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So I really can’t remember how I got here.

Ah yes… helloooo…. or, as Carol Burnett would say “hiiiii…. weren’t weeeee?” in that lackadaisical drawl of hers…

So. I was at lunch, thinking about how I didn’t really sleep last night (5am – 8am), and how I had inadvertently stumbled across a showing of Tin Man, a short sci-fi series (movie into three parts, actually) I had enjoyed a year or two ago. It’s a retelling of the Wizard of Oz, and it’s pretty damn cool. But. It shows in three parts. From 1am – 3am. Yeah I know, TiVo, or any DVR system! I KNOW THIS. But mine’s on the fritz. I either have too much stuff saved (yes I already tried deleting partial records, etc) orrrr… i have no idea. It wouldn’t let me set up recordings for the next two parts.

So I go online today hoping to find it on Hulu. Nope. Sci-fi? Nope. (SUPER LAME, btw. Website sucks.) YouTube? Of course not! (Trademark, stupid corporations, blahblahblah).

I start searching Google Video and thought I had luck, but all links of the actual show, not a clip, not a trailer, are pulled. And then I did a search for “Tin Man Part 2″ and I scroll down and see “Turkish Star Wars”. Now who wouldn’t want to click that and find out what that was? Ok, yeah shut it, all o’ ya – but I’m the curious one, gotta click click clickety clack clowck click it!

And found the most hideous movie ever made. Ever. EV. AH.

EVER!

It’s in Turkish. It has English subtitles. So you can definitely brush up on your Turkish. Maybe. (Sinem? A little help?) It has Star Wars (A New Hope) clips and Indiana Jones theme song threaded throughout. It’s shot really, really, REALLY badly. Super bad. Horribly wrong.

This movie is BEGGING for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) treatment. It’s begging for shot games. It’s begging to be resurrected in all its “glory” if only to show the world how NOT to make a movie. Ever.

Watch it here. The fun starts around 1:58. Get to know the cast. Learn more than you ever wanted to know.

A little bit of trivia? “Adam” means man in Turkish. The Hebrew is, I think, “ah adamah” (which is probably the reference for Battlestar Galactica’s Commander Adama). Language is fun!

This whole entry should be sponsored by MST3K. Seriously.
Happy Hump Day. Ouch.

So I’m gonna be Sweeney Todd. But rather than be unoriginal, like buy a pre-made outfit, I wanted to piece together my own.

First of all, you can usually get cheaper, especially if you already have on hand some things. Second, you can usually get closer to the real deal, and maybe find things that fit properly. But, sometimes one can have a difficult time in finding items. In the case of putting together pieces for Sweeney Todd, however, it’s like I was supposed to be him this year. w00t!

Here’s what the costume needs:
1. – 1 pair of striped pants; boot cut
2. – 1 pair of boots, mid high, plain, black, hopefully square toe
3. – 1 non-collared, front pleated, blousey, multi-button white shirt
4. – 1 rope scarf, black/white patterned
5. – 1 (double breasted) vest, aged, short
6. – 1 belt. thick. black/brown. (technically very brown, but black will do)
7. – 1 open tip grey knitted glove
8. – 1 wig
9. – (extra) – razor and razor holster

Here’s what I have:
1. – pants – grey/green/blue, dark striped – “FREE”
2. – tuxedo shirt; no collar, FLAT pleated front (PERFECT!), all shirts are big on me, therefore, blousey. $2.50
3. – woman’s denim sleeveless top, button up; will move buttons to make “double breasted”. Will age with RIT dye/vegetable dye; blood will be splattered across it $1.50 (1/2 price Mondays!)
4. – 1 open tip grey knitted glove (tips were cut off by me) $3.00
5. – 1 belt. I have a brown and a black one. Will decide when I’m putting all together. Both old style. $2.00 each
6. – 1 pair of BOOTS! w00t! Thank you Zappos. 40% OFF. Rock. $100.00 … I’m ok with that. I’m using them on regular basis. Wanted some new shoes.
7. – 1 scarf. Was a wide scarf, with black/white pattern in middle. Chopped off the sides. Voila. Rope scarf. $12.00 H&M, thankyouverymuch.
8. – Wig I’m getting tonight. $40? <-- the only real non-reusable substantial cost
9. - Dunno about razor.

Total non-refundable, non-reusable (everyday kind of use) cost: $59.00. (Wig main cost)THAT's how you dress for Halloween, have a real costume, and have fun too!

I found my stuff at Unique Thrift Store, Salvation Army Uptown, H&M, and Zappos. I think the pants were from Old Navy.

Yahhhhh I’m a geek that can’t keep track of important cords. Like camera connect cords. OR…

Bandit ate it. Wouldn’t be surprised. He’s good like that. I don’t need to recycle plastic, he does! HA!

Anyway… Happy grey cold (snow showers what?!) Monday. This was not my plan. My plan was to have my own island somewhere in the Caribbean. Or maybe on Venus. Ya know, someplace warm. All the time warm. SCREW SEASONS, I wanna run and play outside half naked with a body of water nearby. And a body. Mwaaaa.

Photo site is here. Not mine. Someone else’s. Daily uploads. Pretty cool. Two more photographers I’ll show on Thursday or Friday because A: they rock, B: I know them and C: they rock.

La. Dee. Da.

Thought for the day: Smile at random people on the street as you pass them, and make sure to make eye contact. They’ll either think you’re on crack, up to no good, or somehow they know you, but they can’t remember from where.