Ahoy!

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides came out

on DVD and Blu-ray today. I bought this exclusive to Walmart

version this morning. It comes with what it says is a "tin bank".

From the photograph it looks like a little treasure chest with

the POTC logo on it. It was the same price as the Blu-ray/DVD

without the little collectible, so I bought it.

It's not a very good photograph.

I probably won't have time to open the movie today, but I wanted

to get it smartly, so I did. Aye, it were a good deal to me.

"Ummmm.... Yes sir. Yes Officer.
The Halloween store."

This is the Spanish Village Art Center in Balboa Park at

San Diego, California. This area is home to many artists

and on some weekends they display their artwork in this

open-air plaza located in the center of the studio spaces.

I enjoy all the different colored tiles and I don't think that

anybody could take a bad photograph of them.

Here is a photo of a pirate having his way with a bit

of grog. This scallywag was spotted on The Pirates of the

Caribbean ride at Disneyland in California. It was actually

my son who took this picture quite a few years ago.

I remember being on the ride with my mom when I was

very young. She couldn't get over the mud on his feet.

Dirty feet might be her pet peeve.

Dirty feet on pirates is okay with me.

This was the entrance to the SCREAM Haunted House in Simi Valley California.

 I took this picture in 1999. I think it was the last year that they had this event as the

owner of the land was involved is some "shady business" of some sort,

so that was that.

This place scared the Hell out of me. It started with guys

yelling at about ten of us at at time to get in that door you see there.

They were screaming at us like we were in Marine boot camp.

They were banging on the walls and basically keeping us all disoriented.

And it went on from there. Blood and guts and guts and blood.

And lots more SCREAMING.

It was very scary, and awesome.

This is a boulder that I pass by just about every day,

It was altered when the road was built so we could pass

by it. Especially on rainy days, I drive by this thing rather

lickety-split. I am sure that ooooonnnneeee day, this thing

is gonna come down.

 I don't want to be under it when it does.

In keeping with the spirit of the month...

Although I have all of the Friday the 13th standard edition movies on

DVD, and the Deluxe Editions on DVD, and even though I am holding out for the

entire series to be released in a Blu-ray box set instead of picking them up

one at a time, I could not resist picking up this newly released Deluxe Edition

 DVD box set limited to 50,000 copies. It comes with a collectible Jason

Voorhees hockey mask.The mask is small and not movie accurate, but it is pretty cool. The box looks just great on the shelf and I have no self-control.

Hey, I know this is boring to most folks, but somewhere out

there, there is an F13 geek (like myself) who is falling in love with me.

I see this "sculpture" every time I drive by this antique store. It
looks like a tin guy tied to the top of a table, then left on
the front lawn for passersby to gawk at. I wonder if the creator

 of the sculpture is still into sadomasochism.

Hey, that's what I see when I look at it.
Don't judge me.

For those of you who have ever heard of IN-N-OUT© Burger

but don't have one in your neck of the woods and wondered

just what in the heck they look like, well, this is it.

A Double Double Burger and an order of fries.

I don't know if they live up to the legend, but

they are pretty good.

You can see by the street in front of the Best Buy store that

we received some welcomed (to me) cooler weather and a bit

of rain. Not too much rain, just enough to be nice.

And above is the movie I have been wanting since I saw it

in the theater. SCREAM 4. I had it pre-ordered and yep, tonight it's on.

...and one more Blu-ray that I've really been wanting. This movie freaks me out.

The erotic visuals and violence in Brian De Palma's

Dressed To Kill is ultra. Brian De Palma is one

of my favorite directors.

One thing is for sure: It's October, baby.

A typical day in Los Angeles.

Okay, so I know I've had photos of this stretch

of freeway before, but I like the view.

This is an up close and personal of "Sweet Tooth".

He's a 7 inch action figure of an (apparently) totally INSANE character from (I think)

a game for the Playstation 3. I don't know for sure, I just like this figure.

I would play with a PS3 if I had the money or the time.

But I have not that much of either, so that's that.

Spotted in the parking place next to me.

A fitting beginning to the season says I.

Ah yes... Once again I add to my collection of skulls.

This guy is still fresh in the plastic. I try not to buy the same type more than

once. September/October is ripe for skull collecting.

Some are of course more realistic than others,

but all are lovable.

Today.

You gotta be careful around here. This little rattler was not

making any noise at all. And he is good at blending in.

We had no time to deal with him today, so my mom took
a long metal pole and just knocked him off of the deck to the dirt below.

I hope he left the area. As I posted once before, you are supposed to "dispatch"
these guys, You can't let them slither around to come back and bite somebody.
But I was not prepared to shoot him this morning and I totally dislike hacking them
to death and nobody else was doing anything at this point, so off he went...
...this time.

Kinda spooky.

Yes, it's the Halloween Superstore.

I'm in love.

And they are:
OPEN LATE    OPEN LATE    OPEN LATE

Years ago I never would have thought that one of the stars of Platoon, Red Dawn and Young Guns would have his own Halloween costume, as himself. And even if I would have thought about it, I wouldn't have thought it would come to be. So I guess that's why I never gave it any thought. But he totally now does.

 

Of course I am all about the Halloween.

And today I went to my first seasonal Halloween stores. I usually don't buy much. To me it's more about the atmosphere and the getting ready for the holiday. My first stop was the Spirit Halloween store where I added to my way too large collection of skulls. This guy is missing his lower jaw, and you know what? That's okay.

Diamond Bar Blvd at Sunset Crossing in Diamond Bar, California.

This is one of my boyfriends.
Well, actually it's just an action figure model of one of my boyfriends. Say hello
(again) to Jason Voorhees. He's nineteen inches of pure NECA© wonderfulness.

Nobody messes with me when we are out together,
and that's the way I love it.

Rah! Rah! Sis boom bollage!

P, is for Palomar College!

I am totally embarrassed that I wrote that and blogger.com

won't let me delete it.

*slinks away*

Tonight I went to see the movie "Apollo 18" and all I got was this

Alvin and the Chipmunks poster (which is almost better than Apollo 18).

Chip Wrecked. Funny. But I like the name of the second

Chipmunk movie better: The Squeakquel. That's funny.

(And no, I haven't seen any Chipmunk movies.)

This is Fry's Electronics in San Marcos, California.

I want one (or more) of everything in this place.

I believe that every Fry's has a decor theme. I think

that this store is trying to say, "Atlantis".

I've been waiting for quite a while for this Blu-ray of Halloween II to be released and today was the day. I had mine reserved at Best Buy and here she is. This Blu-ray includes the documentary "Terror In The Aisles", another long awaited treat.

Tonight I'll be rocking Michael Myers in high def.

- DINK dink dink DINK dink dink DINK dink DINK dink - 

(That's the Halloween theme song.)

This lamp was given to me by somebody who knows

what a Pirates of the Caribbean (and pirates in general)

fan girl I am.

In honor of the Great Southern California Blackout of 2011.

Thank goodness for great quality battery operated radios, glow sticks and lamps.

Caught up on my reading and all is well.

Awesome. Just awesome.

They have moisture vaporators at the recycling center. Just like on Tatooine!

I gotta TELL somebody about this.

Another in a series of photos from my visit to the Autry Museum of Western Heritage in Griffith Park, California. This photo shows Don "Red" Barry's gunbelt and Colt pistol in .45 caliber (not the rig pictured in the photograph of Mr. Barry). I don't know if the grips are really stag, and I have no idea who made the leather (that doesn't look like all that to me). I also don't know about "back in the day", but these days stag grips go for mucho grande dinero (as do Colt Single Action Army pistols).

I DO know that the pistol shore is purdy.

Yeah, not the most exciting pictures in the world, and the quality bites... But if you're like me, just looking at photos of a Regal Theater lobby will conjure up at least a moment or two of pleasant thoughts.

BIMBO must be an old family name or something.

I'm just sayin.

I guess I have nothing to say about these gumball machines

at the mall in Temecula, California.

The lower photo shows my favorite slot machine at one of the casinos in San Diego County. Star Wars. I like this one because you can watch short clips of the movie above the machines. I don't enjoy gambling all that much so it gives me something to do while folks I am with try their hand at losing. And all the neon colors are fantastic.

And yes, that is not my arm.

I was out running errands today and this is where I ended up.

I don't think I really wanted to end up on Tobacco Road, so I drove on.

(lousy cell phone camera)

Check out these 3-D glasses. These are the glasses I (lifted) used when I went to see Final Destination 5 in IMAX 3-D tonight. I think these glasses are really old school. I am pretty sure these are the same style (non fold-up) glasses that we were given at Disneyland when viewing Captain EO starring Michael Jackson and that was a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.

I am sure that as an audience we all look a lot more hip wearing the REAL 3-D glasses than these. Can you picture a whole bunch of people donning these things all at once? I am betting we all look pretty cheezy. Plus, these glasses are absolutely BRUTAL on the bridge of the nose.

Oh, and FD5 was really good.

I've heard of these, but never actually seen a truck

with a "HELP ME!" hole.

This is just a picture I took when I went to my last doctor's appointment. I was killing some time waiting at McDonald's off of Ventura Blvd in Encino (CA). It was a windy and rainy day and I always found the colors on this building interesting. Those trees were actually bending bigtime in the wind but I was not quick enough with my camera to catch it.

These are not Poindexter's (reference Felix the Cat) spectacles. These are the 3-D glasses we were given when we went to see Final Destination 4. Yes, I am a thief, I took them. But leaving behind the "my life of crime" discussion for the moment, are these glasses old school, or what? Or maybe these "DOLBY 3-D" glasses are just a bit more "clunky" than the "REAL 3-D" glasses I am used to are. And they do not fold up. That open position is permanent.

Had I noticed the "Anti-Theft Tag Installed" note printed inside the frame I would have been much too nervous to walk out with them. It's a good thing I didn't see it.

Right? RIGHT? Nevermind.

We found this dead tarantula in our garage.

Better dead than alive, and better in the garage

than in the house is what I say.

Have you seen these things? Hurricane simulators. They are popping up at indoor malls. For the paltry sum of two dollars you may step inside and have your hair blown every which way to Sunday.

I continue to let this experience slip through my fingers.

(I took the picture with my cell phone camera.)

Hokey smokes! It's the trashcan in the garage of Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin ride in Toontown at Disneyland... And remember, the can on the right is only for rags.

I wonder who THIS trash belongs to.

I'll have to look into this and report back tomorrow.

I was driving along a road today and I spotted this large avocado tree.

To me it looked like... well.... Let's just say I added a few things
to make it look more like I thought it should.

Ozzy! Ozzy! Ozzy!

We had a couple of visitors who were eating the grapes off of our vines tonight. The pictures aren't that good... I suppose it's because my camera is not that great (and I am not that great). Complete darkness to flash exposure in 00000000.000000001 seconds does not work that well either. But hey, enough lame excuses.

The eyes on those guys seem to be glowing because of a light-reflecting surface behind the retina called the tapetum lucidum. It helps them to see better in the dark.

And that is as scientifically involved as Lizzy gets.