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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 25, 2020 22:35:24 GMT -5
Are you actually expecting trick-or-treaters this year, Dr. Kobb ?
Nah. I'll be ready if they do come, but I really don't. I'm still gonna haunt the yard, but not nearly as much as I'd originally planned. My way of celebrating Halloween this year will mostly be trying the 31 Nights movie challenge for the first time.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 27, 2020 17:58:38 GMT -5
You guys got married on Halloween?
Yup.
This track's for you and the missus, Herr Caution:
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Aug 31, 2020 11:05:46 GMT -5
This track's for you and the missus, Herr Caution:
Awwwww....thank'ee.. Keep in mind I bonded with my future Grandma-in-law (now longer among us, sadly) by talking about "Night of the Living Dead" over Christmas dinner...
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Aug 31, 2020 17:04:59 GMT -5
Just putting this here for anybody who hasn't seen it already. NOT politically correct, except Mrs. Caution's students (who are predominantly Chicana/Chicano) think it's funny, and the guy who made it is also Latinx, so I'll give it a pass as one of those inside things that sometimes outsiders can appreciate.
¡Cuidado con La Chancla!
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 31, 2020 23:11:53 GMT -5
Are you actually expecting trick-or-treaters this year, Dr. Kobb ?
Nah. I'll be ready if they do come, but I really don't. I'm still gonna haunt the yard, but not nearly as much as I'd originally planned. My way of celebrating Halloween this year will mostly be trying the 31 Nights movie challenge for the first time.
I have to admit: I really enjoy the outside Halloween decorating (what they call 'yard-haunting' nowadays). The trick-'r-treaters are secondary, although it's a thrill to live in a neighborhood where people do stop by and compliment and take pics/vids. I'm honestly still really awful at it, but I keep trying! You'd think I'd have at least conquered the basics by now, but I still muck up the lighting big-time, and other rookie mistakes. In my defense, my yard presents certain challenges just because it's SO BIG. It offers a lot of opportunity for that same reason. I was gonna go all-out this year with some big new props and effects, but there's no point in it. All I can do is hope that things are back to something 'not total dumpster fire' for October 2021.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 2, 2020 12:20:27 GMT -5
Nah. I'll be ready if they do come, but I really don't. I'm still gonna haunt the yard, but not nearly as much as I'd originally planned. My way of celebrating Halloween this year will mostly be trying the 31 Nights movie challenge for the first time.
I have to admit: I really enjoy the outside Halloween decorating (what they call 'yard-haunting' nowadays). The trick-'r-treaters are secondary, although it's a thrill to live in a neighborhood where people do stop by and compliment and take pics/vids. I'm honestly still really awful at it, but I keep trying! You'd think I'd have at least conquered the basics by now, but I still muck up the lighting big-time, and other rookie mistakes. In my defense, my yard presents certain challenges just because it's SO BIG. It offers a lot of opportunity for that same reason. I was gonna go all-out this year with some big new props and effects, but there's no point in it. All I can do is hope that things are back to something 'not total dumpster fire' for October 2021.
Practice makes perfect though!
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Post by Mayzshon on Sept 4, 2020 13:54:57 GMT -5
Started decorating at work.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 9, 2020 15:56:31 GMT -5
Not precisely a Halloween thing but the houseplant I just ordered does fit the season:
I tried to order a black-and-orange one called "Hallow's Eve" but Steve's Leaves is eternally out of them:
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 9, 2020 22:37:03 GMT -5
You must have a magnificent garden, KG. Didn't you post (a while back) about planting gourds, too?
I carved nine pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns night before Halloween last year. It's amazing I didn't sustain serious injury. That's more pumpkins then I've carved in my entire life prior.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 10, 2020 15:07:29 GMT -5
You must have a magnificent garden, KG. Didn't you post (a while back) about planting gourds, too?
I carved nine pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns night before Halloween last year. It's amazing I didn't sustain serious injury. That's more pumpkins then I've carved in my entire life prior.
Well there are magnificent corners, I hope, but overall the garden is as shabby and disorganized as the rest of my sorry life LOL. This, when it arrives, will be strictly a houseplant. But this has been a pretty big gardening year. The phlox are exploding; I have blooms on my sunchokes; my prairie grasses are taking hold nicely; and I just brought these home: pin.it/5z9J5NH
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 14, 2020 13:05:41 GMT -5
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/islu3k/incredible_invisible_man_costume_by_bill_freitag/
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 14, 2020 23:15:54 GMT -5
https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/islu3k/incredible_invisible_man_costume_by_bill_freitag/
Ooohhh. That is FANTASTIC!
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 14, 2020 23:22:43 GMT -5
I bet I'm the only person here who's never seen Hocus Pocus (1993)? I think I've mentioned I visit a message board of Halloween devotees. It's apparently an oft-watched Halloween night view for many of those folks. I hear it's a fun movie. Maybe I'll finally get around to it this October.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 15, 2020 4:22:01 GMT -5
It's a terrible, terrible movie. And not in a good way.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 15, 2020 10:49:38 GMT -5
It's a terrible, terrible movie. And not in a good way.
Wow! That is the polar opposite of most of the reviews on the IMDb. Now I'm REALLY curious.
BTW - Mick Garris (one of the writers) was at Pensacon last year.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 15, 2020 10:59:41 GMT -5
Wow! That is the polar opposite of most of the reviews on the IMDb. Now I'm REALLY curious. That's because too many people mistake nostalgia for quality.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 15, 2020 11:05:56 GMT -5
Wow! That is the polar opposite of most of the reviews on the IMDb. Now I'm REALLY curious. That's because too many people mistake nostalgia for quality.
This is so true. I know, because I'm one of those people (normies).
What did you think of the screen treatment of Roald Dahl's "The Witches"? It's one of those I imagine I would have loved if it'd come out when I was a kid.
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Post by Deeky on Sept 15, 2020 11:42:13 GMT -5
You know, I've never seen that, but this list of people involved in it is fascinating: Nicolas Roeg, Jim Henson, Anjelica Huston. I'm going to check it out.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Sept 15, 2020 13:46:00 GMT -5
I bet I'm the only person here who's never seen Hocus Pocus (1993)? I think I've mentioned I visit a message board of Halloween devotees. It's apparently an oft-watched Halloween night view for many of those folks. I hear it's a fun movie. Maybe I'll finally get around to it this October. I've never seen it either. And Deeky just made me feel totally justified in that.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Sept 15, 2020 14:34:16 GMT -5
You know, I've never seen that, but this list of people involved in it is fascinating: Nicolas Roeg, Jim Henson, Anjelica Huston. I'm going to check it out.
Granny pretty much explains everything to come in the first minute's lecture about witches. It's a freaky little flick. I'm sure parts would have scared me as a kid.
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