“Come Over and Play” (On Our Beige Carpeting)

As the delivery guy from China Star 2 can attest, we Fleshbot drones are a friendly and easygoing lot: we appreciate kicking back after our day's work is done with a few rounds of Guitar Hero and the occasional rooftop game of Red Rover (especially now that we put some protective railing up there). But despite our convivial nature and the tempting title of Next Door Buddies' video series, we probably won't be going over to play. Why?

1. There's obviously a radon leak upstairs: the guy on the bottom hasn't noticed it yet, but the ones above are totally feeling it.
2. As bad as it may be to speak ill of the young and pretty, at least two of these men are probably wanted for aggravated assault and/or check forgeries ... and we've had enough rough trade lately, thank you.
3. NDB's "photographer" is clearly using a disposable camera from Walgreen's to capture all the action, and we don't photograph well without our usual battery of key lights.
4. Balaclavas sort of freak us out.
5. Beige carpeting.

But we're sure it's an open invitation -- so if none of those things bother you, feel free to drop on by. We're sure they'd love to, uh, have you.

· Come Over and Play (Next Door Studios)