home security

I should also note that service men came yesterday to ensure that our plumbing issues are solved. Parts were replaced. Tanks were emptied. Alarms were located.

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Festivities

Got two jack-o-lanterns carved and lit last night. I toasted seeds, which I brought to work with me this morning to share with the guys in back. There will be more carving and seed-roasting tonight. Watched Heroes and No Reservations. Went shopping in an unsuccessful search for more lil' pumpkin light strands. Bought dowels and as strobe light for the mini cemetary with scattered bones and tombstones. Monster is thinking next year we should invest in a good fog machine.

This is inspiring

A house on Rockbridge Road, near a friend's house. Amazing - I wonder how long it took to set all of that up.

sleepy

Having a hard time staying awake today at work. Doesn't help that we have nothing to work on today. Even my email has been silent all day.

up early this morning

Last night, the downstairs bathroom became a poo volcano again. That's the joy of living in this house at an elevation below the county sewer lines.

Then we discussed what to do with Saturday social activities. Whatever we do, we have to do together, and we have different priorities for that day both in which event is most important and what to do and bring.

Disturbing dreams woke me up early and motivated. I dreamed I was living like a teenager in my mother's home and there was no place of my own to escape to. I realized in reality that, in my current situation, there is no place of my own to escape to. I woke up dreadfully discontent with everything around me, feeling like I have no control over my life.

I got up. Started cleaning the kitchen and putting things away around the house in a small attempt to put some of my world in order. Showered in the mildewed bathroom. Left for work while my housemate still slept.

Halloweenie

We won first place, the Wizard's Cup, in the Little Five Points Community Halloween Parade.

Sunday, went with Mr. & Mrs. Pyynk to see the Ghastly Dreadfuls at the Center for Puppetry Arts.

Still slowly decorating the house for Halloween. There are a lot of things I'm holding off on until after the rain.

Trying to decide what to bring to the October Potluck at the Pyynk house this Saturday. Also trying to figure out how to make it to both the potluck and a new deck & pond party at The Barker's house in Decatur. Monster wants mostly to go to The Pond. I want mostly to go to the Pyynk House.

makes sense to me

You Are an Alien

You're so strange, people occasionally wonder if you're from another world. You don't try to be different, but you see most things from a very unique, very offbeat perspective. Brilliant to the point of genius, you definitely have some advanced intelligence going on. No matter what circles you travel in, you always feel like a stranger. And it's a feeling you've learned to like. Your greatest power: Your superhuman brain Your greatest weakness: Your lack of empathy - you just don't get humans You play well with: Zombies

What Kind of Monster Are You?

The Haunting Business

And now, a bit from someone else' blog.

The shocking, true story of Cam's big shaft

what strange curse is this?

Name my poison.

What is it in Archer Farms salt & pepper potato chips that destroys the inside of my mouth when I eat them? Last week, Monster got a bag and, knowing I was sensitive to them but not knowing how much, I thought two or three chips out of the bag couldn't hurt. Aparently any amount of those delicious potato chips is deadly to me now.

ick!

On the bright side, nothing else I eat does this to me.

However, I still have ulcers on my tongue from the chips I ate last week. What's amazing is how quickly it works on me. Within an hour of eating the chips, I knew I'd made a mistake and injured myself again.

it weighs on my soul

Another rock in my head keeping me up at night.

Monster has found some planters that resale for a good price on the internet. He has made arrangements to buy two today and bring them home and plans to buy more.

The problem? They are made of asbestos, which might be part of the reason they are popular on the collector's market, for all I know - forbidden fruit. My father died a few years ago of mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer caused specifically by asbestos exposure. He gets that tone of voice like I'm being unreasonable when I say I wish he wouldn't sell those things and when I keep repeating that I DO NOT WANT THOSE PLANTERS IN THE HOUSE - THEY MUST STAY OUTSIDE IN HIS SHED.
Am I being maudlin? Maybe. Do I think, knowing me and my family as he does, that this is a bad decision on his part? Yes.

my life in October

I sometimes feel as if I live in a state of moving entropy, both physically and mentally.
I used to go to LA Fitness regularly but I've moved to a neighborhood that is not especially convenient to any gym and have let my membership lapse.
My housemate has no interest in physical activity at all.

But I do still check the blogosphere on a regular basis to keep up with everyone.

Still, there are good things- looking forward to Halloween, carving pumpkins, costumes, papermache projects, the Oakland Cemetery Tour and Moonbird's picnic. Maybe we'll get more trick-or-treaters this year in the new neighborhood. I need to buy candy corn.

And, in all fairness to the housemate, he probably has a more active day than I do, so the time that he is most ready to be still and silent is the time that I am always twitching and squirming to do something.

Happy Weekend

Spoke to Monster via cell and he's making excellent time on the delivery and installation he had to do in NC today. Now he expects to have the truck, etc. returned and to be home within the next hour. He'll still be home before I get there today.

Tonight, we snack and watch this season's closing episode of Dr. Who.

Tomorrow and Sunday will be filled with painting and constructing bits for the Halloween parade.

I suppose I should take down the hummingbird feeders now, since their season is over for this year. All of the hummers have gone south by now.

Pushing Daisies - I like it.

It's a cute show.
A bit of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. A bit of Tim Burton.

Atlanta Zombie Walk - October 6

Thats right, don't miss it people! The zombie walk will be October 6th at noon @ Lennys Bar.
Atlanta Horrorfest starts THURSDAY OCT 4th and continues until Oct 7th.
CHECK OUT THE SCHEDULE AT Atlantahorrorfest.com