OK, I know we always joke around like, "Oh man, whoever wrote this letter is really creepy," or "This is the scariest letter we've ever got," when what we really mean is the person who wrote this is an idiot but also a little weird.
Part of the appeal of "Gift Shop" is that it's a funny-ha-ha but also a funny-weird if familiar modern fairy tale about an average guy who, despite having no obvious talent, becomes famous.
IF YOU GET COMFORTABLE CHANGE HOW YOU SHAKE, NEVER GET COMFORTABLE!" It quickly became apparent that constantly shaking is incredibly tiring, but also does a weird thing to your brain where you can't really think about anything else but the shaking, because it's taking all your energy just to keep moving.
It was a lot of folk music but also a lot of other weird eclectic stuff".
There was also a weird film and another squid (bronze this time) I somehow missed.
Scottie explained for me the difference between the terms Juggalo and ninja (ninja's more casual and familiar, like dawg or nigga but there's also a weird sense in which it refers to real ninjas) and then elaborated on the "real" meaning behind the J-word.
It's also a weird time for America right now.
But it is also a weirder and more frightening world, from barking dogs to stand-up comedy, from self-recorded affirmation messages to the Lord's Prayer, from aromatherapy to light alarms like Bio-Brite's $99.95 digital SunRise simulator.
