Indie Squid Kid

Well, I’ll guess I’ll just park across the street again…

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This is a real movie. I shit you not.

Released direct to DVD on May 19, 2009, it “stars” Lorenzo Lamas and Debbie Gibson (yes, that Debbie Gibson). The basic premise seems to be that the titular prehistoric giants were frozen mid-battle in an iceberg only to be released from their suspended animation ten million years later when a pod of confused whales collides with said iceberg after being driven off course by the detonation of an experimental sonic weapon by the military. The unthawed sea monsters resume their fight, obviously, and God help any submarine, airplane, or suspension bridge that gets in their way. Debbie…I’m sorry, Deborah Gibson plays the plucky oceanographer who somehow saves the day.

At least I think that’s what this movie is about, but does it really matter? A Carcharodon megalodon fights a gigantic octopus!

(p.s. the octopus would totally win.)

Injury Is No Reason To Be Bereft Of Style, originally uploaded by Jared Axelrod.

This is my friend Jared Axelrod, and he is sporting the fabulous Sucker! tie by Cyberoptix Tie Lab.

Jared is obviously a Man of Fashion, but did you know that he is also a renowned Man of Action? You can read all about his many creative exploits at www.jaredaxelrod.com.

The tie, as you can see, is available in multiple color options, and I honestly have no idea which one I like the best. All I know is that this site makes me want to wear a different tie every day. For the rest of my life.

And if one tentacle-adorned piece of neck wear wasn’t enough, here is the design they call SquidBrain.

Follow the glamorous life of professional space-goth tie makers at the Cyberoptix t0ybreaker blog.

I was very sad to discover last night (as I was cleaning out the cobwebs around here) that Laughing Squid’s squid.us blog shut its doors for good in January. Squid.us reported on squid sightings from all across the Internet and was the inspiration for Indie Squid Kid. It will be sorely missed, and I guess I’ll just have to step up and try to fill the multi-tentacled void that has been left behind. Fortunately the archives are still available so this important historical record is preserved for future generations.

June Desktop Wallpaper, originally uploaded by able parris.

OK. Let’s try this again.

Way back in 2008, I declared September to be cephalopod month. Then I promptly stopped blogging for seven months. (In the interim, I became Indie Squid Dad, but that might be the subject for another post.)

When I saw Able’s desktop wallpaper for this month, it was like he was daring me to pick up where I left off.

Well, challenge accepted, Mr. Parris. Challenge accepted.