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Friday, December 15, 2017
The Wreath Witch Curse: UPDATE
Original Post: October 13, 2017
I work in a very large department... not that many people, but a giant work area with a lot of unused space. The entire building is getting refurbished one department at a time, and our old outdated vile wing was asked to consolidate itself onto one side of the wing while visiting departments can inhabit the empty side while their department wings were being stripped down and refurbished. So it's been a couple years of new neighbors showing up every few months. It's like getting to know and being annoyed at horrible neighbors/tenants moving in next to your home many times a year. And knowing they're moving on to nicer homes/apartments and you're still stuck in your old one til God-knows-when.
Early this week, one of the women on the new side, without getting permission or taking a poll, hung something like this wreath (this is actually way nicer so I suspect she might have made hers).
She hung it on the two giant automated doors at the entrance of our department (important to note she hung it on the door on OUR side of the wing). There was great hooting and hollering on the day she brought it in and I heard her say many times "I LOVE HALLOWEEN!" (I think I might have hissed like a vampire seeing a cross).
Well, four people asked me this week: "You put that wreath up?"
THAT wreath....the one with the striped witch legs and tiny glittery witch hat and clumps of shiny silver tulle.
UPDATE: They fixed the door yesterday. The door now opens mechanically, unaware that instead of a cursed wreath hanging upon it, there now hangs a weird tulle candy cane that looks more like a giant dead Christmas shrimp.
The shrimp is un-cursed, apparently. The door has been swinging happily all morning, and is no longer a fire hazard/place for my charred body to lay against...
TRON Original Bike Scene With Daft Punk And Some Editing
This was fun to watch.
The first time I saw the original TRON it was at a friend's house and we had rented the video cassette from a local rental store in a strip mall. His parents were home and his ancient grandmother was visiting at the time. So they sat in the living room and watched this for the first time as we did. I can recall being uncomfortable as there was no way the elders would understand what was about to happen. As TRON was weird and unusual (and cutting edge for the time).
I can recall their disgust with such an odd film, and the grandmother condescendingly adding "THEY SHOULD PAY YOUUUU TO WATCH THIS FILM!"
They hated it.
Click below:
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Black Christmas
Watched this again recently and it occurred to me that this film has as much Christmas atmosphere/spirit as most Christmas films. Meanwhile it's a really slick horror film with some wildly creepy moments and terrific acting.
Click below for a short trailer (It's currently on xfinity on-demand for "free"):
Monday, December 11, 2017
Saturday, December 9, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Sytnathoteps Studios Halloween 2017
Some amazing photos here and at the link below (some neat 360 degrees images too)...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017
Osage Oranges: Certain Death
I've pondered what these weird things were for years and never bothered to look it up. Sometimes spotted along the side of a road, these softball-sized rock-things seem particularly dangerous to passing cars. I've imagined one perfectly timed and dropping through the moon roof and onto my head. I bet cutting the grass becomes a dreaded chore when you have one of these trees on your property.
Click below for some useless knowledge...
Sunday, December 3, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017
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