The Weekly Bit
A Bit of Horror
As Halloween nears, spooks are lurking all about, oh my gosh….picture these scenarios: (be creative and play along!)
1. a crazy killer is in your basement, you can hear him dragging himself up the stairs wielding a very large…er…knife? bat? …what do you do? (don’t say ‘call the cops’, because of course you have no power or telephone since the psycho has cut the cords)
frantically, i shove as much furniture as possible in front of the basement door: the sideboard, chairs, the kitchen table. the killer is now at the top of the basement stairs, shoving himself against the door.
in a panic, i yank kitchen drawers open in search of a flashlight. all i find is an oblong keychain that doubles as a penlight when you squeeze its middle. broken. i toss it aside and proceed to look for the largest knife in the kitchen.
having armed myself, i take one last look at the basement door. the killer has given up pushing or kicking the door open and has begun striking at it with an axe. i fly out the sliding glass door in the kitchen, and head for the woods
i run through the cemetery adjacent to our property, attempting to shed the fear that normally keeps me from exploring the area. i had heard that the cemetery keeper lives in a decrepit old house a quarter mile away. i pick my way through the broken headstones, hoping he can help me.
2. your doorbell rings in the middle of the night, you answer the door half asleep only to realize you forgot to ask ‘who is it?’, and now you are face to face with _________________________________.
a crack whore looking for the drug dealer who used to live in my apartment.
3. you are babysitting one stormy night and you hear some strange noises coming from the upstairs attic. both the kids you are babysitting are fast asleep, so you decide to investigate the odd noises you heard. when you walk up to the attic and open the door, what do you find?
i crack the attic door open and before i have a chance to peer in, a horde of saber-toothed rats stampede onto the attic stairs, knocking me down. i land onto warm, furry, scurrying bodies that carry me along as if i had executed a stage dive into a mosh pit.
i feel a sharp pain in my right arm. i yelp and find one of the horrifying beings dangling from my flesh, its fangs buried deep into the muscle all the way to its gums, tail lashing, thrashing.
4. one a dare, you enter a cemetary alone at midnight on Halloween. your friends are waiting in the car outside the cemetary gates. you near a tombstone at the far end of the cemetary, you hear noises from all around you in the cold dark night. you feel something grab your ankle. you look down and see _____________________________.
Carrie!
so i signed up with this BlogExplosion thing. if you want more traffic, you should register, seriously. anyway, it’s free. and it works.
i’ve seen a lot of cool blogs that i probably wouldn’t have come across otherwise because i don’t really know where to look. usually when i find an interesting blog i check out their blogrolls and go from there.
so, here’s a BIG SHOUTOUT to the BlogExploders who’ve stopped by and said hi!!!
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the downside:
nothing’s ever perfect, right? here’s what i can’t stand about BlogExplosion, and really, it’s more a matter of preference.
- i fucking hate sites that play music. good fucking God, turn that shit off. i shouldn’t have to move a finger to click the mute button.
- apparently, the LJers have caught on. there’s nothing wrong with LJ, i mean, i have one myself but it isn’t something i share indiscriminately. hey, it’s their choice, right?
but you know, i really don’t want to read about some kid who just lost his/her virginity. i am not making up this entry.
hey! no-longer-a-virgin LJer! if you’re reading this, you might want to think about making that a friends only entry. 
anyway…
the Saturday Six
Episode 28
1. Think back to your years of Trick or Treating: Which one of your past Halloween costumes are you most proud of?
none. i don’t remember wearing a great costume to go trick or treating. it was usually cold and rainy and my mom insisted that i wear a coat.
2. What is the format of your favorite radio station? (In other words, what type of music does it play?)
i switch between 98.7 - WFMT, which is a "fine arts station," and 107.5 - WCKG, "number 1 for hip-hop and R & B."
3. What is the oldest thing in your medicine cabinet?
i don’t know, but whatever it is, i’m sure it’s in my husband’s half of the cabinet.
4. What kind of book do you most prefer: hardback, paperback, audio or library?
definitely paperback. hardcovers are so bulky and don’t travel well. i can squeeze 1 or 2 paperbacks in my purse.
5. What is your favorite comfort food and when was the last time you felt bad enough that you needed a big helping of it?
this varies. right now it’s peanut M&Ms. i’m eating some as i type. apparently, i have compulsive overeating disorder.
6. READER’S CHOICE QUESTION #28 from Tara:
Dust off your high school yearbook. What was your Senior quote and/or what were you voted ”Most…” or ”Most Likely To….”?
omg. lol. i don’t have any idea where that’s at. actually, my senior yearbook was a video of each student saying a few words. it’s long gone, i’m sure.
thanks, everyone, for bearing with me as i tinker around with this site. then again, blogs are organic in nature, so it’s to be expected that they continue to evolve. besides, it’s fun to discover new tools and stuff, and it looks like i’m actually learning some HTML!
i recently upgraded my TypePad account so i can create more blogs. (great, right?) i’m shutting down slacktivities and breaking it up into 2 separate blogs:
all about me(memes) all my memes posts from the past are in the process of being re-posted here. current memes will also appear on this site as of today.
quiz-a-day quizzes will be here. a new quiz posted daily. if you take one, leave a link back to the site on your blog, and i’ll add you to the Quiztakers bloggoroll!
thanks, again. if you want, please give me feedback, good or bad. cheers!
check out my new mood box! i like it a lot better than the imood one i had. i like that the scroll box thing is customizable. get yours at MoodSmilies!
"we don’t need no water let the mothafucka burn. burn, mothafucka, burn…"
no, no. the roof isn’t really on fire, unless you count the progress they’re making in rebuilding it.
it looks like it’ll be really cool–much taller and the dimensions look like an attic room can be accommodated.
i just discovered a new scratch on the side of Hopper’s nose. if my picture phone could take better close-ups i’d post a picture. it breaks my heart to see the pretty princess’s face marred like this. cheesy, cheesy, i know.
Hee Seop or Angelo are the suspects. i checked both their claws yesterday and they aren’t in need of clipping yet.
grr.
the maintenance guy was over yesterday to fix the toilet. he hasn’t been here in a year, at least, so it isn’t like the cats recognize him. i was about to feed the kitties breakfast but decided to wait until he left, which was maybe 15 minutes later.
i made the usual clattering noises with bowls and cans, but only Basil and Angelo came trotting over. usually, all 4 of them come charging into the kitchen, sometimes hurdling over one another like OJ did in that old Hertz commercial.
as i set Hopper and Basil’s bowls on their placemat in the kitchen, only Basil shoved his head past my hand to get at his breakfast. Angelo was already in the bedroom staring at his placemat.
when i walked back to the front part of the house, Hopper had already come out of hiding and was chowing down. as i suspected, Hee Seop hid himself underneath the futon. i pushed his bowl towards him and he ate right away, but he didn’t come out for a while.
still, this is a huge improvement compared to how he was this time last year. and that’s another story for another time.
i ran into Pete the Mailman yesterday on my way to Starbucks. check his bad self out!
Theater Thursday
Well, the US presidential election is almost here. Through cinematic history, there’ve been a number of movies where the POTUS has been a major or featured character - The American President, Air Force One, Independence Day, just to name a few recent ones.
1) Which fictional movie president would you most like to see sitting in the White House?
President James Marshall, Harrison Ford’s character in Air Force One. but that’s mainly because i like Harrison Ford. i know this sounds weird, but to me, in Air Force One he’s like Han Solo and Indiana Jones and that James Marshall character all wrapped into one, and is the President, no less. or POTUS. haha. that’s new to me but i like it.
2) Do you think the movies accurately portray the circumstances surrounding the life of the US President?
i haven’t seen a lot of movies where the President is a main character, but of the films that i have seen, i think that the contexts in which the characters appear are so over the top. like in Deep Impact with the meteor or whatever about to hit the planet. or Independence Day, with the whole alien thing. even the plot in Air Force One seems far-fetched.
3) A number of TV shows recently have featured the POTUS as a main character (The West Wing, 24). Would you accept any of them as the real US President?
i haven’t watched either program enough to be able to make a decision. occasionally i watch "The West Wing" while waiting for "Law & Order" to come on. i have a hard time keeping up with the characters’ rapid flow of conversation, so most of the time, i have no idea what’s going on.
what i like about "24" is that they portray the President as a minority. i know Morgan Freeman played the President in Deep Impact, but not everyone saw it (which is a good thing), whereas, "24" is on every week. even if people don’t watch it, they will be exposed to the show either by flipping channels or by watching programs immediately before or after.
BONUS) What actor (or actress!) would you like to get the chance to play a US President on screen?
Julianne Moore’s a good choice. she possesses the intensity to portray a POTUS in a crisis situation. aren’t most movie POTUS’s in crisis situations?
