Five Reasons to Sleep with the Lights On

1. The Headless Horseman

Ok, I was more afraid of him when I was out alone in the woods and trying to get home before dark, but he still reigns as my chief childhood boogieman.

2. Facehuggers

Gah. Little and quick is way scarier than big and menacing. And they attach to your face and lay EGGS down your throat. I used to have nightmares and wake up to find my cat laying on me.

3. The Troll from Cat's Eye.

Again with the crawling up and getting in your face. Between this guy and the facehugger was it any wonder I slept with the covers up over my mouth for years? I was glad to have my cat on my head after watching this one.

4. Kathy Bates in Misery.

I don't care. I had dreams of waking up and seeing her in the doorway.

5. The Nazi werewolves from American Werewolf in London.

I know! It was a dream. But they scared me!

caught on film

On second thought, I should've made them vampires instead of ghosts... sucker suckers as it were. But spook pops are fine.

Take one of those big gum-centered suckers, drape a tissue over them and fasten with a rubber band, little bit of marker work and Boo! A spook pop.



For the K4 Halloween party tomorrow.

both definitions of batty...

The K4s made Rorschach bats the other day. Some looked more bat-like than others, but both definitions of batty were on display.

no bone to pick with graveyards

I once dreamed I had a black dog named Gomez who followed me around like a shadow. Today it occurred to me that if I did have a black dog who would submit to such foolishness, I would love to paint him like a skeleton. How creepy/cool would it be to walk around Halloween night with what seemed to be a dog of bones tagging after. I think it would be something like this:


(subject quote is from Samuel Beckett)