Well Halloween night is here. I just finished watching my traditional Halloween movies, Nightmare Before Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I have been listening to a lot of Halloween and spooky themed music over the last few weeks, and singing some as well, just from work alone. Everybody has their own opinion on different songs for this spooky holiday, but I thought I would share my top 10 list of favorite Halloween and spooky themed songs.
10) Spooky - This one, by a group called the Classics IV, has always been a favorite. It's old, but is also one of the only songs on here that has the word "Halloween" in the lyrics.
9) Theme from The Munsters - Another oldie, but goodie. I have never really even watched this show, but this song is rocking, in a spooky kind of way.
8) Thriller - Michael Jackson did right with this song, even the video plays out like a horror movie. I finally learned the dance about six months ago.
7) Dragula - This is probably one of the only Rob Zombie songs that I like, but the lyrics are really haunting.
6) Don't Fear the Reaper - I grew up with oldies, so I like a lot of these older songs. This one is fairly macabre, and if the title isn't enough to convince you listen to the creepy solo about halfway in.
5) Mad World - I am partial to the Tears for Fears version, but Gary Jules did a pretty good remake of it as well. What's important is the lyrics, nothings more dark than talking about your own death.
4) Ghostbusters - I grew up with these movies, and the theme is wonderful to dance to at a Halloween party. Although some of the lyrics seem like they might have double meaning...
3) This is Halloween - The theme for Halloween in my opinion. One of Danny Elfman's best songs written, describing every aspect of an eerie Halloween night.
2) Monster Mash - This song is corny, but I love it! The sound effects are ridiculous, and I'm pretty sure Bobby Pickett meant for it to be a joke. Another good one to dance to this Halloween.
1) Time Warp - Another oldie tops my list, but no matter how many times I hear this song I still love it. It's also just so much fun to dance to.
So that's it for my favorite songs to listen to at Halloween time. If you have any favorites post them in the comments. For now I think I'm going to take down my decorations and get ready for Thanksgiving. I have a rule that nothing Christmas can go up until after that holiday, which just happens to be my favorite. Perhaps I will have to make a top ten list for Thanksgiving.
Happy Halloween everyone!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Day 66: Top 10 for Halloween
Halloween is fast approaching, even though I can hardly believe November is practically here. I was thinking the other day about any good Halloween movies that I own to watch on Thursday evening, and I actually came up with more than I thought. This is a list of the top 10 Halloween movies that I own. Also, I always watch the top movie on this list every Halloween.
10: Nothing But Trouble - This is the ultimate B movie of the 80's. It has John Candy, Chevy Chase, and even Digital Underground (2Pac) in it. Very disturbing, but in a funny way.
9: Ghostbusters - I love the classics, and this is the classic from my generation. Not too scary, can make you laugh, and has some great acting by some great comedians.
8: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - I love musicals, even though this one is highly gory.
7: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Tim Curry in drag singing. Need I say more? One of the best (and only) sing along experiences I have experienced in a theater.
6: Cry Wolf - If you haven't seen this intense teen thriller I would highly recommend it. There's almost no gore, it has an amazing twist at the end, and Bon Jovi is in it!
5: Beetlejuice - Michael Keaton at his best in my opinion. He's only in the movie for about a half hour, but makes up for it by giving the most outrageous, off the wall performance.
4: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Another classic that is a must see every Halloween. 25 minutes of pure enjoyment.
3: The Silence of the Lambs - I love psychological thrillers, and this movie doesn't disappoint. Anthony Hopkins at his best.
2: Little Shop of Horrors - Another great musical in the horror genre, as in the newer version with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. It's not too often you get to see Steve Martin busting a move in a lab coat.
1: The Nightmare Before Christmas - When this movie first came out I was not allowed to watch it (I was nine). I have now seen it so many times I sing along to all the songs. Sometimes I even watch it at Christmas time as well.
That's all folks, as you can tell I really love musicals. Almost half of my list is musicals, but only two movies on there I would consider to be gory movies. It just goes to show you can have a great Halloween movie, or scary movie, without lots of blood and guts. I do have to say there is one honorable mention. I don't own it, so I didn't put it on my list, but I would have to say Psycho is one of the better scary movies out there. It proved that it isn't what you see that scares you, it's what you don't see that's even scarier.
What's your favorite Halloween movie? What movie do you HAVE to watch every Halloween? Later this week I will post my top 10 songs for Halloween. For now this is a picture of my costume last year, I was a clown.
10: Nothing But Trouble - This is the ultimate B movie of the 80's. It has John Candy, Chevy Chase, and even Digital Underground (2Pac) in it. Very disturbing, but in a funny way.
9: Ghostbusters - I love the classics, and this is the classic from my generation. Not too scary, can make you laugh, and has some great acting by some great comedians.
8: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - I love musicals, even though this one is highly gory.
7: Rocky Horror Picture Show - Tim Curry in drag singing. Need I say more? One of the best (and only) sing along experiences I have experienced in a theater.
6: Cry Wolf - If you haven't seen this intense teen thriller I would highly recommend it. There's almost no gore, it has an amazing twist at the end, and Bon Jovi is in it!
5: Beetlejuice - Michael Keaton at his best in my opinion. He's only in the movie for about a half hour, but makes up for it by giving the most outrageous, off the wall performance.
4: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Another classic that is a must see every Halloween. 25 minutes of pure enjoyment.
3: The Silence of the Lambs - I love psychological thrillers, and this movie doesn't disappoint. Anthony Hopkins at his best.
2: Little Shop of Horrors - Another great musical in the horror genre, as in the newer version with Rick Moranis and Steve Martin. It's not too often you get to see Steve Martin busting a move in a lab coat.
1: The Nightmare Before Christmas - When this movie first came out I was not allowed to watch it (I was nine). I have now seen it so many times I sing along to all the songs. Sometimes I even watch it at Christmas time as well.
That's all folks, as you can tell I really love musicals. Almost half of my list is musicals, but only two movies on there I would consider to be gory movies. It just goes to show you can have a great Halloween movie, or scary movie, without lots of blood and guts. I do have to say there is one honorable mention. I don't own it, so I didn't put it on my list, but I would have to say Psycho is one of the better scary movies out there. It proved that it isn't what you see that scares you, it's what you don't see that's even scarier.
What's your favorite Halloween movie? What movie do you HAVE to watch every Halloween? Later this week I will post my top 10 songs for Halloween. For now this is a picture of my costume last year, I was a clown.
Day 65: This is the story all about how my night got flipped, turned upside down
It's been awhile! I'm happy to say that even though I am now 30 years old, I can still enjoy the night like a twenty something. It all started a couple weeks ago, when I decided that, since my friends haven't been doing much hanging out lately, I would go to a meetup party for Halloween instead. It was held downtown at a place called Sneaky Pete's, which is basically a party bar, but I figured a good atmosphere for a Halloween party. A couple days later I was invited to another Halloween party hosted by one of my friends, but I had already paid my ticket for the other party. My friend kept messaging me asking if I was going, and finally I told her I would try to make it. Two parties in one night? In the words of Barney Stinson: Challenge accepted!
I actually got off work a little early so that I could get ready for the party in downtown. I planned on taking the bus, that way I didn't have to deal with parking or heavy traffic in downtown Minneapolis the weekend before Halloween. I knew I would miss the 6:30 bus, so I told myself I would take the 7:00. Nope, missed that one too. It was at least a ten minute walk to the bus station from my apartment, so I knew I had to leave a little early, so I told myself the 7:50 would be the one. I got to the station about 7:40 and waited in the cold for about ten minutes before the bus came. It was a looong bus ride! It wasn't an express so it was all side streets, the whole way there.
Finally we pulled up to Hennepin and I hopped out, glancing at the time on my cell phone. 8:30. Not bad, but a little late. The party had started at 7:00, but it's always good to be a little late anyways, especially if the host is late. I walked in and wandered down to the party. This was not a good "first meetup" if you didn't know anyone. When I first walked down there I didn't recognize one face. I almost walked out, actually. I was only planning on staying until 9:30 anyways, cause that's when the bus was leaving that would take me to my next party. After mingling a little more, I found some familiar faces, and was actually meeting some new faces, which wasn't easy with everyone in costume and the music playing at ten times the normal volume. After the costume contest, and a small dance party, I decided to move on, as most people were starting to do so as well.
The next party was near the mall, so I decided to just take the light rail and hopefully catch a bus from there. It was a very relaxing ride actually, just resting, for about twenty minutes, until a voice on the overhead told us to get off the bus, that it was no longer in service. This was right after the airport stops. Apparently even the light rail isn't exempt from construction. So we all piled off the light rail, and onto a couple of waiting buses, with drivers who were less than enthused to be driving the bar crowd home. I asked the driver if the bus went to the mall, and she responded, in the most monotone voice, "yes. this bus goes to the mall."
I got the crazy bus apparently, with people trying to bribe the driver to drop them off at their hotel, and talking about needing a bathroom. When we got to the mall I jumped off, noticed the time, and had another decision to make: take the bus and not get there for another half hour or take a taxi and get there in ten minutes. I decided that, even though it would cost a lot of extra moolah, to take the taxi. It was worth it, anything to get away from the crazies. Funny thing is, after I hopped in the taxi, they tried to hop in with me, to which the taxi driver told them to back off and get the next one.
I finally made it to the next party, which was a lot of fun. It was like an old fashioned kids party with prizes, games, and lots of snacks. I had looked up a schedule and if I wanted to get back to my place needed to catch a bus by 1:00. No problem, it was only 11:30. When I got there they were playing charades. How many times do you get to play charades with a group of adults anymore? Everyone is always trying to act so grown up, it was nice to act like a kid for the night.
When I looked at the clock next, my heart sank. It was 1:30. I went to the online bus schedule, but it only informed me that I had no bus options this late at night. I weighed out my options. Another taxi ride would be at least $20 to get home. A couple people at the party lived near me, they might be willing to give me a ride. Or I could just cut my losses and stake out a place on the couch/floor. My friend told me that if I wanted to stay I was more than welcome, and that she would be more than happy to give me a ride home in the morning. Someone else then told me that they could possibly give me a ride home. I ended up getting a ride back to my area, at about 2:30 am, which oddly is the time right now. Here I am writing this 24 hours later, crazy...
I do have to say I would not be able to do this every weekend, but it was nice to be so active in one night. It was my own little adventure. I was worried about even going, actually, because earlier that day I had a really bad case of vertigo. I was supposed to work at 9:30, but didn't get there until 10:30, and was dead tired all day because of the medicine I took for it. This was another reason I knew I wouldn't be driving around last night. When the vertigo hits like that I can't turn my head from side to side, so driving would have been very dangerous. I had to pump my music and blast the AC the whole drive home from work just so that I wouldn't fall asleep. I've never understood why they make vertigo medicine to make you drowsy. When you already feel like you are falling down, you don't need a reason to actually pass out.
Anyways, I should probably go pass out now, my concept of time goes out the window on the weekends, especially last night with missing my bus, but hopefully more adventures will come in the following weeks.
I actually got off work a little early so that I could get ready for the party in downtown. I planned on taking the bus, that way I didn't have to deal with parking or heavy traffic in downtown Minneapolis the weekend before Halloween. I knew I would miss the 6:30 bus, so I told myself I would take the 7:00. Nope, missed that one too. It was at least a ten minute walk to the bus station from my apartment, so I knew I had to leave a little early, so I told myself the 7:50 would be the one. I got to the station about 7:40 and waited in the cold for about ten minutes before the bus came. It was a looong bus ride! It wasn't an express so it was all side streets, the whole way there.
Finally we pulled up to Hennepin and I hopped out, glancing at the time on my cell phone. 8:30. Not bad, but a little late. The party had started at 7:00, but it's always good to be a little late anyways, especially if the host is late. I walked in and wandered down to the party. This was not a good "first meetup" if you didn't know anyone. When I first walked down there I didn't recognize one face. I almost walked out, actually. I was only planning on staying until 9:30 anyways, cause that's when the bus was leaving that would take me to my next party. After mingling a little more, I found some familiar faces, and was actually meeting some new faces, which wasn't easy with everyone in costume and the music playing at ten times the normal volume. After the costume contest, and a small dance party, I decided to move on, as most people were starting to do so as well.
The next party was near the mall, so I decided to just take the light rail and hopefully catch a bus from there. It was a very relaxing ride actually, just resting, for about twenty minutes, until a voice on the overhead told us to get off the bus, that it was no longer in service. This was right after the airport stops. Apparently even the light rail isn't exempt from construction. So we all piled off the light rail, and onto a couple of waiting buses, with drivers who were less than enthused to be driving the bar crowd home. I asked the driver if the bus went to the mall, and she responded, in the most monotone voice, "yes. this bus goes to the mall."
I got the crazy bus apparently, with people trying to bribe the driver to drop them off at their hotel, and talking about needing a bathroom. When we got to the mall I jumped off, noticed the time, and had another decision to make: take the bus and not get there for another half hour or take a taxi and get there in ten minutes. I decided that, even though it would cost a lot of extra moolah, to take the taxi. It was worth it, anything to get away from the crazies. Funny thing is, after I hopped in the taxi, they tried to hop in with me, to which the taxi driver told them to back off and get the next one.
I finally made it to the next party, which was a lot of fun. It was like an old fashioned kids party with prizes, games, and lots of snacks. I had looked up a schedule and if I wanted to get back to my place needed to catch a bus by 1:00. No problem, it was only 11:30. When I got there they were playing charades. How many times do you get to play charades with a group of adults anymore? Everyone is always trying to act so grown up, it was nice to act like a kid for the night.
When I looked at the clock next, my heart sank. It was 1:30. I went to the online bus schedule, but it only informed me that I had no bus options this late at night. I weighed out my options. Another taxi ride would be at least $20 to get home. A couple people at the party lived near me, they might be willing to give me a ride. Or I could just cut my losses and stake out a place on the couch/floor. My friend told me that if I wanted to stay I was more than welcome, and that she would be more than happy to give me a ride home in the morning. Someone else then told me that they could possibly give me a ride home. I ended up getting a ride back to my area, at about 2:30 am, which oddly is the time right now. Here I am writing this 24 hours later, crazy...
I do have to say I would not be able to do this every weekend, but it was nice to be so active in one night. It was my own little adventure. I was worried about even going, actually, because earlier that day I had a really bad case of vertigo. I was supposed to work at 9:30, but didn't get there until 10:30, and was dead tired all day because of the medicine I took for it. This was another reason I knew I wouldn't be driving around last night. When the vertigo hits like that I can't turn my head from side to side, so driving would have been very dangerous. I had to pump my music and blast the AC the whole drive home from work just so that I wouldn't fall asleep. I've never understood why they make vertigo medicine to make you drowsy. When you already feel like you are falling down, you don't need a reason to actually pass out.
Anyways, I should probably go pass out now, my concept of time goes out the window on the weekends, especially last night with missing my bus, but hopefully more adventures will come in the following weeks.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Day 56: It's been awhile...
So I haven't posted on here in awhile, been doing some adjusting to my new home. I had scary night #2 about two weeks ago, which I almost called the police on. I was watching a movie when I heard two people arguing in the hall. One was telling the other "you better not come back, I'm gonna stab you n****!" Then the door shut and I heard him muttering under his breath after the other had left. The next morning there were gang tags on one of the windows. I guess I do live in the ghetto...
I have recently noticed something crazy about advertisements. I was searching for a costume on Amazon, to see if it was cheaper than the stores. Later I was on a networking site and an ad for Amazon popped up, with the exact costume I had searched! Tonight, it was even more crazy. I was instant messaging someone about various interests, and they mentioned that they were getting in line early to get the big rig toy at Fleet Farm the following morning. After refreshing the page I noticed on advertisement for the doorbuster prize that this person had just mentioned. Creepy, huh?
I went to a Meetup a week ago and one of the girls in this Meetup works for online advertisements, and she said that this is common. It's all computerized, but this is why you get coupons at Target that likely is stuff you are interested in. For example, I have an electronic toothbrush and buy my replacement heads at Target all the time. I swear my Target card keeps track of this because every time I go through the checkout I get coupons for Sonicare products. I also buy a lot of clothing there so I get coupons for clothes too.
It is so weird to think that somewhere out there is a huge database that has all your information about your shopping habits, preferences, and likes. It is kind of nice, though, because then you get coupons for stuff that you buy anyways. It's a lot easier than trying to clip coupons in the Sunday ads, which is usually all for junk food anyways. Speaking of which, I am going to start a juicing diet within the next couple weeks. I am not going to go hard core, 3x a day, no meat or dairy, but I am going to juice at least one meal a day. I talked to my brother, who has tried it with his wife, and they are going to help me start by showing how they juice. Anybody else have any experience with this? I'm getting mixed reviews, a lot of people saying it's either too time consuming or that it's not good to do unless you consult with your doctor. I'll have to see how it goes.
I have recently noticed something crazy about advertisements. I was searching for a costume on Amazon, to see if it was cheaper than the stores. Later I was on a networking site and an ad for Amazon popped up, with the exact costume I had searched! Tonight, it was even more crazy. I was instant messaging someone about various interests, and they mentioned that they were getting in line early to get the big rig toy at Fleet Farm the following morning. After refreshing the page I noticed on advertisement for the doorbuster prize that this person had just mentioned. Creepy, huh?
I went to a Meetup a week ago and one of the girls in this Meetup works for online advertisements, and she said that this is common. It's all computerized, but this is why you get coupons at Target that likely is stuff you are interested in. For example, I have an electronic toothbrush and buy my replacement heads at Target all the time. I swear my Target card keeps track of this because every time I go through the checkout I get coupons for Sonicare products. I also buy a lot of clothing there so I get coupons for clothes too.
It is so weird to think that somewhere out there is a huge database that has all your information about your shopping habits, preferences, and likes. It is kind of nice, though, because then you get coupons for stuff that you buy anyways. It's a lot easier than trying to clip coupons in the Sunday ads, which is usually all for junk food anyways. Speaking of which, I am going to start a juicing diet within the next couple weeks. I am not going to go hard core, 3x a day, no meat or dairy, but I am going to juice at least one meal a day. I talked to my brother, who has tried it with his wife, and they are going to help me start by showing how they juice. Anybody else have any experience with this? I'm getting mixed reviews, a lot of people saying it's either too time consuming or that it's not good to do unless you consult with your doctor. I'll have to see how it goes.
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