GONEvember.

Alas, another GOvember has come and gone. I didn't manage to blog something new everyday, but it was close. I still have a ton of other items to show off. Maybe for Christmas...

On my drive to Kitakami today, I was chasing rainbows. 

Every time I saw a rainbow, it had diminished or disappeared once I got out of my car.

Here is what I acquired yesterday and today. A 1954 Gojira in Colour poster and B&W versions.

I picked up a pair of socks today and also won a Chibi!

I really wanted a fire-breathing one, but the claw was uncooperative.

And this Minus One was on sale at Toys Am Us!

Not a bad haul. Fortunately, I picked up a large shelf today for only 5 bucks, although I'm not sure where I'll put it.

M3GAN is my new AI Friend. Though she was crawling away to escape me.

I'd also like her to do the Strange Dance for me.

I met an Alien, Elvis and a Predator.

And I was a predator.

I'll have to wait until March 7th for my next Wicked encounter with her.

All in all a pretty good day. (Alas, the Oni Museum was closed when I got there. Ah well, next time.)

Decking My Halls.

When I Santaed (is that a verb?) on Wednesday, the kids and staff gave me a lovely parting present, a nasty head cold. Just a whole lot of snot, thank you very much. Last night, I didn't feel like blogging so I just watched this movie and went to bed.

Hey cool, Andrea Martin is back!

Today, I had a lesson with some adults out in Tagajo and en route home, I dropped into the Mandai there and picked up an ornament and caught a present to put under the tree.

 

Not a bad little flick, one can see where Bob Clark scammed some ideas for his Black Christmas two years later. I've seen that version a few times, mainly for Margot Kidder and the UofT setting. Maybe it's time for me to watch the sequel.

Silver Chewie will be given to my agent/manager/handler for Christmas when I see him at Royal Park Hotel tomorrow as their main Santa.

I watched the guy put this brand-new Superior Spider-Man in the UFO Catcher bin and figured out how to win it. I scored it in 5 tries!

Speaking of ornaments, I have two others from this series, BP and Grogu. I haven't seen an Iron Man for sale yet.

 

Black Panther is very well camouflaged in the tree, while Grogu perches nicely in my Halloween Tree. 

This display is permanently in place throughout the year, I think Jack needs some dusting.

I'm all huddled up in a blanket and my Gremlin socks and think I'll retire early. I have a full day of HoHoHoing tomorrow.

Karazy Kazaru.

Yesterday was a great day. (Why then didn't you write this yesterday? Because the dumb photos wouldn't upload properly and then I got tired and went to bed.) It started off with 7-11 having a new snack for me to consume before work.

I only ate the white and orange one, it was suitable for in-car consumption. Pancake with Pumpkin and Whipped Cream. Nice but I shan't buy it again. I ate the other one much later and I am so glad I didn't try it in the car. A Blueberry and Whipped Cream Puff that splurged purple goo all over the place. Yummy but MESSY!.

At Flight School, I brought my starting-to-go-bad pumpkin with me and the students loved it, even though none of them know who Grogu is.

The Gourd and Eggplant hadn't fared too well since Friday. Looking rather haggard.

I taught them the phrases: "So and so is dressed up as ~." So and so is dressed as a ~." I then showed them my bag full of stuffed characters and tossed them at individual students.

Now it's time to decorate the room and I brought out a lot of loot and let them go wild. 

(飾る = かざる = kazaru = to decorate.)　

On Friday, we have two lessons in a row, so we'll watch a movie (probably Sleepy Hollow). Next Tuesday is you know what!

 

That evening I had to substitute for another teacher and asked these three lads to tell me their favourite Yokai. This is what they came up with (mostly from Gegege.)

First up is one I'm unfamiliar with, Makura Gaeshi (枕返し or 反枕, pillow flip)  who comes to your home at night and flips your pillow over. Doesn't sound very ominous, though he is a tad scary.

 

Another boy chose Ittan-Momen (一反木綿 a bolt of cotton) a ghostly sheet. Doesn't look very ominous, though it doesn't take a liking to you may strangle or suffocate you.

Finally we have Nurikabe  塗り壁 plaster wall. The classic ukiyoe version looks like big puppy, the Gegege version resembles Towelie from South Park.

You can find a few details about the last two in an old post of mine.

I then had the lads draw a Jack o' Lantern and slice out their face. 

Turn out the lights and use your phone flashlight to illuminate the shadows on the wall. Works great! (Probably doesn't work as well in the daytime.)

I don't have a Venom handy, so I snapped a pic from Don Quijote. So far ALL of my Venom pics have been from my personal collection, this is the first item that I don't in fact own. I contemplated buying them though so that counts.

Only a week left in the Countdown to Halloween! Ahhhh! Where has the time gone? Here's another site worth a peek at: Haunted Eve's Halloween. 

Now I need to find some more Venom items if I hope post again tonight...