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Kevin!

It's allll good...

About Me

I'm a zoo on two feet . (Scroll to the bottom.)
Also, a 25-year-old English / Creative Writing major at Dowling whose graduation last month was a sign of the apocalypse. And by "the apocalypse," I really mean "triumph over procrastination." Or maybe just "pudding."
I've also taken more than enough classes with a certain Dr. Z to earn a degree in Zappulla Studies.
I'm a nutcase / writer. At the moment, I'm polishing "It Came from the Hudson!" -- the riveting first episode of the Jon Brunschwig saga. I also hope to wrap up a rough draft of a book (inspired by the 33 1/3 series ) analyzing U2's Zooropa by the end of June.
Music-wise: with our powers combined, my best friend JesSe and I form the the Harlem- / subway platform-based experimental flamenco outfit The Fairy Godmothers, whose latest can be found at...
Now Playing: "Greatest Hits" and an excerpt from "Cause for Alarm"
FGM represents our schizophrenic musical potential, finally exploding into song after ten years of simmering. (And what a song it is!)
What else, what else...
Squirrel / U2 fanatic. If a squirrel were ever to jump on top of The Edge's hat, I just don't know what I'd do. Playground enthusiast. As it happens, Krista (my laaaaaadyfriendYEAH!) and I are putting together a playground review blog.
Occasional webmaster of DF-21.net , the last outpost for fans and editors of the 1995 Star Wars FPS, Dark Forces.
Front End Supervisor at your friendly neighborhood Michaels -- provided your neighborhood is Rocky Point. That fella you know who loves movies but refuses to pick favorites, believing each List of the Best EVER EVER! is an invitation for opinionated others to shoot off all sorts of crazed condescension. That said, I will single out a picture called Once as a recent movie that I highly recommend. A dude.
I'm also an "enthusiastic photo-taker," if not an out-and-out photographer. Sadly, the best portraits I take of my friends also tend to be the least flattering...
More of my rootin' tootin' shootin' can be found at flickr.com/tinfoilknight .

My Interests

I'm all for crazy nuggets of fiction, arresting imagery, peanut butter, just-cleaned rooms, and levitation.

I also have a harmless fascination with squirrels.

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It's near impossible to watch Boobah for more than six minutes without feeling dirty.

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My Blog

Because I haven't done a survey in ages

t h e l e t t e r AAre you available?: Naw, I have work at 5.What is your age?: 23!What annoys you?: Those ignorant of stop signs and stop lines.t h e l e t t e r BDo you live in a big house?: I'd say...
Posted by Kevin! on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:29:00 PST

Ren Fair '06!

Just a quick look at the 2006 New York Renaissance Faire, as seen from the eyes of Sir Kevinski and his noble steed, Hidalgo II.First was the knife-throwing act -- a father-son production celebrating ...
Posted by Kevin! on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 09:47:00 PST

Elizabethan Insults

From: [email protected] (Matthew A Lecher)Subject: Here they are, the Shakespearian insults!!!!!!Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 16:03:35 GMTCombine one word from each of the three columns below, prefaced wit...
Posted by Kevin! on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:46:00 PST

Kinky poetry

Not really.  Regardless:The Ice Cream Man, despite concerns from the town, unsheathesThe Ice Cream Cannon, slopping slugs of strawberry against a flimsy rampartOf waffles. A field of bowls antic...
Posted by Kevin! on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 05:58:00 PST

Odd(s &) Ends

Whenever someone at my house picks up the phone after the person calling has already started chatting up the answering machine, the end of the message always sounds as though the caller has been falle...
Posted by Kevin! on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:31:00 PST

Letting a tarantula loose in a McDonald's ball pit

Can that get you arrested? (NO, I didn't.) [EDIT: And I don't intend to, either; this is just hypothetical.]I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but I don't know on what grounds.Discuss among y'selves t...
Posted by Kevin! on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 06:47:00 PST

Onslaught of the Penguins

(A.K.A. Krista and Kevin go to the aquarium)I'm going to try writing in this here bloggy-mcblog-blog at least weekly -- not weakly -- because it's been AGES since my last entry.  In fact, the hou...
Posted by Kevin! on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 09:02:00 PST

Sketchy: ghosts on a corner

Was driving merrily along the other, ar, week, was cut off by an SUV, proceeded to tailgate to the next light (at which we paused, the cretin continuing straight and me turning) and, before the light ...
Posted by Kevin! on Tue, 11 Oct 2005 02:29:00 PST

Jurassic Ireland

As promised, an update with plenty o' pitchers. A bit of backstory: about two months ago now, one of my coworkers, Dan, found a toy dinosaur lying around. It wasn't a model that we sold (and had a ra...
Posted by Kevin! on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Courtney, I know you'll like this one...

Two weeks from now is going to be "Inventory Week" for the store I work at -- in other words, insanely busy in the stockroom, where we'll be receiving a few waves of Fall and Christmas shipments. ...
Posted by Kevin! on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST