After bringing a puppy into your house you may find yourself doing things you never envisioned yourself doing. I could list all of them, but in this particular case it was purchasing a sweater for Roger. I swore I would never do that to a dog but he gets cold easy, and if he gets too cold he doesn’t go while he’s outside and if he doesn’t go outside the risk of an accident increases exponentially.
So there I am staring at a wall of really really girly looking things and halloween costumes for dogs to wear, questioning my manhood....when I see a sweater with a skull on it and think ‘that is WAY more up Rogers alley....’ this was after purchasing a black collar with white skulls and a matching leash.
That got me thinking though, what is it with my attraction to the darkside? Whether it be music (1,2,3), movies (1,2,3,4,5), tv (1,2,3) or even chicks (1,2,3). I always seem to be more interested in the black than the white. Does that make me evil? Evil all the way deep down?,...all the way to my molten nacho cheese core?
Joking about taking over the universe and ruling with an iron SmittyFist (tm) is one thing...but...could it be? Am I truly evil? Like most things in my life I over analyzed the crap out of this issue.
When all was said and done I remembered being in kindergarten or pre-school and all of us came wearing our Halloween outfits. I proudly reported to my mom afterward that my teacher said in response to my kick ass Darth Vader costume that “She wouldn’t want to meet me/him in a dark alley”. So I took away from that what you would expect a young little Smittyling (tm) to take from such an event. If I was Darth Vader I could potentially scare my teacher. Never mind that from my limited knowledge of Star Wars he is the evil ruler of the galaxy or something. (Am I right? my beloved nerd followers please help me out).
I also recalled that I didn’t always root for the bad guy, only in certain exceptions. Dr. Claw of inspector gadget comes to mind. I HATED inspector gadget, every episode he would accidentally blow up his boss with the secret message, his stupid niece would get kidnapped and the dog would save everyone and get zero credit for it.
I was only four but the repetitive plot lines got on my nerves. I wanted to see gadget get what was coming to him, just ONCE. Plus Dr. Claw had a cool voice and all you ever saw of him was his mechanical hand (also bad ass). His cry of “I’ll get you next time gadget! NEXT TIME!” was always awesome. I don’t know why I kept watching, maybe I was just hoping against hope that Gadget’s luck would run out and Penny would finally pay for being so stupid and getting kidnapped in EVERY episode.
Next would be Wile E.Coyote. Although you could argue he wasn’t very dark, he was definitely the antagonist of the cartoons he was in. He was a character I could identify with, very scientifically minded, always messing with gadgets that ultimately never worked and he almost never talked but when he did he sounded really smart. Poor guy, I really hated that road runner too.
Hmm...I’m starting to notice a theme,...seems like it may be my annoyance with the protagonist that is the issue here....
I’ve already touched on the big DV but as a child I think just the mask was bad ass enough, it made him look like the grill of a jet black hot rod. And his chest (at least I’m pretty sure) has buttons and lights on it. I don’t know what they do or what they are for, but as a kid,....”BUTTONS!!! AWESOME!!!”. I could sit around all day in my cool mask scaring my pre-school teacher. Ruling the galaxy and pressing random buttons conveniently placed on my chest. Perhaps taking a break every once in awhile to enjoy a Flintstones ice cream push-pop. And hell, I didn’t even mention his glowy sword thingy. Plus dictatorships are awesome, especially if you’re the dictator.
Next would be the Predator I’ve blogged about my movie monster of choice before (although perhaps not on this particular blog. I guess I enjoy the stealth, tribal culture and sort of sportsmanship that this species exhibits. The Predator species is unique to movie monsters in that they have no interest in you unless you are armed or are attacking them. Still seems kind of messed up that I’m really against hunting unless it’s by an alien who happens to be hunting humans. I could really nerd out here with all I know about them and what makes me like them, but I’ll spare you. I know what it’s like to be on the other end of a “nerd out”.
With that in mind I’ll close this with Beetlejuice. This is a case where I think if anyone else besides Micheal Keaton played Beetlejuice it would have been a forgotten movie. Every utterance, mannerism, action, facial expression is dead on. I got to the point where I would do a spot on impression of him to make my best friend at the time laugh.
As an adult I still love the movie. It has that classic Tim Burton look. From the winding checkered hallways bridging the afterlife waiting room (that alone is a brilliant concept) to the land of the living, to the mother’s creepy scuptures, to just the way the house was remodeled. The movie has lots of memorable quotes of course, but one of my all time favorites in ANY movie would be when the mother is leading the family upstairs to confront the ghosts in the attic.
Thinking back now, I think that was my first exposure to a goth chick and I’m pretty sure I liked it. I’m also wondering if my interest in model trains was sparked by the town model in the attic which then spun me into an interest in trains. That would have been right around the age when all the train stuff started....Who knows...couldn’t have hurt it.
There are other examples, I didn’t talk about Jaws, or the Cobra faction of GI Joes, or Skeletor, but I think I’ve provided enough examples.
Wrapping this up, do I think I’m evil? I don’t think so, but I suppose that’s entirely an opinion thing. I do know that I look good in black....black with buttons on my chest. Buttons I can push and scare my preschool teacher with.
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So there I am staring at a wall of really really girly looking things and halloween costumes for dogs to wear, questioning my manhood....when I see a sweater with a skull on it and think ‘that is WAY more up Rogers alley....’ this was after purchasing a black collar with white skulls and a matching leash.
That got me thinking though, what is it with my attraction to the darkside? Whether it be music (1,2,3), movies (1,2,3,4,5), tv (1,2,3) or even chicks (1,2,3). I always seem to be more interested in the black than the white. Does that make me evil? Evil all the way deep down?,...all the way to my molten nacho cheese core?
Joking about taking over the universe and ruling with an iron SmittyFist (tm) is one thing...but...could it be? Am I truly evil? Like most things in my life I over analyzed the crap out of this issue.
When all was said and done I remembered being in kindergarten or pre-school and all of us came wearing our Halloween outfits. I proudly reported to my mom afterward that my teacher said in response to my kick ass Darth Vader costume that “She wouldn’t want to meet me/him in a dark alley”. So I took away from that what you would expect a young little Smittyling (tm) to take from such an event. If I was Darth Vader I could potentially scare my teacher. Never mind that from my limited knowledge of Star Wars he is the evil ruler of the galaxy or something. (Am I right? my beloved nerd followers please help me out).
I also recalled that I didn’t always root for the bad guy, only in certain exceptions. Dr. Claw of inspector gadget comes to mind. I HATED inspector gadget, every episode he would accidentally blow up his boss with the secret message, his stupid niece would get kidnapped and the dog would save everyone and get zero credit for it.
I was only four but the repetitive plot lines got on my nerves. I wanted to see gadget get what was coming to him, just ONCE. Plus Dr. Claw had a cool voice and all you ever saw of him was his mechanical hand (also bad ass). His cry of “I’ll get you next time gadget! NEXT TIME!” was always awesome. I don’t know why I kept watching, maybe I was just hoping against hope that Gadget’s luck would run out and Penny would finally pay for being so stupid and getting kidnapped in EVERY episode.
Next would be Wile E.Coyote. Although you could argue he wasn’t very dark, he was definitely the antagonist of the cartoons he was in. He was a character I could identify with, very scientifically minded, always messing with gadgets that ultimately never worked and he almost never talked but when he did he sounded really smart. Poor guy, I really hated that road runner too.
Hmm...I’m starting to notice a theme,...seems like it may be my annoyance with the protagonist that is the issue here....
I’ve already touched on the big DV but as a child I think just the mask was bad ass enough, it made him look like the grill of a jet black hot rod. And his chest (at least I’m pretty sure) has buttons and lights on it. I don’t know what they do or what they are for, but as a kid,....”BUTTONS!!! AWESOME!!!”. I could sit around all day in my cool mask scaring my pre-school teacher. Ruling the galaxy and pressing random buttons conveniently placed on my chest. Perhaps taking a break every once in awhile to enjoy a Flintstones ice cream push-pop. And hell, I didn’t even mention his glowy sword thingy. Plus dictatorships are awesome, especially if you’re the dictator.
Next would be the Predator I’ve blogged about my movie monster of choice before (although perhaps not on this particular blog. I guess I enjoy the stealth, tribal culture and sort of sportsmanship that this species exhibits. The Predator species is unique to movie monsters in that they have no interest in you unless you are armed or are attacking them. Still seems kind of messed up that I’m really against hunting unless it’s by an alien who happens to be hunting humans. I could really nerd out here with all I know about them and what makes me like them, but I’ll spare you. I know what it’s like to be on the other end of a “nerd out”.
With that in mind I’ll close this with Beetlejuice. This is a case where I think if anyone else besides Micheal Keaton played Beetlejuice it would have been a forgotten movie. Every utterance, mannerism, action, facial expression is dead on. I got to the point where I would do a spot on impression of him to make my best friend at the time laugh.
As an adult I still love the movie. It has that classic Tim Burton look. From the winding checkered hallways bridging the afterlife waiting room (that alone is a brilliant concept) to the land of the living, to the mother’s creepy scuptures, to just the way the house was remodeled. The movie has lots of memorable quotes of course, but one of my all time favorites in ANY movie would be when the mother is leading the family upstairs to confront the ghosts in the attic.
"Lydia, I have a chance to teach you something here. You have got to take the upper hand in all situations or people, whether they're dead or alive, will walk all over you." -Delia Deetz
Thinking back now, I think that was my first exposure to a goth chick and I’m pretty sure I liked it. I’m also wondering if my interest in model trains was sparked by the town model in the attic which then spun me into an interest in trains. That would have been right around the age when all the train stuff started....Who knows...couldn’t have hurt it.
There are other examples, I didn’t talk about Jaws, or the Cobra faction of GI Joes, or Skeletor, but I think I’ve provided enough examples.
Wrapping this up, do I think I’m evil? I don’t think so, but I suppose that’s entirely an opinion thing. I do know that I look good in black....black with buttons on my chest. Buttons I can push and scare my preschool teacher with.
Follow me on Twitter: @TheSmittyBlog
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(edited by: Dave Fosbinder)
(Posted by: Jamie the SB Secretary)
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