vovat | Dave's Not Here, Man

I'm done with classes for the quarter! Mind you, I only get a two-week break before the next quarter, so there isn't that much time for relief. I'm only taking one class in the next quarter, but I don't know how much work it will be. I was originally supposed to see Michael Ian Black with

bethje on Friday night, but I had to miss it to finish a paper. I'm sorry I didn't get to go, but going to shows is kind of a hassle even under the best of circumstances. As usual, it would really help if teleportation were a physical possibility. I did finish in time to attend the Monster-Mania Convention on Saturday. We've been to most of these, and really all we do now is attend the question-and-answer panels, even the ones devoted to movies we've never seen. Ace Frehley was there for some reason (maybe the connection is that KISS and movie monsters both wear makeup?), and when I first got into the convention, I heard people talking about how expensive it was to get an autograph with him. Also, he was originally supposed to have a Q&A, but he canceled. Not that I particularly care, but it does sound like Mr. Frehley had a bit of an attitude. Do you think Peter Criss would have been that full of himself? Seriously, though, I have to give props to Doug Bradley, the guy who played Pinhead in the Hellraiser series. I always enjoy it when he brings his bawdy British sense of humo(u)r to these sessions.

The most recent Simpsons episode fell kind of flat for me. Do Cheech and Chong even do shows together anymore? Not that it really matters, but when the main conflict in an episode is centered around guest stars playing themselves, it doesn't really give us a particularly interesting story. The subplot about Marge trying to help the crazy cat lady with her hoarding problem was better, but it didn't really go anywhere. It would probably have been preferable if they'd used that as the main plot. I did think the Bob's Burgers episode was pretty good.