~ Happy Halloween 2013 ~

 

My best guess is that this guy is a zombie. He's not

looking in the best of health.

And something about his eyes is I find a hair disturbing.

I can't quite figure out why.

Tomorrow is the big day. Halloween. Whatever you do

or don't do, I hope it is a great one for you. I will be off

of work this year for the first time in a while and so it just

might be a day of scary movies and munchies here at

El Rancho De La Tex. Hoo-YA!

My regret is that I didn't get a video of this thing so I

could put music to it. Or at least some sort of sound

effects. My son and I were having a great time making

our own sound effects while watching it live.

I don't even know what these things are called, hence

the name of the jpg: dancingairtube.

 

Halloween is in just a few days! It falls on a Thursday this year. So if

you're exhausted by four days of work, this is your costume. It's like

one of those T-shirts with a tuxedo printed on the front of it, only

this one is gore all the way. Easy costume. To the Devil with

exhaustion! Thanks Tommy.

When this nurse is around, it ain't gonna all be okay. I think she is

inspired by the Silent Hill movies. I could be wrong, but that's what

it looks like to me.

And finally today, a mystery spot. I like this place.
Anybody may visit this place year round.

This little, I guess it's supposed to be a statue of... I think, maybe...

like a devil baby statue to go in a fake cemetery or something?

I'm just not sure.

But who doesn't know a garden gnome when they see one, or two.

Loathsome little creatures be they says I.

And I've never seen zombie deer until this month. I wonder how this

line of lawn ornaments is selling this year. We'll know next year I suppose.

It kind of surprises me this year that all I bought for the whole Halloween

season was my skeleton that I got way back in September. I will be working

the day after Halloween this year so there will be no "50% Day After

Halloween Sales" for me. Oh well, next year maybe.

 

Baby.

Daddy.

Just proves that it's not always the costume.

Sometimes it just comes down to the tude.

(Walking Dead costume)

Oh, and I bought the new Randy Travis CD, "Influence
Vol. 1: The Man I Am". I have been a huge Randy fan
for many, many years. He's been havin' his troubles as of
late and I want to show him some love whenever I can.

We went to the Burlington Coat Factory today to look around.

 

I spotted this ghost candle way in the back of the shelf. The poor

guy's pumpkin looks like a very sorry version of Charlie Brown.

I feel bad for this candle, but I'm not taking him home.

I also saw this awesome Halloween door mat. Below is a video

I made of the mat in horror filled action.

~ Halloween Mat ~

After the Factory we stopped over to Panda Express.

I experienced the Beijing Beef and Kung Pao Chicken.

And it was good.

Pretty nice day out today on the Panda patio. Cool, but nice.

We brought a fortune cookie home only to discover that it

held not one, but TWO cookies in one package. Now, just

how fortuitous is that? It has to be a sign that luck is coming

our way. If we win a million dollars, I will take a picture of it.

You  cannot have Halloween without Michael Myers. Even

if it isn't the best Michael Myers, you still hafta have Michael

Myers. I had my annual viewing of "Halloween" the other night

and it is still a great movie. If you've never seen it, watch it on

Halloween night with some popcorn and the lights off. I can

almost guarantee that you will have a lot of fun with it. You

can pick the DVD up for just a few dollars anymore.

And I have to give it up to the maker of this knife. That is a MASSIVE

blade. He didn't mess around. And neither did the maniac who placed

it into this guys head. Yeah, he's not gettin' up.

 For the last few years it just hasn't been in the cards for

me to carve a pumpkin. But this year one fell into my lap. So

as soon as I can get my hands on a sharp knife, he gets a face.

 Also...

 

Gravity drew me back to the theater today.

Literally.

This was on the way out.

On the way in, it read "Gravity 3D".

I once again "forgot" to recycle.

Gravity: Scores 8 out of 10 Booster Rockets.

And in the spirit of my October Celebration Month,
here are a few witches that are in front of
a Halloween Superstore.

I think this is the most gross costume I've seen this year.

For $32.99 you may be a member of the "Ass Family".

I don't even want to say what kind of a cigar comes with

this costume, but if you open the photo big in a

new window or tab you can see it.

 

I love this mask. Pretty vivid. This guy is messed UP.

Today is "Witch Day" here at El Rancho De La Tex. So

let's get this here Rambler on the road. The above witch is

lookin' a little like that poison apple lady from Snow White

and the Seven Dwarfs. I'm thinkin' that's who she is.

And this witch?

Looks a little too dern happy is what I'm thinkin'.

Wow. "Witch Day" went by really fast this year.

 

This guy struggles in the body bag and makes jokes about how

he is just gonna hang around, and "Hey! Why are all you guys

walking around on your heads?!" I love the colors on him

although I think that the green glow is from a floodlight.

 

Do ya wanna paaarty? It's party time!

Ahem, and dinner is served... in the hallway.

This must be the place.

Both these guys are at the Spirit Halloween store.

 

I for the most part cannot afford a real honest to goodness Jason

Voorhees replica hockey mask. Although someday I will I'm bettin'.

In 2007 I bought this really cheap Jason mask at the Spirit Store.

They are still selling these. This one has just been a'hangin out in my

closet for years. And yes, the left (Jason's left) eye has black mesh

in it to reflect Jason's deformed and offset eye that would not

show through the eye cutout. I love that guy. You know that.

Cheap foam abounds at the Superstore.

Bones, bones, everywhere, and no good skull to buy. *sigh*

I took a picture of this pumpkin head guy hanging up at

the Halloween Superstore. I liked him, so...

...that's the guy I used in my banner celebrating the month

of October for 2013 (which you see at the top of the page

of course, if you are looking at this in October of 2013).

And do you know what? Yesterday I posted a picture of some

fake cigarettes with an evil smoker on the front of the package

and today, upon closer inspection, I see that the dang cigarette is

"photoshopped" onto his lips. So I guess he is not evil and bad

after all! He is probably just a model!

Lizzy Tex Borden! Queen of aspersion casting.
Yeeeeeee-HAW!

 

Exciting stuff today.

Clown horror/gore. Hey, these things might not look so scary

by the light of day, but tell me that a clown coming at you

in your home in the middle of the night with one of these

things (foam or not) would not get your blood flowing.

Yeah, it would. You know it would. It would.

And hey, Zombie Guts. Hoo-rah! Not sure what makes

them any different than regular guts, but hey, I am down

with 'em. And don't let your dang youngins play with

the plastic bag. And don't line their cribs with it either.

Sheesh.

And how about THESE things. Look at the bad bad smoking
man on the package. Filthy creature. *shiver* And these fake

cigarettes "contain small parts. Not for Children under 3 years."

There go the costume ideas for the grandbabies right outta

the dern window. And look at the bad bad smoking man.

I've never seen a steampunk Jason Voorhees or a Jason

Voorhees steampunk hockey mask before.

Okay. Now you're not even trying.

We had a flat tire yesterday while running errands. Tires were due

to all be replaced at the end of this month but two went bad in one

day. Ended up being towed to Pep Boys for new ones. They were

the only place open this time of night.

 

Manny, Moe and Jack. Grew up with these guys. Made dirty little

sculptures with their matchbook covers back in the day. Pep

Bros took care of us and 2.5 hours from flat to back on the road

we were good again.

And getting back to my October Halloween theme, this is why

foam decorations bite. Look at the damage on this guy. If the damage

doesn't happen before you buy it (like this one), it will certainly happen

when you get it home. I never buy foam. Would you want your entire

Halloween experience marred by this shoddiness? Not I, not I.