NIGHT OF LIVING DALI!

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! AND TONIGHT, DEAR FRIENDS! THE VERY SPIRIT OF DALI, RESURRECTED FROM ITS VELVETY TOMB AND MADE MANIFEST IN THE BODY OF LADD N. WENDELIN, THE GREAT SALVADOR DALI WILL AGAIN WALK THE EARTH, AND INTO THE CHATTERBOX, WHERE, IN A FEAT OF ASTONISHING BAVURA, HE WILL DRINK DEEP OF PABST BLUE RIBBON AND WIN THE HEARTS OF ALL THOSE PRESENT!

I'm nervous. What if people don't know who I am, or who I'm trying to be?

DO NOT BE AFRAID, DEAR BOY! BE A MAGNATE! DRAW ATTENTION AND STARVE THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO PINE FOR YOU! THE GREAT DALI NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION!

You make me nervous. You take about 20 minutes even to "put on," and it won't be til after rehearsal tonight, and I might miss the band!

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT? ARRIVING ON TIME OR ARRIVING AT ALL?!!?!

Well, I guess it's more important to arrive rather than to arrive on time!

THERE, YOU HAVE DONE IT! NOW IF ONLY YOUR EYES WERE NOT SO BLUE! IF ONLY THEY COULD COMMUNICATE THE SWIRLING BLACKNESS OF MY OWN!

Yeah, that would be nice. Call me cheap, but contact lenses are expensive these days, especially if they're only for amusement.

VERY WELL! YOUR WORDS BEGUILE ME! YOU ARE EITHER COMMITTED TO THE MEMORY OF DALI, OR NO!

Believe me, I am. I am. It's just, you know...I don't want to look silly. I want people to take me seriously.

PEOPLE NEVER TAKE DALI SERIOUSLY! AND FOR THAT MATTER, I HAVE BESTED MANY BUMBLEBEE COSTUMES IN MY TIME!

Right, fuck bumblebee costumes!

YES, NOW GO! FOR TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT OF LIVING DALI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[My hope is by next week to have some digital pictures of my Dali costume. I'd like to post some here, also at www.costumecritic.com. We shall see, MAHALO!