Melancholy masterpiece - No John K. for you!

(OHHH The dispair... THE AGONY!)

When you don't go out much, you tend to forget the rules of the game. For instance... Sometimes, shows sell out. I got an warm, icky, raspberry flavored dose of reality tonight. Two tablespoons full! The story goes like this...

All last week, I was in Indiana, working. When I got there, I found out that not only had they (Super 8) given my hotel room away to someone else, but almost every room in the Indianapolis area was taken! I ended up staying with some realitives (thank God for in-laws). I thought by the end of the week that my luck had changed. The Super 8 even had a room for me... WITH a hot tub in it. Well, I got it all warmed up and the hot tub jets were broken. Damn.

Well earlier in the week the (lovely) wife let me in on a little secret, you see, she discovered that John K. (Kricfalusi) was coming to Austin this weekend for a big Ren & Stimpy Fest at the Alamo Drafthouse. Four big shows... all of them different. I knew my home schedule would only afford me one, so I picked the very last show, Sunday at 9:45pm. Seven o'clock rolls around and I started getting ready. Put on my R&S shirt. Busted out my R&S DVD set for a little John K. autograph action. Pulled up the Alamo Drafthouse website to double check the show times and BLAMMO! I was hit in the eye with the words "SOLD OUT!"

I'm a giant fan of Ren & Stimpy and the heatbreak was more than any man should bare... thus the inspiration for today's Melancholy masterpiece.