Happy Halloween!

Halloween is such a fun holiday anymore, and I find that I enjoy it now more than I did as a kid. Costumes just weren't quite so elaborate in the 80's as they are now. Mind you I object to some of the kids costumes that tart up the little girls, but I have that rant about kids clothes period.

My favorite thing about the holiday is the music though.

This year I made 2 mix CDs.

Oingo Boingo - Freak Show
Laura Burhenn - Meltdown
Judith Owen - Smoke On The Water
George Harrison - Art Of Dying
Evanescense - October
Bridin Brennan - Deep Deep Sleep
Danny Elfman - Sleepy Hollow (Main Titles)
Peter Murphy - Crystal Wrists
Dubstar - Ghost
Emm Gryner - Moorlaugh Shore
Donovan - Season Of The Witch
Midge Ure - Hell To Heaven
Danielle Dax - Yummer Yummer Man
Marcella Detroit - Art Of The Melancholy
Marillion - Afraid Of Sunlight
Cutting Crew - I Just Died In Your Arms

And here's the other one


Adam Ant - Vampire
Annie Lennox - Love Song For A Vampire
Daughter Darling -Voodoo Games
The Devlins - Alone In The Dark
The Clientele - As The Night Is Falling
Bird York - Haunting You
Elvis Costello - Weird Nightmare
Charlotte Martin - Haunted
Paul McCartney - That Day Is Done
Sleepthief w/Caroline Lavelle - Nightjar
Deathcab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Siouxsie - If It Doesn't Kill You
The Damned - Eloise
Boingo - Spider
The Pogues - Haunted
Mission UK - Severina
New Order - Dracula's Castle
Sarah McLachlan - Possession (Piano Version)

If you want any of these sent to you in a zip file, just leave a comment with an email addy and I'll mail you the upload links.

Happy Halloween!!!

A Spooktacular Read

If you're looking for a creepy book to curl up to this Halloween, allow me to recommend , Leanna: Possession Of A Woman by Marie Kiraly.



It's the story of a writer who ends up residing in a room in New Orleans were a murder and suicide occurred. The heroine, Hailey, becomes so intrigued by the story of the two lovers and their demise that she decides to write their story. Of course, things are made more interesting when "Leanna" decides to inhabit Hailey's body as well as telling her, her life story through vivid dreams.

It's a tale of voodoo, abuse, incest and every other nasty thing you can possibly imagine. It's also a good read. It's one of the very few novels of its kind that doesn't feel contrived or cliched.

The revelations that are uncovered as the book progresses are unexpected. This book definitely keeps you on your toes and the edge of your seat as you wait for the ending.

So if you are after a good creepy, haunting read, find a copy of this one and settle down to be surprised at how the story plays out over the backdrop of New Orleans.

I Finally Found It

Several years ago I spent a small fortune on a Halloween costume. I bought the Sally costume from the Disney store. Nightmare is one of my favorite movies, and yes, I intend to see it in theaters, hopefully next weekend.

But last night my nephew, Michael and I got into it, because I wasn't keen on wearing the pirate costume to Hallowboo today. He asked why I couldn't wear the Sally costume and I told him I couldn't find the wig. I hadn't been able to find the wig for years.

Well we started "hunting high and low" to make a bad A-ha pun. I tore apart my "fall" closet and low and behold, the Sally wig appeared. I was pretty sure I had looked there all the other times that I had gone hunting for this damn thing.

We spent at least 30 minutes getting the tangles out of it, since it had been in a little plastic case for over a year or more.

So guess who's going to be wearing Sally today?

And yes, I will post pictures, because I never did get a good shot of me in this costume when I bought it. I only had a crappy disposal camera then and it ended up being an "outdoor" only camera, so none of the pictures of me in the costume turned out.

So one thing I can assure you, tomorrow you'll have a good laugh at my expense, when I post the pictures!

Pirate Andrea Of The Monongahela River!

Go ahead giggle. I know you want to. So yes, I'm going as a pirate girl for Halloween this year. I'm going to plunder the high seas...or rather the three rivers. Actually I'm only going to plunder the Monongahela!

I actually think the costume looks kinda cute on. I would have preferred to find my wig to go with my Sally costume (from Nightmare Before Christmas) but so far I've had no luck at all.

I've also got a devil costume, but it's old and it holds some pretty bad memories from the first time I wore it. So I would prefer never to see it again.

So really, aren't I just the sexiest pirate girl you've ever seen?

Maybe I shouldn't have asked that...cos I think I can still hear laughter!