Art Boy and I ripped into a helpless flank steak earlier tonight and then sat down to watch "Re-Animator." He got to see it in high school, on account of he was a boy and got to do cool things. I had never seen it! Gosh, it was great. I could have done without the sequence involving that poor cat, but at least it was fake-looking, and the rest was just spectacular. (OK, the severed-head-oral-rape sequence was rather distressing as well, and it did not look fake enough.) It was gory, it was witty (I loved the Stop Making Sense poster) and it had some really inspiring special effects. I'm getting excited for Prombie*!
This afternoon we went to the Getty Center, which was very nice. I wore my Phnglui shirt, which I almost never wear. We split off so I could wander around the blindingly bright gardens and Art Boy could look at, you know, art. I sat down under a tree to figure out what some plants were. A young man in a baseball cap walked by and gave me a sidelong glance.
"Great shirt," he said as he passed.
"Thanks!" I said brightly.
And then he turned around. "Say," he began. "Did you see that Justice League episode where Solomon Grundy fights Cthulhu?"
I hove a mighty inward sigh. "No," I said pleasantly.
"Oh, it's so awesome. Of course, they don't say it's Cthulhu, but it totally is. And then later, Solomon Grundy comes back from the dead, and -"
His cell phone rang. "Hang on," he said. "Hey, Mom. Yeah. OK. I'll be right there. I'm down in the garden so it might be a few minutes."
He hung up. "So Solomon Grundy comes back as a zombie, and he's clearly possessed by Cthulhu. It's so awesome. Is that a real society?" peering intently at my chest. I told him it was and gave him the URL, and he went away. Something like this always happens when I wear that goddamn thing. I asked Art Boy if this happens to people who wear Old Navy T-shirts, and he said no.
*Prombie might happen again, but if it does, it will be in San Francisco around April and will involve probably these zombie flashmob people. Amazingly, though, it could actually happen. If it does, I will be sure all previous attendants get an invitation and adequate notice, and I'll do my best to find you a place to stay.
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Does anything similar happen when you wear your ACES shirt? Do people corner you and ask your opinions on serial commas?
I have a "Come On Feel the Illiniose" shirt that I got at a Sufjan Stevens show. When I wear it, it elicits a lot of compliments. It's confusing because first, I have to remember what shirt I'm wearing, and then I have to figure out whether they're complimenting my taste in music or punny shirts. It's been about 50-50 so far.
However, I don't think I've ever experienced anything where strangers feel they are part of a secret club with you because you are wearing a shirt with too many apostrphes on it.
I don't think I actually have an ACES shirt, more's the pity. I do have a Believe in Cleveland shirt from the ACES conference, but nobody ever asks me about it.
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