BRING ON THE WEEKEND >>>

Look, it's crappy outside. I get it. I smoke. I've been out there a few times today, and it isn't inviting. I'm honestly pretty sure it never got light, and there are times when the eternal precipitation and darkness can get a person down.

Don't be that person! At least not until Monday. Right now, it's Friday for gawd's sake- which means two very important things. Number one: You've probably got two days off ahead of you. Number two: It's time for your regular installment of The Prefunk, a weekly weekend primer for you and your liver - with a picture of an alcoholic household pet thrown in for good measure.

ALL FREAKIN' NIGHT at The Capitol Theater

Saturday, midnight - 7:30 a.m.

Olympia has more traditions than most places. It's the kind of town where history is important. It's the kind of place where people keep things alive, breathe new life into them, and rally together to make cool shit happen. It's the kind of place where people go to college, grow a beard, graduate from college, get a co-op membership, go back to college, and never leave ...

While it's doubtful that last part has much to do with anything, the Olympia institution that is All Freakin' Night is here once again - devouring the historic (there Olympia goes again with its history...) Capitol Theater Saturday night and into Sunday morning.

For the uninitiated, or the new faces in the Invisible Man seminar, All Freakin' Night is an annual part of the annual Olympia Film Festival - now in its glorious 27^th year. A collection of cultish horror flicks and just plain strange stuff, All Freakin' Night has reached institution status because of a few things - not the least of which being its eccentricities, and the fact it literally offers Olympia the chance to sit in the Capitol Theater all freakin' night and hang out. Both are very cool, and what it's all about.

This year's strange cinematic offerings include 1983's Treasure of the Four Crowns, a story featuring, "renegade history professor and archaeological mercenary J.T. Striker," as well as 1982's Superstition, 1993's Freaked, 1988's Dead Heat, and 1983's The Being, a movie about an evil creature lurking in a local dump and attacking residents.

PREFUNK: It's a long night. Hell, it's All Freakin' Night. That's all I'm saying. You're going to need your energy ...

Luckily, we're here for you.