and i missed all the reformation day parties

because i was busy procrastinating. my plan to not have fun instead of work was successful insofar as i did not have fun so much, but i didn't really get the work done i had hoped to. that just meant i had to do it today. which is what was bound to happen, despite my earlier bargain with myself to work thursday on my normal day to have a good time and have a good time on wednesday. at least i got the fun part of that one. but before i get there, i am desperately afraid that my current assignment about libel has permanently warped my appreciation of what may be (or have been?) my favorite dylan tune: idiot wind. "they're printing stories in the press..." and all i can think is libel law. terrible. but i did have a good time on halloween. went down near south street and caught a free outdoor concert/costume contest. the whole day is apparently some event in the neighborhood celebrated as the day of the dead, in many different sense of the word. hence the band was a dead cover band. they were really good; been doing that gig for like ten years. called splintered sunlight, after a lyric in box of rain. these dudes busted out a better feels like a stranger than the actual dead ever did, no joke. the guitarist had the tone thing down to a science, and while no one could ever be jerry, some talented people like this guy can emulate him pretty well, play about on par with a decent 80s show with some great moments. and the dude looked remarkably like midas. spell check did not mark midas. sweet. the costume contest was also truly excellent with obvious time and effort expenditures even beyond pecuniary considerations. my personal favorite was this bizarre giant frankenstein (spell check accepts that if capitalized). this costume was about ten feet tall, and the head was more than four times the size of my torso. and the guy piloting it made it look like he was in a cage the frankenstein was holding onto (and yes i know it is technically "frankenstein's monster"). overall, very credible. i was also amazed by a skeksis costume that looked like it must have been procured in some manner from the actual set of the dark crystal. a well-done marge simpson with an outstanding hair rig won the contest, i believe. lots of other wild shit, trannys handing out fliers, a long conversation with someone dressed up as jesus, which oddly contained almost no discussion of religion, my own uncharacteristic writing on the wall in some bathroom, someone giving a long confession to the guy dressed up as jesus, something i thought was supposed to be a hummingbird introduced as a psychedelic falcon or something. overall, a worthwhile experience which also included a nice evening walk, and i treasure those when i tread new streets. old city was particularly nice; the weather was incredibly comfortable for the occasion.
right now is the time where i have to limit the urge to return to the discussion of lily rosemary and the jack of hearts. i have conducted more research, and have been pleased to find no comprehensive line-by-line analysis. no one really has it pinned down just yet.
i got to walk again this evening and it really helped me get my shit together for what i needed to write tonight. got more done in the two hours after walking and getting dinner and a good beer (surprisingly aggressive variety of red hook ipa) with my sister than i had gotten done in the ten hours i had spent earlier in the day. so go take a walk, it'll be nice.