Incomplete Comic

I was going to make a funny Halloween themed comic and post it, but I decided not to. It was kinda mean. And it didn't flow through time very well. It started out as a 8 panel and then into a 6 panel. Even though I completed most of it 2 of the panels were unfinished. Maybe I'll come up with a different story to tell. I have quite a few Halloween stories.

For now just think of it as a "lost" comic.

I've only posted 2 comics so far anyway. Maybe when I have more time I'll make some more.

Pumpkin Kutter

I have some screen caps from the old pumpkin kutter commercial. Which is also circa 1988. I begged my parents to buy me one. That thing didn't work. A kitchen knife cut better than that thing. Even if it was for children to use. As the commercial says: "It's great for kids' because it doesn't have any sharp edges." And it rusted few years later. Here is a link to an older version of the commercial. It appears to be from the early to mid 80s. I don't recall seeing it on tv back in the day. Last year I posted screen caps from the Pumpkin Light commercial.

The Price is Right had a funny 1970s theme episode. Drew had a "porn stache" and he was wearing platform shoes. Was that a nod at the show being brought back in the 1970s? At least they used some old music ques. All the audiences' and I guess cast members' costumes were provided by Party City. It would have been funny if Drew had worn one of those old 70s style suits Bob wore with the wide lapels. (which was the style at the time) At least there was not a tank top incident. I wonder what an 80s themed show would look like? I would hope the models wouldn't wear like tutus or something like that. It would be really funny if they wore pantsuits with really big shoulder pads.

I didn't do much this year and I didn't get to put my 90s girl costume to good use. Oh well.

Candy Pants

I saw a segment on the news about saving money for Halloween. Most of the stuff they said is the same stuff I say like buy only accessories to make a costume with regular clothes like buying devil accessories to go with red clothes. To buy Halloween things at the dollar store. One of the things they said was really stupid. They said to buy you candy on Halloween day, and to get any kind. According to them the kids don’t care about the candy. Huh?! When did kids not care about candy on Halloween? Kids always complain about what they get. Especially if the candy is not name brand. I hated getting cheap candy. Like those strawberry candies or Tomy candy. They said it didn’t matter if you didn’t even like the candy you bought. I might buy candy I don’t like if I knew somebody else I knew liked it. I don’t like Butterfingers, but I would buy a bag of them and give them to my dad. So if it was leftover I could give it to him. I want good leftover candy I would eat.

I wasn’t that picky as a kid about what I got. I didn’t care if I got things that weren’t candy like chips, pretzels, toys or pencils. I don’t like that ginger candy that comes in the red packaging. I’d get that a lot when I lived in a Chinese neighborhood. I remember one year my cousins Trick or Treated in my neighborhood and also complained about getting the ginger candy.

I remember when I was in 6th grade I wanted to pawn off my “bad” candy aka the candy I didn’t want. Two girls didn’t want the candy then they ganged up on me and poured the candy down my pants *shakes fist at them* They did it by the classroom door; the teacher came to the class and complained that there was a bunch of discarded candy by the door.

I was thinking about what happened to Dan in Gossip Girl by upsetting a lot of the people he knows by basing characters off them. I hope that doesn’t happen to me.

The Dusty Video Box Presents: The Overmaster Wars Playlist!

It's Halloween time once again at Dusty Video Box, and I'm eagerly counting down to the day of Samhain, the day when the dead eagerly walk the Earth, and ghost, goblins, superheroes, and other assorted fantasy denizens surge forth, on a quest for candy. So for the season, I'm having Halloween-themed posts. And what better post to start with than Overmaster Wars? After all, Overmaster was inspired by the big bad monsters of the 1970s and 1980s...the Freddy Krugers, the Jason Vorhees, the Chuckys and the Puppet Masters.

So, for Halloween, I thought it would be awesome if I put a soundtrack of sorts together, thanks to the spectacular posters who upload wonderful tracks on Youtube. If it was not for their hard work and generosity, I would not be able to share these inspirational tunes with you.

1. "The Synturion Rises" (Uploaded By Poohsraresoundtracks)

2. "Stalking Supergirl"(Uploaded By Terrorificman666)

3. "Chloroform Hunt"(Uploaded By Daishuryou)

4. "Overmaster's Back"(Uploaded By RobbLowwOne)

5. "Knockout Nightmare"(Uploaded By Terrorificman666)

6. "Thunderbolt Woman Theme"(Uploaded By RapSince99Sucx)

7. "Synturion Assault"(Uploaded By Daishuryou)

8. "Overmaster Theme"(Uploaded By PureZezima)

9. "Thunderbolt Girl's Down"(Uploaded By Soundtrackstation1)

10. "Synturions Rise Again"(Uploaded By nachox508)

Poodle Dog Costume

Poodle Dog Costume includes dress with faux fur collar and attached petticoat, belt, neck tie. The skirt has a poodle dog appliqué. This 50’s Costume is available in sizes Small (4-6).

Rental Charges
Costume - $10 per week
Deposit of $10 is required which will be refunded upon return of costume in good, no stain condition.

Sale
Costume - $25

Do email info@giftafavour.com.sg or contact 9238-5202 to place reservation/order.

Butterfly Fairy Child Costume

This Halloween, little diminutive supernatural creatures will enchant the land. Their whimsical actions are so awesome and you will truly be fascinated by their sweet smiles. Meet the fairies in the form of your baby daughters by dressing them in Kids Fairy Costumes for trick-or-treating.
 
This Butterfly Fairy costume includes a blue and green sleeveless dress with a layered puffy skirt and shiny ribbon accents with a lime green middle and a blue layered sides. Matching arm bands are also included to complete the ensemble. 3-piece set.
 
Available in Child One-Size. Approximate measurements: Chest 18- 24", Waist 19-24.5".

Rental Charges
Costume - $20 per week
Butterfly Wing - $6 per week
Butterfly Headband - $4 per week

Sale
Costume - $30
Butterfly Wing -$14
Butterfly Headband - $10

Snow Queen Child Costume

For every little girl that loves frosty, fluffy white snow!
She's the queen of the cold but has a warm heart! The Snow Queen child costume includes a white and blue shiny dress with white sleeves and a blue skirt with a shiny clear overlay. Hand wash, dry flat. Imported. Polyester.

Does not include crown, makeup, scepter, bag, tights or shoes.

Available in Small Size for 5-7 years old.
Rental Charges - $20 per week
Deposit of $30 is required which will be refunded upon return of costume in good, no stain condition.
 

Sale - $48

Snowflake Fairy Costume - Christmas Costumes

The snow fairy is here! Dressed in white dress of sparkling effects, plus a wand and a crown, your daughter will be really a favorite along the neighborhood.

This Snowflake Fairy costume includes a gorgeous white dress with a layered tulle petal skirt and soft white marabou trim.

Does not include tiara, wand, tights, makeup or shoes.

Available in Small Size for 5-7 years old.

Rental Charges - $15 per week
Deposit of $20 is required which will be refunded upon return of costume in good, no stain condition.

Sale - $25

Hello "Sexy" Kitty!

I think my slutty Hello Kitty costume idea was used. It was mentioned in this blog. (please notify me if the pictures are not to be used. In that other blog)

This "Happy Kitty" costume is pretty cheap. It's only the dress, and I think the leg warmers. It doesn't even include the hat! It's sold separately! I'd buy the hat and the bag by itself. They are cute. That mannequin kinda creeps me out.

Disclaimer: The pictures I used on this entry are not watermarked and I forgot where I got them. The one with all the Hello Kitty costumes I got from a newspaper.

Phone in a Costume

My phone is broken again! It keeps telling me I need to buy more time, but I don't have to until October. I had to call 3 different times, and argue with 3 different people telling me the same thing. Just because your computer says my phone is working doesn't mean it is!

I bought some red skirts at the dollar store for a costume. They fit little kids, but I can alter them. I might need more though to accommodate my girth.

I stained my hand by accidentally touching one of those balls that have fake blood inside them. The ones they usually sell around Halloween. Whatever they use for fake blood stains your hands.

When I called the bakery to ask about the specifics of the position. The bakery told me they filled the position. There is no need to go. Now I can stay home and watch The Office.

I was disappointed that there wasn't much of a tribute the the 40th season of The Price is Right. There were only 2 old clips with Bob. One from the first episode he hosted and the debut of Pinko. But no footage of the disco ball.

I just hope Garbage is not covering "Poker Face" "Love You Like a Love Song" "Baby"

I dismantled an old dress. A really old dress from when I was a kid. It yellowed, but I think I can do something with it. ;)

You pondering what I'm pondering?

I wore my Pinky and the Brain. It was strange since I got 2 compliments on the shirt. I really liked it, but I thought it was childish. It was funny since one of the people who complimented me on the shirt asked why they stopped making the cartoon. I really have no idea. :/

I'm still going to embrace "adult clothes". I need to dress well to get a job and such. I think I'll keep my "bad hair" for now.

I was thinking I could incorporate the shirt into a Pinky costume. I saw a Pinky and the Brain costume somebody made, and in my opinion it wasn't that good. I still haven't decided on a costume yet. I still have about 6-7 months left. I'd need to think about how I'd go about making it. I was also thinking about dressing as something or someone who is red or wears red. I was thinking: Minnie Mouse (red dress), Harley Quinn, Musa from the Winx Club (casual outfit season 1), devil, strawberry, Strawberry Shortcake (either 80s or 1991 version), cherries, Wicked Witch of the East, and Something Glee related.

I threw out these characters; Ringo from Tokyo Mew Mew, Anemone, Sailor Mars, Kaitlyn/Poppu from Magical Doremi/Ojamajo Doremi, Lisa Simpson, Wordgirl, Red Butler from Rainbow Brite, red riding hood.

Doomed Humans!

It's not good.

It's official Watson beat the humans! We are going to be enslaved! To be honest I didn't really have a lot of faith in the humans. Watson was programmed with a bunch of information and old Jeopardy questions. The Wikipedia was even programmed into him. I wonder what would happen if Watson used a vandalized page for reference? And there was so little on the subject that he had to use it and then got the question wrong.

Watson did inspire me to make a Halloween costume. I put that down in my Halloween relevant idea book. I'm just trying to think about how I would build it. I have a feeling there are going to be a lot of Watsons this year for Halloween and people dressed up as the Lady Gaga egg unless she wears a more outrageous outfit later in the year. I guess there could be the obvious variation "sexy Watson"

Punxsutawney!

Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early spring.

But he inspired me to make a Halloween costume. I was thinking about this for a while. I think it's cute/creative when people dress as something from another holiday on Halloween like Santa or conversation hearts. I would like to dress up as Punxsutawney Phil; the groundhog. I have not committed to anything yet. It's only February and Phil is just an idea.

There is a "Punxsutawney Pete" fursuit/mascot costume for sale.

New Year; New Channel & a dog Wearing Pants

I sort of made a resolution. The thing I want to resolve just happened to happen around this time. Pure coincidence.

Too bad UTB 18.2 isn’t showing asadora dramas anymore. I couldn’t really get into Hitomi. I really wanted to watch Tsubasa and Welkame.

I was looking for some maneki neko cell phone charms online. They seem overpriced. Maybe I’ll go look at the mall. I don’t want to sound racist here, but at a store that sells Asian things.

Here is a funny picture I took of my pikachu with a frame that came in the phone. Pikachu, let's beer!

I’m planning a Halloween costume even though the year is young. I was thinking Superdome, but how would I build that? When it is Halloween 2011 it will already be next year’s football season. Which might be locked out.

I’m really only worried about ending up on a bad costume website. That would be so horrible.

I don’t know why, but this dog costume is bothering me. Why is it wearing pants?

Remember when everybody was excited for 1-1-01?

The parade was bothering me because the commentators kept mispronouncing the word "nori"

Busytown Mysteries is on 3 OTA stations now in LA, KCBS (part of the Saturday Morning Cookie Jar Block), This-TV(part of their This is for Kids e/i block), and on KCET.

Wubblous World isn't so bad even if I was half asleep watching it. Anne of Green Gables is the old series KCET use to show when they were a PBS station from about 10-8 years ago. I wish they would show Jakers the Adventures of Piggley Winks, or some kidmango shows, Bookmice, or Return to the Magic Library.

Halloween card

Hi and thanks for visiting my Blog :-)

I thought I would make a Halloween card just for something different after I saw the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple Challenge CAS89 of a Sketch inspired by kstamper's card here which I loved - so this is my take on the Sketch.

I have had this old spider and web stamp for years and years and forgot I had the stamps until today when I was looking for some inspiration among my stamps for a Halloween card. I must admit: I hate spiders. I am the sort of person who would jump out of a moving car to get away from one, or abandon my car in the middle of the freeway. One of my recurring nightmares is hundreds of spiders dropping down from a ceiling on top of me - it seems so real that I usually jump out of bed in my sleep - which then scares poor DH.....anyway, enough waffle and onto the card.......

The black embossed background was made with a newly released Sizzix Textured Impression embossing folder called "Winter Set #3" (comes as a set of 2 folders). The spider and web were stamped with black pigment ink and heat-embossed with clear embossing powder which makes them stand out alot more than just using dye ink. Then I inked all the edges with the same pigment ink and added embossing powder to that too. Can you see that little spider lurking at the RHS side ready to jump out at you (insert scream here!)? Thought I would do that just for a bit of fun! I stamped him on a scrap of black cardstock, heat embossed him, then cut him out and glued him under the terracotta panel. I coloured the eyes with Cadmium Yellow Acrylic paint to make them look really bright - like they are looking right at you.

The EEK sentiment was done with an alphabet foam-mounted stamp set I bought from KMart years ago - don't know if it's still available. I don't have any Halloween sentiments, so came up with this instead - I thought I would stamp the letters at any angle for a bit of interest - wish I had had an exclamation mark to add to it. These letters were also heat-embossed.

Challenges:

I am entering this card into 2 Challenges - both with Halloween themes: The first is Crazy 4 Challenges C4C60 and the 2nd is Dutch Dare Card Challenge DDCC #89 which also has the alternative colour theme of purple, black, orange and green if you didn't want to make a Halloween card).

Thanks for stopping by - it was lovely to have you come and visit :-)

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: All Night Media Spider 612A and Corner Web 407B (both c1994 and most likely retired), Alphabet foam stamp set - name unknown (K-Mart)

Ink: Versacolor black pigment

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Sizzix Textured Impressions Winter Set #3, cadmium yellow JoSonya acrylic paint, clear embossing powder, Cardstock: Colormates Deep Terracotta and Black

Halloween Memoirs

I was inspired by my memoir class to write a book of Halloween memoirs. I turned in a Halloween story for class. The only reason I did was because it was the only story I had finished at the time. The due date crept up on me. I wrote about Halloween 1994. I didn't want to write too many Halloween stories and bore everybody by writing about the same topic. I didn't want to be known as the person who wrote all those Halloween stories or something like that. This was a concern of mine during that semester.

Conanchu

Here are some costume ideas I have for next Halloween:

Beef Jerky (not a bag, but an actual piece)

A McRib sandwich (perhaps I can use upholstery foam)

Lydia from the Beetlejuice cartoon

Tickled Pink from Rainbow Brite (80s)

Some kind of box costume

Shirley from the "Bleed Like Me" video (I'd need to find a good dress though) I can always pass it off as a nurse costume for people who don't know.



This year I wanted to have some kind of meat themed costume, but I shied away from it after Lady Gaga wore that meat dress. I didn't want people to think I was copying her or something.



After all these years I've never dressed as an object for Halloween like a cell phone, or grandfather clock. I also have not dressed as food; ever. I have only been characters, celebrities careers, or monsters.



I think I'll add having a really elaborate homemade Halloween costume to my bucket list.



Even though I didn't dress as Rachel Berry for Halloween I'm sort of glad. No disrespect to Lea Michele or the Gleeks. Then I would not have been able to scare people. I think people would not have gotten my costume. Although me singing is scary. I could have broke into spontaneous song singing "Run Joey Run".



I was also planning an oil spill costume. I was going to make it out of a brown unused trash bag. I was going to print out the BP logo and a picture of the oil cam. I was going to make my face look dirty like it was smeared with oil.



I decided to Conanize my pikachu. Doesn't it look funny? That is it's costume. I took the pic while I was just messing around in my room. I posed pikachu next to a dog. It sort of looks like Triumph. For me to poop on! I didn't submit it into the contest.

Can’t Read my Skull Face

I dressed as a grim reaper this year. At first I wanted a hip and relevant costume. I really wanted to dress as the oil spill, but I decided to be the grim reaper because I had never dressed as the grim reaper before. I recycled an old graduation gown. The best part was I got to wear a mask. I hadn't worn a mask for Halloween in years. I like the anonymity. I liked that the costume was recognizable. I've had way too many ambiguous costumes over the years. I was working on a scary voice, but it sounded a lot like Triumph the Insult Comic dog.



I was hoping to scare some people in Lady Gaga costumes. I came up with some lines for them specifically.



"Your meat dress looks delicious!" and "That is a delicious meat dress!" were reserved for meat related costumes.



"Can’t read my skull face" was a generic line for people in Lady Gaga costumes.



It was disappointing I thought I would see more people dressed as Lady Gaga I only saw 2 girls. I used the "Can't read my skull face" on one of them, but she didn't get it. :(



I had some other lines for some hip and relevant costumes, but nobody else came dressed as something hip and relevant.



Now I have about a whole year to come up with a Halloween costume. I haven't decided on anything yet, but I do have some ideas..



Here are some Pumpkin Light commercial screen caps circa 1988 to enjoy! I always wanted my parents to buy me one, but they never did. :( It was marketed by Joseph Enterprises the same company who makes Chia Pets.

Rejected Costume Ideas

Here are some more costume ideas I rejected this year. The ideas were either too time consuming, expensive, or just lame.
Sweet from Angel’s Friends (I didn‘t want to wear a tube top)
Kabale from Angel’s Friends (felt nobody would get it and think I was just dressed as a devil)
Gadget Hackwrench
Harley Quinn
Jolly a pixie from the Winx Club
Tickled Pink from Rainbow Brite (80s version)
Butterfree
Liz from Eat Pray Love (have a bandaged knee and have a sign that says “Donations for Wayan”)
Bong-Soon from Love Truly/Really Really Like You (thought the idea was kind of racist)
A candy house like the one from Hansel and Gretel
A 1990s person (I‘d wear my wide legged pants and a shirt. I’d have my dark roots which was the style at the time [I sound like Grandpa Simpson] and talk about 90s music and events incessantly)
A Pillow Pet (not sure how I would make that one)
The 1991 version of Strawberry Shortcake
Pearlie (I didn‘t have a long blond wig)
Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl (I was just going to wear a hair band with a bow on it)
D.W. from Arthur
A butterfly

Wuthering Halloween

If I see anybody in a meat dress real or fake I'm going to say their costume is "delicious".



My mom thinks I take Halloween too seriously. I like to take things into consideration. Cameras are everywhere! I don't want to sound paranoid. I just don't want to end up on the "horribly bad costume" website or something.



I've been working on getting into character for my costume. What good is it if you are not "in character" for your costume? I was thinking bout doing a voice for it, but I'm not sure. Remember fully commit to your costume even if it is a bad one.



I was thinking about Halloween 11 years ago that was the year I wore that ambiguous costume. That year Halloween happened to fall on a Sunday. I liked the costume so much I wore it to school on the Friday before Halloween. I didn’t go out on that Sunday because I had to finish reading Wuthering Heights for a book report for English class. I handed out candy while I was reading the book. I dressed up my stuffed pikachu and I put it by the door. I was hoping somebody would notice it. Some of my friends came to the door trick or treating they wanted me to come with them. I had to decline because I needed to finish reading the book. I regretted not going. Another kid from school noticed my dressed up pikachu. I think he was the only person. That was the year I gave extra candy to kids dressed as pikachu. That's when my "extra for pikachu" policy kicked in.



In the book report I wrote to the teacher that I missed Halloween to finish reading the book. I don't remember what grade I got on it, but it wasn't a bad grade like an "F" or "D".



When Halloween fell on a Sunday back in 2004. It was fun to watch the football games with all the fans dressed up. Except the Raider fans because it’s always Halloween for them. LOL! :P