Many of you are now familiar with the Brian/Josh Duel-Identity Syndrome (DIS) that from time to time transforms our happy-go-lucky Brian into the self-proclaimed “Evil Stanking King of Steel Town”. I am embarrassed to admit that I, too, am plagued by this terrible disease though to a much lesser degree than our dear Brian/Josh. Indeed, my alter-ego surfaces and tends to control my every move, but unlike Brian/Josh, I am able to decide when and where my transformations take place. And so, it has been decided that Wally will inhabit my body on the one day of the year that belligerence, rowdiness, and general offensive behavior is permitted: Halloween.
You might remember Wally from such Halloween disasters as Halloween 2000 in Isla Vista (pictured above with Hasmeek). This year, Wally and his cronies (pictured below) opted to join the UCLA Medical students at their annual Halloween charity event. As can be assumed from his stunning corduroy jacket, stylish clip-on tie, and fresh perm, Wally has clearly matured since his last Halloween adventure. The rest of the gang included Pejman dressed as not-so-famous professional boxer Zab Judah; Richard as “Evil” Davy Crockett; and Ashwini as herself wearing giant butterfly wings. We headed to the party Friday night–late enough for the med students to finish their daily 5 hours of studying–and met up with a group of Ashwini’s first-year friends.
Two Michael Jackson songs started the party right, giving Wally an opportunity to immediately humiliate himself in front of Ashwini’s peers, and this was followed by 100 consecutive hip hop songs that my body is completely incapable of dancing to. Which meant for the next three hours Wally simply gyrated uncontrollably as a substitute for actually dancing. I was ashamed, yes, but this shame was certainly shared by a variety of characters at the party including “No Face”, Humpty Dumpty, the guy dressed as Eminem, and the girl wearing nothing but a black-laced teddy. And, of course, there was Richard walking up to random women saying, “Excuse me, can I AXE you a question?”. Get it? Cause he’s holding an axe. Yeah, I didn’t get it either. Anyway, we all had a lot of fun meeting Ashwini friends and finally getting to see who she spends inordinate amounts of time with in the Graduate Reading rooms atop the Biomed Library. I would have liked to meet them on different circumstances, though I suppose I could have been one of their patients with a bad case of rickets. You never know.
* Ridiculous Item of the Day: Minnesota Vikings player insulting the Green Bay Packers green and yellow uniforms by saying, “Purple and yellow is a much better color.”
* Movie Quote of the Day: “I know Kung Fu.”
November 2, 2003
holidays, UCLA, UCSB