiiidon'tcare" all the time in junior high for some reason - rolled off the tongue I guess. One of those friends, by the way, is now an animator for SouthPark! I should have him try and get that in there as a catch phrase)
The Gumby head is really big and akward- so in order to keep it on my head w/out sliding around, I had to wear an afro-wig before the gumby mask. It was my little secret (kinda like head lingerie...that uh...is not attractive...and nobody wants to see.) I revealed my secet on the bus ride back to the shocked reactions of my compatriots- it was a costume within a costume! Gumby is full of suprises, yes he is- that clay bastahd!

random thought:
Gumby must get a lot of "tail". (a lot for a sexless lump of clay, that is)

Woke up this morning, didn't quite know where I was at first. Also- I thought it was Saturday. I teach on Saturday mornings @ 9:30 in Sunnyvale. The clock said 9. I realized I was still in S.F. Shiiiiitttt!!!!!!
When I figured out it was Friday, and that I have a day off- I collapsed back into bed and slept like a lump of clay till 1pm!

Busy- and random! day tomorrow- Morning: teach the children how to rock at the Church in Sunnyvale
Afternoon: bus a few tables in SF , then bartend for a bunch of rock climbers in San Mateo at midnight...
Wish me luck!
Till then, I remain-
Goh M B

:: Ol Man Factory 11/01/2002 09:32:00 PM [+] ::
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Great news!
Jin doesn't have to go into the army!

:: Ol Man Factory 10/30/2002 03:04:00 PM [+] ::
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Emailed Ron Sexsmith again- he replied within 24 hours! Funny how my favorite songwriter answers my fan mail and my friends don't even reply at all sometimes! Hmmmm...
Currently am enshrouded in the beautiful sounds of Rufus Wainwright's "Poses". Man, melodies like this make me dream of peace and hope and happiness... (a Vonnegut quote, actually he was describing a woman's bosom in a short story)

Not much to say. In fact I am straight up "vapid" right now. I dunno why, but I felt compelled to update this blog. Now that I am here, I realize I have nothing to give. Sorry folks, I won't talk about the Penis Costume I saw at the Halloween store or the mime ambush in the park during the lost hour of Daylight Saving the other night. Also, there will be no mention of the temporary loss of consciousness and accidental slippage into the "other side" in which I saw myself typing about myself blogging about holding a mirror to a mirror while a midget talked/walked backwards in the background. (Sorry, wanted to make a David Lynch allusion- nothing against midgets.)

Oh yeah- Saw "Bowling For Columbine"... blew me away...see it immediately! (that's an order)

On the shit list: Charlton Heston, Dick Clark -assholes!

:: Ol Man Factory 10/30/2002 03:04:00 AM [+] ::
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Haven't written lately because I've been extremely busy as well as a little bummed out-
I missed out on seeing my favorite singer/songwriter Ron Sexsmith

I had my lil sis buy me a ticket and for some reason we assumed that it was on Friday Oct. 25- so I requested the night off from work well in advance... only to find that the show was actually on Sat. the 26th. I tried my damndest to get the night off, but to no avail- (I work near Pacbell park at a sports bar...and since it was the world series it was impossible to get it off)
I was seriously heartbroken! It's ok though, it's been awhile since my heart was broken and I guess I needed it to balance shit out in the grand scheme of things. Good to be reminded of the pain of being separated from the beloved (in this case my favorite music). On the positive side of things, my sisters got to see him and got a picture with him. Also, my agent Aya slipped him one of my crude homemade demos...I hope he gets a kick out of it- if not, he can use it as a coaster. Sounds like a win/win situation to me.

If you want to hear masterful songwriting/singing in the vein of (and in my opinoin, on par with) The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Randy Newman- buy any Ron Sexsmith album. His songs are like short stories- his melodies sublime. I've met him once before and he's the nicest guy you can imagine- he even left a vocal autograph for me on my cell voicemail! He told me that he got a message from Elton John on his machine that he saved!

Anyways...he only comes around once a year...(like Santa) so I feel kinda like a kid who missed out on Musical Christmas this year... oh well, ya gotta grow up sometime I guess. (and realize that there's no Easter Bunny either!)

p.s. I've emailed Ron before, and he actually responds faster to my fan email faster than some of my friends do!

:: Ol Man Factory 10/27/2002 11:57:00 PM [+] ::
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