My friend Vicki over at glitterfrog is wrasslin up her writin skills and she put out a call for cover art. Not being one to let a friend down, I put my mad photoshop skillz to work. Just for her. I am not even going to charge her for it.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
I made some Art.
My friend Vicki over at glitterfrog is wrasslin up her writin skills and she put out a call for cover art. Not being one to let a friend down, I put my mad photoshop skillz to work. Just for her. I am not even going to charge her for it.
Around the World in 80 Tunnels.
Ok so not 80, and only across country. I just wanted a cute literary reference in my title. Shoot me.
I was doing my daily farking. What??? I was reading fark.com morons. Sheeesh. You people really have your minds in the gutter. I do not know why I continue to hang around you just to be badly influenced. Oh wait. I want to be badly influenced. Never mind.
Back to my farking. I came across a link to a story about Salem, Oregon's underground.
Here: katu.com news story with no pictures. I saw a reference to Portland's underground and a cursory search found this: http://www.shanghaitunnels.info/
Now tunnels have always been a part of my life. Freaky, I know. to explain how,I have to take you to the OTHER coast. EAST SIDE! REPRESENT!
I really have to check my med dosage.
Anydarkspookyplace, I grew up in Savannah,Ga. The city oozes history. It drips from the walls. Truly.
If you have never been to Savannah maybe you are not familiar with "The Pirate's House Restaurant".Read up here. I'll wait.
Done?
Did you see this part?
I know they do exist. I have seen them. Been in them. In fact, until a recent refurbishment, you could see 2 chained off openings. One was actually gated off at the top of a set of steps. At the bottom of the steps lay a "dead pirate". To spook little kids. As one does.
When I was growing up, we would eat at the Pirate's House every so often and I would visit and be properly spooked by the pirate. Ah good times. I have not been to eat in a few years so I could not give a good review, but it was always an experience, to say the least.
I shall have to go dig up some ghost stories...........
I was doing my daily farking. What??? I was reading fark.com morons. Sheeesh. You people really have your minds in the gutter. I do not know why I continue to hang around you just to be badly influenced. Oh wait. I want to be badly influenced. Never mind.
Back to my farking. I came across a link to a story about Salem, Oregon's underground.
Here: katu.com news story with no pictures. I saw a reference to Portland's underground and a cursory search found this: http://www.shanghaitunnels.info/
Now tunnels have always been a part of my life. Freaky, I know. to explain how,I have to take you to the OTHER coast. EAST SIDE! REPRESENT!
I really have to check my med dosage.
Anydarkspookyplace, I grew up in Savannah,Ga. The city oozes history. It drips from the walls. Truly.
If you have never been to Savannah maybe you are not familiar with "The Pirate's House Restaurant".Read up here. I'll wait.
Done?
Did you see this part?
Stories still persist of a tunnel extending from the Old Rum Cellar beneath the Captain's Room to the river through which these men were carried, drugged, and unconscious, to ships waiting in the harbor. Indeed, many a sailor drinking in carefree abandon at The Pirates' House awoke to find himself at sea on a strange ship bound for a port half a world away. A Savannah policeman, so legend has it, stopped by The Pirates' House for a friendly drink and awoke on a four-masted schooner sailing to China from where it took him two years to make his way back to Savannah.
I know they do exist. I have seen them. Been in them. In fact, until a recent refurbishment, you could see 2 chained off openings. One was actually gated off at the top of a set of steps. At the bottom of the steps lay a "dead pirate". To spook little kids. As one does.
When I was growing up, we would eat at the Pirate's House every so often and I would visit and be properly spooked by the pirate. Ah good times. I have not been to eat in a few years so I could not give a good review, but it was always an experience, to say the least.
I shall have to go dig up some ghost stories...........
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
RHPS
If you are not at all familiar with the awesomeness that IS The Rocky Horror Picture Show, then you do not know that the movie is where I got the blog's name.
I heart me some RHPS.
I have a script that was signed by Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon. I rock.
So yes, I will be watching Glee on October 26th when they pay tribute.
Check it out!
I heart me some RHPS.
I have a script that was signed by Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon. I rock.
So yes, I will be watching Glee on October 26th when they pay tribute.
Check it out!
4 posts in ONE!!
Not like it is some super post or anything I am just trying to catch up. It was a long weekend. We had Maddie and Logan's combined birthday partys here sunday and it was one of those non stop weekends. I just stopped. and it is tuesday. Since they live here part of the time I had to figure out where to put the new stuff. I thought I had outgrown that a while ago.
When my kids were little, we got into this easy routine over the years with birthday parties. It was always understood that grandparents and aunts and uncles would come. Other kids were optional. Even if it meant 2 parties, there was a party that was mostly adult relatives.
Because my older 2 had birthdays near Christmas ( October and November) this meant 2 things. One- there was a cleanout of closets and toyboxes. They new that the old was going to less fortunate kids. Two- Major Christmas gifts would not purchased until after the child's birthday because some one ALWAYS trumped me. This was only an issue once and it quickly became a non issue.
So back to this weekend. I am slowly getting over this major chest infection, corralling the troops to clean and decorate and work. All in the past few days. I crashed yesterday. And work beckoned today. and will for the next few days.
So I took some time today to do the "Pre Christmas" weeding that I thought I had grown out of.
I say I had grown out of,LOL. I mean that I thought that those years had passed. I am rather glad that they haven't though. Kids grow up so damn quick. They are with us such a short time when you think about it. When you are knee deep in diapers and bad report cards it seems like an eternity.
PS. I lied about the 4 posts in one. there are more coming...
When my kids were little, we got into this easy routine over the years with birthday parties. It was always understood that grandparents and aunts and uncles would come. Other kids were optional. Even if it meant 2 parties, there was a party that was mostly adult relatives.
Because my older 2 had birthdays near Christmas ( October and November) this meant 2 things. One- there was a cleanout of closets and toyboxes. They new that the old was going to less fortunate kids. Two- Major Christmas gifts would not purchased until after the child's birthday because some one ALWAYS trumped me. This was only an issue once and it quickly became a non issue.
So back to this weekend. I am slowly getting over this major chest infection, corralling the troops to clean and decorate and work. All in the past few days. I crashed yesterday. And work beckoned today. and will for the next few days.
So I took some time today to do the "Pre Christmas" weeding that I thought I had grown out of.
I say I had grown out of,LOL. I mean that I thought that those years had passed. I am rather glad that they haven't though. Kids grow up so damn quick. They are with us such a short time when you think about it. When you are knee deep in diapers and bad report cards it seems like an eternity.
PS. I lied about the 4 posts in one. there are more coming...
Friday, October 15, 2010
Japan loves Halloween too! CDP#15!
Who knew?
I was clearing out my email inbox, which I usually do this time of day, especially on friday, and I received an about.com newsletter. They have them for just about every topic. I mean I bet you could go to about.com and search for a section on Middle Aged Women who have sex with elves. I am NOT going to search, but you could. Just sayin.
This newsletter in particular was titled "The Scariest Places on Earth". My son's room was conspicuously absent. But then there are a lot of so called "Scariest Places" lists and I think they vary in what the qualifications are.
Anyway, the newsletter included several links, one which is here.
Being the sweetheart that I am, I thought I would check some of the discussed places/events and share! No need to thank me, just send cash.
Kawasaki Halloween
No, not a celebration for over powered bicycles, this is a parade and dance ( Thriller , I do believe) that takes place at Kawasaki Stadium.
I did get a chuckle out of the disclaimer/warning.
※Entry registration closes on 10th of Oct or once we reached to our limit.
※No baby carriage allowed in the parade.
※All participants must follow the instructions by the guards.
※We will not allow anyone to join the parade with the costume that gives uncomfortable feeling to others, overexposure costume, who has any dangerous weapons as like as a gun, sword or body accessories.
In case you were wondering, they HAVE reached their limit.
They e a costume contest and an after party. AND A FREE SHOWING OF ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! ( well must buy one drink). Japan rocks.
Most of the other sites are in Japanese but you get the idea. I would kill to be able to make the Sanri Puroland Party - Home of Hello Kitty. You know SHE gives a rocking party.
I have set google alerts to find out just how awesome these events were.
I was clearing out my email inbox, which I usually do this time of day, especially on friday, and I received an about.com newsletter. They have them for just about every topic. I mean I bet you could go to about.com and search for a section on Middle Aged Women who have sex with elves. I am NOT going to search, but you could. Just sayin.
This newsletter in particular was titled "The Scariest Places on Earth". My son's room was conspicuously absent. But then there are a lot of so called "Scariest Places" lists and I think they vary in what the qualifications are.
Anyway, the newsletter included several links, one which is here.
Being the sweetheart that I am, I thought I would check some of the discussed places/events and share! No need to thank me, just send cash.
Kawasaki Halloween
No, not a celebration for over powered bicycles, this is a parade and dance ( Thriller , I do believe) that takes place at Kawasaki Stadium.
I did get a chuckle out of the disclaimer/warning.
※Entry registration closes on 10th of Oct or once we reached to our limit.
※No baby carriage allowed in the parade.
※All participants must follow the instructions by the guards.
※We will not allow anyone to join the parade with the costume that gives uncomfortable feeling to others, overexposure costume, who has any dangerous weapons as like as a gun, sword or body accessories.
In case you were wondering, they HAVE reached their limit.
They e a costume contest and an after party. AND A FREE SHOWING OF ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! ( well must buy one drink). Japan rocks.
Most of the other sites are in Japanese but you get the idea. I would kill to be able to make the Sanri Puroland Party - Home of Hello Kitty. You know SHE gives a rocking party.
I have set google alerts to find out just how awesome these events were.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Trick or Treat
Haunted Mansion Soundtrack
There were several versions of the Disney Haunted Mansion Soundtrack. I owned, for years the 1974 LP Trick or Treat—The Stories of Halloween (Out of print; Disneyland Records DQ-1358). I would probably still have it, but my mom the 6th grade teacher, always took it to her class to listen to on Halloween or the friday before. One year it never came back. The whole of side two is an abbreviated version of the recording made for the soundtrack album. Side one is the unrelated (but famous) Donald Duck story"Trick or Treat," featuring Witch Hazel and Donald's nephews. I grew to know this by heart as I would fall asleep listening to it.
Version that I had in the 70's
Fast forward to sometime around 2002 when I found a cassette version at Toys R Us. My son loved this recording as much as I did so it did not last long. I did find some various versions of the audio at doombuggies.com. since then I had it in various forms. I could find it on youtube and limewire.
Then last year, for the 40th Anniversary of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion Disney released the "The Story and Song from the Haunted Mansion "CD. Of course I snapped it right up. The cover and booklet was graphically reconstructed and restored by Sean Tejaratchi from the original illustrations by artist Collin Campbell. The enhanced CD also includes a Digital Image Gallery (which can be accessed by inserting the CD into a computer) of high quality images from Campbell’s original paintings for the album.
Anyspookyhouse, it you want to hear more audio or learn more about Narration and Music from the Haunted Mansions head on over to the audio library at doombuggies.com.
They always have room for one more.....
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