Inglourious Foam Party

Posted on August 23rd, 2009

Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 11:46 am

So, for the first time in forever, Nursehella and I caught a movie together (well, Hella’s friend April also came along, but to me the key point was finally seeing a movie with Hella for the first time since the last Pirates of the Caribbean,) namely Tarentino’s Inglourious Basterds. As expected, it had Tarantino’s usual blend of indulgent film references and over-the-top violence, though seeing that brutality applied to Nazis? Way better, as you have absolutely no sympathy for any of the characters being wrecked up (consider it the opposite of Kill Bill in that regard.) Normally, one wouldn’t laugh at a man’s corpse being desecrated with entire clip from a machine gun, but when the corpse is… well, I don’t want to spoil it, but lets just if WWII had played how Tarantino dreamed it, it would have been a vastly more satisfying result. I mean, the theater was cheering by the end of the flick.

However, rather than just settle for having seen an excellent movie, we also went to a foam party at the Element in Castlegar. The music wasn’t too hot, but it was amusing to see people try to enter and exit the foam. There is a viral video in filming that I think. Anyways, I wasn’t dressed for the occasion, but it was fun to get a little dancing in and talk to some of Hella’s old friends. Good times.

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InnoSera 2009

Posted on August 9th, 2009

Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 2:16 pm

So, my goal for attending the first Lolita Fashion and Ball-Jointed Doll convention in the Seattle area was find a cute headdress to go with Danielle’s new Goth Loli outfit on her behalf since she couldn’t come down to the con. Maybe I’d take a few photos too, and I’d make a point to catch the DJ set once I found out my friend Panda was spinning, but I figured for the most part I’d be looking to kill time in Bellevue, since none of my friend could make it out (or so I thought.) So, after I bought a cute headdress to go with the outfit (a big ol’ bow,) I went down to Tully’s and started to browse feeds on my Google ION. Then, out of nowhere, my friend Ally turns up.

Turns out she was going to see Transformers 2 with her family, and well I had time to kill, so I saw Transformers with them. The movie was ok (Michael Bay needs to tighten his timing up, or Spielberg has to do it for him like he did for George Lucas on the original Indiana Jones movies,) but it was obvious to me at that point that I hadn’t got a real meal all day. So over to World Wrapps with Ally, then back over to InnoSera where she browsed the dealer’s room for a little bit, though she missed the Baby, The Stars Shine Bright room (not that the selection was too hot anyway – mostly Sweet Loli.)

Now, this would be where one might expect some denouement, but instead, we then head over to Ross and to Jo-Anns. She picks up some odds and ends for her Goth Loli outfit. Why you ask? Because later, we then head back to the con (Ally now decked out in con appropriate wear,) catch a band by the name of Kissing Violet, and catch Panda’s DJ set (where he made a point to point me out as a big name Nerdcore Rapper.)

It was not at all what I thought the day would be like; it was a whole lot more. Shoot, I even know for fact that Danielle’s outfit will fit and well because I saw people (who unlike the beautiful and svelt Danielle,) really make use of the pleating in the back of the outfit if you know what I mean (Gordo Lolita?) I just wish Ally and I could have wrangled more folks into the coming with since the day turned out so good. Maybe next year.

tl;dr: everything turned out better than expected.

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It’s a Remix LP!

Posted on August 6th, 2009

Filed under: Music News — Karl Olson @ 5:50 am

And it’s free, free, free: Download it off megaupload, and if you don’t like megaupload, download it anyway, repost it somewhere else. and then link me to it.

Anyway, it was a fun little exercise, and it’s reflects where I’d probably take a new Rap record. Darker, harder, techier and nastier. I’m growing weary of polished synths, and sample clearance is a chore. Why are you still reading this? Download the album already.

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And this is why I’m not famous

Posted on August 3rd, 2009

Filed under: Videos — Karl Olson @ 4:38 pm

Videos from the Blue Moon Tavern show:

Greatest
Gothic Lolitas
Absolution
He’s a OG, Animate

Tune in next year for my next live concert :p

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Employeedish

Posted on August 3rd, 2009

Filed under: General — Karl Olson @ 4:07 pm

So, I’ve been doing mobile development for a start-up my friends run for the past few months, but it looks like I won’t be getting hours for a bit. Call it an unexpected vacation. So, outside of a visit to see Nursehella later in the month, I’m suddenly at odd ends as to what to do with my time.

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