I'm Sad ako.

Alas, Halloween is almost over. I must admit this has been one of my busier Octobers. Thursday night, I taught some students about Guising and Souling (old fashioned terms for wearing costumes and Trick or Treating) and I was impressed that one of them brought some Jack o'Peppers to the foray. 

 

 

Pretty good for a first time carver. (Another student sliced his middle finger while carving a pumpkin. He gave up and received some stitches for his effort.)

I brought my other Peanut Kabocha (butternut squash) and showed it off. I nuked it a little bit too long so the underside was mushy, but it was sure easy to carve.

 

I paired it up with my Zuscreami from a few days earlier and later tossed them both out.

The next day my 1st year students had a costume party and went trick or treating to the front office. I don't have the time to blur their faces, so take my word for it. They were adorable.

Second year gals (and one dude) were less daring. They did dress up but they were too shy to head down to the front office. Oh well, still they got some treats regardless.

I asked them to draw a Halloween picture and send a message. Here is my favourite.

 

Two requests to be a Monchichi. That's new!

She even included Thing!

 

Aaah!

Above and below are my favourites. 

I heading out soon for another Halloween party, so I must be signing off.

Before I do, I'll show off my fourth Sadako. The cutest! 

Here they are altogether.

 

More details after tonight's shindig.

 

You're Getting Sleeeepy!

After a rare evening lesson, I popped into the Mandai in Tagajo and what should I find? A new Godzilla Minus 0-0 figure.  

 But I gave up after a few tries. Hopefully I can nab one before the new movie starts next week. 

And then I noticed a new Gatcha with Snoozing Kaiju. I managed to score the entire set in 7 tries and triple I got were all Godzilla.

 

Yaaawn! A drowsy Godzilla, a snoozing MechaGodzilla, a Gaigan nodding off, and a Hedora in slumber.
 

 What is that thing on its tail? Is that a Mothra Larva?

Put your head on my shoulder...

These are pretty cool.

Even cooler are these figures procured for me by one of my agents who was in America for a week. He scored as many as he could (and kept a few for himself which his son sold on Mericari for a 700% markup on auction.) I feel bad that he had to consume so many Happy Meals, but c'est la vie. MINE won't be sold. Here's what I got.

#1: Hello Kitty X Godzilla. 

 #2: Keroppi/Pikki/Koroppi X King Ghidorah.

 #3: My Melody X Mothra.

 #4: Pompompurin X Gigan.

 

#5: Cinnamoroll X Destoroyah.

As you can see, I'm missing three: Badtz-Maru X Rodan, Chococat X Space Godzilla, and Kuromi X MechaGodzilla. If anyone wants to battle E-Bay and buy them for me, I won't be offended.

Two more Gatcha I will NOT be trying for include Name Tags:

 

And Mini T-Shirts:

Sheesh, it's already starting to fade.

I can't wait until the premiere next week!!

 

I don't think I've linked to this dude yet. Give Halloween Thing a try. That's it for today, I'm starting to get dozy like Gojira...

Onigen, Offigen.

I've lost track of time today thanks to the following marathon (on daikaijutv):

Devilman (2004)  • The Manster (1959)  • Meatball Machine (1999)  • Casshern (2004) • Skull Soldier (1992) • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)  • Full Metal Yakuza (1997)  • Blood: The Last Vampire (2009) • Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) • The Visitor in the Eye (1977)

I caught snippets of Devilman for breakfast, watched The Manster for the first time, caught snippets of Meatball Machine, Casshern, Skull Soldier, Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Full Metal Yakuza none of which were my cup of tea. In between, I managed to do two loads of laundry and some tidying up. I put on the headphones and watched Blood: The Last Vampire in its entirety even though I have it on DVD. I love that movie and I wrote about it here (I even used a similar title back then.) I'm listening to the final movie, which is a live action version of Blackjack, while I'm typing this.

The vampire in question looks a little bit like this Incubus. (Cue segue to Monster book.)

 

I'd be remiss if I didn't point out its female equivalent, the Succubus.

 

 Unrelated to the above, I scored a very nice Todd figure of Norman Bates in pristine shape last week. 

 

 

Back in those pre-internet days of the 90s, my brother and I drove to New Orleans. On the way back, we popped into Universal Studios in Florida and went to a Q&A about Universal Movies. The host asked if anyone knew what they used to film the realistic looking blood in the shower scene. I piped in with "Chocolate Syrup" and the dude was duly impressed. Years of Monster Magazine reading finally paid off. (As an aside, we went into a taping of Nickelodeon's You Can't Do That On Television and there was a segment where they were throwing rubber chickens at contestants. The host asked the audience if there was anything they could do to make the show more exciting (expecting the audience to shout SLIME) and my brother yelled out, "Throw live chickens!" The host did NOT expect that.) 

I picked up this box of a dozen UltraMan Pringles at CostCo recently. I haven't indulged yet, I'm not certain if I want to consume them myself or give them away as prizes. 

 

 For a change, I haven't carved up any veggies today. so I'll end with another blogger recommendation, Your Best Halloween Ever.