10 Days Until Halloween - Spooky

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If you decide someday to stop this little game that you are playin
I'm gonna tell you all what my heart's been a-dyin to be sayin
Just like a ghost, you've been a-hauntin my dreams
So I'll propose on Halloween
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you


I love simple objects that manage to look spooky under the right conditions. Sometimes it is tons of fun to head on over to flickr and type in random words and see what you can come up with. In this case...my word was spooky. As in Fox 'Spooky' Mulder or the above song. I of course would love to visit all three places right now. Especially the spooky house. Click on each of the phtotos to see more of these great photos and the photographers behind them.

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11 days Until Halloween - Spooky tunage

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I love music as much as I love the rest of my pop-culture fandoms. Of course this time of year just like the Yule season ahead has its own special set of tunes you tend to listen to more frequently than others. I thought I would list my latest Spooky Samhain playlist. You wont find most of the classics here because I am guessing you already know them. Do you have your own favorite tunes?

31. Bela Lugosi’s Dead – Nouvelle Vague
30. They Nicknamed me Evil - Cinema
29. The Black Rider – Tom Waits
28. I want to be Evil – Eartha Kitt
27. The Boogie Monster – Gnarls Barkley
26. Zombie Zoo – Tom Petty
25. Nightmare Girl – Aimee Mann
24. My Beloved Monster - Eels
23. Humanoids from the Deep – The Killcreeps
22. Man With the Hex – The Atomic Fireballs
21. Double Trouble – John Williams
20. Sally’s Song – Fiona Apple
19. The Skeleton in the Closet – Louis Armstrong
18. Suspiria - Goblin
17. Cry little Sister (Theme from the Lost Boys) – Gerard McMann
16. Vampire Hunters – Wojciech Kilar
15. Season of the Witch - Donovan
14. Spooky – Imogen Heap
13. Little Drop of Poison – Tom Waits
12.Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
11. Sweet Dreams – Marilyn Manson
10. Transylvania Concubine - Rasputina
9. Witches Song – Juliana Hatfield
8. Excess - Tricky
7. Spiriti – Mediaeval Babes
6. Supserstition – Stevie Wonder
5. I only Eat Candy – Nerf Herder
4. Dracula’s Castle – New Order
3. Danse Macabre – Angele Dubeau
2. Killer Klowns – The Dickies
1. Red Right Hand – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

In other news is it wrong for me to still want a Barbie? Especially if it is all Tippi Hedron being attacked by crows? She’s too cute. It would be great if they made some other classic horror Barbies. I would buy or beg for them all. Really I would. I want. If they are looking for ideas, I would suggest Bride of Frankenstein Barbie, Vampira Barbie, and Jennifer aka Veornica Lake from I Married a Witch. Of course I am sure there are many more. I would also dig having a Greek goddess type Barbie. That would be made of awesome. Actually it would great to have them all Aphrodite, Artemis, and such. Maybe even some Celtic ones such as the Morrigan. Another cool doll would be Lily from Legend, especially her black dress. She would sit nicely next to my Darkness figure albeit far larger than him. *grin* Ah but enough of dolls. I think I am going to go read some more comics.

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Reason #37 on why...

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I think I am going to like Japan. If you even remotely know me, you will know that Halloween is by far my favorite holiday. I am also a big fan of food. Put them together and I am one happy camper. These delectable little things are called bento boxes. In short, they are single serving little meals. A more indepth explanation, ala wikipedia, is: A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Containers range from disposable mass produced to hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento is readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops, train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend considerable time and energy producing an appealing boxed lunch.

Bento can be very elaborately arranged. Contests are often held where homemakers can compete for the most aesthetically pleasing arrangements. The food is often decorated to look like people, animals, or characters and items such as flowers and plants. This style of elaborate bento is called kyaraben.

Aren’t these cute? And oh so edible. It not only makes me hungry, but makes me want to create my own. Nicole, I miss onigiri. Which one do you think is the best?

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