Hello there Minions. Just catching up on some blogging while waiting to feed Sequel. So, a couple of weeks ago Victoria and I discussed things that are and are not scary as they related to a movie. In that discussion I pointed out that clowns were creepy and Victoria said that they were not. I then pointed out this scene from Poltergiest:
Hello there all you happy people. Scarydad is coming to you live this morning with all the news that’s fit to print and lots that probably shouldn’t be. I’ll let you decide which is which. I wanted to catch you up on all the happenings here in and around the castle and what to expect going into the holidays.
Hello there Minions, it’s time to give something away. Up for grabs is a Mezco Creepy Cuddler’s Clip-on Jason Voorhees doll and one of each color variant of Scarydad stickers, including the highly collectible and elusive blue one!!!
Enter this contest in three easy steps:
And that’s it!
The purpose of this contest is exposure so the goal is 15 new FB “Likes.” As soon as I reach 15 new page likes (not post likes), I will choose one of the entries in the comment section from random to win Jason and these totally awesome stickers. So share with your friends and encourage them to like and share too. And to sweeten the deal, If I get 25 new page page likes before the end of this weekend (Sunday, Nov 17), I’ll add something extra to the prize pack. But that won’t be revealed until the winner is.
So go forth and click mightily. Your Scarydad compels you.
This year we had heavy storms and a 100% chance of rain for Halloween. Thankfully the rain passed and everyone was able to enjoy Halloween the way they should. However, lots of stores ended up with extra stuff than they would have had the rains not come.
The day after Halloween, Walgreens sells all their leftover stuff for 50% off. Usually this is all it takes to get rid of most of it. This year, though, I ran into one that still had a full aisle of stuff at 75% off. Look at all the loot I acquired for right at $20!
They also had a lot of candy, but I ate most of it before I found my camera.
…sit down to write tonight. It seems as if autumn has finally arrived. It’s cool and grey and the perfect weather to place letters one in front of the other. The only problem has been the drugs. Over the past few days I’ve been affected by the pain medicine and I think I haven’t fully recovered from the anesthesia. So basically whenever I sit down to write something I cannot type. Then, if I manage to make the fingers behave, the words on the page have been the ramblings of a second-grader with ADD and spelling problems. Not my normal way of doing things.
So October is 5-days gone now. The Halloween decorations have all been taken down to make way for Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff. I’m really excited about the holidays this year. Less than three weeks until Spawn of Scarydad Part II The Sequel is released and I can’t wait.
Spawn of Scarydad loved Halloween, by the way. She dressed as Snow White and charmed all the neighbors out of their candy and goodies. Then she ran around the cul-de-sac about 15 times before passing out cold in her costume. I manned the candy bowl. It wasn’t too bad for having had major surgery earlier in the day. Given the circumstances, Halloween was actually pretty good.
So, I’m announcing something of a hiatus but not really. See, writing for the blog is something I really enjoy and something I look forward to doing each day. But at the same time, I’ve sort of built up this expectation of myself to stay disciplined and write stuff several times a week, even if I’ve got nothing going on. That is totally not a problem. Some of the more fun posts and projects have come from evenings where I sat down with no idea what I was going to write about. It’s not that, it’s that very soon, I will be dealing with a newborn and a 3-year-old and a recovering Bride. It’s not that I don’t want to write several times a week, it’s that I don’t know if I’ll realistically be able to.
But what I don’t want to do is announce a “hiatus” and intentionally not write for however long. I’d rather just keep it open-ended and do what I feel like. If I feel like writing every day and I am able to, then that’s what I’ll do. More likely, however, I think you can expect one or two posts per week or longer times between posts. I don’t know. We’ll see what happens. I just felt like warning you that posting frequency might get inconsistent and that’s why.
Well, that’s it for me for tonight.
Take care.
Good evening my precious and ever faithful minions! The hour is upon us. The day we’ve all been waiting for is almost here! Let’s have 3 cheers for the Great Pumpkin!!!
It is with very mixed emotions I approach the day. The lady called me a little while ago to go over the pre-surgery checklist. AAARRRGGGGHHH!!! Why did it have to be Halloween? Why?
On the bright side, I’ve always wanted to do one of those living prop scares where you sit really still and scare the kids when they come close to you. So we’ll see if I’m well enough by the evening to do something like that. Otherwise it’s just a painkiller evening watching scary movies on Netflix and eating stupid amounts of chocolate. Hell, why not? That actually sounds like a lot less work. I guess we’ll see how the day goes.
I have some orange paint drying and a few little things to show you guys when they’re done, so keep checking back this week and next. In the meantime just remember: You can never use too much fake blood. Just pour it on.
Hello my beloved Minions.
It seems as if every time I sit down to speak with you something else comes up. I have to say this year has been pretty busy so far. In addition, we’ve been getting a lot of rain lately which is good for the plants, not so good for decorating Castle Scarydad. But, we’ve had pumpkin this and pumpkin that, candy, and overall the season has been pretty good.
That is, until I discovered I have to have knee surgery and the only available date is, you guessed it, Halloween.
I’m pretty bummed about it. It sort of took all the wind out of my sails for adding decorations, knowing that I’ll be handicapped when it’s time to take them down. But I need to get the knee fixed and I certainly don’t want to do it with an infant in the house.
In other news, over the weekend I helped a buddy of mine build a pair of swords for his kid’s Legolas costume. Chris from Austin Hot Mods filmed the project and it will soon be posted on YouTube. As we move through and past the holidays, I plan to begin taking custom orders and commissions for things such as this. If you are interested, let me know and I’m sure I can make something for you.
I am also refinishing a guitar. It was old and beat up and I thought I could make it a lot scarier. This one is a work in progress but I’ll certainly share the results with you when I’m done.
Well, that’s about it for tonight. Sorry to leave you so soon but the internet keeps going in and out and making things difficult for me. We’ll talk soon. I promise.
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Good evening everyone. Over the weekend I attended the Scarecrow Festival in Chappell Hill, Texas. What is the Scarecrow Festival, you ask?
Chappell Hill is a tiny town northwest of Houston. The festival comprises the entire town. There’s all the typical festival trappings: Turkey Legs, Beer, Funnel Cakes, Live Music, Arts & Crafts, and Pony Rides. During the Scarecrow festival, residents decorate their houses for Halloween and there are Scarecrows all over the place. It’s a lot of fun and we try to go every year.
Here are a few pics I snapped between turkey legs and funnel cakes.
Good times indeed. (more…)
Hello there Minions!
Sorry for no post tonight. I got caught up writing this thing and forgot that I hadn’t written something for this thing!
However, I did write this other thing that’s up at Dumb White Husband right now and I wrote yet another thing that’s up over there too.
In fact, you should probably just spend lots of time over at DWH and see all they have going on. Ben just finished The Zomnibus, a book about dumb white husbands who fight zombies.
Well, that’s it for now. Back to the thing I was doing before.
