For anyone whom I have not yet beaten over the head with this, I'm up for a HORRIBLE AWARD (A Billy?) for my cover of "Brand New Day!"

Hear it here, if you lack a copy of the 2008 Dragon*Con Whedon Track soundtrack:

http://www.myspace.com/kenkrahl

My claim to fame for the song is that it's the first known Dr. Horrible cover. I learned the words, figured out the chords, and recorded this take a mere SIX HOURS after part 2 dropped.

This is from before Penny died, y'all.

Soooo, your votes are appreciated... feel free to repost and spread the word; It'd be a helluvan honor to win!

VOTING (Before Friday!):

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pRexJI3HmI_0nSJrDXzvdZA

I played a set at Temptations tonight. It went pretty well; pics are forthcoming.

I totally went home with the hottest girl in the club.

Word.

...how can you sleep at a time like this?

I've got the dynamo of volition
With po-pole position
Automatic transmission with lo-ow emissions
I'm a brand new addition to the old edition
with the love unconditional.

I'm a drama abolitionist
Damn no opposition to my proposition
Half of a man, half magician
Half a politician holding the mic
Like ammunition
And my vision is as simple as light.

Ain't no reason we should be in a fight
No demolition
Get to vote, get to say what you like
Procreation
Compositions already written by themselves:
Heck is for the people not believin' in gosh

The Daily Show is routinely humorous, but is rarely Laugh-Out-Loud funny. I couldn't find the exact clip by itself, but click this and watch from 3:00 to 6:00.

www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=177584

I was absolutely rolling. Congress on gay rights is hilarious.

Randy Pausch died over the weekend.

If you're one of the ten people on Earth who hasn't seen his incredible "Last Lecture," feel free to check it out on Youtube when you can. This is a huge bummer, but he wouldn't want armies of mourners. My best to his family.

Randy, you'll be missed.

I don't have an icon for this sorta thing.

ENORMOUS Meme stolen from Sabrina's journal way back in 2001.

( Enter at your OWN risk. )

Scholarship Application Revews can DIE.

I have material for like, FIVE posts, right now, but I would like to take just a second to cover the following:

THANK YOU to everyone who showered compliments upon my Acoustic Cover of "Brand New Day" this past weekend. It was made on a whim, and you made me feel so great. Fellow Fanpersons, you are the BEST. Tabs are up on the web now from better guitarists, so I know what parts I got wrong. ;-p

The song has been downloaded 108 times from Myspace so far, and it's also on Sendspace (no idea how many times from there). Myspace plays hit 169 in 3 days. Also got a good number of new LJ friends among you.
Words fail me.

For those of you who go to Dragon*Con, we're cooking something special up for you. Stay tuned!

I JUST got the "Bait & Switch" joke.

"I thought I was sposed to end up with BAIT..."

And, addendum to that, are we to believe that Moist did end up with her in the end? That chick he's with at the party sure doesn't seem like "Switch."

Ok, time for shameless SELF-PROMOTION.

My new Acoustic cover of Dr. Horrible's "Brand New Day" is up at my myspace page,

www.myspace.com/kenkrahl.

This song is HARD, and I had to get it in one take, so it's not the sharpest. Still, I haven't seen any others yet. ;)

Enjoy!

(If you subscribe to the D*C boards, you might get this one twice, since I'm thinking of submitting it there, too. Since I have no shame.)

Okay, I cannot wait till tomorrow morning for Part 3. WANT IT NOW!

I hope they do a good shot of the thing on his pocket at some point, so that I can replicate it for costuming. Pretty much have the rest put together, if I can get the lab coat the way I think I can. Those old-fashioned pharmacy jackets are hard to come by.

Mad scientists dress like welders wearing white smocks, apparently.

MEANWHILE, I'm working on a little something else in tribute to Part 3 coming out tomorrow... stay tuned, in case it turns out okay and sees the light of day.

Have a good weekend, everybody!

Like 10 hours in, and the rave reviews for The Dark Knight are already rolling in. "Best Comic Book Movie Ever," "Best Movie of the Year," "Oscar Performances," and my favorite, "BETTER than Batman Begins."

I wanna see it. Also, would like to find someone here to see it WITH. I know there are geeks in Asheville. There have GOT to be.

Between Dr. Horrible and TDK, this could be the best geek week in a long time.

I'll add my voice to the throng, and announce how great Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is. Whedon's madcap brilliance is every bit as intact as ever, and the songs are fantastic (although poor NPH never seems to finish one).

It actually didn't occur to me until the second time through that the first third of the episode is done in one take with no cuts. Harris is classic awesomeness, as usual, for no reason. I went out and bought some Old Spice, because he told me to. After all, he "used to be a doctor, for pretend."



Update: Episode 2 is awesome, too. This thing's gonna need to be longer than 36 minutes.

This costume would be awesome at D*C. Jacket attained, it's just khakis, welding goggles, welding gloves, and white galoshes.

Even easier would be Captain Hammer, if anyone's interested.

Well, you're supposed to say something good about people when they die. So, Jesse Helms is dead, that's good.

Every flag in NC is STILL at half-mast, almost a week later. Really? Half-mast for Helms? The same tribute we gave Kennedy and Reagan?
Evidently, bigotry is a national treasure.

The Department of Agriculture guy here in NC was apparently told he would have to fly the flag at half-mast for fear of losing his job. He chose to resign. Awesome. I hope he did some Jerry Maguire shit when he left.

They ought to have something else to do, like building a somehow TALLER flagpole, and flying the flag at 1 1/2 mast for a week. Iono.

Poo.

I just spent the past 2 HOURS in the parking lot of an Ingles supermarket, protecting the life of a cat.

When I came out, another customer asked me if the 4Runner out there was mine, I said no, and he told me a little kitten had climbed up in it. I wasn't sure if he was seeing things or what, but I've seen it once before in another parking lot, and sure enough after a second he did the "hangy kitty," where they hold on with front paws and back legs and tail go all dangly. SO CUTE, maybe a few weeks old, and teeny.

Well, the other customers got bored and went inside, and I went in to see if we could find the owner of the car. I couldn't bear to think of the worst that could happen if I didn't. On the other hand, it IS the South, and you don't go poking around under other peoples' cars. The store manager said the car had been there all day, and was likely a drop-off.

So I started poking around under it. I went "kittykitty," which of course didn't work, and I clanged around to try to herd him around. Also didn't work, and I didn't want to terrify the little thing. Finally, I did the craziest thing in my LIFE.

Me: "Mrowwr?"
Kitty: :Mphh::
Me: "Moww.."
Kitty: "Owrr."
Me: "Mrowrr."
Kitty: "Owrowrprrrr.."

I have no idea what I was saying, as my catish is rusty at best, but I hoped it was something calm and reassuring.

Eventually, a car full of teenage boys came up, and basically accosted me for being under their car. Understandably, I guess. Thankfully, I had time to explain before they beat the shit out of me. They called the guy who had the keys, and long story short, the kitty was rescued (against his struggling, hissing, clawing will).

I would totally have taken him home, poor thing. My allergies and his attitude aside, he had GOOD KITTY written all over him. One of the boys had a family who was into cats, though, and already had a few, and they kind of insisted on taking him. I suppose that's best for the cat, if they can take care of him. He was sweet.

So I had an adventure tonight, and might have saved a teeny life. It makes me feel good. I hope he'll be okay.

This guy on TFW2005 (My Transformers fanboard) was selling some Alternators. For those just joining in, Alternators and Binaltechs (Meg, vinyl jazz) are the same thing, except Binaltechs are imported, expensive, and die cast, and Alternators are plastic and domestic. Alternators are thus only desirable in situations where they didn't make a Binaltech version of a mold.

Ho-kay. So this guy was selling two loose Alternators I need. I PMmed him, saying WANT. He PMmed me back with his Paypal address. I asked him "er, how much?" He responded with "$100 shipped for both."

This is OUTRAGEOUS. I told him I could get those MISB on eBay at SCALPER prices for $80 shipped. No way I'm paying $100 loose on a fanboard. I offered him $80, he said no, $100. I told him best of luck.

Now he's pissed at me for leading him on for a whole half hour. Not my fault he's delusional about the intrinsic value of a loose plastic Mirage.

As per my tradition, I got a rediculously discounted Dragon*Con ticket from a cancelee. Nothing like saving $20 AND having the $20 transfer fee paid. Thank you to that delightful individual!

Work has been really dull lately. Nothing to do but work on the music website (which I do need to do), and involuntarily perpetuate the myth that one of my OTHER bosses always has me working on something. This is not nefarious intent. I swear, I go into my bosses' offices at least three times a day and go, "You know, I'm really not working on anything right now... can I help with something?" Either they say no, or have me run mail down to the mailroom or something else teeny, and then have me go back to nothing.

Meanwhile, they all talk about what a great job I'm doing, and about how if a permanent position is invented, I'm a shoo-in. I never thought I'd say this, but it'll be nice when I have a job that entails some responsibility. I just feel kinda bored and guilty all the time. I came here for fulfillment, and I have to find that. I think I must need local socialization.

Okay, now to finish ironing and work on Ironhide before bed.

Pics from the weekend. Whoa.

( multi-pics of revelry )

Good times! I have big versions for weekend people who want them.

Whoa. If the amount of beer consumed by me or in my presence over the past 72 hours all got up and went to the same place, I could totally swim in it. Flipcup and waterfalls are evil, but seemed to have my best interests at heart early in the evening.

Photos are downloading now, but some of the best ones were taken by other people. Let's just say there are some I don't EXACTLY recall taking. Pic post forthcoming.

Just got back from Atlanta, where MUCH fun was had by/with all. Disaster movie marathons leave one feeling weary, even if you're not in the room most of the time. Most of all, it was a theraputic decompression session. Which rhymes, but not on purpose.

I found a Husky hair. I'd be happy to send it back, if someone wants to pay the postage.

I might still be a *tad* tipsy.