Evil Ted's movie is out--look for it, buy it, rent it, review it!!!!

My blog has some nice pictures of director Evil Ted, acress Heather Chase, and model Annika wearing the "Evil Nikki" costume from the movie. The photos are from the Fangoria Convention last weekend. Check it out: vildmark.livejournal.com/25085.html

Hey Tribemates (especially the ones in LA):

There will be a small gathering at Barbara's at the Brewery (Main & Moulton, LA 90031) to celebrate my birthday this Friday, May 12. Come one come all. Happy hour drinks will flow from 5-7pm, followed by a big pasta dinner so I can carbo-load for my Aussie Rules Football doubleheader the following day in Riverside.

Special note to all Swedes: It would be quite nice if someone called and sang "Ja, Må Han Lever" for me on friday morning. Bonus points will be awarded if the singer arrives in person with cake and coffee. I will leave the door unlocked.

Lon

PS: Each candle counts as 10.

Lately I've been thinking I need to get myself a new ride--preferably something weird. My van lust kicked into high gear when I saw Uncle Rico's van in Napoleon Dynamite. Flippin' sweet. Thinking about vans reminded me of my old obsession with Ford's late-70s sport package that appeared on vans and Pinto wagons. If you're old enough (35+) I'm sure you'll remember the silver vans with the yellow, orange, and purple stripes and the porthole windows. Beautiful.

I started checking out vans on ebay and I realized pretty quickly that vintage US-built campers are way overpriced. VWs are even worse. Somewhere along the way I stumbled upon a listing for an ambulance, and now I'm all about ambulances. They have the high roofs; all the built-in shelving, lights, and outlets you could ever want; and a nice single bed which could easily be modified to accomodate a double mattress. Plus the prices are reasonable, since most people are totally freaked out by the notion of sleeping in one. Here's my best friend Chuck--who is a nurse--weighing in on the matter: "bad karma dude, the ambulance that is. do you want me to tell you about some of the things that go on in the back of ambulances? lots of purple-faced motherfuckers (pfms) getting thrashed with bad cpr back there, crunchy sternums. that's like getting an old er stretcher for the den." Well, someone needs to help Stella get her groove back, and it might as well be me.

Born & raised in St. Louis, MO; undergrad at University of Kansas in Lawrence; law school at University of Utah in Salt Lake City; worked for a decade at the US EPA regional office in San Francisco; resigned in protest July '03 and spent a year traveling around the world; returned to Missouri to run a county campaign office for the Dems; got sucker punched (again!) by the religious right; spent a few months bouncing between Los Angeles, Iceland, Holland, Prague, and NYC; found work as free-lance writer; then surprised everyone (including myself) by taking a position as a publicist/business partner for a LA-based cooking school. There you go--now you're caught up.