Happy Halloween!!!!!

It is Friday October 31, 2008 and I am very happy it is Halloween. Tonight I plan to hand out candy wearing my green feathered witch hat and relax.

I've been watching horror movies over the past couple of weeks in honor of Halloween and here are my reviews:

Catacombs - This one gets a big D minus from me. It is fun at first (the concept of a movie set in the catacombs below Paris is awesome) but then it just becomes an endless boring loop of watching the main character running around lost and freaked out and then it gets a little nonsensical. The ending was a bit of a surprise to me, but didn't make up for the rest at all. The singer Pink costars and in case you were wondering, yes, her character was annoying and she is a terrible actress. Not recommended.

The Messengers - Family moves to scary old house in the country and the teenage daughter and toddler son see scary stuff. The little boy in this movie was extremely cute and the acting was okay but the plot was predictable and and despite a couple of "jump" moments it just wasn't scary. Not recommended.

Grindhouse - Super fun! I really liked the seventies feel of the whole thing from the opening credits to the scratched footage to the "previews" in between. The movies had their weak points but were still lots of fun to watch and the ending of Death Proof was horrible yet also awesome. Recommended.

Waxwork - I remember loving this movie in the late eighties and when I saw it was on On Demand I had to see it again. It is way cheesier than I remember (and looks so dated now!) but it is still a pretty neat movie all the same. The concept of all the scary waxwork scenes coming to life and characters being able to enter into those vignettes is still really appealing and this movie still has lots of fans twenty years after it was released. Recommended.

October Surprise

Sometimes there are days when nothing good happens and it feels like doom...other days make you feel like there are such things as good omens. We went to Home Depot and bought a shed last Saturday and then Jeff put it together and filled it with most of our stored stuff in the garage. It freed up a lot of space and made us feel a lot better. I think it really was a good omen too - Jeff found his missing wedding ring last Sunday while going through and cleaning! He'd lost it on his big trip this past summer and went crazy going through his stuff trying to find it and we'd given up hope. It was hiding in a bag with his AAA guidebooks! We'd even gone and bought a replacement for it two weeks ago that he hadn't even gotten around to wearing yet. So I was able to return the replacement ring to the store we'd bought it at last night. YAY!

Book Signing

Last night I went to MOA to a book signing by Vicki Myron for her book Dewey: the small town library cat who touched the world. I got a copy for myself signed and also one to give to my mom for Christmas. Vicki was nice and very gracious. I'll post a picture here of it once I get them downloaded.

Good News!

I just found out my brother is coming home for Thanksgiving! I am so excited! It is going to be the best Thanksgiving ever, I just know it. Here he is with a very suspicious looking Miss Lucy the last time he visited us.