Hi, guys. How are you feeling? What are you doing? What's the haps?
Me, I'm feeling very emotional. I'm on call for outreach through my section of Mama Dragons today, and I had a call that had me really deep in my feels. Right now, I don't have the ability to speak. Much. Happens sometimes.
So it's almost Halloween! I've got the candy, let's bring on some kids! But first, let's get into something spooky. If you're joining us this weekend, please link up here!
Let's go!
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Saturday 9: Spooky Scary Skeletons (1996)
Unfamiliar with this week's featured song? Hear it here.
1) In this song, Andrew Gold sings that these skeletons send shivers down his spine. Do you often involuntarily shudder or shiver?
Oui. But I'm cold often.
2) While they appear frightening, these skeletons are harmless and only want to socialize with us mortals. Can you think of something -- or someone -- that intimidated you at first but that you were more comfortable with as you became more familiar?
That pretty much describes my entire life!
DVDs? No... I don't think so. I think we just wait for this or that TV special.
4) You may not realize it, but you likely already know one of Andrew Gold's songs. He wrote "Thank You for Being a Friend," the theme to TV's "Golden Girls". Blanche, Dorothy, Rose or Sophia: Which is your favorite?
That's a hard one. I love(d) that show, and I love(d) all four of them. Probably in this order: Sophia Petrello, Rose, Dorothy, and Blanche. "Picture it: Sicily, 1922..." 😂
These questions will help us get into the Halloween spirit ....
5) Introduced in the 1880s, candy corn was originally called Chicken Feed. It was developed by a candy manufacturer who gave it the orange/white color and special name to differentiate it from jelly beans. Do you like candy corn (a) all year around or (b) at Halloween only or (c) never?
(c) NEVER!!!
6) What candy will trick-or-treaters get when they show up at your front door?
Let's see, I think we have some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, some Almond Joy, Kit-Kats, and I believe Payday, which we've never done before. Hopefully it's enough.
7) Halloween was a 1978 movie by John Carpenter about Michael Myers, who kills while wearing a ghostly mask. In the original movie, the mask used was a $2 Captain Kirk mask, painted white. Both Halloween and Star Trek are successful franchises of more than a dozen movies. Have you seen more of Michael Myers or Captain Kirk?
I haven't seen any Star Trek movies, and I've seen just one Michael Myers movie: Halloween H20, with a good friend years ago. I am not a horror movie buff, so he practically had to drag me kicking and screaming, or else the score would've been a tight 0:0 here.
8) In 2022, a survey of California schoolchildren revealed that Buzz Lightyear was the top pick of Halloween costume. When you were little, did you prefer to dress up for Halloween as a hero, like Buzz, or a scary monster?
I was usually something silly, like a clown or a ghost, or a robot once.
9) Some long-time White House employees claim they have seen Abraham Lincoln's ghost wandering the halls of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Have you ever seen a ghost?
No, I have not. Have any of YOU? I'll believe it when I see it.
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And now it is after midnight, meaning it's Saturday, so I'm going to post this up and then get back into my Japanese and Spanish lessons on Duolingo.
Take care!
Fin.
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