COSTUMES

Here is a list of the costumes I've seen today:

Strawberry shortcake
witch
Princess
Those where all little girls(with parents)

And now for the adults.

Sexy girlscout, complete with fishnet stockings(for those of you who have a crush on Sandy from Ebeneezer's, that was a treat!
A very pregnant nun
And from South Park we have Towely and most surprising of all, Mr. Hanky.(This costume actually looked good, as far as Mr. Hanky can.)

As for myself I am staying in tonight because I have to work early tomorrow morning. I was going to dress up as a pimp but half of my costume hasn't come in yet. I bought this really sweet pimp coat from ebay and was waiting on a ruffled tux shirt. It was coming from Toronto, were the SARS is, and hasn't made it's way here yet.

I have a shitload of candy to give out to trick or treaters but haven't had one yet and it's almost 8:00pm. That sucks. Oh well, more for me!

Here's a funny story. I went up to this dude who was dressed as a hooker and said nice costume! It was only then that I realized that the dude was a GIRL! Whoops!!

For those of you who have worked for me or used our bathroom this story is for you. I went to the bathroom to "Visit Pooh corner" and Dropped a stick of incense into the toilet. Does anyone remember the choose your own way books from when we were kids? Well here's a choose your own course of action scenario: Should I reach in and pick it up out of the water or should I leave it and try to flush it down the toilet? I choose flushing it. What would you choose?

by the way, it's about 8:00pm and I'm Liquored already! Have a good night!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN
jacket at Ralph's that night. Buy the time Larry and Shipley showed up I was hammered! Thanks Wolf!

On Wednesday night Dylan stayed up way past his bedtime chatting with Micah. Yep that's right Micahs back in town and it looks to be for at least a little while.

Well, since it is Halloween, is anybody dressing up or going to any Halloween themed parties? I'm not but since I'm not I'd like to relate a fun Halloween story.

I drove to Fargo got a speeding ticket outside of Grand Forks show up at Shipley's and theres a note on the door saying they were at Larry's Halloween work party and that I should meet them at Ralph's. So, onward I go. When I get to Ralph's no Larry, no Shipley no one I even recognize. Then I see Wolf and everythings better. Wolf was working and I got drunk very quickly. Buy the time Larry and Shipley did arrive I was hammered! I forgot my jacket at Ralphs that night. This is the same night that Larry was dressed as a clown and was frightening little children.

Hey I heard a rumor that Ralph's closed down. Any truth to it?

I have a quote of the day. This is something someone actually told me and it goes like this, "I've learned not to take pills given to me by people I meet in the park". Definitely words to live by.

IT'S SNOWING, DAMMIT

Last year it had already snowed by this time and we are just now getting our first real snow. This sucks!

Does anyone else who's watched the Thunderbirds and knows who Lady Penelope is think she's hot...for a puppet.

Scott, speaking of Market Place, they bought Jake's Spice & Spirit and turned it into one of Minot's four Dollar Stores. It even has a creative name, "Dollar Mart", like we needed another dollar store. Jake's was a good place to eat too.

THE RAPTURE

Has anyone heard this band? They played in Minot before they became the next big thing.

I have to say that at first listen thier new album "Echoes", wasn't anything special but after a few more spins it grew on me. I'm not yet ready to get some black polyester highwater pants, a black pearl buttoned western shirt, black horned rimmed glasses and to die my hair black, but I did enjoy the album.

I think it's because their influences seem to be so straightforward that it becomes kinda fun to pick them out. The album starts off sounding like the Cure during the "Boys Don't Cry" era and morphs into a combination of the "MinuteMen", "Nation Of Ulyssys" and early eighties "Ministry" just to give it that "Elecroclash" feeling.

All in all, it ends up being a pretty interesting album. That I liked it was a surprise to even me!

Anthony, whats your take on these New York boys? Don't you live in the heart of the electroclash scene? Have you ever heard of "TV On The Radio"? They are really cool and hip too!

SNOW

I just heard that we are supposed to get six inches of snow with winds up to 45mph. Can it be true, can old man winter really be getting ready to show himself? Larry, a bunch of disturbing emails showed up from you to Anthony and Dave, and then their replies also. What's up with that? Could it be that you really are one hurtin' unit today?

What?

I can't figure out why, out of all the business' on Broadway people have to come into mine to ask directions to another place. As far as I know our sign out front still reads Budget Music & Video not Budget Directions & Stuff. That's just a pet peeve of mine that I thought I'd share with you. I owe a big hardy thanks to Todd for getting my comments in working order. Thanks Todd!

Okay, I tried to get the comments going but I don't know if I did it right. Java is hard for me, an illiterate when it comes to computer stuff, to get it right. If you can leave a comment please do if not, back to the drawing board! Hopefully my friend Todd can help me out!

Anyways, if anyone likes to get into the spirit of Halloween by watching Horror or Sci-fi movies then I'd like to recommend a few from each genre.

I tend to like horror that is less graphic and more psychological and "Legend Of Hell House" definitely qualifies. It's about a haunted house that a millionaire has bought because it is supposedly very haunted and he wants to learn about life after death. He hires a group of people to stay in the house and conduct experiments reguarding the possiblility of life after death before they cleanse it of its spirits.

There is a lot of fun cinematography as well as more than a few scares as the story unfolds. It is my opinion that the remake of the "Haunting" was a composite of both the "Legend Of Hell House" as well as the original "Haunting" While the "Haunting" remake is pretty much garbage both earlier films are horror classics that deal with life after death and the uncertainty of it. Were the events that take place brought on by spiritual activity or were they merely peoples hopeful or hopeless interpretations of life after death?

The "Legend Of Hell House" keeps you intrigued throughout as the individuals come to their own conclusions by the end of the film.

This movie was written by Richard Matheson who also wrote "I Am Legend" as well as one of my other favorite films, "What Dreams May Come".

"Legend Of Hell House" stars Clive Revill and Roddy Mcdowell. If you are a Hammer Horror fan, watch for Michael Gough, who played Alfred, Batmans butler in the "Batman" movies.

I hope to be able to list other horror favorites between now and Halloween. So if you like this film, stay tuned!

Linking is so much fun! If you know Wolf and Todd then I suggest you check out thier sites as well. Because they are nice people who just want to be loved. I hope that its cool I linked you guys.

Just trying to link my site to Larry's

Hey There! This has been a lot of fun getting this page going. I'm new to this whole game so bear with me.

I just watched my first episode of "Punk'd" and boy is that Ashton Kutcher a sly devil! I can't wait until I'm famous enough to get "Punk'd"!

So has anyone heard the latest David Bowie album? I have and I can tell that this album is definitely on the right track. "Heathen" was a good album but I thought it was missing something, it felt too light. I hate to say it but Bowie is best these days playing a tragic character or an angry one. His albums are best when splashes of these emotions pepper an album.

"Realities", I feel has this. Just enough of each to get your attention. I must warn you though that this review is coming from someone who loved "Outside" and is still eagerly awaiting chapters 2 & 3.

Having said that Bowie proves he can still bring the rock on the tracks "Looking For Water" and "Realities". The covers are fun but I think what really brings this album together is the last track, "Bring Me The Disco King". A taste of that tragic character I mentioned earlier. His voice never sounded better and proves that not only is he the "Thin White Duke" but the "Thin White Crooner" also.

This is a solid album that even a casual listener would find appealing. So run out there a buy this album!