Death Cube K, Disembodied
My friend swears that listening to Death Cube K before bed guarantees nightmares; I'm too afraid to try.
So I play it really loud Hallowe'en night, to give the trick-or-treaters a trick w/ their treat.
This is Buckethead's alter ego.
[Note the anagram?]
(So yeah, a guy who wears a bucket on his head needs another personality somewhere.)
Anyway, it makes for great Hallowe'en music.
[See? Even used the apostrophe there for accuracy.]
Basically, we're talking horror-movie soundtrack, ambient background noise w/ occasional brilliant guitar.
Buckethead is one of my favorite artists, a guy whose whole creative energy just blows me away.
You may know him from the Chinese Democracy album, which is much more a "Buckethead/Axl Rose" collaboration than a "Guns N Roses" album.
[But as a dude who bought Appetite back in '87, saw them live a few times, & has been a relative freak ever since, I will say the album is quite good, musically impressive, & not worth 14 years of waiting.]
You will see & hear much more Buckethead throughout the school year.
Juniors:
To begin November, you need 1/2.
Whichever choice you made--soundtrack, poem, or "article'--you bring in 1/2 of the minimum Monday.
We wrap tThe Waste Land & begin to look at more "understandable" poems.
Well, some of them, maybe.
Wait 'til you see E. E. Cummings . . .
Sophomores:
FORWARD!!!
We did some subject-verb agreement exercises, a few together in class & 2 on your own for assessment.
It was fun.
Antigone quotations due Monday 1 November.
Antigone big quiz (see: "Drama Notes") Tuesday 2 November.
be cool . . .
I thought it was e e cummings
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I had thought so, too . . . but many years ago I found an article in which the author explained that Cummings himself never truly "authorized" the non-capitalization
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Halloween really brings out the a-hole in me.
ReplyDeletesince all the ghetto people for surrounding areas come for the "rich people candy" (as you know, my parents are both public school teachers... one of whom is unemployed...sooooooooooooooo....) but they don't wear costumes. The girls wear underwear, basically. The boys don't even try. But as the candy administrator (passer-outer?) I feel I have the right to give people candy based on their age and costume.
For example, cute kid dressed as dinosaur? Big handful! Ghetto teen soon-to-be-parent (no exaggeration, I really had one tonight) with no costume? one peice (the crappy kind) and raised eyebrows. Guy with stilts that scared the crap out of me? Got a whole handful. Guy dressed as "the situation" (i.e. no shirt and jeans) who hits on me when I open the door?
"Sorry, I'm saving the candy for the children."
win.
I handed out candy tonight. I started letting the kids choose their own candy. They're two, so they went for the most colorful stuff. No matter. Then I got those kids that are not two and when i started letting em choose...they came back for more and started taking handfuls.
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But I did not get many teenagers tonight which does fit into Chloe's theory (because i know a lot of them live around my street) so I figured most of them drive up to Chloe's area. ^.^ Ah. Love eatin the candy I'm supposed to hand out, turnin off the porch light, and watchin a movie...then I gotta finish up that draft for McBride.... *cough* I mean. Go ahead and finish the final project! :)
I would have givin the The Situation Guy candy :D
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The stilts guy was awesome, just sayin. He put em on right in front of us, and shot up in the air right in front of this obnoxious girl who then screamed. I would have given him a high five, but, didn’t for reasons that relate to height ratios.
Last night was my first real Halloween night. My one time forage with my father when I was eight, carrying the orange plastic pumpkin, and dressed up as a cowboy going to the friendly elderly couples on the connecting streets doesn’t count in my eyes. After that one time when I was eight, I have never done anything for Oct. 31. Being the person I am, and because I feel like going on about this for awhile, these are some observations I made last night about life, the universe, and everything. First of all, despite earning the nickname “omish boy” (the misspelling is intentional) (sic), there is nothing like running around scaring people who are at least your age, are wearing ridicules costumes, are people you know, or have been scaring little kids.
Running around with friends, talking to people, having fun. That was awesome.
People weren’t trying to prove anything. They were just having fun. The dance of the crowds, weaving to house to house, round the family of toddlers in strollers, up driveways, down stairs, around cars, slipping through trees to find a hiding spot, dropping out of trees in from of the big guys with clown masks who were running around with knee pads and sliding (freaked people out, kudos to em) and watching them panic, all of it was kinda surreal.
I loved it, lost my voice from screaming at people. Had a guy get in my face and snarl. I waited till he had moved a little ways off, then full on roared at him. He jumped, and it was great.
It also brought out the usual scum. Pot heads, drunkards, egoists. One of the few opportunities where being known as a wrestler helps avoid conflicts.
So, what are the thoughts?
It would seem that when people let go of their social personas, and go out and hang with friends, everyone has a lot more fun, and nobody gets all stressed out. Adrenaline works wonders for left over panic from tests, worries about friends, college applications, you name it. I think we should have more time where people can just go out, and be out for awhile. No social status, no self-esteem to worry about, no clashes between sections, everyone equal in the rush for candy, and awesomeness.
Now, of course, the night brings out the worst in some people. ie those who can’t resist bashing the other school’s guy in the face, the guys smoking, the drinking. I mean come on guys, really? Go hang in your friend’s trailer and smoke; don’t stand in the street blowing smoke into little kids faces, and laughing at their parents. GAL!
Anyways, I had fun, which isn’t something that happens a lot, I need to get out more.
Yay.
Sorry for not getting any candy, SR, I’ll make it up to ya sometime.
--Dave
Had one the best Halloween ever, cause
ReplyDelete1.) the kids had a blast
2.) the kids got TONS of candy, and I mean the seriously good
--chocolate--stuff.
3.) almost every trick or treater we saw was in costume ( of course, there
were a few absolute lamoes, as in teenagers wearing street clothes
with a tie on cape, or a pair of sunglasses ) but more families all
decked out in coordinating attire. ( Ced and I were members of the
Justice League )
4.) the houses were seriously decorated in our neighborhood with THE
coolest 'haunted house' that gets better each year
5.) I am half certain that I actually saw the real Buckethead. Having
stated that, I freely admit that I have a bit of an obsession. McBride
can bring up that proof in class someday. But it's his fault, because
he is the one who introduced me to the music.