What happened to the old-school character actor?
As far as I can tell there are few of these remaining. But, then again, I am fairly disenchanted with movies and television of late...and music...and most creative avenues seem to have run a bit stale. I guess I was spoiled since I grew up in a fairly creative and artsy decade where things ran a bit dark but there was always a twist.
Anyway, since Halloween is nearing, I have been watching scads of old horror movies. Bela Lugosi in Dracula, Boris Karloff in the Mummy, (and Boris Karloff always brings back beloved memories of Dr. Seuss because he narrated the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, one of my very favorite cartoons) but my very favorite has always been Vincent Price...if not for his facial expressions, then for his distinctive voice.
So, here he is, talking and poking a bit of fun at himself in a Tim Burton short, which is also one of my very favorite things.
Vincent
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
End Of October Ramblings
Some freak is driving up and down I 96 shooting at random cars/ people. All 19 police reports agree that its a boring looking man driving a boring looking dark colored car. The police seem to think its a hand gun and are cautioning people against calling him a sniper because he's not using a rifle and no one has actually been shot...yet. Wow. Sorry, I guess the cops are technically correct, but...what would you else would you call a nut job with a gun who drives around shooting at people on the freeway?
Other than that...Jon talked to his boss about me maybe working at his factory and got a "I'll consider it." While not exactly welcoming...at least it wasn't a "hell, no" so I suppose I shall go through the application process and see what happens. I want to be done with my current employer before the horrible Christmas season begins.
Corporate is "threatening" to visit our store. This means loads of exhausting work and no one will probably even show up. Yay. Four of us were at the store til midnight cleaning last night. And today a crew double the usual crew spent all day cleaning. How...dishonest. The store never looks this good.
I am sooo tired. It's only Tuesday. I assume its PMS that's making me drag. Don't know. I'm not ill. Just waking up with tired muscles and going to bed with tired muscles. Sooooo tired. Getting enough sleep...just tired.
Getting ready for a Halloween party this weekend! Remains to be seen who will show up and who will not...but they will be missing the tastiest pudding shots known to mankind!
Other than that...Jon talked to his boss about me maybe working at his factory and got a "I'll consider it." While not exactly welcoming...at least it wasn't a "hell, no" so I suppose I shall go through the application process and see what happens. I want to be done with my current employer before the horrible Christmas season begins.
Corporate is "threatening" to visit our store. This means loads of exhausting work and no one will probably even show up. Yay. Four of us were at the store til midnight cleaning last night. And today a crew double the usual crew spent all day cleaning. How...dishonest. The store never looks this good.
I am sooo tired. It's only Tuesday. I assume its PMS that's making me drag. Don't know. I'm not ill. Just waking up with tired muscles and going to bed with tired muscles. Sooooo tired. Getting enough sleep...just tired.
Getting ready for a Halloween party this weekend! Remains to be seen who will show up and who will not...but they will be missing the tastiest pudding shots known to mankind!
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Can I get a Do-Over for Toady?
The trip to Ohio was a smashing success. Lots of fun and adventuring were had, and one baby was angered by being restrained in his car seat and shopping. He did however approve of biting multiple surfaces and seems to have a foot and shoe fetish.
Went back into work yesterday. Jason was so happy to see me he gave me a big hug. I was otherwise unimpressed. Loads of dog food "overstock" were waiting in the back room and the shelves could have been filled. The freight team are still bunging things where they please in top stock and things are just exactly as they were. Other than we shall be getting a new manager since ours was paid loads to transfer back to Howell. I hope whoever it is puts the Princess in her place. She certainly is jumpy and bitchy lately.
Of course our plumbing has taken another dump. Jon called the guy yesterday. He didn't make it. Then he said today at 11 am. Didn't show. Said, oh, two...will be closer to two thirty...I'm just getting quite frustrated since I haven't showered since the morning I left my mom's house and I can't do laundry or dishes and everything is in shambles. Really like to get this resolved once and for all. Probably should invest in a composting toilet and just re route all the waste water to some sort of grey water holding tank. Would be a hell of a lot simpler in the long run and no poo threatening to come up through the drain in the floor.
Oh and I have a headache. Yay. And Jon decided to go gallivanting off and leave me to wait on this guy. I really don't wanna. I'm gross and dirty and I really want a shower before I face anyone.
Went back into work yesterday. Jason was so happy to see me he gave me a big hug. I was otherwise unimpressed. Loads of dog food "overstock" were waiting in the back room and the shelves could have been filled. The freight team are still bunging things where they please in top stock and things are just exactly as they were. Other than we shall be getting a new manager since ours was paid loads to transfer back to Howell. I hope whoever it is puts the Princess in her place. She certainly is jumpy and bitchy lately.
Of course our plumbing has taken another dump. Jon called the guy yesterday. He didn't make it. Then he said today at 11 am. Didn't show. Said, oh, two...will be closer to two thirty...I'm just getting quite frustrated since I haven't showered since the morning I left my mom's house and I can't do laundry or dishes and everything is in shambles. Really like to get this resolved once and for all. Probably should invest in a composting toilet and just re route all the waste water to some sort of grey water holding tank. Would be a hell of a lot simpler in the long run and no poo threatening to come up through the drain in the floor.
Oh and I have a headache. Yay. And Jon decided to go gallivanting off and leave me to wait on this guy. I really don't wanna. I'm gross and dirty and I really want a shower before I face anyone.
Friday, October 5, 2012
The Leaves; They are A'Changing
Ahhh....vacation.
My house is pretty clean. Keeping up with dishes and chores in general is much easier when there isn't much on the itinerary except for loafing about and eating Bon-Bons. (Oh, yeah, I forgot, I've never eaten a Bon-Bon in my life. Really. I don't even know if its ice cream or just a chocolate candy and I only vaguely recall the old commercials from the 80s when I was in elementary school. But gross exaggeration gets the point across.)
I deep sixed the bunny room carpeting and am much loving the ease of using a simple broom and dust pan to clean up stray bedding, hay, hair and any random stray poo pellet that may be a result of zoomy time. I just need to finish the job which means, at this point, metal edging between the hall carpet and the no carpet (I used tape for now) and trim so the poos don't get into the walls too far. Oh, and lacquer because I found old, original tiles under the carpeting and they look cool and are in good shape but are probably asbestos. So some good old fashioned floor lacquer should seal in any possible particulates. I don't think there are any but its good to be safe.
The garbageman even managed to take away the two rolls of carpeting (yes, yes, I cut it in two for ease of handling and it still wasn't easy) because Redford decided they can now take two large items into the trash instead of charging $75 for one item. Seems the township was finding loads of abandoned couches, mattresses, carpeting and such lying around in alleyways and in streets or on public property because no one who lives here could afford to pay the outrageous sum just to throw some junk away. I know I personally sledged and saws-alled a couch and had Jon haul it off to the dumpster at the machine shop where he works just to be rid of it. Most people don't go to that much work.
Much book reading has happened. I usually don't have much time for that, either.
Have managed to nearly get my Halloween costume together. Mask and wings, check. Already own the clothes. The Goddess of Retribution shall walk. Oh yes...she has some scores to settle.
Have a game plan for the car insurance. Geico it is. Two payments of $273 sounds a hell of a lot better than three payments of $375....ah, Nationwide...I can no longer afford you. It's not like I'm insured to the hilt. I'm insured to the thinnest scrap of being legal. Which means if I get hurt or my car does....oh, well...$1,038 is a lot for two cars considering that...for six months. Dear Michigan, your legislation sucks. All your mandatory fees and etc, just mean that more uninsured drivers are hitting the roadways. Why? It's near impossible to afford car insurance in this state. Ohio is half price compared to Michigan. Ask me how I know.
For some reason, I have been absolutely starving, like stomach rumbling hungry nearly constantly during my vacation. It's weird. I don't get this hungry while I am working. Stress and hatred of my job, perhaps? Don't know. Anyway, three meals and a couple snacks! Wow! I don't think I have ever managed to eat this much. Since I've only been eating while feeling physically hungry I don't feel guilty. I, for most of my life, don't remember getting hungry. I'd just eat automatically because it was the time of day when people eat. And lots of times I'd feel sick when I ate; so I just wouldn't eat. Or, I'd even forget to eat because I wasn't hungry. This happens a lot when I am at work. I HATE eating then needing to do some serious work like tossing 6 tons of dog food. Makes me feel ill.
The leaves have changed a lot in a week. They are going to fall from the trees early this year. I assume due to the drought and the heat this past summer. Stressed trees.
Tomorrow comes the awful portion of the vacation. A funeral.
Then Monday comes the good bit: A girlie road trip to Ohio with Ruth (and James, but he doesn't really count because he doesn't have the hormones yet to be man and because Ruth is his food source). There will be much fun to be had. Also; my parents like babies.
My house is pretty clean. Keeping up with dishes and chores in general is much easier when there isn't much on the itinerary except for loafing about and eating Bon-Bons. (Oh, yeah, I forgot, I've never eaten a Bon-Bon in my life. Really. I don't even know if its ice cream or just a chocolate candy and I only vaguely recall the old commercials from the 80s when I was in elementary school. But gross exaggeration gets the point across.)
I deep sixed the bunny room carpeting and am much loving the ease of using a simple broom and dust pan to clean up stray bedding, hay, hair and any random stray poo pellet that may be a result of zoomy time. I just need to finish the job which means, at this point, metal edging between the hall carpet and the no carpet (I used tape for now) and trim so the poos don't get into the walls too far. Oh, and lacquer because I found old, original tiles under the carpeting and they look cool and are in good shape but are probably asbestos. So some good old fashioned floor lacquer should seal in any possible particulates. I don't think there are any but its good to be safe.
The garbageman even managed to take away the two rolls of carpeting (yes, yes, I cut it in two for ease of handling and it still wasn't easy) because Redford decided they can now take two large items into the trash instead of charging $75 for one item. Seems the township was finding loads of abandoned couches, mattresses, carpeting and such lying around in alleyways and in streets or on public property because no one who lives here could afford to pay the outrageous sum just to throw some junk away. I know I personally sledged and saws-alled a couch and had Jon haul it off to the dumpster at the machine shop where he works just to be rid of it. Most people don't go to that much work.
Much book reading has happened. I usually don't have much time for that, either.
Have managed to nearly get my Halloween costume together. Mask and wings, check. Already own the clothes. The Goddess of Retribution shall walk. Oh yes...she has some scores to settle.
Have a game plan for the car insurance. Geico it is. Two payments of $273 sounds a hell of a lot better than three payments of $375....ah, Nationwide...I can no longer afford you. It's not like I'm insured to the hilt. I'm insured to the thinnest scrap of being legal. Which means if I get hurt or my car does....oh, well...$1,038 is a lot for two cars considering that...for six months. Dear Michigan, your legislation sucks. All your mandatory fees and etc, just mean that more uninsured drivers are hitting the roadways. Why? It's near impossible to afford car insurance in this state. Ohio is half price compared to Michigan. Ask me how I know.
For some reason, I have been absolutely starving, like stomach rumbling hungry nearly constantly during my vacation. It's weird. I don't get this hungry while I am working. Stress and hatred of my job, perhaps? Don't know. Anyway, three meals and a couple snacks! Wow! I don't think I have ever managed to eat this much. Since I've only been eating while feeling physically hungry I don't feel guilty. I, for most of my life, don't remember getting hungry. I'd just eat automatically because it was the time of day when people eat. And lots of times I'd feel sick when I ate; so I just wouldn't eat. Or, I'd even forget to eat because I wasn't hungry. This happens a lot when I am at work. I HATE eating then needing to do some serious work like tossing 6 tons of dog food. Makes me feel ill.
The leaves have changed a lot in a week. They are going to fall from the trees early this year. I assume due to the drought and the heat this past summer. Stressed trees.
Tomorrow comes the awful portion of the vacation. A funeral.
Then Monday comes the good bit: A girlie road trip to Ohio with Ruth (and James, but he doesn't really count because he doesn't have the hormones yet to be man and because Ruth is his food source). There will be much fun to be had. Also; my parents like babies.
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