So yesterday lonely_doll and I decided that we were high school kids circa 1978 and went to the mall to buy KISS T-shirts. More specifically, we got BANG-ON shirts made at f.y.e. (for your entertainment) at the Mall of America. lonely_doll got a Paul Stanley shirt, and I got one with the KISS logo where each KISS member is in one of the letters -- like, Gene is in the K, Paul is in the I, etc... talekyn might remember the Paul Stanley one from when we were all at the mall last year. What's really awesome is that the dude said they're discontinuing those particular prints, so it sounds like lonely_doll got her Starchild shirt JUST IN TIME. We're gonna go back later for New York Dolls shirts. We wanted to buy Dolls shirts at the concert but they didn't have my size, and they didn't have ANY girl shirts. Boo!

Later that night, we watched a bunch of KISS stuff from my KISSology Vol. 2 collection. There's this amazingly bizarre interview they did with Tom Snyder on "The Tomorrow Show" back in 1979 -- I'll try to paraphrase some of it:

Tom: "So let's talk about your outfits -- what're you supposed to be, Ace?"
Ace (visibly impaired throughout): "I think this outfit is self-explanatory -- there's a big V thing here on my chest, and this here's my utility belt," etc...
Tom: "So ... you're kinda like a spaceman, right?"
Ace: "No, actually I'm a plumber! HAHAHA!!"
Tom (humoring Ace):" Ha! Well, I got a pipe backstage that I'd like to have you work on!"
Ace: "TELL ME ABOUT IT!! HAHAHAHAHA!!"
Tom: "You old sweet talker, you!"

And throughout the whole thing, Gene and Paul are visibly rolling their eyes at their debauched bandmates. I think this interview took place shortly before the KISS lineup started going through the first round of changes. Anyway, after that we watched KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park, which is one of the best hilariously awful movies of all time. Sadly, the version currently available on DVD cuts out most of Ace's dialogue, for some reason. Therefore:

Ack!!*

Today we got to the Uptown for breakfast before they closed the kitchen at 1 p.m., and then watched "Sideways," which is like one of the funniest movies ever made. And then we went to Green Mill for Mac & Cheese (so good! I still have a bunch left for lunch tomorrow) and then I came home and talked to Rachel for a while and now it's bedtime. Oh hey -- almost forgot! We bought some peeps. Nom nom nom nom... :-D

Guys! lonely_doll starts her new job tomorrow -- wish her luck!!

*For hopelessly obscure reasons, much of Ace's dialogue involves him saying "Ack!" apropos of nothing.