tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81077292579645145342024-03-05T04:03:16.996-05:00Domestic and Damned BlogArdeth Blood The Ghoul Next DoorDomestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-55319424074937137352020-06-27T15:57:00.002-04:002020-06-27T15:57:25.371-04:00Saturday 4pm 2020Spudguns!, it's been a few months. Sorry, about that. I know, every so often I come in here for a few days and promise to keep the bloggy blog more active, and then crap happens and I just don't.<br />
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I think I'm just starting to feel my age. That was something I never thought I'd ever do. Feel old. Being older is one thing, but to feel old that's not something we're prepared for. Like as in, the media never really tells you that one day you're just going to wake up and not feel young anymore. Good or bad. You know what I mean, when you suddenly realize just how out of date your pop-culture references truly are. Or you look around and realize you identify with the slacker best friend on the sitcom and not the star of the show. <br />
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See, I couldn't even get too deep right now even if I wanted to. Nothing to get deep over.<br />
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So the world is starting to get back to business in what is still an extremely dangerous time in our lives. Personally, I think we are jumping in too soon. But that's just my thoughts on the matter. I think we need to stay isolated a little longer.<br />
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Okay, I've run out of topics for the moment. I'll be back soon. <br />
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<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-17197288126871497562020-04-14T12:33:00.001-04:002020-04-14T12:33:30.458-04:0011:36 am TuesdaySpudguns!, as I zombie walk to the kitchen in order to make a cup of coffee, I do what I find myself doing every morning now. Turning on the news channel to listen to the Prime Minister's daily updates. Is it weird that I find the Prime Minister's voice soothing? Prime Minister Trudeau just has one of those voices that is calming. He could teach a lot of doctor's how to talk to the public. I mean, seriously, if at any time in my life he'd come into the emergency room and told me how bad my situation was right before a surgery, that bad news blow wouldn't have been so difficult to hear. There's just a dignity he has when he addresses the public.<br />
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Totally shifting gears and topics now. I've been stuck in a crazy tarot cycle again. This time we're talking about the 8 of Cups. A card about walking away, of ending one phase and preparing to start another. This could be referring to the general situation that is happening but, I'm thinking it's a little more streamlined than that. I'm thinking it's a little more streamlined because it more often than not, is popping up along with the 2 of Wands. So someone has decided to walk away from something.<br />
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I think I need to pull myself away from the youtube for awhile. Besides the amount of whining youtubers seem to be doing right now in regards to being indoors, I'm feeling off kilter. To address the first part, I really want to say to some of them to chill. To point out that there is a large chunk of the world's population that are housebound at the best of times. For some of us, having to stay in the house for a few weeks at a time is the norm. And to address the second part of my statement, I've been reevaluating my projects. They're not making me as happy as they used to. Okay, granted, some are just on hold because of the world being on general hold. Can't finish things if the stores/cinemas are closed. That's just the common sense of it.<br />
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But this is the beginning of my Hallowe'en season. Yeah. I start working on certain elements of the spookiness in order for them to be ready by late September. Sometimes that works out fabulously, others not so much. This is one of those not so much times. And it's these projects, the ones I can actually control that are having me feeling less than fresh. And I know I 've talked about this more than I should admit to in the last few years, but when I started this blog back a decade ago, I had full intentions of it being Hallowe'en themed/horror/goth themed projects. Well, you can see how well that worked out for me eh? And now there is a whole sub-genre out there in the darkness of the foggy night who do the gothic gloomy roomy. Some of them do it with more talent and skill, some with a bigger budget and still others just ...well let's just say if they had the same amount of fans as me I could outshine them.<br />
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As we all currently deal with a major Tower and Hangedman tarot situation, I wonder what bridges will be left to cross? Okay, I've rambled a bit long today so I'll just end it here for now...and maybe do the dishes. <br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-50726533344203708852020-03-27T16:13:00.001-04:002020-03-27T16:13:23.414-04:00Bottom shelf emptinessSpudguns!, I don't know about you, but I am so confused right now. Emotionally, I have been going in circles for the last while. There are things I want to say but not sure it's a good idea. Fears bubbling to the surface and screaming in my ear causing me to want to vomit. The panic attacks have nothing to do with the world outside, but everything to do with how I've been feeling emotionally, creatively.<br />
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What a harsh way to start off a blog post. Sorry about that.<br />
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Let;s try again. Spudguns!, I love you! I worship the ground you walk on and I worship your shadow.<br />
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But in all seriousness, 2020 has been like an emotional roller coaster so far for me. Little things that have chipped away at my nerves and reserve. And this was before the isolation and world panic. Raise your hand if you spent more than two days trying to hunt down some toilet paper.<br />
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The lesser of the mindmelting issues, was a stack of tarot readings. Okay, I have to admit, I'm addicted to those youtube pick a card readings. What happened was, I had put a question out to the universe and asked for a sign on it. Within minutes, I got one. I turned on youtube and there at the front of the recommendations was one of those readings. I watched and it just fit like a glove what the random reader was saying. I saw five more within the next 48 hours all saying the same thing. So, yeah I took that as a sign. I then had someone actually do a reading for me here. And they told me pretty much the same thing. Then I started to hear songs that sort of fit into the mix. Alright, I get it, this is the situation and here is the sign. Right.<br />
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Okay, how to deal with that information? I know myself from doing readings for other people, that when a message comes up repeatedly for someone, it's because they still haven't dealt with the issue. My problem is, I can't. It's not up to me, it's up to my secret admirer. And at lest two of those readings, one of the random youtube pick a card and my personal in person reading; got pretty detailed about the guy.<br />
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I did however, do the only thing I could do. I posted on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">facebook page</a> a tarot card and a song title a few days ago. I was doing my normal daily tarot card pull, when I the song popped in my head. The ironic thing about it was, when I went to turn on the music station that song was on. Creepy right. Well, the universe was smashing me with a big whammy that morning.<br />
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Look, dude, this message I have been getting for over a month now, is going to keep popping up in my readings until the situation is dealt with. Just one tiny something from you. Be it a conversation, or something. A like on the tarot post, or ....I don't know? Go sing the song in karaoke or something. Just acknowledge the damned message on your part for now. <br />
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And with that out of the way, I just want to say I hope all my lovely Spudguns! are keeping safe during this crazy world panic. That specially goes for you wrestlers who used to fill my blogging posts with love, rants and teasing. Just because I don't watch the shows anymore or write about you too often anymore doesn't mean I don't still hope you're all safe.<br />
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Till later kiss kiss noise<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-55306508257802329422020-02-22T10:56:00.001-05:002020-02-22T10:56:13.256-05:00Mercury, stuff, and cerealSpudguns! it's just before 11am where I am right now as I type this. Mercury has been in retrograde for the last week, and will stay that way for another two weeks. Ugh! To say I'm feeling all the brutality of that planet right now is an understatement. It seems like everything under the moon and sun seems to break down for me when Mercury goes into it's retroness. Headaches galore. Both literal and metaphorical.<br />
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So, youtube doesn't know how to classify me. Nether do I for that matter. You know when you log in to youtube and you get your recommendations; well, I have like 50 rows of different crap every time. That's because I am the kind of person who binge watches a million different topics every day. I just spent a few days watching nothing but "how to style" videos after my usual plate of cooking videos.<br />
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See my punniness there.<br />
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Anyways, I just thought I'd come in here for a moment and chatter on about well...not much really. Just felt the need to blog about anything.<br />
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Speaking of cooking videos, I just picked up a box of Tim Horton's cereal. I saw a food reviewer talking about it on one of their videos and when I saw it yesterday at the store had to pick it up. So yeah did that.<br />
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And this is the part where I tell you to follow me on my facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">(here</a>)because I'm in there everyday posting something, even if it's just the daily Hallowe'en countdown. I've been making a bunch of videos with my neighbour and fiend lately. Pointless and sometimes funny.<br />
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So, until next time. Creeping Screams!<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-75763608918411101762020-01-12T16:13:00.001-05:002020-01-12T16:13:02.440-05:00Tripping down memory Spudguns!, it's been a weird few days. Things I've let slide to the back burner for the last few years, even somethings I've forgotten completely about, have suddenly popped up. Like my use of the word Freal.<br />
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You know I'm a big fan of <i>Farscape</i>, right and I used to swear constantly; most of which on bloggies I tried my best to use sci-fi speak to replace it. I sometimes put a little accent between the e and the a (Fre'al or Frea'l) and I even admitted I knew it was spelled Frell but didn't like the actual spelling.<br />
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Well, I was just talking with one of the neighbours here in my building, and they kept going on about some ice cream place called F'Real. Like as in For Real Ice Cream. Huh. Interesting. The whole time they were talking I couldn't stop thinking about <i>Farscape</i> and black trenchcoats, and the character of Rygel. <br />
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Craziness right? <br />
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Then I realized, I haven't watched an episode in about 8 years. Roughly. I had about a decade of my life where I lived and died by that show. Sad to think it hasn't crossed my mind in nearly a decade. Yeah, it's 21 years old as of the time of this post. Damn it Janet! middle age sucks.<br />
The boxed set has a layer of dust on it so thick it would make you weep...well sneeze at lest.<br />
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I think a marathon of the show is in order. That and a really big sundae. <br />
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Till later, Creeping Screams!<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-16956222230106332302019-12-13T18:37:00.001-05:002019-12-13T18:37:19.242-05:00Dec 13th Friday 2019Spudguns!, it's been a bit. I have to admit, I've gotten really bad at keeping up with pretty much everything.<br />
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So, in the last few months, I've been working on...basically not much. Did my little Hallowe'en comedy thing for my facebook and youtube. Trying to get back into the creative swing. The writer's block this past year has been brutal. I mean, empty dry moths flying in my zombie eaten brain brutal. <br />
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I'm currently watching a movie that I have zero interest in and really don't care for the lead actors. Then why am I watching it, you are probably saying. Well, because for some crazy cosmic reason, in the last few days the movie has popped up in more than four conversations. So, thought it was time to check it out. <i>Fight Club</i> by the way. So, you know that's enough of a sign that I tracked down a copy.<br />
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Can you believe my lovely Spudguns!, that we are only a few weeks away from not only a new month and year, but decade! Dude! Time flies doesn't it? Hard to believe we're heading into 2020. When you look back at movies and such, the idea of 2020 was so far far into the distant future, that it had predicted we'd be in hovercrafts and living on the moon. I was commenting the other day that I've first started blogging back in late 2002 when it was still a totally new idea, and creating videos since 2006. I can't wrap my mind around the fact life has been lived online for the last decade and a half. Blows my tubes it does. <br />
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Okay, with that said, I will try to return before the clock strikes 2020. Oh, right, it's the last Friday the 13th of the decade...Happy Friday the 13th.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-18821206789777274242019-07-11T18:46:00.002-04:002019-07-11T18:46:16.953-04:00Thursday July 11 2019Nothing like stating the obvious eh? <br />
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Spudguns!, it's 6:30pm EST where I am as I write this, and we are 112 days till Hallowe'en. Righty-ho, Righty-ho. And I'm about to loose my bloody mind.<br />
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Mercury went retro few days ago on the 7th of July and will be that way until the 31st of July 2019. And man-o-man, have I been feeling the pain of it. For those of you who do not follow Astrology, roughly 4 times a year, the planet Mercury turns retrograde for a few weeks. When this happens, travel issues happen, accidents happen more often, communications get mucked up, and all kinds of electronic issues happen. More people end up having to either take their computers into the shop or get new ones, as well as their vehicles. Just to name a few things Mercury controls.<br />
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Anyways, if you've been keeping up with my facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">here</a>) then you see I've been doing the daily Hallowe'en countdown. With that said, I have a milestone I'm trying to hit before Hallowe'en. No, I'm not going to tell you what that is, cause that would make me look like I'm begging. And I can't possibly do that now can I? Can I ? Like seriously, is it okay to beg online now? <br />
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Okay, I don't have much to say today, just sort of felt the need to come in and drop a yammer down. <br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-16344378654983531432019-05-26T19:05:00.003-04:002019-05-26T19:05:51.951-04:00May 26th 2019On May 26th 1897 the novel<i> Dracula</i> was published. 122 years ago. I can't imagine what my life would look like if that novel had never been released? <br />
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The beginning of the month, I looked at the calendar and saw today would be the last Sunday of the month. For me, that has meant book club day for the last few years. The selection had been another vampire novel, <i>Queen of the Damned</i>. Few days ago on May 23rd, it was National Goth Day. A day I had quietly observed but hadn't prepared anything for. I just sort of let it slip past me, not contributing anything online for it. I've never considered myself a "goth" in any modern pop-culture sense of the word, though other people in my life continue to drop me into that label box. With my love for all things vampires, it's easy to understand why.<br />
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As I was just flipping through Instagram and facebook pages that people were posting to celebrate all things Dracula, I was thinking would we have the kind of sub-genre pop-culture goth if it wasn't for that book? I can't say we would.<br />
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Granted, other such gothic novels that came out around the same time have gathered their own fans; but nothing has come close to what Dracula has created. Okay, <i>Frankenstein</i> would be the next runner up, but still. There's just something about the world Bram Stoker created all those years ago.<br />
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When you look at other vampire stories like Sheridan Le Fanu's<i> Carmilla</i>, or John Polidori's <i>The Vampyre</i>, you just don't get the same reaction as you do with Dracula. As beautifully haunting and romantically tragic as they are, they just lack a bit of something. As I said, I can't imagine what my life would be like if Dracula had never been published? The movies I grew up watching that coloured my world such as<i> Lost Boys, Monster Squad, Near Dark,</i> reading <i>Interview with the Vampire</i>, <i>The Vampire Lestat</i> and <i>Queen of the Damned</i> as a teenager in the late 1980's. If Dracula hadn't of been published when it was, it's pretty safe to say those wouldn't have stood a chance. Or even been thought of.<br />
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I am sitting here now thinking I should say something witty and punny, some quote from a vampire film but I can't choose just one. <br />
Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-78269397474433264132019-04-27T12:00:00.001-04:002019-04-27T12:00:03.084-04:00April 27th 2019Spudguns! how's it going? So much for my blogging every week. I have no idea where the month has gone, but it's flown by.<br />
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We are sitting at 187 Days till Hallowe'en. Sadly, as of late, that Hallowe'en countdown I do every day, is about the only thing that separates the days for me. Everything blends too much into each other lately. And of course, things break down. The world seems to be breaking down all around us in one big swoop. Getting ready no doubt, to rebuild itself into something new.<br />
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Eventually, that has to happen. It's why society goes bonkers for all these zombie/post apocalyptic movies. A safe reminder that in order to have rebirth, first there must be death and destruction. Makes me a little queasy but that's just me.<br />
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I was having a conversation about this earlier this week with a friend of mine. We were talking about how the planet Uranus has just shifted from one zodiac to the other. It's interesting because it's one of the larger planets that spends nearly a full decade in each zodiac. Trust me, it's a long story when you get into stuff like that, but massive worldwide changes are the point of the plot.<br />
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It's the little nit-picky day to day stuff that does me in. Does most people in actually. Otherwise, we wouldn't have the saying straw that broke the camel's back. <br />
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Anyways, that's about it for my zombied brains today.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-76137741594048786152019-04-04T09:06:00.002-04:002019-04-04T09:06:38.535-04:00A random ThursdaySpudguns!, we are 210 Days till Hallowe'en. <br />
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I sit here more and more staring at my social media pages feeling the pressure to add stuff to them. Isn't that the craziest feeling? That strange expectedness to keep producing candyfloss. That ever turning surface noise we've gotten used to. Well, I blame the audience. Oh yeah man, righty-ho righty-ho. If my generation was the white-noise television generation, than this new desire for constant social media flabbering is more than just the next step in the greedy love me generation. It's like here's the cliff my lemmings jump.<br />
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You know I'm right. You hate to admit when I'm right, but I know you know that I know I'm right.<br />
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Sadly, as I just confessed, I'm far from immune to the social media fill me up phase of things. I'm just spent out man. Totally drained of love and emotion from the lingering talons of the media machine. That crazy followers count that screams how many people are willing to worship at your stone cold feet. I don't think I can handle watching it spit and sputter in the degrees it does like it's lapdog of despair.<br />
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Last year, it became all about trying and failing horribly for me, to make a series of posts, videos etc that connected into something. My facebook page had some mild success with keeping my own interest, therefore making some sense. But everything else suffered under the weight of it. This year, as I return to blogging, the only thing I've been able to put my mind into is the daily Hallowe'en countdown. And I'm not even doing that in the style my readers expect.<br />
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That's where my mind's at today.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-34887462020016429522019-03-26T08:50:00.003-04:002019-03-26T08:50:43.279-04:00That Tuesday PostSpudguns!, we are 219 Days till Hallowe'en. Seems like such a small number doesn't it? When it's still seven months off.<br />
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Speaking of numbers, so last week I had a birthday. I got nothing. I had gotten up that morning with one thing on my mind. Going to the party stores in town. I wanted a balloon. Or a card, or something with my age on it. What I found was a whole lot of nothing. I don't know about where you are, but here, you had every age until you hit "30" then it was just in tens. My age was glossed over like it didn't exist. Great, like I wasn't feeling bad enough about this birthday as it was.<br />
I've never had an issue before spouting off my age, or my height or weight for that matter. But this time, I had moments where I would just think about it and the number would get caught in my throat. My throat got dry like I'd breathed in hairspray and I would feel nearly ill.<br />
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I think it's because at this age, I still haven't achieved my real goals. I look around and see everyone else having long since met theirs. They say dreams have no expiration date, but I'm finding it harder and harder to believe.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-44951776964338452132019-03-21T16:25:00.002-04:002019-03-21T16:25:31.624-04:00It must be a ThursdaySpudguns!, how's you? Good to hear.<br />
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So this angry guy freaked out on me. You know how I used to call myself "the queen of your evil dreams". Well, ends up some dude found that offensive because I'm a girl. Yeah, I know right. <br />
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I had this guy following me on twitter for a bit, and he started to follow me on instagram. That's when he got upset and messaged me telling me I can't use the term "queen" because I'm not a drag queen. And I'm thinking to myself, I haven't actually used that catchphrase in a few years. I know I still have it attached to my twitter, but I've been "the ghoul next door" for years now.<br />
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Odd, what will set people off though eh? So yeah that made for an interesting morning.<br />
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And then the construction started. They are building an elevator in my building after a billion years of not having one. The building is going to be hell for the next few months. I thought they were going to drill right through my living room wall at one point this morning.<br />
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We are 224 Days till Hallowe'en<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-5510154584798274372019-03-19T09:49:00.001-04:002019-03-19T09:49:10.803-04:00Mercury rears it's head once moreSpudguns!, we are 226 days till Hallowe'en. And good old Mercury is in retrograde this month. It turned on us on the 5th of March and will stay there until the 28th.<br />
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You know what that means. For those that don't electronic/computer issues, accidents, travel delays, communication screw ups and general frustrations because of these.<br />
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Anyone doing tarot readings, the Tower is probably turning up like mad this month too. Most likely you're seeing the same sort of theme in all your readings no matter who you're doing readings for. Yeah, I feel your pain man.<br />
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I'm actually finding the Hermit card has been plaguing me the last week. Every reading no matter what deck I use, there he is. The Hermit is a card about doorways, thresholds and finding that unknown truth. It's like that old saying, there are three sides to every story; yours mine and the truth. The Hermit is that guy.<br />
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Okay dude, I am trying to get back into a more normal flow of blogging, and sometimes a babble is just what is needed.<br />
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kiss kiss noise.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-59011041647623685412019-03-18T09:46:00.001-04:002019-03-18T09:46:12.609-04:00Dorkdom never endsSpudguns!, it's a Monday, or as I've been calling them on facebook Moan-Day, we are 227 days till Hallowe'en, and I feel fine.<br />
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Total lie, feel lost. I have a major birthday this week and I feel like there is this giant pressure to complete things I just haven't done yet. Mid-life crisis at it's best eh? And for the first time in my life, I can honestly say I don't have any friends.<br />
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Nope, not a one. Can't even say at the moment that I have any casual acquaintances. I mean man, there are over a hundred people living in my building, and I haven't gotten to know anyone in the almost five years I've been living here. Dude, even I know that's messed up.<br />
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I just find myself the older I get, the less I can connect to people. Actually, the less I want to connect to people.<br />
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I watched the movie <i>Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society</i> the other day, and all I could think was that was a cool idea. The whole thing from the get together bits to the letter to the well...I got longing for when things were sort of like that. Total nostalgia for just twenty-five years ago even. I actually had pen pals growing up. This one guy used to send me mixed tapes all the time. I miss that.<br />
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Well, that is where my mind is today.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-10391756870042010042018-12-15T09:52:00.000-05:002018-12-15T09:52:24.401-05:00Can I scream now?Stats: it's a Saturday Dec 15th 2018 a few days from the Winter Solstice/Yule.<br />
: we are 320 Days away from next Hallowe'en.<br />
: the weather around the planet is very unpredictably unusual.<br />
:being sober has given me massive writers block.<br />
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Okay, now with that out of the way, my lovely Spudguns!, how are you all? I don't even find me funny anymore. The kind of blog post that used to take me twenty minutes to write, now takes me two days. The kind of blog post that used to take me five hours to write, now takes me two weeks. The endless sea of gimmicks no longer jive. Never mind the fact I haven't written anything uncensored offline in over five years. I do think that might be part of it...having to censor myself for the blogs. Anyways.<br />
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Too much quiet reflection can make you sick of things. I know I sort of bitched and complained while back about not being able to really promote myself the way I see others doing it. And that still pretty much stands. I can't keep that smile plastered to my words in that can do attitude, because I am not hotwired that way...or is it wetwired...maybe its just that as a member of Generation X, we are all slackers. Yeah, let's go with that idea.<br />
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What an idea eh? A generation that spent it's whole time defining what made it -it. From movies like <i>Singles</i>, <i>Reality Bites</i>, and <i>Slacker</i>, to that whole grunge vs metal vs hip hop thing. And now, this current generation are semi-living it all live on the internet. Dude, just between you and me, I have no idea what they are calling this generation now? Millennials or Echo Boomers, or Gen Z or whathaveyou? Gen Z. Just makes me think of zombies. Gen-Zoms. Well, it fits doesn't it? My generation was all about Dracula, this generation is all about Walking Dead. Totally fits.<br />
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As I work through my lack of self respecting silent aggression; I hope everything is shinny where you are today.<br />
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kiss kiss noise.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-34080764281713362532018-09-10T14:58:00.004-04:002018-09-10T14:58:54.320-04:00And then there was the MondayThe Swords keep popping up in the tarots the last week and a half. Like the whole suit all the time, no matter how much I shuffle. The Swords are about rational thought, logical directions, separation, overthinking. The cards of the mind. I've talked before about how when the universe wants me to understand something, or even pass a message on to someone else, the cards will repeat like this until I do. It's one of those situations. So on with it...the Ace of Swords and the Queen of Swords have been plaguing me. I'm not in the mood to get into complete detail about them, so the highlights are...Queen equals separation, widow, divorce and independence. Ace equals conquest, force, champion, arguments. All in all, cold and sometimes angry cards.<br />
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We are 51 Days till Hallowe'en.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-81285670174468869072018-08-25T19:40:00.001-04:002018-08-25T19:40:16.228-04:00August 25th 2018 knucklesKnuckles. As in, I just spent the day in the emergency because I dislocated two fingers. Trust me, typing is difficult as I can't use my one hand. Picking at the keys is not fun. Yes, my lovely Spudguns!, I've done it again. Injured myself. The doctor told me that nothing was broken, but then proceeded to slap a half cast on my arm that went all the way to my elbow.<br />
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For two knuckles that according to him were not broken...doesn't make sense to me either.<br />
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We are 67 Days till Hallowe'en.<br />
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Okay, that's about all I can handle right now...get it handle...so I'm going to end this little note right here, just wanted to run in for a moment and type something.<br />
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Something.<br />
Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-83105976404219922082018-08-01T08:14:00.002-04:002018-08-01T08:14:36.429-04:00Aug 1st 2018Hello my lovely Spudguns! Somehow, a month has past. I didn't mean for it to but somehow, it did.<br />
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Okay, so where were we last time...yes; the writer's block. Still struggling with that. Today marks 91 Days till Hallowe'en, and I am hoping to start Hallowe'en shopping this week. The stores here normally have stuff out by now, but for some reason, they haven't yet. I have some crafting projects I'm hoping to get completed once they do. <br />
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Last movie I saw was actually at the cinema. I went on Friday the 13th of July, opening day actually even more a rare treat for me, to see <i>Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation</i>. I have my review for it up on the<a href="https://coffeecasseroles.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"> movie </a>blog.<br />
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Tonight's the final episode of <i>The Originals</i>. I'm not ready for that. I'm just not ready to loose yet another one of my favourite tv shows. I'm really hoping for some big twist with at lest one or two of the characters. I know there is going to be a spin off in the fall, but it's looking to be geared for younger audiences, where as The Originals was hitting for an older crowd.<br />
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The weather here the last few weeks has been in the +30'C with near +40'C humidex. I can't handle that kind of heat. I suffer from migraines and it's left me hiding in a darkened room.<br />
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Well, that Spudguns!, covers the updates.<br />
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Crossroads. I talked a bit about this lately. About how this is a big year of change for so many astrologically speaking. I am sure, I'm not the only one who has done some soul searching and digging into their future desires as of late. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who's made a decision about where they want to be in their life over the next few years...but just not too sure how to make that change happen?<br />
When you're not even sure how to put into words what it is you are hoping for?<br />
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That's about where I am right now. And I keep turning to my tarot cards looking for away to voice what I can't seem to. Dude, it's almost as bad as the writer's block itself.<br />
The card that keeps popping up more often than anything else is the Fool card. A card about crossroads and following your dreams.<br />
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So, basically, my answer is my question? See how that can be a bit confusing.<br />
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I'll let that be my ramble for today. And say that my facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">here</a>) is still the best way to keep up with me, to get in touch and to just hang out. I've been counting down all year long for Hallowe'en. Yes, I've actually managed to countdown every day without a miss. More than amazing on my end. I've been doing my best to keep the weekly quiz and quotes on schedule.<br />
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I will be back very soon. Hopefully sooner than this last time.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-31908608258538535232018-07-04T10:03:00.002-04:002018-07-04T10:03:31.493-04:00Random Day Wed July 4th 2018We are 119 days till Hallowe'en.<br />
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Dear Spudguns! Yeah I don't know what I'm doing? I've hit another bit of writer's block, and if you've been following my movie blog the last few weeks, you can tell. My life has been busy, which is nice for a change, but it's left my mind blank. And my creative efforts are falling flatter than usual.<br />
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I was on Instagram just now, hoping some cooking gramers would inspire me, but instead I ended up just breaking down in a near batch of tears. I say near, as I didn't cry but came damn close.<br />
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When I started this bloggy blog, my original intention was to do recipes and crafts from a more Addams Family approach. You know, like a gothic Martha Stewart or something. But, as I learned, I suck. I've embraced my suckage at arts crafts and cooking, doing it anyways. Here's the thing, just between you and me; there are hundreds of others out there that sprang up over the last few years who are a million times better at it then I ever could be. Yeah, that nugget of golden silence was a slap to the ego I must say.<br />
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Put simply, I'm jealous.<br />
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Over the last decade and a half that I've been online doing what I've done, be it reviews for books/movies/wrestling, the recipes, the personal diaries/vlogs, the comedic posts, or the columns etc, I've done the one thing you should never do. Compare myself to those around me.<br />
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Bad me. Bad bad bad. I should never have done that. But, it's human nature. Sometimes we can get ahead of it and stop ourselves, and sometimes we fall into the pit of despair.<br />
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This is a big year of change for a lot of people. Astrologically speaking, this is a massive crossroads for half the people on the planet. Everyone will be feeling something, to some degree. But not everyone will be feeling the urge to do something about it.<br />
As I stand at my personal crossroads of doubt and uncertainty; I can only assure myself that movement is good. <br />
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This became a bit of a ramble. Okay, I'll try to get back later in the week to this blog. With something. I have no idea what? Just, something. Hopefully, by that point I'll have written something for the week on the movie blog too. Keep your paws/claws/parts crossed that my writer's block is temporary.<br />
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And I guess this is the part where I tell you to not forget about my facebook page. (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">here</a>) Till later. <br />
Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-44557774142395603932018-06-04T09:54:00.001-04:002018-06-04T09:56:01.410-04:00Random Monday June 4th 2018We are 149 days till Hallowe'en on the countdown calendar. And I just spent an hour on facebook, searching for something I couldn't find.<br />
Pretty typical as of late for me. Searching, searching, searching, looking but not finding. I've been having that happen a lot lately, I'm lost in the details of things. I will get up in the morning, decide that I want to post about something, and get so wrapped up in trying to create the right photo or hashtag or whathaveyou, that by the time I look at the clock again, it's just too late. Either too many people have beat me to the topic cause everyone live streams, or I just simply lost interest.<br />
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Like my videos. I promised you guys new stuff. And I did create some Vlogs and Video Reviews. Which, I in a timely fashion and totally not like my lazy arse at all, posted to my movie blog and facebook in May. Just by the time I did that, thought "why post them again?" So they never made it to this blog.<br />
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I subscribe to a newsletter that I rarely get, and therefore always completely forget I've subscribed to until it pops into my emails every so often. And the crazy of it is, the person is local. Yeah, I have been brutally honest with my lack of local interest. Cause, well my city blows man. But, this morning, that newsletter reached my inbox, and the topic was about how we need to live in the details more.<br />
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Live in the details more. Ironically, it made a lot of sense. And the timing of it well...the universe is talking and I need to listen little closer.<br />
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<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-31218094398927602632018-04-23T08:47:00.001-04:002018-04-23T08:47:18.039-04:00Saturn and Pluto and meAs I look outside my living room window this morning, the sun is bright, there are birds on the lawn, mostly seagulls picking up the trash but birds none the less, and I am feeling the opposite of the weather. I don't feel bright and shinny. <br />
Part of that is just me feeling emotionally exhausted, physically in constant pain and plain old annoyed.<br />
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Saturn went retrograde middle of last week and will continue to be until July. Pluto just went retrograde yesterday and will stay that way until August.<br />
Both these planets deal with rewards, goals, and illusions/manipulation. This means a lot of depressed people and situations for the next few months. A good chunk of the world's population will be struggling to stay afloat during this time. <br />
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This equals an extremely busy time for astrologers and tarot readers. <br />
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Okay, before this gets anymore depressing on my end, we're 191 Days till Hallowe'en. And I'll catch you in a few.<br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-10078659387225717792018-04-02T11:34:00.001-04:002018-04-02T11:34:15.580-04:00April 2nd 2018Dear Bloggy-Blog:<br />
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I'm sorry I've been away. I miss you. I'm sure you miss me too? <br />
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I was stupidly taken in by the flash of the rest of social media, can you ever forgive me? Our blogiversary is coming up and I just wanted you to know how much you mean to me. Those other social media meant nothing really to me, I was weak. They were flashy and flirty and I'm so sorry. Please, accept my whimpering plea.<br />
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xo-xo forever.<br />
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212 Days till Hallowe'en. <br />
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Spudguns! How's it? I know, I've let everything go to dren and have been horrible at keeping anything going for longer than a month. The WWTGD? segment didn't do as well as I was hoping.<br />
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I did however, start a second story on <a href="http://coffeecasseroles.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">my movie blog</a>. Ironically, a movie blog that hasn't had many movie reviews in the last year. I know, my brains have been everywhere but where they should be lately. Let's call it a mid-life crisis and just move on.<br />
I am editing a bunch of movie reviews for my youtube, so those should be ready soon. <br />
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Anyways, just thought since I hadn't posted in the last two months, I would come in and slam out this note. <br />
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Creeping Screams!Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-23015518499410738672018-01-29T12:19:00.000-05:002018-01-29T12:19:09.373-05:00WWTGD? p7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's time once again for another installment of my What Would The Ghouls Do? Only, this time, I decided to flip the switch on it. We ghouls shouldn't have all the fun...right? <br />
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<b>Situation</b>: I thought I was catering to one group of people, but that does not seem to be the case anymore. How can I pin down my real target audience? <br />
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<strike><b>Ghouls Asked for Advice</b></strike>: Guys Asked for Advice: Dean and Sam Winchester<br />
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<b>Movie Used</b>: Supernatural ("Monster Movie" season 4 episode 5. Episode 65 of the series)<br />
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<b>plot</b>: The guys go to Pennsylvania, to solve what they think is a "straight forward black and white case, but end up at an Octoberfest themed village, chasing down what ends up being a shapeshifter. <br />
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<b>Quotes</b>: "Big Pretzel" - Dean when arriving at the Octoberfest<br />
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"I'm a maverick, a rebel with a badge. One thing I don't do is play by the rules." -Dean trying to pick up the bartender.<br />
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"We have a lot of experience with strange." -Dean questioning a witness.<br />
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"You mean like a Dracula?" -Dean to witness<br />
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"So what do you think? Goth psycho vampire wannabe right?" -Dean to Sam after talking to witness.<br />
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"Definitely not our case." -Sam to Dean before learning of the second murder.<br />
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"Do whatever you've got to do. I'm going back to the room and get some sleep." -Sam to Dean<br />
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"Not weird enough." -Dean to bartender while talking about case.<br />
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"A werewolf? You're sure?" -Sam after learning about the second murder.<br />
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"First a Dracula, now a full on movie time wolfman. What's going on in this town?" - Dean to Sam as they enter the police morgue.<br />
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"This case just got weird enough for our department." -Dean to a witness.<br />
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"You're good here with the Mummy and the crazy?" -Dean to Sam as they investigate the third murder.<br />
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"No. The X-Files is a tv show. This is real." -Dean to the bartender.<br />
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"But I have a coupon." -the villain of the week to a delivery guy<br />
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"Oh in the nick of time. Guy was about to Frankenstein me." -Dean to Sam as he's being rescued. <br />
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<b>Favourite Scene</b>: When the villain, dressed as Dracula answers the door and the pizza delivery guy is there, and he starts asking if there is any garlic on it.<br />
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<b>Quotes Used</b>: "So what do you think? Goth psycho vampire wannbe right?" and "Big Pretzel." <br />
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<b>My Interpretation</b>: You have to not sweat the small stuff, and be happy that you're alive. When you do what you love, the right people will start to enjoy your talents too. And if they happen to be outside of your intended audience, all the better for it. Diversity is strength, helps keep you from becoming stagnant and boring.<br />
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The big in joke is set up from the first minute with the first big line given by the character of Dean, as he comments about the black and white case. As this episode is entirely shot in black and white. I think it answered one of the biggest questions a show like this has to face; which is how do you do a Hallowe'en episode when your show is about the paranormal? Going to the "basics" with this, having it be the creature feature of the week, and a tribute to classic monsters in general was brilliant. Other than a few lines about Dean having been rescued from hell by angels, there isn't anything to anchor it to the rest of the season, making it the perfect stand alone episode.<br />
This is also a great way to tear down the idea of "what you think you know isn't always the truth". Which, ironically, would become a theme over the rest of season four and most of season five. New layers and sub-plots would start to be exposed over the course of the next year of the show.<br />
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This is another example too, of me having a situation in my life that was starting to eat at my confidence. I have noticed a drastic change in my core audience in the last few months, and realized that as I waver on where I fit, it's reflected in what I do.<br />
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Check back next week, and see what kind of situation I've gotten into and whom I asked for advice. <br />
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275 Days till Hallowe'en <br />
<br />Domestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107729257964514534.post-43868750996399745532018-01-22T17:54:00.001-05:002018-01-22T17:54:11.436-05:00January 22nd 2018Spudguns! How's everything? Groovy I hope. Anyways, it's a Monday, and if you've noticed, as of late I've been doing a fun, silly little segment called What Would The Ghouls Do? every week. But, I don't have one for this week. This last week has been a mess, and I'm realizing, I'm total crap at multitasking.<br />
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I'll be back next week, hopefully on time with the next segment of it. And in the meanwhile, don't forget to stop by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GhoulNextDoorCanadian/" target="_blank">my Facebook page </a>for the quizzes, polls, quote of the week, and a few recipes. At some point soon, there will be some new comedy skits and crafting videos. <br />
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Today marks 282 Days till Hallowe'en.<br />
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<b>Situation</b>: Every time I try to bake something, things go wrong. What do I do?<br />
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<b>Ghoul Asked for Advice: </b>Prue, Piper, Phoebe Halliwell<br />
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<b>Movie Used</b>: Charmed ("Is There a Woogy in the House?" season 1 episode 15)<br />
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<b>plot</b>: After an earthquake, the sisters discover a strange smell coming from the basement. Because of Phoebe's fear from childhood about the basement, Prue and Piper tease her. But, when she becomes possessed by something in the house, they have no other choice but to turn to Prue's boss, who is a historian and knows more about their house than they do. <br />
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<b>Quotes</b>: "Just because I protect the innocent, doesn't mean I have to be innocent all the time." -Phoebe<br />
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"It was scary and it was real." - Phoebe<br />
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"I'm making Coq au Vin and I need that bottle more than you." -Piper to a rival in the store<br />
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"Don't worry, I can handle it all myself. It's me the culinary pachyderm." - Piper talking to herself after everyone abandons her<br />
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"Try cooking a feast when your own kitchen is attacking you." -Piper to Prue after the blender doesn't work.<br />
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"Sabotage. I'm being sabotaged." -Piper<br />
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"I don't know what it is but it's like the house is possessed." -Piper after yet another kitchen accident.<br />
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"I don't know, but I can't cook this mean in this kitchen." -Piper to Prue as the dinner guests arrive.<br />
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"Dinner has been changed. We're having it somewhere else." -Prue to the guests<br />
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"Our house has turned against us." -Prue to Piper after spending the night on the lawn.<br />
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<b>Favourite Scene</b>: When Piper is freaking out in the kitchen after everything has broken down.<br />
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<b>Using the Quotes</b>: "Try cooking a feast when your own kitchen is attacking you." and "Our house has turned against us." <br />
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<b>My Interpretation</b>: Things are suddenly going horribly wrong, and it feels like a really bad supernatural joke. There most likely is a logical reason for the sudden craziness, but anything is possible.<br />
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This is the first time in the series where we're introduced to the idea of the Hollow/Nexus. Which becomes a major sub-plot in the rest of the series. This is also the first time we see them write in the book of shadows.<br />
There isn't really a lesson here unfortunately. This was one of those episodes created just to get a lot of "a character's back history" into play for future episodes. In this case, the history of the house itself. <br />
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I have to admit, I rarely sit down to watch the earlier episodes, as I find season one extremely cheesy. I think the show really didn't become interesting until the fifth season.<br />
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I picked this episode today, because I actually have been having some crazy kitchen issues. After asking everyone I know for their advice; I decided to break down and use my own situation for the gimmick. Sad to say, not even the cheesy comedy of <i>Charmed</i> made me feel any better. Or help in any real way. <br />
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Come back next Monday, see what kind of situation I've gotten myself into and whom I turned to for advice.<br />
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289 Days till Hallowe'enDomestic and Damnedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03584541111465460996noreply@blogger.com