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Sunday Stealing: Over the Top


15 Nov

Tags: Amazon, Fan Fiction, imagination, Lone Ranger, meme, Writing, YouTube
Posted in Humor, memes | 11 Comments »

Not much Sunday left, but hey, I’ve been busy sleeping. mmm’kay? This is the Sunday Stealing Meme which perpetuates thievery amongst bloggers. I support it by playing every now and then.

cacti1Part One – Describe:

Your hair? I have some.

Your mother? Now in Monterey.

Your father? Not in Monterey, or anyplace else, for that matter.

Your favorite food? Can be found at Olive Garden.

Your dream last night? My brother Jim squished a large rat in the closet.

Your favorite drink? Water.

Your dream/goal? Aren’t I a bit old for those?

The room are you in? I are in the livingroom.

Your hobby? Writing fan fiction that some people won’t ever read.

Your fear? There’s not enough space here.

Your TV? A big one.

Your Pets? One medium sized, one large, and small.

Friends? I’ve got ‘em.

Your life? Still here and counting.

Your mood? I’m in one.

If you’re missing someone? Two brothers.

Your best friend? Cindy!

Part Two – The Where’s?

Where do you want to be in 6 years? In my new rocking chair.

Where were you last night? Who’s askin’?

Where did you grow up? Next to Lancer, my royal blue great dane.

One place that I go to over and over? My imagination.

Your favorite place to eat out? Olive Garden!

Wish list items? Right here on Amazon. Eight pages of books, toys, games, jewelry, and clothing.

Last time you laughed? Everytime I see this:

Last time you cried? Everytime I hear this:

Part Three – The What’s?

Something that you aren’t? Entirely serious.

Last thing you did? Ate a piece of herbed fish.

What are you wearing? None of your beeswax.

Something you’re not wearing? A Lone Ranger mask.

Your favorite store? Amazon!

Sunday Stealing: Halloween Meme


25 Oct

Tags: dad, Family, hellboy, horror, imagination, meme, Richard
Posted in memes | 6 Comments »

It’s Sunday Stealing time and this time it’s a prelude to Halloween. So, if you want a break between punkin chunkin, then join me and do this meme.

1. What is your favorite written work of horror fiction?

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

2. What is your favorite work of science fiction/fantasy?

The Dune series by Frank Herbert. I even like the continuation of the series written by Frank’s son, Brian. I didn’t care much for the mini-series since it just lacked that grandiose, old world atmosphere that was in the books and in the first movie, Dune, by David Lynch.

3. Who is your favorite monster?

Hellboy, if you’re talking demon type monster. Then there is Dracula, a real vampire who doesn’t sparkle and isn’t a vegetarian. You know Dracula would have the Twilight vamps for lunch.

4. What is your favorite Horror movie?

Dracula – the original with Bela Lugosi, then the version with Frank Langella, and then the one with Gary Oldman. I also heart any horror movie with Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, or Christopher Lee.

5. What horror movie gives you the most chills?

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (because he was pretty mean to poor Max, his dog)
The Silence of the Lambs (Fava beans, anyone?)
Hellboy (Ivan, the talking, dead Russian was pretty creepy)

Hardly any of the movies give me chills because they don’t get my imagination involved. They gross me out.

6. What character from any horror film would you most like to play?

Morticia Addams

7. Freddy or Jason?

Freddy – he’s got more personality than Jason does.

8. What is your favorite Halloween treat?

Candy Corn. It makes me sick, though, it’s so sweet.

9. Ghosts or goblins?

Goblins. Mainly the guys from the Harry Potter movies. Somehow it’s appropriate that they’re the bankers, financial analysts, accountants, etc. in the wizarding world.

10. Friendly-faced jack-o’-lantern or scary one?

Scary. I especially like crappily carved ones that were obviously done by kids.

11. What is your scariest encounter with the paranormal?

How about this one, Unfinished Basements?

12. Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?

Yes. Why? Read: Cigarette Smoke.

13. Would you rather be a zombie, alien, or psycho?

None of the above.

14. Favorite Halloween costume?

There’s hundreds of really well-made costumes out there. I’m going with one I made back when I was 17. I had a long, blue satin nightgown that I paired up with a tall, conical hat with stars on it. Yeah, I was Merlin. No beard, though.

15. Best thing about Halloween?

That same year I was Merlin, the best thing was painting the faces of neighborhood kids and taking them round to various houses. That was the last time I ever did that.

16. Person in your family who most likes Halloween (not counting yourself)?

Between Richard and I? No one. I haven’t celebrated Halloween since we were married because Richard works night shift, and the kids tend to show up when he’s sleeping before going off to work.

17. Are you superstitious?

Only if it’s convenient.

The Shadow & The Walking Corpse

The Shadow & The Walking Corpse

18. Share an unusual Halloween story.

How about the Halloween when I helped dad out with a favor for a friend of his who was a funeral director? We drove in a green hearse to St. Louis, MO to pick up the body of a woman that had been run over by a steamroller. She was under a sheet, so I tried to forget about her. I was doing fine until dad turned on this late night radio station that was presenting stories about The Shadow. Good story, and I was quickly enthralled. HOWEVER…. right at the point where the narrator does this spooky, mad laugh, my dad had to hit the brakes because some idiot swerved in front of us. Dead lady’s gurney wasn’t attached properly and it sailed forward, knocking her skull into mine. I dove into the well under the glove compartment. Dad was laughing. I didn’t move from my spot until we got back home.

19. What did you do for Halloween as a kid?

Dressed up, went out (at night!), tricked people out of their candy, and then went home where we ate it until we were sick.

20. What’s the best Halloween party that you’ve attended?

I have never gone to a Halloween party.

Scary Movies


18 Oct

Tags: decapitation, horror, imagination, movies, nightmares, weekend
Posted in reviews | 3 Comments »

Richard and I went to see Paranormal Activity downtown yesterday. My love of scary movies has been changing of late mostly, I think, because the scare-directors of today seem more interested in grossing the audience out than making their imaginations really work.

How many of you can recall watching an old scary movie either with a parent nearby to protect you (in case the monster jumped from the tv and into your living room) or hid behind a couch, a pillow, or some such thing so you wouldn’t have to see the scary things (although you peeked)?

Can you say that the majority of today’s so called scary movies get the same reaction from you?

I hide when I see some of the new scary movies (Saw, Halloween sequels) because the scares don’t cause that delicious thumping adrenaline, but more often than not I am appalled or sickened.

Paranormal Activity is a truly, scary movie. It is a “back to the roots”, edge of your seat, hide your face in your boyfriend’s shoulder scary ride. The proof is in the box office. This is a movie that cost $11,000 to make over a seven day period.

From Cinematical:

Just take a look at that weekend box office. Sure, the critically panned Couples Retreat came in at #1, earning over $32 million on 3000 screens. But scan down the list and look at #4, which was Paranormal Activity. It earned $7.9 million on 160 screens. That’s not a typo. One hundred and sixty screens. If we take the average, Paranormal Activity earned $49,375 per screen, and Couples Retreat took in a paltry $10,666 per screen. That’s five times as many butts in the seats for the horror film than for the unfunny comedy (which means that there must have been a lot of empty seats at the latter). There’s a simple reason for this: Paranormal Activity is a genuinely scary movie.

demon-angelAdmittedly, I didn’t scream or jump at most of the “scary bits”. I did, however, keep Richard close, and watched a good portion with one eye open (lessens the scare impact… yeah). What was really fun was the nearly full theatre of teens and young adults. Their reactions, once they put away the cell phones, are what directors hope for. There was nervous laughter (the kind of laugh when you’re with your friends and you have to laugh or you’ll be a wuss). There were some genuine screams, too, followed by relieved laughter and exclamations of “wow, that was cool!”.

Now, why didn’t I care for it? When Richard and I leave a movie, the first question is “what did you think of it?” I can’t say I cared for the movie myself because it played upon old fears and nightmares I thought long ago gone. To be reminded of those fears is uncomfortable.

That doesn’t mean I didn’t appreciate the movie, because I did. It’s also why I feel good about recommending it.

If you leave the theatre griping about “not enough blood”, and “where were the decapitations”, then you’re an idiot.

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