ateolf | The Immortal King Diamond

last night i was convinced by Jacques to head on out to The Apartment in spite of the fact that i had algorithms homework to do...but i didn't have a lot and it seemed as if it would be pretty easy so i figured i'd go rock over there and do my homework there for how long that would take...he informed me of this new rock'n'roll video rental place called The Black Lodge and they couldn't get a membership 'cuz you need a credit card, and as i have my check card, i was enlisted to be the peer obtainer-of-membership...the selection was briefly described to me and i too felt that it'd be a good idea...so i went over...then off Jacques, Paul, and i went...wow! what a rad fucking place...it's pretty much a video store of fucked-up undergroundish type stuff (and non-fucked-up undergroundish type stuff...and fucked-up non-undergroundish type stuff...and some other stuff too i guess...) but it's a really fucking rad place...we almost got Nekromantic, but then they found *it*...Jacques had heard about it like 2 years ago or so and it was talked and dreamed about, but we had yet to find it...but last night, ladies and gentlemen, we found it! it was a video from an anime series called Bastard...w/ a vampire character named Count Di Amond...yes, this character is based on THE King Diamond! (the title of the episode is actually called The Immortal King Di Amond) so we knew the fates commanded our renting of this one...we were a bit dismayed when we watched an entire episode and NO King Diamond...but hrm...what's this? oh...another episode! it took a while for him to start happening in it, but we knew he would 'cuz his name was in the fucking title! and then...... the most amazing thing to have ever been put to celluloid: a character based on King fucking Diamond appeared...HE EVEN HAD THE KING DIAMOND VOICE! (a constant going back and forth between a deep gravel and shrieking falsetto, although not NEARLY as dramatic and exaggerated as we do in our pathetic King Diamond nerd tangents, but it was still there to a degree...) then the main good guy character even made fun of him...it was fucking great...he said something about how he was trying to terrify him but he wasn't scary...and how how he was "amusing"...(oh yes, of COURSE Count Di Amond also had a close approximation of the King Diamond facepaint...but we already knew that 'cuz we had seen a still of the episode...) oh yes...and at the end he turns into a BAT! it was the greatest fucking thing ever! after we watched it we cued the tape to the part right where "Count Di Amond" comes in for when Brad and David got there...Paul then proceeded to play Gran Turismo and Jacques went into David's room to do his online thang...i went into Jacques' room to do my algorithms homework in peace...it was cool 'cuz i could hear Jacques playing his cds (Marquee Moon, then Bad Moon Rising...i just now noticed the "moon" thing, but i was just gonna talk about listening to two of the best albums ever...) from David's room...usually music distracts me (especially music that i'm very much into...) but drifting in from the other room it took on more of an ambient, low key, non-interfering quality...the homework was relatively easy...but i still had to "catch up" (learn almost completely) w/ the subject matter...i then reemerged...David came home shortly, then Brad arrived and they were treated to our fine feast of knowledge and wealth...Justin H. arrived midway into our screening...then we went to the Flying Saucer as scheduled...they drank, i just sat there, as tiredness began to take complete hold of me...i stayed at Justin's apartment and went to my class...it was actually kind've interesting today...it was about neural networks and such other things...now i'm home...woohoo...but i'll return to the subject of The Black Lodge...i'm gonna go there a bunch now! and rent cool movies! ahhh! (i also put the rock trio of Jacques, Paul, and David on my "card"...so they can rent there on my account...they'd better not do like they did at Blockbuster...i'll rip off their faces like Glenn Danzig at a ummm...well, anywhere...)