Thursday, September 11, 2003
Lava lamp is lit and lively, and Halloween is a comin'
You will no doubt be thrilled to learn I was able to find a new bulb for my lamp. It was a full $5 cheaper than the bulbs for my old lamp, so I'm a happy camper.
I also discovered they (The Heresay Experts for You!) make flood-style black lights. This is a significant discovery. Next month is Halloween, after all, and I must prepare.
Normally, I use to normal flood lights to illuminate my rather... uh, expansive Halloween display each year. But black lights will allow the glow-in-the-dark stuff (makeup, etc.) to show up, whereas the regular lights just kill the effect.
I have various small children to scare. It must be done properly.
Actually, the younger kids aren't the ones who refuse to come to the door. It's usually the older ones... around 12-13. Boys, mainly. Last year, a boy about that age wouldn't come to the door, so his father had to come up and knock and explain the situation. I went outside and walked past most of the decorations before the kid ran up, very fast, got his candy, and ran back down the driveway.
Maybe I won't use the scary sound effects this year.
But I'm still going to use the coffin, and the ghosts, and the wearwolf, and the talking skeleton, and the tombstones, and the cobwebs, and the lights, and the strobe lights, and the scary masks, and the hanging skeletons, and the pumpkins, and the candles, and the witches, and the spiders, and the bags o' bones, and bloodly hands, and the bloody meat cleaver, and the blood-filled goblets, and the gypsy fortune teller lady (with all due respect to gypsies and fortune tellers), and the cool decaying flesh makeup, and various other things I can't think of off hand.
Maybe I will use the scary sound effects, after all. With all the other stuff, the sound effects are really needed to create the propery atmosphere, don't ya think? Yep, me too.
Some photos of Halloweens past:
I also discovered they (The Heresay Experts for You!) make flood-style black lights. This is a significant discovery. Next month is Halloween, after all, and I must prepare.
Normally, I use to normal flood lights to illuminate my rather... uh, expansive Halloween display each year. But black lights will allow the glow-in-the-dark stuff (makeup, etc.) to show up, whereas the regular lights just kill the effect.
I have various small children to scare. It must be done properly.
Actually, the younger kids aren't the ones who refuse to come to the door. It's usually the older ones... around 12-13. Boys, mainly. Last year, a boy about that age wouldn't come to the door, so his father had to come up and knock and explain the situation. I went outside and walked past most of the decorations before the kid ran up, very fast, got his candy, and ran back down the driveway.
Maybe I won't use the scary sound effects this year.
But I'm still going to use the coffin, and the ghosts, and the wearwolf, and the talking skeleton, and the tombstones, and the cobwebs, and the lights, and the strobe lights, and the scary masks, and the hanging skeletons, and the pumpkins, and the candles, and the witches, and the spiders, and the bags o' bones, and bloodly hands, and the bloody meat cleaver, and the blood-filled goblets, and the gypsy fortune teller lady (with all due respect to gypsies and fortune tellers), and the cool decaying flesh makeup, and various other things I can't think of off hand.
Maybe I will use the scary sound effects, after all. With all the other stuff, the sound effects are really needed to create the propery atmosphere, don't ya think? Yep, me too.
Some photos of Halloweens past:
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