See, I’ve been suspecting that I’ve got a low-grade Funk going on lately (and not the good kind, with platform boots and giant hair). I’ve been kind of listlessly thinking about Halloween, but I have no idea what kind of costume I’ll wear and I’m just feeling kind of…meh. And really, my mood about this should have tipped me off that something’s up (well, and my total lack of motivation to blog lately), because I am a Person Who Loves Halloween. And I can *kind of* feel the Halloween spirit, but it’s buried pretty deep this year.
But that’s another post, I think, because I just saw this Halloween meme over at the Lovely & Charming CRSE’s place, and I thought it might help. Or at least let me procrastinate another 10 minutes, since I don’t even know what to work on first today.
1. What’s the scariest movie you’ve ever seen?
Okay, I *love* scary movies. At least while I’m watching them…at 4:00 the next morning, I’m generally less thrilled with the whole genre. Movies scare me for different reasons…sometimes it’s just one scene that will fuck me up for months. The first Nightmare on Elm St., when I was 12–I remember some long, sleepless nights for weeks after that. And Blair Witch Project fucked with me, but only about a week after I saw it–though I was, unbeknownst to me at the time, going through a drawn-out nervous breakdown right around then, which probably didn’t help. I’ve realized, though, that the horror movie trope that fucks with me Every. Single. Time. is when people don’t realize they’re dead. Seriously–even that episode of M*A*S*H scared the crap out of me as a kid.
2. What was your favorite Halloween Costume from childhood?
Hmmm…I don’t remember any super creative costumes as a kid. I enjoyed my witch and vampire years, I think.
3. If you had an unlimited budget, what would your Fantasy Costume be for this Halloween?
See, I don’t even know what to do this year. My favorite costumes are generally the understated ones–like, a few years ago (and I just spent way too long trying unsuccessfully to find a picture of this) I wore regular clothes and a drugstore mask, with really awesome slit-throat makeup underneath…so when I took off the mask, people thought I was out of costume until…AAAAH! Slit throat! So, yeah, this year? I have no idea. Should I just break tradition and do something totally over the top? Any suggestions???
4. When was the last time you went Trick Or Treating?
I think 9th grade.
5. What’s your favorite Halloween Candy?
Like crse, I’m a fan of the KitKats. When I was a kid, my sister–who was 10 years older, and so wasn’t trick-or-treating the years that I was–would go through my bag when I got back and take all the Mallo Cups (and oddly, there were always a lot of them). To this day, I have no idea what a Mallo Cup tastes like.
6. Tell us about a scary nightmare you had.
Most of my nightmares in the past few years involve something awful happening to GB or the cats. Can’t think of any classic nightmares recently, and I’m not going to try very hard.
7. What is your Supernatural Fear?
That I’m dead and don’t know it (see #1 above).
8. What is your Creepy-Crawlie Fear?
Bugs. And anything in larval form.
9. Tell us about a time when you saw a ghost, or heard something go Bump in the night.
The Yogini and I briefly lived in a haunted house. It wasn’t over-the-top haunted–no ghostly apparitions (though there was, once, literal bumping on the ceiling above us, with no one living upstairs). Just that general chill, and the sense that something was Terribly Wrong there. Oh, and basement stairs that no one–not us, not friends, not random visitors–would willingly walk past. That was a long six months. [Secret note to crse: I would have held our bonding talk somewhere else if I’d realized it was *actually* haunted at the time.]
10. Would you ever stay in a real Haunted House overnight?
See above. Though when we heard the bump on the ceiling, that was pretty much it–I seem to recall that the Yogini and I found somewhere else to sleep that night.
11. Are you a traditionalist (just a face) Jack O’Lantern Carver, or do you get really creative with your pumpkins?
I’m pretty basic with the carving. It’s not an integral part of my Halloween enjoyment.
12. How much do you decorate your home for Halloween?
This year, not so much. Last year, we had a great Halloween party at our house (we do most years, actually–but this place is too small to host this year, I think). Most of the party was in the basement (which was decorated), but I did some extras too:
13. What do you want on your Tombstone?
Is anyone *not* making the pizza joke here?
October 11, 2006 at 11:47 am
Ahh hon! I had no idea! I promise I will tell you if you are dead and dont know it. I did hate that episode of MASH too. Im getting all heebied out just thinking about it. I know gill and I would both LOVE a follow up talk. Since Im procrastinating myself today I think im going to work on my survey right now!
October 11, 2006 at 2:01 pm
Haha. I am still laughing at the funk reference in the first paragraph!! I, too, am in a funk but not the Bootsie Collins variety!!
I love Halloween too but not to the degree you do! I am envious of your mad Halloween decorating skillz.
My fear is slightly different. I am afraid that I won’t be dead but people will think I am and they’ll try to bury me like in the Twilight Zone episode. I used to have nightmares about that.
Hope you get de-funkified soon!!
boooooooooooooo!
October 11, 2006 at 4:15 pm
I have very fond memories of Medusa peeing on a dirt road in a very large rural county north of here, veeeery early in the morning.
Ahhhh.
As with crse, if you ever appear to me and are dead I will mince no words.
October 11, 2006 at 4:23 pm
My friends rock. 🙂 Erthy, I continually forget and then remember that night. We must have been *really* intoxicated. Where were we even going? Or coming from?
And thanks for being straight with me if y’all figure out that I’m dead. I appreciate it.
–LB
October 11, 2006 at 9:04 pm
boooooooh!
I didn’t even link to the MASH thing, but I KNOW the one you speak of. Yikes! You and GB could dress up as one another. Or as a spelunking debunker. Or as a woman who is paid better than all the men who do the same job. Or some other fantastical thing. Did you even ask for suggestions? 75 days til departure. Who’s counting?
October 12, 2006 at 1:09 am
I will make sure I don’t watch that episode in your honor when the MASH gygunda box set appears at my door.
I think I’m going to be ecoli this year…
October 12, 2006 at 10:49 am
Sorry about the continuing funk but the bathroom decorations were awesome.
October 12, 2006 at 11:19 am
What’s the pizza joke?!
October 12, 2006 at 11:25 am
Clare–there were commercials for Tombstone (brand) frozen pizza that asked “What do you want on your Tombstone?” Crse had already beat me to the “sausage and pepperoni” answer.
–lb
October 12, 2006 at 11:09 pm
Oh, no! No Hallowe’en funk allowed (unless it is the formerly mentioned variety, which might be a costume idea, BTW). I am trying very, very hard to get pics to send you from what I did last night (I _NEED_ a digital camera!!). We did 2 big H’ween displays at office buildings, one was a Pirates theme, the other a haunted castle. I got to dress some skeletons, and do spiderwebs and put out rats and gold coins. Very cool, it got me in the mood for sure! I’ll post ’em if I can get any.
October 13, 2006 at 9:13 pm
I thought I left you a comment, and I now discover I didn’t. I feel like a jackass now.
October 16, 2006 at 7:19 pm
I didn’t use the Tombstone pizza joke.