I love writing about horror movies. Even if I'm not the best writer in the world, it's just FUN!

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You can totally tell I'm in love with that 'Behind the Mask' movie, I mention it every time I can. I'm not normally big on slasher flicks, but that one was awesome. Even Jerry liked it, so you know there must be something to it!

Leaving tomorrow for Chicago! I'm blazingly excited! Back after the 6th.

... when all of a sudden, I read this:

"The "Twilight" franchise "taps into something primal and visceral that drives women crazy, and they're willing to pay for the privilege," Dergarabedian said."

Twilight? Primal and visceral?

Ok, ew.

Ew, ew, ew!

And secondly, what planet are they on that Twilight has that effect on women? Have the women on their planet all been lobotomized? Is this a sea-slug planet, and Rob Pattison's giant caterpillar eyebrows are what's driving them crazy?

When did vampires stop being blood thirsty and sexy and start being all whiny and lame? And don't even get me started on that sparkly shit!

In honor of 'New Moon' coming out, I think I'm gonna go watch... Fright Night 2! Real vampires don't play baseball, they go bowling with severed heads!

It's November, in Oregon, and it's beautifully sunny and almost warm out. Shocking! It's days like today that make it so easy to really grasp that 'live every day like it could be your last' mentality, because if nothing else, it could easily be the last sunny and dry day we get here for months. So what the hell am I doing sitting in front of the computer? Taking a break from yard work! Having some lunch and tea! I've been outside all day, planting more bulbs, cutting grass, raking leaves. I needed a break. My next big project is to tear down a bunch of clean cardboard boxes, lay them out over the vegetable garden, and smother them in the afore mentioned leaves and cut grass and compost. It's planning for that spring garden, well in advance! Seriously, love this weather! Sunny days in fall are the best, makes me feel so productive!

Ok, this is it! The count down has begun! In only a few short hours, today's string of Halloween parties begins, and that means... Giant Horror Hair! That's right, I put together my Bride of Frankenstein costume. It looks surprisingly like the little drawing I did, minus the pants. I got it put together and realized it made one hell of a cute bandage dress... which is a little shocking for me, because normally I HATE wearing dresses. I discovered that I really LOVE sewing... and Mel is never getting her machine back, mwa ha ha! (Actually, that's not true, if she asks, she can have it back, but she basically gave it to me like a year ago cuz she never used it.) Anyway, giant horror hair! Because if you go as the Bride, you pretty much have to commit to giant hair for a night, I think. Yesterday I dyed it black. After that, I put in a billion little tiny braids, and then braided those together to keep them out of my face (not as horrible to sleep on as I'd imagined.) And today! I have super shelacking spray, hair glue, mousse, blow dryers, glittery silver/white paint to spray stripes in with (somehow, plain white was impossible to find) and all afternoon to anticipate the hair torture to come. But before that, I have to go over and help drive grave markers into the front yard, put up more green lights, webs, and whatever else slavery my mom needs slaving, cuz first up is her annual Halloween party/Carlos' birthday party! Woot! She volunteered to help put my hair up, but I don't know how much pain I'm really in the mood for this evening... then again, she always has booze at her house to help ya through those tough times.

Then again, again, I suspect I'll be the one driving to Portland tonight, so drinking enough to tolerate my mom's 'volunteer efforts' is out of the question.


*update*

Ok, so last Saturday was a good test drive of the costume. The dress worked out fine. The green tights, a little greener than I'd hoped, but do-able. The green face paint was SHIT, so that definitely needed tweaking before tomorrow. The hair... oh... the hair! I put no less than 36 tight tight braids in my hair, braided those together until I had just two giant braids. Unraveled, they were poofy, insane, and surely had the volume to do Bride of Frank hair properly. What I was lacking last saturday was simply TIME. Ah... Time, and my hair-support staff decided they were going to start drinking at 3pm, and thus were SMASHED by 5pm when I started getting dressed. So, my hair never went up, but it was enormous none the less. Tomorrow, however, we will be doing it all again, starting tonight when I braid it all up once more. No props to dec the yard out with, so I'll have all day to devote to this monstrosity. Should be fun!