BECAUSE EVERY MONTH IS NANOWRIMO MONTH, REALLY

First of all, I seem to have picked up another viewer. So welcome to gvdub – you won't be sorry for long.

Now for breaking news.

Some of you have been asking, and I’ve been putting off this decision until the last minute, but it’s official:

I will not be participating in NaNoWriMo this year.

Part of the reason is time management. It’s going to be a pretty busy month, workwise, and I don’t know that I’ll have the time even to bash out 50,000 words of gibberish. (As opposed to the usual gibberish, of course.)

The other reason is that, if the last few NNWMs are any indication, the result will be yet ANOTHER unfinished manuscript that I’ll still be working on by NNWM 2010 – which technically means that I’m signing up for the wrong event (assuming there’s such a thing as National Novel Writing Year). In any event, I’d just as soon spend some time trying to complete at least one of the projects on my plate.

Also, I’m being goaded by former bandmates and groupies to start recording some music again, now that we’re in the Web 2.0 Age and crap. So I’d like to free up some time to give that a shot, just to see what happens.

So I’m skipping out this year. For those of you who are going for it anyway, best of luck and I’ll be monitoring yr progress.

If it’s any consolation, National Blog Posting Month is still a go.

Write on,

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EVIL: NOW AVAILABLE IN FUN-SIZE

Because it wouldn’t be Halloween without traditional fundamentalist Christian fearmongering ...

ITEM [via YesButNoButYes]: Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network web  site offers up – then removes – this article from Kimberly Daniels on the dangers of Halloween.

Much of it is the usual warnings of what everyone really gets up to on Halloween night – you know, sex with demons, orgies between animals and humans, animal and human sacrifices, sacrificing babies to shed innocent blood, rape and molestation of adults, children and babies, conjuring of demons and casting of spells, etc.

But it turns out Halloween candy is also evil. And not for the reasons you might think:

... Most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches.

I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.

Wow. Who knew? Apart from candy corn, I mean?

Well, at least it’s a new twist on the old “Halloween is Satanic and homosexual” theme.

"" (Watch on YouTube)

The candy man can,

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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPRY IS HERE INSIDE MY MIND

People often ask me how I learned to love B-grade horror movies. Well, like most people, I learned in the traditional American way: from TV horror hosts.

Almost every major city had one in the 60s and 70s, I think. Some were syndicated nationwide (Vampira, Zacherley, etc), but most were local people. Somehow, even Nashville had one:

Sir Cecil Creape, the Phantom of the Opry.

"10.Cobra Vs Mongoose-Shonen Knife (1994)" (Watch on YouTube)

Yes. Explains a lot, doesn't it?

I have my dad to thank for even knowing who he is. He would let me stay up late to watch Creature Feature with him. The film I remember most is Dr X, for some reason.

Anyway, it looks cornball now, but to my eight-year-old self it was good creepy fun. And then Elvira came along to bring me to manhood (so to speak).

Yes mistress,

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SPIDER CAKE! SPIDER CAKE! DOES WHATEVER A SPIDER-CAKE DOES, ETC

It’s Halloween in Hong Kong. And we has cake, bitches!

 

Home slice,

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TRICK OR TREAT 01: THEIR EYES HAVE TURNED THE COLOR OF FROZEN MEAT

TRICK

"Orange 9mm - Ultraman Vs. Godzilla" (Watch on YouTube)

( TREAT! )

Mother’s home,

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