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Ain't Skeered Ah, the GroovyGuru�s latest has brought back some fond, and not-so-fond, things and events that inspired a lengthy respect for the long dark hall in my childhood home, and justified my intense dislike for all things clown. Scared of the Gorn? Bah! I had no doubt Kirk could take on Godzilla�s smaller kin. Sivad? We had Channel 5 Charleston�s own Ashley Ghastly with his faithful sidekick, Reginald the rubber bat. You just can�t compete with a rubber bat on a fishing pole. UFO�s? Again, Kirk would show up and photon torpedo some alien butt. No worries there. Kolchack? Our local stations weren�t suave enough to carry that show. Besides, he turned out to be Ralphie�s dad. Surely he was armed with a Red Ryder b-b gun to ward off the creatures of the night. The Enterprise in the Smithsonian? A ruse. Ingenious. Planted at Spock�s suggestion, no doubt, to throw off suspicion from the ship currently in orbit. So, what scared Sally silly? 5. 4. 3. 2.
***************drumroll**************** The Bumble. Already driven to tears by the plight of the unloved and unwanted Misfit Toys, the Bumble was the K.O. of the Christmas season. I was certain that not only were my toys alive and I would hurt their feelings if one were unloved, but also that the Bumble was going to escape Yukon Cornelius�s control and dive through the television and eat me. Yet, year after year I watched it with a combination of supreme horror and delicious fascination. To this day it�s one of my all-time faves. Now that I�m grown, I don�t have to sleep with my ears covered. Most nights. If I can�t see it or hear it, it can�t see or hear me� I leave you with this frightful image. The Gurus came over yesterday, and Hubby and GroovyGuru helped the kids carve their jack o�lanterns. Guru Jr.�s has it�s head blasted open with �brains� oozing out, Guru III�s is spooky-normal, Daughter�s is a vampire, Son�s is picking it�s nose, one looks on in surprise, and guess which one was carved by the biggest kids of all? |