10/29/2007
Halloween hits in just two days! I know many adults already did their partying this past weekend, since, with Halloween on a Wednesday during the work week, the actual day wasn’t convenient. I’ll have to write you a list of some of the unique costumes I saw in my travels- not counting the Sven look-alikes at the Portage Theater Friday night…
For those who asked-yes, by all means, wear your Sven t-shirt to work or school on Wednesday- I know some folks make it a tradition to wear theirs while answering the door to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters.
Regarding pumpkin carving- have you taken part in the latest trend- putting an electronic light source inside the pumpkin, rather than a candle? They’ve got all sorts of battery-powered lights you can insert in the ol’ gourd- some that flicker and look like candles, some that change colors, some that even play music! I’ve seen people who rig a smoke machine inside the pumpkin, so ye olde Jack O’Lantern looks like he’s vomiting second-hand smoke.
Or- are you among the group that prefers to not cut the pumpkin at all, and just paints the outside? Personally, I’ve always carved a pumpkin, and then used markers to add features on the outside…I just know, if I didn’t hollow it out and put some sort of illumination inside, I wouldn’t feel like I had the full Jack O’Lantern experience.
And- a final warning- stock up on the extra candy NOW! You don’t want to risk the wrath of uncostumed adolescents who’d turn up near the end of the evening and find that your treat well had run dry. My suggestion is- always buy some extra candy that’s stuff you really like- that way, if nobody additional shows up- woo hoo! It’s a candy bonanza for you!
Going into the home stretch- what’s my pre-Halloween monstrous movie pick for today? Let’s stick with the pumpkin theme and go with “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings!” A favorite we used to show on our program, this 1994 film shows us a deformed youngster being sent to his death by some teasing high school bullies. Cut to “now”- and some new high school kids, who decide to revive the spirit of the deadly “Pumpkinhead” demon-accidentally setting fire to the home of the long-dead child’s witchy mom, and turning his decayed body into- Pumpkinhead! The demon heads for revenge against the now-adult high school bullies- and then- those current teens who set fire to his mama. Watch for the voluptuous former “Punky Brewster”-Soliel Moon Frye- as one of the teens!
For those who asked-yes, by all means, wear your Sven t-shirt to work or school on Wednesday- I know some folks make it a tradition to wear theirs while answering the door to hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters.
Regarding pumpkin carving- have you taken part in the latest trend- putting an electronic light source inside the pumpkin, rather than a candle? They’ve got all sorts of battery-powered lights you can insert in the ol’ gourd- some that flicker and look like candles, some that change colors, some that even play music! I’ve seen people who rig a smoke machine inside the pumpkin, so ye olde Jack O’Lantern looks like he’s vomiting second-hand smoke.
Or- are you among the group that prefers to not cut the pumpkin at all, and just paints the outside? Personally, I’ve always carved a pumpkin, and then used markers to add features on the outside…I just know, if I didn’t hollow it out and put some sort of illumination inside, I wouldn’t feel like I had the full Jack O’Lantern experience.
And- a final warning- stock up on the extra candy NOW! You don’t want to risk the wrath of uncostumed adolescents who’d turn up near the end of the evening and find that your treat well had run dry. My suggestion is- always buy some extra candy that’s stuff you really like- that way, if nobody additional shows up- woo hoo! It’s a candy bonanza for you!
Going into the home stretch- what’s my pre-Halloween monstrous movie pick for today? Let’s stick with the pumpkin theme and go with “Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings!” A favorite we used to show on our program, this 1994 film shows us a deformed youngster being sent to his death by some teasing high school bullies. Cut to “now”- and some new high school kids, who decide to revive the spirit of the deadly “Pumpkinhead” demon-accidentally setting fire to the home of the long-dead child’s witchy mom, and turning his decayed body into- Pumpkinhead! The demon heads for revenge against the now-adult high school bullies- and then- those current teens who set fire to his mama. Watch for the voluptuous former “Punky Brewster”-Soliel Moon Frye- as one of the teens!
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