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Happy Samhain aka All Hallows Eve or Halloween!
Oh goody, all these movies are coming to streaming...
Killers of the Flower Moon - Apple TV
Haunting in Venice - Hulu
Spiderman - Across the Spiderverse - Netflix
NYAD - about Diane Nyad - Netflix
The Killer - David Fincher (director) - Michael Fassbender - Netflix
Still waiting on Barbie ...
May re-watch Oppenheimer when it hits streaming.
Currently watching The Village Halloween Parade on NY1 - it's the fiftieth anniversary of the parade.
[I used to go to it in person way back in the 1990s. I don't think I've been to it since then. It was insanely crowded back then. Now, it's even more so - and apparently better lit. Back then, the media wasn't there, and you just showed up. NY1 wasn't around back in the 1990s. We just went and stood around, waited for the parade, and sometimes we'd just jump in, dress up, and join it. The Village's parade is the biggest parade in the country - and here's the thing? Anyone can join at any time. You can just pop in, as long as you're in costume - that's the only requirement, you have to be in costume. Some people spend a year working on their costumes, and there's acts. A friend of mine goes with her Belly Dancing Group and they dance in the parade (Halloween is her Birthday). She's a six-foot one Belly Dancer. There's about 10,000 or more at the parade and in it. NY Parades can get up to a million or more.]
The most iconic moment from the Parade is probably the "Thriller Performance" down Sixth Avenue. They do it repeatedly, and practice it months in advance.
Laurie Anderson (Performance Artist/Singer) is the Grand Marshall this year. She's basically kind of moaning in Tibetian, with her late husband Lou Reed's music, and someone dressed up as the ghost of Lou Reed.
NY1 All Boroughs Halloween Parade and Ways Celebrated in NYC
The parade is from 8-10pm. They have cops every five feet of the parade, although you won't see them - they fade into the background.
Here's another article about it... Village Halloween Parade 50th Anniversary"
Over a million people come out to see the parade and 70,000 people participate. Plus, the parade is televised for people to watch from home. “We don’t advertise, we just put the word out,” said Fleming.
The theme of this year’s event is “Upside Down/Inside OUT,” and it’s an ode to what New Yorkers have gone through with the Covid-19 pandemic.
During past hard times, the parade has served as a constant in New York City, and a reason to come outside. “My job is to make it safe for people to dance in their g-string in the middle of New York,” joked Fleming. And she means that both figuratively and quite literally.
***
I'd had a doctor's appointment at 3:15pm today, so took today off as a personal day.
Did laundry in the morning (using up the last of the funds on my card - there's only 25 cents left now). They need to do something about the flies in the basement though. Trash day - so it smelled a bit too.
Note - don't do laundry on Tuesday morning?
Doctor appointment - was the ENT, and I've seen a lot of those in NYC, but this one was in some respects the most thorough. He squirted something up my nose, checked my ears, and for the allergy test? Blood test, not the pin pricks with the itchy mosquito bites. And I'm coming back to do a breathalyzer next week before the eye doctor appointment. Because I can't eat before it. Also, going into the city for the audiologist, and getting a device to put on my wrist to test for sleep apnea. I got worried about my allergies - and decided to do something about it - when the vertigo popped up again. I was annoyed - because scheduling can be tough. But I still have two vacation days, comp time, some remaining FMLA, and personal days.
Afterwards, met Wales at B&N, and we went to Bareburger, after wandering past it. (She kept going up to Thai Places, and I kept steering her away from them - digestive issues and Thai are unmixy things. Or Italian - and ditto. I talked her into Bareburger, and she tells me after we order that she ate a late lunch at McDonalds, hamburger and fries. Wales invited me to dinner - and set it up.) It was great - it has GF offerings, so I got a GF burger and sweet potato fries. Wales got a Cesar Salad and Onion Rings.
A party of five, three adults and two kids, in costumes popped up at the booth next to us - and were quite loud. There was a five - to - six person table on the other side of the restaurant with high chairs - but alas, they didn't go there. The kids appeared to be dressed like Jack Skeleton, and an adult was dressed as a cat. A couple of kids walked by dressed as Spiderman and the Scream villain.
After we ate - we parted ways. Wales, was well, positively turtlish. Walking with her was akin to walking with a snapping turtle. And she wanted to take the train at Bergen home to Carroll (one stop). About fifteen to twenty minute walk. Granted she had a 20 minute walk from that station as well. For me? Walking to Carroll - means cutting down on the length of the subway ride - getting some grocery shopping done at Union Market (located in the old BlockBuster Video Store building) and checking out trick or treaters - who were parading down the sidewalk on Court Street. I'm about eight subway stops from Bergen. I can't walk home any longer from Court.
And there's more trick or treating activity on Court in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill than where I am (Little Bangladash and The Hassidic Community - who don't really celebrate Halloween - it's a Western Holiday, with Christian Pagan roots, not an Hindu, Muslim or Jewish one), but it is heavily celebrated a couple of blocks north and east of me. Also, my building celebrates - there were iced cookies, and a candies in front of the elevators. (I snagged some peppermint patties and reeses - they had great candies.)
The best costume that I saw in the mob of trick of treaters between 5:00-6:00 pm was the invisible man. The kid had managed to turn a suite and hat, glasses and gloves into the invisible man. His face was peeking out of the buttons of the shirt, while the hat and glasses were suspended above and he moved it back and forth, as if the head was looking at people. It looked real - folks. I mean, I did a double-take and was impressed. I also was walking with and behind them for a bit. Got to see everyone's reactions to it - and some kids even ran up to touch him - because it looked so real.
Everyone did double-takes. Another impressive costume was the Ghostbusters, and there were quite a few dragons, sharks, and dinosaurs. Along with tiny spidermans and captain americas, and fairy princesses and elves. Didn't see many Barbies though. That clearly has passed - or people changed their minds because it's in the 40s. People went with warm costumes if they could.
I like Halloween. I don't have to do anything. It arrives with little fan fair. It's just about candy, and scary, and honoring the dead. It's kind of humanity giving Death the finger. And it's kind of fun.
**
As a child, I loved being scared at Halloween. We did haunted houses. Until my Dad lost his pipe and swore off them. (He was always losing his pipe in places - it was the 1970s). I loved the costumes. I loved trick or treating, and gathering the candy. I loved all of it. Including the decorations, the jack o lanterns. It's less fun now - I'm not into dressing up now. As a kid - my mother made our costumes, it's the only time she sewed. In 1976 - we wore Besty Ross, and a Revolutionary - in honor of the Bicentennial. In 1977 - I was a cheerleader. Once I was a farmer. I think I also was a ghost once.
***
Finished The Discovery of Witches on MAX. S3 felt a bit shortened and had kind of lost its oomph. And in some respects, was the weakest of the three seasons pacing wise, and plot wise.
They did wrap it up well - and I liked that Diana is the hero and the lead, with Mathew as the Damsel. That worked for me. Also she leads the others, not Mathew. He doesn't save her, she saves him and everyone else, with their help.
So basically she goes from potential damsel in S1, to hero in the final season. Her character arc and Mathew's work. The others kind of fall by the wayside.
The main difficulties were the pacing (this moved at a snail's pace) and the plotting, I kept losing track of the plot - too much emphasis on Mathew and Diana's romance and not enough on the plot, and there were too many characters - so it kind of got defused?
Anyhow, I don't regret watching S3. It was interesting and wrapped up the series well.
Killers of the Flower Moon - Apple TV
Haunting in Venice - Hulu
Spiderman - Across the Spiderverse - Netflix
NYAD - about Diane Nyad - Netflix
The Killer - David Fincher (director) - Michael Fassbender - Netflix
Still waiting on Barbie ...
May re-watch Oppenheimer when it hits streaming.
Currently watching The Village Halloween Parade on NY1 - it's the fiftieth anniversary of the parade.
[I used to go to it in person way back in the 1990s. I don't think I've been to it since then. It was insanely crowded back then. Now, it's even more so - and apparently better lit. Back then, the media wasn't there, and you just showed up. NY1 wasn't around back in the 1990s. We just went and stood around, waited for the parade, and sometimes we'd just jump in, dress up, and join it. The Village's parade is the biggest parade in the country - and here's the thing? Anyone can join at any time. You can just pop in, as long as you're in costume - that's the only requirement, you have to be in costume. Some people spend a year working on their costumes, and there's acts. A friend of mine goes with her Belly Dancing Group and they dance in the parade (Halloween is her Birthday). She's a six-foot one Belly Dancer. There's about 10,000 or more at the parade and in it. NY Parades can get up to a million or more.]
The most iconic moment from the Parade is probably the "Thriller Performance" down Sixth Avenue. They do it repeatedly, and practice it months in advance.
Laurie Anderson (Performance Artist/Singer) is the Grand Marshall this year. She's basically kind of moaning in Tibetian, with her late husband Lou Reed's music, and someone dressed up as the ghost of Lou Reed.
NY1 All Boroughs Halloween Parade and Ways Celebrated in NYC
The parade is from 8-10pm. They have cops every five feet of the parade, although you won't see them - they fade into the background.
Here's another article about it... Village Halloween Parade 50th Anniversary"
Over a million people come out to see the parade and 70,000 people participate. Plus, the parade is televised for people to watch from home. “We don’t advertise, we just put the word out,” said Fleming.
The theme of this year’s event is “Upside Down/Inside OUT,” and it’s an ode to what New Yorkers have gone through with the Covid-19 pandemic.
During past hard times, the parade has served as a constant in New York City, and a reason to come outside. “My job is to make it safe for people to dance in their g-string in the middle of New York,” joked Fleming. And she means that both figuratively and quite literally.
***
I'd had a doctor's appointment at 3:15pm today, so took today off as a personal day.
Did laundry in the morning (using up the last of the funds on my card - there's only 25 cents left now). They need to do something about the flies in the basement though. Trash day - so it smelled a bit too.
Note - don't do laundry on Tuesday morning?
Doctor appointment - was the ENT, and I've seen a lot of those in NYC, but this one was in some respects the most thorough. He squirted something up my nose, checked my ears, and for the allergy test? Blood test, not the pin pricks with the itchy mosquito bites. And I'm coming back to do a breathalyzer next week before the eye doctor appointment. Because I can't eat before it. Also, going into the city for the audiologist, and getting a device to put on my wrist to test for sleep apnea. I got worried about my allergies - and decided to do something about it - when the vertigo popped up again. I was annoyed - because scheduling can be tough. But I still have two vacation days, comp time, some remaining FMLA, and personal days.
Afterwards, met Wales at B&N, and we went to Bareburger, after wandering past it. (She kept going up to Thai Places, and I kept steering her away from them - digestive issues and Thai are unmixy things. Or Italian - and ditto. I talked her into Bareburger, and she tells me after we order that she ate a late lunch at McDonalds, hamburger and fries. Wales invited me to dinner - and set it up.) It was great - it has GF offerings, so I got a GF burger and sweet potato fries. Wales got a Cesar Salad and Onion Rings.
A party of five, three adults and two kids, in costumes popped up at the booth next to us - and were quite loud. There was a five - to - six person table on the other side of the restaurant with high chairs - but alas, they didn't go there. The kids appeared to be dressed like Jack Skeleton, and an adult was dressed as a cat. A couple of kids walked by dressed as Spiderman and the Scream villain.
After we ate - we parted ways. Wales, was well, positively turtlish. Walking with her was akin to walking with a snapping turtle. And she wanted to take the train at Bergen home to Carroll (one stop). About fifteen to twenty minute walk. Granted she had a 20 minute walk from that station as well. For me? Walking to Carroll - means cutting down on the length of the subway ride - getting some grocery shopping done at Union Market (located in the old BlockBuster Video Store building) and checking out trick or treaters - who were parading down the sidewalk on Court Street. I'm about eight subway stops from Bergen. I can't walk home any longer from Court.
And there's more trick or treating activity on Court in Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill than where I am (Little Bangladash and The Hassidic Community - who don't really celebrate Halloween - it's a Western Holiday, with Christian Pagan roots, not an Hindu, Muslim or Jewish one), but it is heavily celebrated a couple of blocks north and east of me. Also, my building celebrates - there were iced cookies, and a candies in front of the elevators. (I snagged some peppermint patties and reeses - they had great candies.)
The best costume that I saw in the mob of trick of treaters between 5:00-6:00 pm was the invisible man. The kid had managed to turn a suite and hat, glasses and gloves into the invisible man. His face was peeking out of the buttons of the shirt, while the hat and glasses were suspended above and he moved it back and forth, as if the head was looking at people. It looked real - folks. I mean, I did a double-take and was impressed. I also was walking with and behind them for a bit. Got to see everyone's reactions to it - and some kids even ran up to touch him - because it looked so real.
Everyone did double-takes. Another impressive costume was the Ghostbusters, and there were quite a few dragons, sharks, and dinosaurs. Along with tiny spidermans and captain americas, and fairy princesses and elves. Didn't see many Barbies though. That clearly has passed - or people changed their minds because it's in the 40s. People went with warm costumes if they could.
I like Halloween. I don't have to do anything. It arrives with little fan fair. It's just about candy, and scary, and honoring the dead. It's kind of humanity giving Death the finger. And it's kind of fun.
**
As a child, I loved being scared at Halloween. We did haunted houses. Until my Dad lost his pipe and swore off them. (He was always losing his pipe in places - it was the 1970s). I loved the costumes. I loved trick or treating, and gathering the candy. I loved all of it. Including the decorations, the jack o lanterns. It's less fun now - I'm not into dressing up now. As a kid - my mother made our costumes, it's the only time she sewed. In 1976 - we wore Besty Ross, and a Revolutionary - in honor of the Bicentennial. In 1977 - I was a cheerleader. Once I was a farmer. I think I also was a ghost once.
***
Finished The Discovery of Witches on MAX. S3 felt a bit shortened and had kind of lost its oomph. And in some respects, was the weakest of the three seasons pacing wise, and plot wise.
They did wrap it up well - and I liked that Diana is the hero and the lead, with Mathew as the Damsel. That worked for me. Also she leads the others, not Mathew. He doesn't save her, she saves him and everyone else, with their help.
So basically she goes from potential damsel in S1, to hero in the final season. Her character arc and Mathew's work. The others kind of fall by the wayside.
The main difficulties were the pacing (this moved at a snail's pace) and the plotting, I kept losing track of the plot - too much emphasis on Mathew and Diana's romance and not enough on the plot, and there were too many characters - so it kind of got defused?
Anyhow, I don't regret watching S3. It was interesting and wrapped up the series well.
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The Village parade sounds fun!