November 1, 2004
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Happy Hallowe'en.
I didn't buy any candy this weekend, because I was "stuck" eating all the candy I bought the last two years, because nobody "trick or treated" our house for two years in a row. Well, wouldn't you know it, the oversized neighbor boy and his little brother (the one whom I am sure is responsible for the many scratches on the Eclipse.) came calling. I had no candy, so perhaps he played a "trick" on me.
Because this morning I have a flat tire. I thought the front left tire was low, and I checked the psi of all four tires just Friday afternoon. Every thing was fine. But this morning, the right front was nearly completely flat. This is something I have to "deal with" and have decided to take a day off from work today because I would miss most of the morning going around trying to see if the tire is okay, and then buying a new one, if I have to. We'll see what happens.
The image above is a costume I wore at the last Hallowe'en Party we had at work in about 1993 or 1994. I won first place. The linen bandages were layered over my underwear, and I didn't wear regular clothing over the underwear. Late in the day, a lot of the bandages were peeling off. You'll notice this mummy wears glasses. His mummified eyes needed a better prescription.
For the Hallowe'en Spirit, I am posting some "photos" which are really video grabs from an old VHS tape dated 1989. My brother, who is a very imaginative sort, and a true artist, used to design and feature a "Haunted House" at his son's and daughter's elementary school. He constructed all the "gags". One year I was a "half man" lying on an operating table with all my guts streaming all over. The ghoul above was in the floor, and the lights would come on suddenly for the scare.
This is "Meg", a monster on a track, which "slid forward" giving guests a good fright. I was just reading in the L.A. Times last week that there are quite a few makeup artists and production managers in the Film business who create vast and detailed "Hallowe'en Crypts" in their front yards. My bro and I always talked about creating great Hallowe'en Decorations, and Daniel put his money where his mouth was for quite a few years, entertaining the townsfolk in these Haunted Houses, which took up two or more school rooms for the two or three nights they existed. I shot lots of video of my brother "masterminding" the show in 1989..
I guess you can tell that Daniel's Haunted House had some real scares. He has always been good with makeup, and parlayed his theatrical training into a career as a production designer for Community Theater. I've sort of lost track of my brother. (He isn't "into" computers, and I do have an email address but he never answers his email.) He calls me "out of the blue" usually on my birthday, and we "continue" our conversation, which picks up easily from the last time, and our talks are usually an hour or two. But this year he didn't call. I don't have a phone number for him. He lives in Northern California.
Daniel, call me. Let's have lunch.
This post is actually a day late. I expected to have it up last night, but it didn't get up here. So Happy "Day After Hallowe'en", which is the "Day of the Dead",a Mexican Holiday on Nov. 1.
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those are some scary costumes...but i love them..i think halloween is one of my most fav holidays..i love getting the crap scared out of me and watching pseudo scary flicks...
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SCARED ME ...LOL
Thank you for the much needed pick up this day..
u always make me smile
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