Macaroons anyone?

About 3/4 way finished decorating the venue for tomorrow night's party, but I forgot to take any photos. Snapped these at the last second. 

Lame...

But DJ Mokgohan has his decks all set up and raring to go. Sounds good 'n spooky!

 

Anyway, tomorrow should be a blast, whether we get a dozen or a hundred, it should be a howling good time. (And as we were leaving, two young girls called out my name. They were students of mine in Elementary School in Watari. Surely they can't be of drinking age now, can they? If I taught them in Grade 6, they'd be age 11-12 then. I left the school 3 years ago. I was at the school for 7 years. Depending on when they graduated, the math adds up. I hope!)  

Really impressed by these 4/6 ViruSweets that I scored at Gatcha. I really want the blue one though! This set all seems to be flavours of InfecTea. Click around on this link to their website. There's a Comic Strip, a list of characters, and more.

 

There's even a YouTube about an earlier set of different varieties of pudding. 

Oh, found another video!

 

These are the ones I got.

 Scone & Lemon Tea

 

 Macaron Framboise (Strawberry Macaroon?) & Macaron Pisutachio (Pistachio Macaroon?)

 

Delicious!

I saw a movie today in which the lead may have consumed some of the above. But he's invulnerable, so that's okay.

 

Warning to those who go see the movie in Japan, there is some foreign dialects that are only subtitled in Japanese, not English. I had no problem with the French, but had great difficulty with the Danish. (Hey! Danish! That goes along with the Tea and Macaroons.) 

All the leads were delightful, I can't choose a favourite. A tad slow at times, but well worth the 2 1/2 hour sit. NO spoilers, but if you've read the book, then you've seen the movie. It is only under a limited release but will be released on Netflix next week. I urge you to see it in the Theatre. It'll be worth it. Shout out to Bernie in the end credits and a Thanks to Michele Wrightson. Other thank yous as well, but they went by very quickly and he used first names only.  

 

I also noticed that Guy Davis was used as a Conceptual Artist. Check out his portfolio.

I need a big hulking Oni today. I guess this will do. Get your daily exorcise!

 

I grabbed a quick pumpkin flavoured pudding cake tonight. Hopefully it's not laden with a virus.

There's no candy to be found at Chocolate Halloween Candy but there are other tasty Tumblr tidbits there.

I have TWO parties tomorrow night, so hopefully I can wish everyone a Happy Halloween before I leave for them. I doubt whether I'll be in any condition to write about them immediately afterwards.

A Bucket List.

Just some odds and ends today. First, a few freebies I've accumulated over the past few weeks.

Hey surely, you didn't buy these kiwis merely because they came in a Halloween bucket?
Of course not, and please don't call me Shirley.

Hey Michael, you didn't buy 4 soft drinks just so you could get this bucket, did you?
Hmmm, perhaps it was a factor.

Hey Michael, you didn't buy four CC Lemons just so you could get this cute little bowl, did you?
Of course not, I just really needed a bowl and it was the only way to get it.

I like the werewolf best.

Hey Michael, you didn't buy a 6-pack of teas just so you could get a towel, did you?
NO, no, no, no.

Hey Michael, you didn't buy another 6-pack of teas just so you could get a towel, did you?
Quiet you!

I'm running dry of Eko Eko Azarak postcards, so if you don't mind watching a show with no subtitles and lots of incomprehensibility, try Hecate Part 1 and Part 2 (note: the first minute or so of part 1 is NSFW but is safe after that.)

Other than that, today's movie was Panic Flight. Oops, that's the Japanese title, this is the real title.



Wes Craven still has it with this low key tense thriller.

Just for fun and since I haven't done a pamphlet in a while, here is Assassination Classroom.

Here's a clip of the best fights, albeit from the anime, not the movie.



If you click the little F for FaceBook badge on this blog, that'll take you to my FaceBook page where you can watch the entire subtitled movie!

As for a fellow Cryptkeeper (also available if you click the Cryptkeeper badge on this blog), try The Horrors of Halloween.
That's it for today, more creepiness(?) tomorrow.

Kaibutsing Around.

I know it should be Kibitzing around but I needed the pun in the title. Several years ago, I won a couple of figures at UFO Catcher (click the link to see which two) and recently I purchased a set of Kaibutsu-Kun figures from 1992!

Kaibutsu-Kun

 

Dracula and Franken above and Ookami-Otoko below.

If you want to learn more about KK, I featured him Countdown to Halloween 2013, so be sure to click the Kaibutsu-Kun label at the bottom of this post.

Since I'm on a nostalgia kick, here is a picture of me from the ONI Museum from a few years back. Do I look a bit like Franken above?

Starting October 24-31, there'll be a Halloween Story Fair at Fujisaki Department store called, "MIYAKO NO MORI SENDAI". It will feature treats and crafts and a cool-looking Kokeshi Herbarium.

Here's today's Eko Eko Azarak postcard. I'm running out of these so I hope I find some more material before month's end.

I gotta say, that is one of the best pics yet!

One of my schools has a huge pumpkin with a construction-papered face.

Above the emergency exit is this huge spider (one of the largest I've ever seen of this species, the photos do not do it justice). If anyone should ever need to open this door, they're in for a surprise!

 

Here's a link to a fellow Cryptkeeper who appears to have tons of decorative ideas, Something wicKED this way comes.

Finally, I bought a drink today and I must admit that I'm really proud of this pun:
Wapitea!

Beware Gangar Gam!

I finally got around to watching Eko Eko Azarak and it was pretty freaky. I began researching it and it appears that this Vimeo version is not one of the first four movies but a reboot from 2011 written by the original author, Shinichi Koga. Just in case that Vimeo link doesn't work, the Koga link will at least give you a trailer.

It stars Nozomi Maeda as the Misa Kuroi, a witch with mini-mummified parents who helps out some classmates from the evil Gangar Gam (who overacts horribly). The best part of the whole 1-hour movie is the opening credits in first three minutes. Bizarre visuals and eerie music. There's also a scene with a spider that seems out from left field.

Anyway, I hope you're successful in watching it, fortunately it has subtitles so it's easier to follow but is still pretty wacky.

Here's today's card.

This scene wasn't in the movie. I've been digging into the movie's history and there are at least 4 more, plus a TV series, and this reboot. Sheesh! I still haven't been able to locate the anime either...

I planned today quite poorly and don't have any tidbits for you. So here is some tea to quench your thirst for Halloween.

Hey I got ripped off. The pack clearly has Frankie, a Mummy and Dracula but I didn't get any Drac!

Be sure to click the Cryptkeeper and check out the other Halloween bloggers. For example,
It Came from the Mancave...

Bela Lugosi's Dead.

Since this happens to be Bela Lugosi's birthday, I saved my Dracula book for today.

Before you start perusing these pics, open a tab and listen to this, Bela Lugosi's Dead by Bauhaus.

If you know the story as well as I do, you should be able to piece it together by the pictures.

Unfortunately with these books, they switch from colour pictures to black and white

 

 It was handy of Vlad to put his name on his coffin so that Helsing knew who to stake.

The author, Bram Stoker.

Vlad Țepeș aka Vlad the Impaler aka Count Dracula.

These are the other books in the series. The only other one I own is #14, The Wizard of Oz. (See the 5th picture of this bunch of books.

Speaking of bats, I picked up a 6-pack of tea a while ago and have been waiting for an opportunity to try this mask.

Hmm. not bad. If I'm going to keep it, I'll have to attach some string to it.

The most logical Kemono Friend to use today, has to be ナミチスイコウモリ namichisui-koumori or Common Vampire Bat.

I like the lowest version of this bat, she looks more like this:

Since I doubt whether I'll get an opportunity to add any other bats, here is ウサギコウモリ  usagi-koumori (rabbit bat?)

better known as the Brown-eared Bat.

Another of our chiropteran pals would be Honduran White Bat.

I can see the resemblance.

For a couple of fellow Countdown bloggers, check out the Instagram page of Battyville or the tumblr of Bat 'N Kat.