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Y2/D228 - October 30th...Halloween House
So, I finally got in my long-promised walk to the The Halloween House. [I didn't got at night to the great relief of mother, since I'm not in the habit of walking about my area by myself at night particularly since the pandemic. We've had an increase in criminal activity and it's not exactly safe. Even though I'm not exactly the sort folks would target.]
Wore a mask. Some folks were, some weren't. But I wear masks when among groups of strangers regardless of where I happen to be.
Here's some pictures..not great, but serviceable.
It's a huge house...with a Victorian porch. And whomever is inside apparently went nuts with the Halloween decorations.
[It's kind of famous for its facade of evil clowns.]
Yes, it's the same house.
All of the above? One house. Personally, I found it a bit of an over-kill, but I'm a design minimalist. I admit that.
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Mother called me to inform me that she'd just watched the old Robert Wise film "The Haunting" (adaptation of Shirly Jackson's Haunting of Hill House) on TCM. Also to cry about my Dad again. Apparently he had it in his head that they were in someone's garage, and didn't understand why they couldn't just walk back home now. Probably stuck inside the memory of a garage sale? God knows. So mother went through her whole spiel about how she should be taking care of my Dad at home, and it's all her fault that he is in the long-term care facility. And all she wants to do is hug him and take him home with her. I had to talk her down from it again. (We've discussed this about once or twice a month, sometimes daily - it's actually gotten better, now it's just twice a month - since January 10, 2021.
She also felt the need to tell me that niece was going to a friend's flat for a Halloween Party. We were both surprised that they celebrated Halloween in Britain. Begging the question - where do they celebrate it around the world, and where don't they? I don't think it is celebrated in Australia, Germany or France. Not sure about everyone else...
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Been binge-watching S2Lock & Key on Netflix, which is actually slightly better than S1 in some respects. The demon Dodge is more fleshed out and a lot more interesting. As are the keys. It gets more into what lies behind the keys, how they work and why, and what created them.
I wouldn't say it was necessarily scary, so much as really creepy in places. It creeped me out enough last night to give me strange dreams. I've been having a lot of nightmares lately, or unsettled dreams.
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Haven't done much today though. Meant to switch the summer/fall fair with fall/winter. But I've been warm lately, wearing t-shirts indoors, so it's really hard to get motivated. I may wait until Thanksgiving. Also need to do caulking and enameling in bathroom, but still procrastinating. What can I say? My brother inherited the handyperson gene, not me?
Eh, should make dinner and stop eating Tostones (basically chips made from plantains).
Random Photo...
[This is from a different house, a more tastefully decorated house..]
Wore a mask. Some folks were, some weren't. But I wear masks when among groups of strangers regardless of where I happen to be.
Here's some pictures..not great, but serviceable.
It's a huge house...with a Victorian porch. And whomever is inside apparently went nuts with the Halloween decorations.
[It's kind of famous for its facade of evil clowns.]
Yes, it's the same house.
All of the above? One house. Personally, I found it a bit of an over-kill, but I'm a design minimalist. I admit that.
**
Mother called me to inform me that she'd just watched the old Robert Wise film "The Haunting" (adaptation of Shirly Jackson's Haunting of Hill House) on TCM. Also to cry about my Dad again. Apparently he had it in his head that they were in someone's garage, and didn't understand why they couldn't just walk back home now. Probably stuck inside the memory of a garage sale? God knows. So mother went through her whole spiel about how she should be taking care of my Dad at home, and it's all her fault that he is in the long-term care facility. And all she wants to do is hug him and take him home with her. I had to talk her down from it again. (We've discussed this about once or twice a month, sometimes daily - it's actually gotten better, now it's just twice a month - since January 10, 2021.
She also felt the need to tell me that niece was going to a friend's flat for a Halloween Party. We were both surprised that they celebrated Halloween in Britain. Begging the question - where do they celebrate it around the world, and where don't they? I don't think it is celebrated in Australia, Germany or France. Not sure about everyone else...
**
Been binge-watching S2Lock & Key on Netflix, which is actually slightly better than S1 in some respects. The demon Dodge is more fleshed out and a lot more interesting. As are the keys. It gets more into what lies behind the keys, how they work and why, and what created them.
I wouldn't say it was necessarily scary, so much as really creepy in places. It creeped me out enough last night to give me strange dreams. I've been having a lot of nightmares lately, or unsettled dreams.
**
Haven't done much today though. Meant to switch the summer/fall fair with fall/winter. But I've been warm lately, wearing t-shirts indoors, so it's really hard to get motivated. I may wait until Thanksgiving. Also need to do caulking and enameling in bathroom, but still procrastinating. What can I say? My brother inherited the handyperson gene, not me?
Eh, should make dinner and stop eating Tostones (basically chips made from plantains).
Random Photo...
[This is from a different house, a more tastefully decorated house..]
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Then? Way down the same block? There were Xmas decorations...and I thought, okay, someone is being rebellious, actually more than one person. They were across the street from each other.
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Yeah, at least when I was a kid, Hallowe'en was celebrated in Britain but often with not quite the level of participation typical of the US.
Admittedly, in modern times, I think we got more kids visiting around the village I left in Perthshire, than we did last year around my bit of Oak Ridge, TN.
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But I love the circular porch and tower. Otherwise too big for me.
The US tends to go overboard on holidays. Not everyone. I don't do anything. I don't own any Halloween decorations and tend to ignore the holiday for the most part - there's no trick or treaters (since I live in an apartment complex, and that's just not safe for kids to do). And I stopped doing the whole party thing in my 30s.
Interesting you got more in Perthshire than in Tennessee, but not surprising. It really does depend on where you live.
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Wow. Thank you for sharing. I don't think I'd have the energy!
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Personally I don't mind Halloween, partly because it stops people going crazy with Christmas decorations too soon! :)
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Originates in the Northern Hemisphere - or mainly in British Isles, Scandinavia, and certain areas of France. It's not Germanic at all - which is why they don't celebrate it.
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less predictable or cliche ridden.
Also having "Dodge" infiltrate the horror film group and play the monster in the films as nerdy, likable Gabe is inspired. And having Gabe/Dodge develop feelings for Kinsey and want her...is interesting as well.
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