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I Go Ape for Monstrous Monday

Posted on January 30, 2024 by mohawkvalleygirl

Here I am, back to my old tricks of making late blog posts early in the morning. I had a little computer glitch earlier when my Chromebook started acting funny. I finally got fed up and went back to my Tablet. After checking my Facebook On This Day (as a delaying tactic, although I pretended to myself it was for inspiration), I realized I was not up to pecking in one letter at a time with the stylus. This is one reason I hate to text; it is even worse with my fat finger. But enough about me, let us get on with the monsters.

No fair pulling hair!

No, this is not me wrestling with my demons. It is Bela Lugosi in The Ape Man. It is not a bad flick. I notice horror movies of this era make copious use of gorillas, although I understand they are in reality gentle creatures. Hollywood play fast and loose with the facts? Say it ain’t so!

Yeah, there’s another one!

Now we see my ignorance, because I don’t know the difference between a gorilla and an ape. I’m thinking ape is the family, as in a gorilla is a certain species of ape. I know, I could only google these things.

Random picture to denote passage of time.

I resorted to my dictionary, just to be old-fashioned about it. Sure enough, an ape is any one of a group of such creatures. The random picture, by the way is the late, great Lionel Barrymore in Devil Doll. I loves me some Lionel Barrymore.

EEEEEEEEE!

Who could talk about gorillas in Hollywood without mentioning the King? Kong, that is (see what I did there?). I guess you could call him the Elvis of Apes, if you wanted to be silly, which of course, I usually do.

And that brings me over 300 words. Woohoo! Time for more coffee and the local news. Once again, thank you for tuning in.

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OK, So It’s Not Really Thursday

Posted on December 29, 2023 by mohawkvalleygirl

Was I too tired or too lazy to make my Thursday blog post on Thursday? It does not matter, but here I am early but not early enough Friday morning, typing frantically, trying to make some semblance of a post while I can. Full disclosure: I would have plenty of time if I did not just have to arrive at work early enough to work on an anacrostic puzzle. Never mind that, let us try for a Throwback Thursday post.

Santa is a voyeur!

I may watch King Kong right along here, only without the Santa hat. I have always considered it a New Year’s Eve movie, just because we happened to watch it one year on New Year’s Eve.

I don’t suppose that is sheet music to a Christmas carol.

Actually, Nosferatu looks a little like Ebenezer Scrooge, although that is not the Christmas Carol I was referencing in the caption. I guess I have veered into Midweek Monsters, making this a kind of a Non-Sequitur Thursday Post. You see how flexible I am.

The ONLY Grinch for me! I will die on this hill.

I did not watch any Christmas movies or specials this year, and the only one I missed was Boris Karloff as the Grinch.

Ooh, this brings me to over 200 words, and I still have enough time to fill in a couple of clues on that puzzle. I hope to see you later when I make my Lame Post Friday post. How much later is an amount to be determined.

It Will Probably Be a Monstrous Monday

Posted on April 1, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Here’s a funny thing: in the past I have been posting at 4:30(ish) in the morning because I am posting late for the day before. Today I am posting early for TODAY! I call that progress. You see, I got up early for a different reason (not worth recounting), so I have a few minutes extra time, which I will not have tonight, so…

Still, this isn’t going to be much of a post. I cannot completely disrupt my morning routine, or this will be an even more Monstrous Monday than usual. I don’t even know how far down my Media Library I will scroll to find a few monster pictures to post. Lame Post Monday? Let’s not call it that; it only reminds me how far away Friday seems (which is not a completely bad thing, since I have a murder mystery on Saturday I am still getting ready for).

“You’re just getting up? It’s almost my bedtime!”

I’m thinking vampires hate summer, because they must spend more time hiding from the sun. Then again, maybe they like the extra sleep. I do not purport to know how a vampire feels, although I do not rule out guessing for the sake of fiction.

“Put my head back, you monster!”

Not exactly a monster, but two horror movie icons, Peter Lorre and Vincent Price (yes, I know I did not need to tell some of you). It is an appropriate picture for me, because this week I may be running around like the proverbial chicken with its head cut off (writer’s trick: you can use a cliche if you insert the words “the proverbial” in there; it’s kind of like “sic” but more hip) (or do I flatter myself?).

I know just how he feels. Come to think of it, I know pretty much how she feels, too.

A splash of color and a big ape to close this week’s Monstrous Monday post. I gotta run now; I’m missing my Local on the Ones. I feel more secure once I’ve heard the weather report.

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Pop in a Movie; You’ll Feel Better

Posted on September 10, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

The movie is not nearly as lurid as the poster.

Yes, it is another Cheesy Movie Sunday. I guess I never declared that as a category, but I do often watch movies on Sunday and my favorites are the cheesy ones, so… My only regret is the lack of alliteration, but I can’t worry about that now. My husband, Steven, and I began our day with a couple of Mohawk Valley adventures, which may form the subject of articles for Mohawk Valley Living magazine or future blog posts. Now we are comfortably home, in sweats, and watching movies. We began with The Screaming Skull (1958), which I believe I wrote a blog post about at some point.

The movie is on our DVD collection of 50 Horror Classics. Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) was on the same disc, so we continued with that.

They don’t even show the Victor Buono-looking guy.

I thought one character in the movie looked like Victor Buono, who played Bette Davis’ father in Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). I might have liked to go on to that one, but I was more into shorter movies today. That is one virtue of your really cheesy features: they are in general short. We did want something that moved a little faster, and Steven suggested Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). Say what you will about this movie, it is NOT the worst ever made. It holds your interest and moves right along. I say, go, Ed Wood Jr.!

What’s not to like?

As you may have guessed, I am into Halloween movies. Well, the Halloween season does begin after Labor Day, does it not? It does in my house.

What’s a big ugly ape gotta do to get a date in this town?

We are continuing our viewing adventures with King Kong (1933). What will come next? Who cares! Tomorrow’s Monday; I’m having fun today!

Full disclosure: I do not feel THIS bad about it.

Fay Wray, Can You Help Me Now?

Posted on April 6, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Tired Thursday just does not have the same alliterative charm of Tired Tuesday. And yet, I am just as tired. Well, we all know what I do when I’m tired: I make a blog post anyways! I’ve been trolling my monster and movie groups for new pictures, but I am having no luck and really want to get this post made. I wonder if there is anything in my Media Library I haven’t used lately.

I’ve always had a thing for tall guys with long hair, but this is ridiculous!

I forgot to mention that my clever husband Steven got our DVD/Video player working again. Movies may be in my future! I have not seen King King with Fay Wray in a long time. Steven got me the Jack Black version recently and we have never watched it. Oh, we rented it back when it was first available (wow, was it really so long ago that there were still video rental places? Why yes, a quick check tells me 2005! How the time flies!). That was the only time I saw it.

Is it really better than Dr. X, do you suppose?

I found and downloaded a new picture after all. Thinking of Fay Wray made me think of Mystery of the Wax Museum, another one of my favorites. Wray plays an intrepid girl reporter who cracks wise. I just love an intrepid girl reporter.

Yes, this is how I feel much of the time.

I went to my Media Library and added the first movie picture I saw, because I like to include three pictures. We don’t have The Blob on DVD or video, so I guess One of These Things Is Not Like the Others (remember, from Sesame Street?) Then again, that makes this a Non-Sequitur Thursday, doesn’t it? And over 300 words, which I deem sufficient for a blog post. Happy Thursday and I hope to see you all on Lame Post Friday.

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I Repeat: I’m Tired!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Oh, is it ever Tired Tuesday! It is actually a little embarrassing that I am SO tired. My job is not that difficult, my life is not completely stress-filled, I’m not even that old and unhealthy. I am, however, one of the kvetchiest babies you are likely to encounter. Well, I will attempt to make some semblance of a blog post without too much whining. I wonder if I can find any pictures of tired monsters. I am almost always in the mood for monsters.

A quick look at Facebook revealed that last July I made a post called Sad Monsters on Tired Tuesday. I do repeat myself, don’t I?

Well, it is kind of sad, how this big fellow ended up.

Here is an apropos picture, because we almost watched this movie the other night. I am really into watching old movies lately, especially monster movies. However, Steven was not really into this one, on account of all the time Fay Wray spends screaming. He gets a little tired of that.

“Every Who down in Whoville, liked Christmas a lot…”

You know what, I still need a little Christmas. Since the Grinch is a kind of a monster, and Boris Karloff played a very famous monster, I am still in keeping with my monster theme.

If I continue this post, I will commence to whining in a most unbecoming fashion. So I am going to call this my Tired Tuesday post for the week. Well, maybe one more picture.

I am wearing these as I type.

It’s me as The Abominable Snowman. Sometimes I embrace my inner monster. Happy Tuesday, everyone.

Mohawk Valley Girl