Two years ago, I put together three Halloween albums of music I, um, “acquired” using some software developed by a now-bankrupt company. I pulled one of the discs out today and tried to figure out just what I was thinking when I put together this playlist:
1. Some spooky theme from a horror film
2. Highway to Hell by AC/DC (ok, hell, that’s sort of scary)
3. Halloween by Aqua (cheesy pop - very scary!)
4. Intergalactic Planetary by Beastie Boys (I guess I was thinking of large robots invading a city, which would be scary)
5. Psycho Man by Black Sabbath (Psycho. Ozzy. Self-explanatory.)
6. Don’t Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
7. Some wacky comedy song about Halloween
8. Mouth by Bush (I don’t know what the logic was here. Maybe it is just that Gavin sounds scary)
9. A song that sounds like it is probably from It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
10. Ghost In You by Counting Crows (ghost!)
11. Zombie by Cranberries (zombie!)
12. The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead by XTC (pumpkin!)
13. This is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas
14. Halloween by Dave Matthews Band
15. Cat People by David Bowie (cats!)
16. Witchy Woman by the Eagles (witch!)
What spooky or in-some-way Halloween related songs would you add to the mix?
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Happy Halloween!
Last night, Karen, Amanda, Connie, Jon, Michael, Thomas, and I went to the cornfield maze past Rockwall. I figured it would be a dorky, silly thing to do, not knowing that there were random scary creatures hiding in the maze.
One such creature, dressed as the Scream guy, enjoyed joining our group and walking along as if she was one of us. She got me good once, when Amanda said, “Um, Leia, turn around.” She got Karen even better: she stealthily walked up to the front of the group, where Karen and Jon were leading; moved her face close behind Karen’s head; and startled Karen to the point where she threw her hands up in fright. Karen’s ring made contact with the mask and the girl under ripped off the mask and yelled, “Don’t hit me!” We were all laughing so hard, it was pretty impossible to scare us for the rest of the maze.
Unless you were Thomas, who liked to run ahead and jump out of the corn.
Or were wielding a chainsaw in our faces.
Ok, so I’m easily startled in a dark cornfield.
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Two features added to the site: one new, one old. The new one is Frontal Lobe. This used to be a daily blog about the minutiae of my life, but is now a blog of what I come across on the web that’s cool. The old one is Recently Consumed Media. I finally built out a page with the complete list on it, so you can see more than just the last five things I took in. Both are featured in the sidebar on the left right –> with the five most recent entries. Woo!
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Today there is a large glowing orb in the sky. It appears to have made the clouds run away, surely for fear of being burned by the heat this massive sphere is emitting. Above me is a unfamiliar shade of blue. On the streets, I hear people talking of a “sun”. This world frightens and confuses me.
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Sometimes, bad word filters in messsage board programs take things a little too far. Evidence: “Finally, there is a financial donkeyistance program…” It took me several minutes to realize the author of the post meant “assistance”.
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I am going to see Secretary tonight at 9:50. If you are interested in joining me, leave a comment.
Also, I have a free pass for two to see I Spy tonight at 7:30. If you want it, and can get it from me before 6pm, it is yours.
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Two things that do not mix: procrastination and allergy attacks.
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Not to toot my own horn, but I just needed to show you how fabulous I looked tonight:
A bunch of us decided to go down to the Oak Lawn Halloween Party/Parade. Karen, Julie, and I decided that we wanted to wear costumes so we’d fit in better. The three of us went as fabulous funky witches.
Check out my great stockings. Despite them being for someone about 6 inches shorter than me (I had to cut the toes off so that I could pull them all the way up (”all the way up” meaning that they were just barely staying on my butt)), I absolutely love them. I got more compliments on my hosiery than any other part of my ensemble. I think I’m going to have to become a funky tights person.
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I have the Michael Bolton song When I’m Back on My Feet Again stuck in my head. Dear God, make it stop.
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That whole breathing thing? Not working out well for me right now.
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