take that harry potter!!

i've been looking forward to seeing 'the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe' for so long it's not even funny!! and yesterday, i was relieved!!

i'm not even joking when i say that it was so unbelievably fantastic that i was crying before the credits even rolled!!

i remember reading the complete chronicles of narnia when i was younger, and in the fourth grade, we even acted out "the lion, the witch and the wardrobe" for the school. i can't believe i remember that!! i got to be aslan, (the lion) who's the king of narnia. as soon as aslan appeared on screen, i started to bawl!!! i was sooo excited, and i must say liam neeson did a sexy job of voicing me, i mean aslan!!

when i heard that the narnia books were coming to the screen, i was a tad surprised to hear that "the lion..." was the first one to be made. since "the magician's nephew" is the first in the series. (the "the lion..." is the second, followed by "the horse and his boy"). but 'the magician's nephew' isn't near as exciting as the second one, so i guess it makes sense.

honestly, the story is so wonderful that i predict it'll sweep the harry potter phenomenon off it's little magician feet!!! it's full of magic, fantastic characters, and mind blowing special effects!!

in case you haven't read the books yet, i'll give you a little back story; set during
the second world war, a single mother sends her 4 children to live with the mysterious professor so's out of harms way. when one day during a routine game of hide and seek, the youngest tot lucy discovers 'the wardrobe'. choosing it as her hiding space, she tumbles down the story's surrogate rabbit hole and into the lovely land of narnia.

turns out that narnia was expecting her. having been under the ruling of the white witch for over a hundred years, they've been awaiting the two sons of adam and the two daughters of eve, fortold by the prophecy who are coming to lead the army led by aslan, to regain control of narnia and defeat the white witch forever!

it's a fun filled ride, suitable for kids of all ages. check it out! and be sure to think of me when you see aslan...the similarities are uncanny!

victoria's dirrty little secret

did anyone else watch the hot ass victoria's secret fashion show last night? well i did...well, i taped it. and started watching it this morning. close enough.

and let me just say...WOW...

those ladies are rockin' hot! now while i've always been a fan of fashion television (hey, i'm gay!) and this was quite the original spectacle!

when you think of a fashion show, you think of a boring old runway, complete with your heroin chic models, crazy techno music to set the tone, and bitchy queens in the front row judging...now while this had all of those factors, it also had a whole bunch more. the runway was glittery, the models wore extravagant costumes atop their lingerie, and the music was RocK!!

it was more like a cabaret act, complete with performances by seal and ricky martin!!

and the models, well there wasn't a 'heroin-like' thing about them! victoria only employs the highest class ladies to strut their shit!! heidi klum, (6 months after having a baby), tyra banks (her final victoria's secret show ever), and naomi campbell (absent for last night's festivities).

not to mention a few other up and commers!!

all in all, it was a visual sensation and an entertaining tour de force straight from victoria herself...i wonder what her closet looks like?

i betcha she's a whore...

my first

do you remember your first? well if it was anything like mine, you probably find him hard to forget!! this is mine. nick evans; british, a surgeon, bodybuilder, and dj of the hardest rockin' uk hard house you've ever heard (on the side). met at a rave when i was 18...i was very much in love...

but he was a man of the world, and thusly left me for a life in los angeles (like venice has anything on halifax!!) as an orthopedic surgeon.

we speak every now and then, obviously mostly through email...although we have been known to have the odd dirty phone call over the years. it's been a while, but i just spoke with him today and found his website...and thought i'd share all the naughtiness with you, my fellow readers!!

one

well my lil' ol' blog turned one year old on the 2nd of december!! and i didn't even get a chance to wish it a happy birthday!!

so happy birthday blog! it's been a good year; many bumps, many humps, many hang overs!! but we're still here, for better or for worse! and the future outlook is friendly!!

apparently mars is in my sign until february, making this a prime time to meet new people!! so you better believe i'm gonna go with the stars on that one!!

but aside from my blog turning one, someone else very dear to me had a birthday recently:

MICHELLE JOHNSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

happy birthday my lil' sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! see now the whole world knows that you're officially old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! michelle and i have been friends for like 12 or 13 years! and i love her dearly!!

you rock honey, and let me know if you can perhaps have drinks or something this weekend!!

kisses!

holy flux!

i went to see the new charlize theron flick "aeon flux" last night, and let me just say it was delicious!

on the superficial side of things, it was nice to see charlize pretty again! she can certainly "homlify" herself if she needs too. or should i say "de-beautify" herself on command! anybody see "monster" or "north country". need i say more?

well she's certainly sexy in this role as a trained assassin (with hot black hair)trying to save the world (or what's left of it after a lethal virus wipes out 99 % of the earth's population ) from an evil scientist intent on world destruction!!!

interesting to also see her in a sci-fi role aswell, a genre previously unvisited by miss theron. (and one that suits her surprisingly well! )

all in all the movie is stylishly filmed, and visually stunning when you consider that it's set in 2415.

i just hope the world isn't in that state come that year...go see it it and you'll understand what i mean!

FRIDAY

so last night at reflections, i asked sonny (the dj) to play a song for me, i lied to him and said it was my birthday ( i was pretty outta it, as i am tonight!!)

and he played it...and the bar exploded into song: this is what we were singing to...appropriate?

since you been gone

Here's the thing
We started out friends
It was cool, but it was all pretend
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
Dedicated, you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I picture me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you, now I get what I want
Since you been gone

How can I put it, you put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah, since you been gone
How come I'd never hear you say
I just wanna be with you
Guess you never felt that way

But since you been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah, yeah
Thanks to you, now I get, I get what I want
Since you been gone

You had your chance, you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth, I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again

Since you been gone (since you been gone)
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know) that I get
I get what I want

Since you been gone
Since you been gone
Since you been gone

OWWW OWWW!!!

xxxmas

i couldn't resist. this is a silly lil' photo of one of the first houses i've spotted totally decked out in all it's LED goodness for that special little holiday that's coming at the end of this month!

the pooches and i spotted it (from a mile away) while on one of our evening walks! pretty, isn't it? i'm totally digging these types of lights this year. i think i'm drawn to them because of the way they glow; they're bright but not in a blinding sort of way! and you can spot them from really far away!!

ah, christmas! holidays, cheer, liquor, good food, presents, and family! in that order! actually the main thing i'm totally looking forward to is my lil' christina coming home to me, i mean us on the 18th!!!! the countdown is on my sweet!!!!!!!!!! so clear your schedules my friends, cause there needs to be at least ONE pacifico/reflections night, and at least one marquee retro night (besides melanie's last exam day on the 14th!) and then before you know it, it'll be new years!!!

i know that christmas isn't everyone's idea of a good time, but when you look at the factors (in the order i wrote them above) you can't help look forward to it in some way/shape/or form.

well at least the liquor part...

new eyes

well i saw the eye doctor the other day...and unfortunately the ol' peepers got a tad worse. so due to the change in perscription, i thought what better time than the present to update my frames aswell!

and low and behold, it gave me a reason to meet up with my old boyfriend 'ebay' and use him to get me some fresh lookin' stylin' frames!

these are the ones i came up with! you dig? i'd been 'eyeing' them (get it?) for a while now, but had no real reason to get them. now i do! so your eyes getting worse can actually be a good thing...well, depends on how you look at it!

they're a little on the '50's side...but you can't really go wrong with calvin klein, right?

he's still around, right?

hung up

update:
melanie and i had a run in with an old 'psychadelic' friend of ours from the past on saturday night...who's identity will remain a MiStereE. it was totally a fun night, however i don't think we'll be running into eachother again anytime soon...*wink, wink*

i'm totally obsessed with the new madonna track "hung up". if you haven't heard it already i'm assuming you've been living under a rock in the ditch of some rural highway in lantz that's been abandoned and inhabited only by flesh eating monkeys who keep you locked away in a cabin made of solid steel to keep the monkeys out. every time i hear it i can't help but break out in song. in fact, it just played on the radio at work, and i immediately and instinctively started shaking my ass!

i haven't bought the new madonna cd yet, but i'm a gonna!! speaking of her, has anybody seen her lately? she's pushing 50, and looking fantastic!! now she's a survivor...now i know it's a tad cliche for a wee gay boy such as myself to be writing/praising such a gay icon as madonna on his blog...but how can i help it? she's so wonderful. except for her farah hair, that i could do without.

i'm still kinda seeing halloween cowboy...he's extremely sweet, and thoughtful...a nice change in a stranger! he's very different than i...but different in an 'eye-opener' kind of way. flighty like me, but not in a ditzy way.

i'm planning a christmas party with mike from work for the access crew!! should be fun, it's at the good ol' pogue. i've never actually been to the pogue since it's been the pogue...mind you, when it was the party house! i spent probably too much time there.

so i'm planning a christmas party...but i haven't even begun to think about christmas...at least the shopping part of it all. but we won't talk about that...i'm a total guy when it comes to that aspect of christmas; i'm in the mall on christmas eve...cursing the whole idea behind that freakin' holiday!!

that's me in a nutshell right now! i don't usually offer up weekly updates, hope it wasn't too boring!!

precious

this is the sexiest song ever, it's by depeche mode (who've been around forever). you totally have to download it. it's called "precious", and i think you'll all be pleasantly turned on.

some of their other work is a tad dark, but this has a seductive beat that hits you down in your pants...

♪ enjoy ♪

dirrty texts

text messaging is the wave of the future. i mean, it's like a portable computer equiped with instant email messaging! as long as you have a cell phone number you can instantly message someone from anywhere in the world.

when kate was in new york, i without a computer found it incredibly convenient to talk with her through the wonderful world of text messaging.

some may argue that it's a tad slow having to type on a litlte phone instead of a key board (unless you have kate's crazy lil' phone that's keyboark inclusive!!) but it's totally convenient if you don't actually want to particularly talk with the person to whom you're sending the message. you can just send a quick 'hello' and that's about it.

also for those of you who don't have voice mail on their phones, ahem eener, text messaging allows you to actually leave them a 'virtual message' to ensure that what you wanted to tell them gets through.

HOWEVER, text messaging is not always as clear as an email or a REAL phone call. case in point: i received a text yesterday from 'craig'. i immediately hoped it was my crush craig, who i met through renee ages ago, and drunkenly one night called up to invite him out to the bar with us. (thus allowing him to see my cell phone number...) but when i text him back, it turns out that the 'craig' in question wasn't my crush at all...but another craig, a former flame who i inadvertantly ran into a few weeks ago (and didn't even remember seeing). so even though i was somewhat 'forced' into a conversation with THIS craig...it was kinda nice!

so text messaging wins again!! although in the former case, a phone call would have prevented any confusion as to the mysterious identity of 'craig'.

but don't worry text messaging, i'm still on your side!

diamonds, diamonds, everywhere...

so i just found out that my friend elissa got engaged!!! isn't that crazy??? the crazier part of it all is that elissa is only 23!! AND her fiance is actually her former gigalo...well he was her mistress...i guess. basically (and keep this between you and me) she was sleeping with him the whole time he and his ex were together. then he and the ex broke up and my friend moved in!

she used to tell us that she was going to get her hair done, when really she was off doing something else!

what is it with people getting engaged these days? does no one wait anymore? are we really ready to get married at this age? do we even know OURSELVES enough yet to promise ourselves over to someone else??

i thought that it was the time to break-up these days...cause it seems to be in the air lately. at least 5 couples (that i know of) have broken up recently. isn't that terrible?? what's with this time of year; people are either breaking up, or freakin' getting married!!!!

where's the happy medium?!? and what are some of us doing wrong? how is it that a 31 year old who has been with her girlfriend for 9 years, helped her pack her bags the night before last???

enough with the diamonds people...or atleast ease up on the wedding bell talk! you're driving the rest of us to drink!!


i'm only half-serious...really.

naked

ahh, the joys of a digital camera...or of having friends with a digital camera. whichever!

it suddenly occured to us, that sometimes having tattoos on your backs inhibits our viewing pleasure of these designs. at least to us. cause let's face it, holding up a mirror to another mirror just to get a good look at doesn't cut actually getting to look at it dead on!

so me and my mel's (melanie and melissa) decided to take a photo or two of our body canvas'. and i decided to reveal them to the world for your viewing pleasure.

behold:



this is melanie's back, her own personal design. the above tattoo is the buddhist symbol for "omm" (one m or two?). the flowers are her own design, unfortunately as a second attempt to cover up one that went a wee bit haywire. personally i think the end result is ten times more beautiful than the original. and it's probably the biggest of any of my friends' tattoos.



this is me! my whole back...my skinny back, apparently...i swear i do eat...honestly! i should tattoo "feed me" above my angel! just kidding! i searched and searched for an angel design that suited me, and this is what i found. she's sexy, and she's innocent, and she's flawed...and that's why i love her! the other blue swirly design is just something i found many moons ago, and they're still one of my favourites.



another view for your pleasure.



this is melissa's one and only tattoo. but she made a lovely decision for her first/only one, didn't she? it's very her! she's a lover of stars, and the blue hues in the backround totally suit her personality to a T. i'm in love with her design, every time she wears a tank top, i'm always moving it outta the way to get a better look at it! and i love the freckles too! tee hee!!

well that's us! i'm sure there'll be more to add to our growing collection of body art...well at least for melanie and i!! we don't show any signs of slowing down yet!

good ol' tattooed white trash!!

in your pants

well in everyone's life there comes a time when you find yourself posing the question; boxers or briefs?

except for nowadays we have the luxury of throwing in a combination of the two; boxer briefs!! not to mention, the newly infused 'trunk', or bikini, or g string...however there's no accounting for taste on that last one.

anyways, my point is that there's a whole world's worth of underwear out there, and i think it's time i give you the dummy's guide. "the dummy's guide to men's underwear."

and trust me when i say that i'm an expert!! well, not really...but i've seen it all!! and worn it all, so my opinion won't be biased.

shall we begin with a classic?



the brief; aka little boy briefs, nut huggers, tighty-whities...etc, etc, etc. the original underwear of choice, made famous (ironically enough) by cameron diaz in charlie's angels when she dances in the mirror in her spiderman undies...
while they're a tad cute, i haven't figured out the exact body type on whom they might compliment. (but the dude in the pic ain't doing a bad job!!) but they leave little to the imagination, therefore the wearer would have to exude a certain level of self-confidence, and be someone who is definitely comfortable with their sexuality. as for comfort levels...they've been known to ride a tad, and chafe the inside of your thighs.



the boxer brief; my personal favorite, and all around sexiest of the undergarment world. they're a cross (obviously) between the boxer and the brief. form-fitting, kinda like a bathing suit...only one that clings to your legs in a comfortable way. calvin klein was the first responsible for introducing the world to the 'make-me-drool' boxer brief...and the underwear industry hasn't been the same since. everyone i've ever seen in a boxer brief has looked unbelievably good. they hug all the right places, and are more masculine than a brief or boxer. the majority of boys that i've...yeah, have all worn boxer briefs. maybe it's the universal gay culture undergarment of choice...and even if you don't really have much of an ass, they accentuate whatever you've got!!



lastly we have the boxer; my least favorite (looking and fitting). they're loose fitting, they tend to ride high on the waist, they offer absolutely no support for the goods, and they look just plain sloppy! i do have a few pairs, and every time i wear them i feel like i'm next to going commando!! now satin boxers are a bit sexier, but merely due to their softness. the cotton ones just make me feel uncomfortable. and unless you have a fratboy/locker room jock fantasy (and let's face it, who doesn't!) i'd stay away from them. they just seem a little too childish!

the winner?? by a landslide...the boxer brief. feel free to leave your comments on the best of the best. and people, people...please take my advice, cause i know we've all been caught in one of those embarrasing speedo circumstances...

don't let it happen again!!

ooh, it's kinda crazy

oh my sweet sweet soul decision...i've been thinking of you lately. have you been thinking of me? mainly due to a sudden ipod resurgence!!

some may call you a mere one hit wonder pop sensation...but not in my eyes. in my eyes you actually have merit. you've come back from your early days of bubble gum pop, with an edgier style of music and new shaggier hair cuts!

when you came to halifax, i was the drunk groopie halfway back singing along to your every word. and if any of you want to check out the 'hypnotize' video, it was shot at the very concert yours truly attended. so take a close look and you may spot lil' ol' me jivin' like mad to my sweet SD!!

what is it about a guy in a band who can play guitar, that is so sexy? and if he can sing too? now that's the whole package. i've always had a thinkg for guys in bands...although i've never had one.

some people find the whole dj thing attractive...but i must say i'm a little old fashioned when it comes to music men. a guy who can use his hands has always been up my alley.

or atleast that's where i dream of them being...

ahem...so i leave you with the lyrics from one of my all-time favourite sd songs:


Ooh i's kind of crazy
I've been thinking baby
gotta get you out of my mind
first, you say you want me, now
your memories haunt me
why don't you just give me a sign

I thought I had someone that
I could fall in love with
someone who would treat me right, yeah
so I tried to be so kind
I thought for sure I'd made you mine
but something's weighin' up on my mind

Why don't you take my hand
and help me understand
'cause I can't figure out what you're thinking about
why don't you let me know
I don't wanna be alone
goin' out of my mind
waiting for the day you say you'll be mine

(If you want my love)
Why don't you show me then
(Help me heal the pain in my eyes)
I know you want me now
(If you want my love)
Why don't you tell me, cause
I've had enough of plastic people wastin' my time

ahhh, that's the stuff.

legally blonde

highschool stereotype quiz results...isn't that just typical.


ok, stop laughing.

boys, boys boys

this came yesterday...it was deposited on my desk at work from "your secret admirer". no joke! personally i think it was a joke, cause if it really was from a secret admirer (and not one of my friends making fun of me) why not just come out with it?!? you know what i mean? so instead of a vase, i put it in an old empty vodka bottle...appropriate isn't it?

i challenge you "secret admirer"; come forth with your stalker-like self!! just kidding...i'm pretty sure it was just somebody from my work messing with my emotions. but it's pretty nontheless!!

i only ever received flowers once before; a dozen roses (gag) on valentines day (double gag)...accompanied by a valentine in the coast...the latter was actually sweet.

in other news; ever notice how boys can be completely transparent sometimes...that is, until you date them, then they're a complete and utter mystery!! well let me tell you that when you break-up...it doesn't get any clearer!

there is residualness between him and i...feelings that are still hurt, hearts that still need mending. when we speak we fight, lashing out at eachother...we're still angry...or maybe it's just me. underneath it all, all i want is to be good again.

l.o.v.e

there's that word again. of course we still love eachother...at least i hope so...he's been my best friend for so long, aswell as a lover, and a companion. and now what? everything's still so blurry...things left unsaid, or maybe we've said too much...

i want to move on together...if that makes any sense. but we have to stop this feuding. time is helping, i can tell...for both of us. and i think neither wants to let go...cause it's not about letting go, it's about progressing...just in a different form. but how do you get to that different form?

i think two people dealing with these issues need to speak face to face...the phone never helps anything. we shouldn't be so afraid of eachother. it's just us...and i miss us...and by us, i mean 'you and i'...

my first date after...

venturing out into the unknown is always a little bit scary...especially when that land of the unknown is the 'dating world'. it's a scary world out there boys and girls...but it's also a somewhat exciting one!

leaving all thing's B (and B related) behind, i decided to explore the world of A. yes, i'm naming the puppy boys and girls. Adam; my "halloween cowboy".

i'll spare you the details, well most of them...perhaps because i'm a little unsure as to the direction that this will take. but maybe that's half the fun; not knowing. i am out of practice a tad, remember?!?

i've always enjoyed meeting new people, and when drinks are involved it gets all the more interesting. i was immediately swept up in his sweetness. i think a part of me would have believed anything. but he had enough to him to back it up. i can see it being dangerous allowing yourself to fall a little too quickly after a 'you know what'...but i've never played games, and i ain't about to start! the evening was well spent, perhaps a tad too soon to indulge myself so quickly...but at least the ball has begun to move. all i sought was a little bit of fun...and it was fun that i got!!

well my lil'halloween cowboy, shall we meet again?

i'd like to think so...

k, enough with the witty t's.

promise.

mom's the best, ain't she?

boyfriend

someone once said that when one door closes, another one opens. and so it has...

it's been a tough few weeks, mostly due to inner dealings of trying to figure out exactly where all this fits, and exactly when it was that you stopped thinking about yourself...

but your eyes are dry, your head is up, your hair is black, and your lips are still hot from saturday...

everyone around you have had different opinions on the topic, providing you with many different perspectives. and while all have been different, they've all drawn one conclusion; you come first.

letting someone go who you envisioned in your life down the road is never easy, but in the big picture it's best. i feel as though i've been talking about this to anyone who'll listen, but it's helped me realize that it was time to move on. why is it so hard to see sometimes? l.o.v.e blurs things that's why. and it's easy to supplemate yourself and the way you have always thought was best when the L word is involved.

time can change everything. for better or for worse. but the walls will be rebuilt, and his face will fade.

new everything. new outlook, new experiences, new boyS, new smile on your face.

pictures to be changed, toothbrushes to throw out, towels to clean, memories to keep.

you don't have to be afraid of losing him, cause you can never really lose a best friend. of course you still love him, and care for him and think about him, after all you've been through a lot together. don't fight those feelings.

and never be afraid of being alone...not when you know your friends are there to keep you happy!

glossary

i just thought that the photos might need a little explaining:
- the first one's my parents pumpkin, gross out eh?
- this is kheoni; aka medusa for the evening.
- piglet, i mean harley
- melissa in frank's afro...doesn't she look like foxy brown??
- harley (2)
- frank in melissa's wig (tee hee)
- melissa and me (with my scary eyes with a smoky backround...)
- this was on my parents street; they had this giant blow-up RIP sign on their lawn, it was crazy!!
- melissa and me (2)
- my mom dressed (appropriately) as a hippy with harley the pig and jet the bumble bee
- a (obviously done with a stencil) witch pumpkin that i loved.
- mom with dogs (2)
- save the best for last; this is MY pumpkin. my FIRST pumpkin attempt ever...not bad, eh?

and a few more...

pour some sugar on me

some halloween photos of me and me family:

happy hallowe'en

well it seems like it's been a long time coming, but it's finally here!!!!!!!! hope everyone's weekend was spook-tacular, and that tonight lives up to all your fright-pectations!!

be sure to watch for all the wee ghosts and goblins, light up those pumpkins, and be sure to deliver at least one good scare!

after all, it only comes once a year!

trick or treat boils and ghouls!

tales from the crypt

anyone else a fan of the old tales from the crypt show?? back in the day (approximately circa 1989 is when the first episode debuted) 'tales' was quite the fright-fest!!

hosted by the infamous 'cryptkeeper', it was an hbo show (obviously) which told a few scary stories over a half hour period. originally starting out as a comic book of the macabre, it evolved to the small screen (and eventually to the big screen) and held quite a few celebrity guests. whoopi goldberg made an appearance, tom hanks, kyle mclachlan from sex and the city, among many others!

it was a very tongue-in-cheek show, never taking itself too seriously, but being scary enough to send a chill of excitement up any horror fan's spine!! it was deliciously creepy, i guess you could say, with the cryptkeepers death pun's and eerie story lines.

it lasted for (correct me if i'm wrong) 4 seasons, each episode delightfully entertaining. it used to be on every night of the week at like midnight on global, and i'm pretty sure i've seen every episode!!

it's big screen attempts weren't the best; demon knight, bordello of blood among others. they were a little cheesy, but all in good fun!

that was the thing about 'tales', it was always good for a scare, or at the very least a laugh!!

i urge you to check out old episodes.


you're in for a treat!!

halloween campus murder

i thought a scary story would be in order for today's entry, being that it's exactly 5 days till halloween. this is one tale that always brings a chill down my spine this time of year, check it out:

As this urban legend unfolds, a prominent psychic on a TV talk show predicts that a mass murder on a college campus will take place on Halloween. While this story isn't true, when it emerges every few years -- it sends many college students flocking home for Halloween.

The original psychic in this story was Jeanne Dixon. Now the legend usually involves a "well-known" or "famous psychic." The talk show I've heard it pertaining to most was the one hosted by Geraldo Rivera. Other talk show hosts include Oprah, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Montel Williams, and Phil Donohue (in the legend's older days.) When the legend revives itself, it refers to modern talk shows, so more hosts will undoubtedly be added to the list.

After much thought, the psychic refers to the campus in clues -- then reveals the actual college campus she believes the murders will take place. Other details are given, such as the murderer (an enraged student, teacher, or escapee from the local insane asylum.)

The murder weapon is always an object that will inflict much damage, such as a butcher knife or an axe. This always causes more panic and reminds one of a scary Halloween movie taking place in real life.

The number of college students being killed is anywhere from 10-18 and sometimes states it will only be female students killed by an ax wielding maniac in a Little Bo Peep costume. Later versions of this tale have the murderer wearing a scream mask. This gets your imagination going, doesn't it?

More stories then circulate to frighten non-believers of the original urban legend. They tell of campus parties or dorms where students defied the psychic's advice and were then butchered in the wee hours of the night. They often giving details of a large Halloween frat party on campus where the college students acted like, well, college students.

When this hoax gets going again, there will likely be more students and parents frightened by the new "modernized" details, which seem to add credibility to a classic Halloween urban legend.


hope you enjoyed boys and ghouls!

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check out my s-c-a-r-y recipe i found for "bird feet". tee hee, and if you have time check out scary.com...it's for kids, but it'll get you in the mood!

Dirty Bitty Birdy Feet

Utensils
1 Sharp knife
1 Large spoon
1 Large plate
1 Box of toothpicks


Ingredients
1 Individual serving of chocolate/vanilla pudding (4 oz.)
1 Package of yellow vanilla wafer cookies shaped like flowers
1 Package of candy corn
1 Tube of colored icing
Strawberry glaze (if bloody)



Directions

Spread pudding on plate, making a path shape
Cut the large yellow end off the candy corn
Use icing to attach pointed ends to the backside of the cookie (make them look like claws)
Place cookies down the pudding path, staggering them to look like footprints
With a toothpick put a few dabs of pudding on the feet to look like dirt
(OR with a toothpick, drizzle a few drops of strawberry glaze on the feet to look like blood)


Put a foot in your mouth and enjoy!

angelic

so these are the contacts that i've ordered for my halloween costume!! i'm totally psyched about them. and while halloween is costing me an arm and a leg (between my costume and the puppy's; harley's going as a pig, and jet's going to be a bumble bee) it's always worth it!!

why just look at my recent blog entries! if dedicating a whole months worth of entries to october 31st doesn't indicate how much i'm in love with halloween...then i don't know what would?!?

last year i had purchased the "white-out" contacts, for my vampire costume. they fuckin' rocked! basically they block out any color in your eye, only exposing the pupil. the rest is totally white. i couldn't even look some people in the eye, cause they were too frightened.

so this year, still on the creepy contact lens kick, i saw these "angelic" ones and totally fell in love with them! apparently they're going to make them almost glow a fluorescent blue-like color...like an angel's!

now i don't want to ruin the surprise, but i'm thinking of dressing completely in white. white pants, white shirt, white tie, white wings, and then have the blue contacts just punch you right in the face!!

i can't wait. dressing up is half the fun on halloween. it's the one night of the year where you can act completely and totally retarded, and look as creepy and as kooky as you want...and nobody can say anything about it! it's even encouraged to be freaky!

i think we all go through that stage when dressing up isn't "cool" anymore, but as we get older, and when liquor gets involved, costumes on halloween turn into a whole new level of fun! we begin to explore the possibilities and indulge them. you can dress up as your deepest darkest fantasy, or you could be something completely opposite from who you are...the options are endless! even the most tabboo of costumes are accepted; i once saw a guy at a rave go as someone's sex slave...i'm talking g-string, hand cuffs, dog collar (complete with chain) around his neck, bare feet (at the electropolis-yuck!) black eye make-up and lipstick writing all over his body!!

so if that guy can get away with it, what are you waiting for?

use your imagination...

the original scream queen

before neve campbell, before jennifer love hewitt and before buffy, i mean sarah michelle... there was an original scream queen...and that lady was jamie lee!

she was the one! the only! the best! all beginning with the original "halloween", she was laurie strode...the sister of michael myers, who one halloween night crawled into his older sister's room and murdered her in cold blood with his mother's sharpest carving knife.

16 years later he's come back to haddonfield, with only one thing on his mind...

after halloween, she continued on in halloween 2 (which was probably one of the best sequels to ever be a part of the horror genre, which took place the same night as the first one). but then she dissappeared from her crazed masked brother, until H20.

between roles she was still a huge part of the genre playing in such fright flicks as "terror train", "the fog" and "prom night". but it's her reaccuring part in the halloween movies that truly sent a chill up my spine.

in halloween: H20 (20 years later) she returns to her role as the terrorized baby-sitter, now fully grown of course and the head mistress of a very posh and secluded private school in northern california.

but michael tracks her down and continues his reign of terror. does she get away? does she survive? does she put her brother to rest???

unfortunately they make us wait till halloween:resurrection (shitty, shitty, shitty), for laurie strode to make a final appearance...this time she's in an insane asylum, apparently driven crazy from all those years of running from a knife-wielding maniac. and i won't ruin it for you, but let's just say the star of the movie is busta rhymes...and tyra-big boobs-banks makes an appearance!

so this halloween, while perusing the aisles of your local video depository, and you come across the festive horror section, pick up one of miss curtis' fright films...her scream is guaranteed to top even the best pipes in the bizz...

♪enjoy♪

jack o' lantern

my family and i always took great care in carving our pumpkins while i was growing up. we even had a signature look to them; which usually included big black marbles as eyeballs, and pumpkin innerds doubling as brains or human remains leaking from the mouth!! (gross out!!)

ever wonder where the idea of carving jack o' lanterns came from? well here's a little fable to explain the custom: This is based on an old Irish legend about the drunk, Jack. One day he was out in the woods and tricked Satan into a tree to throw down some fruit. Once Satan had helped him he carved a cross into the tree and trapped him there. He then struck a deal that Satan would leave his soul alone when he died. This backfired when he died since heaven would not take him either. When he kept bothering the Devil to let him in the Devil gave him a burning ember instead. He carried the ember in a hollowed out turnip (sometimes described as rotton) to light his way as he wandered through eternal darkness on the earth. Eventually this was replaced with the pumpkin in America and became the modern Jack-o-Lantern.

interesting...

the lanterns originally carved out of turnips, potatoes or beats, represented the souls of departed loved ones, and were placed in window sills and on door steps to welcome home the deceased on all hallow's eve. they also served as protection against malevolent spirits or goblins freed from the dead.

it has been an essential part of halloween celebrations since the victorian days, and is a universal symbol of halloween.

so think of this story as you gut your vegetable plant this halloween!

happy carving!

el dia de los muertos

or day of the dead, if you will, is basically the mexican version of halloween. (in layman's terms). the celebration traditionally starts at midnight the night of Oct. 31, and the festivities are abundant in images related to death.

the customs have different origins, and their attitudes toward death are different: In the typical Halloween festivities, death is something to be feared. But in el día de los muertos, death — or at least the memories of those who have died — is something to be celebrated.

it's one of the biggest celebrations in mexico, and it's even becoming more popular in the states. Specifics of the celebration vary, but one of the most common customs is the making of elaborate altars to welcome departed spirits home. Vigils are held, and families often go to cemeteries to fix up the graves of their dearly departed relatives. Festivities also frequently include traditional foods such as pan de muerto (bread of the dead) which can conceal a miniature skeleton, skull-shaped candies and sweets, and paper mache skeletons and other ghouly figures.

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this is an example of the elaborate style altars that are built to honor the return of the dearly departed. at the top of the article, is the candle light vigil at night.

hocus pocus

now i hope this movie is familiar to those of you halloween-movie fans, because it's an absolute must for this time of year. and for those of you who've never heard of the wondrous movie that is disney's "hocus pocus", STOP READING this right now, and rush out to your nearest 'cockbuster' and rent it!!!! then come back, and finish reading my entry. you won't be disappointed!

"hocus pocus" (in my house atleast) is probably the original halloween movie of choice. dating back to 1993, it's a tad bit outdated (being one of sarah jessica's earlier roles before satc) but still very much enjoyable. set in salem, it tells the tale of the sanderson sisters, executed over 300 years ago for practicing witchcraft; more specifically for 'sucking the lives out of little children', they are brought back to life on all hallow's eve when a virgin lights the black flame candle thusly activating the curse the witches put into play before they died.

brought back only for the one night, it's a race against time as they try to capture the lifeforce of as many children as possible in an attempt to stay alive forever, all before the sun comes up.

bette midler, sjp and kathy najimi are all hysterical in the three main roles of the sisters, and a very young thora birch (better known as kevin spacey's titty-flashing daughter in american beauty, or as the dark main character of ghost world) plays the heroine.

it's pg fun, but highly enjoyable as the witches battle against the 20th century in an attempt to secure their evil in salem forever!

how's that for a sales pitch?

i'm sure we all have that one movie that just screams 'halloween' to us. and to me, it's hocus pocus. i watch it religiously around this time of year, and it always gets me in the mood.

honestly it's worth your while just to check out sarah jessica parker as the dumb and ditzy blonde witch who's the slutty of the three.


trick or treat

all hallow's eve

well it's that time of year again, kiddies! what time of year would that be, you ask? well just the most wonderful time of the year!!

OCTOBER!!

and what holiday comes on the last day of this month??? that's right...HALLOWEEN!! halloween has always been my absolute favorite day of the year. hands down! so being that we're into october now, i thought i'd dedicate every blog entry for this month to everyone's favorite nocturnal october celebration!

shall we begin with a little bit of history? Behind the name... Halloween, or the Hallow E'en as they call it in Ireland , means All Hallows Eve, or the night before the 'All Hallows', or 'All Saints', or 'All Souls' Day, observed on November 1.

The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.

To commemorate the event, Druids built huge sacred bonfires, where the people gathered to burn crops and animals as sacrifices to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes, typically consisting of animal heads and skins, and attempted to tell each other's fortunes. When the celebration was over, they re-lit their hearth fires, which they had extinguished earlier that evening, from the sacred bonfire to help protect them during the coming winter.

well, i hope i didn't bore you with that lil' history lesson. but a true halloween fan probably found that at least a tad bit interesting. hopefully...

angel

well this is her, my newest tattoo. isn't she beautiful? i'm going to take a digital photo of my whole back soon and post it, so you get the whole effect.

the only differences are she's got a little bit of blue in her halo, to match the rest on my back, and her face is completely colored in.

she's innocent, sexual, mysterious, and angelic. like me!! just kidding! she's in the center of my back along my spine inbetween the other two, and besides being probably the most painful of the 7 i have, she's also the most lovely. and perhaps my favorite.

more to come later!