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Feeling Monstrous Once Again

Posted on November 22, 2019 by mohawkvalleygirl

Another day, another symptom! But I must not spend my time whining and feeling sorry for myself. How ridiculous am I, anyways? Other people have way worse physical ills than I do. Oh well, they can look at me and feel quite superior. Today it was my nose running like a keg at a frat party (and I know some folks prefer we say “fraternity;” get over it!). Fellow sinus sufferers have felt my pain.

Never mind that, I have a blog post to make. I am going to follow my own maxim of “When in doubt, add monsters.”

Everybody’s favorite monster man!

My stylus accidentally highlighted this photo as I scrolled through my Media Library. While Vincent Price is not exactly a monster, I believe his monstrous credentials are unquestionable.

Dr. Praetorious and his experiments.

This picture raises the question which is the real monster? The creatures grown out of I never heard what, or the creepy guy who grew them? In any case, it makes me want to watch Bride of Frankenstein again.

Isn’t that a charming smile?

I close with a happy face. I don’t know which movie this is from. I believe the original Wolf Man was more tormented. That is another I need to watch again soon. Claude Rains and Lon Chaney Jr., even if it is kind of sad, what’s not to like?

So I’m going to call this a Non-Sequitur Thursday post. But can I think of a good headline? How monstrous if I cannot!

Why am I Smiling on Monstrous Monday?

Posted on October 30, 2018 by mohawkvalleygirl

Can I have a Monstrous Monday after having a Many Monsters Sunday? I think so, and not just because it is almost Halloween. I like monsters ALL YEAR LONG!!! And, blogworthy activities-wise, I ain’t got much. I will just mention that after last Saturday’s Haunted Historic Four Corners and the cancellation this Saturday’s murder mystery, I find myself in the rare and unfamiliar state of Nothing I HAVE To Do. No commitments. Nothing I need to work on and get done by a certain date. (Oh well, my article(s) for Mohawk Valley Living magazine. Let’s not talk about that; just let me savor this!)

My teeth are not this good, but I have a similar smile right now.

I have not idea who this wolfman is. I went to the Facebook page The Golden Age of Monster Movies and looked through the photos for a happy monster.

This is what I looked like a few weeks ago, when I was still trying to cast the murder mystery.

This, in case you didn’t know, is Elisha Cook, Jr., in House on Haunted Hill (1959). Full disclosure: I didn’t remember his name and had to look it up.

Since I do not have to begin writing another murder mystery till 2019 (for Morning Star Methodist Church in Ilion, NY in probably April), I can turn once again to writing novels. I tried it this morning, but things did not go very well. I have been jotting notes and inventing characters. I have a few ideas, so I will persevere. I will let you know how it goes.

I must bear this thought in mind.

I’ll remember this dictum as well.

OK, that was my pep talk to myself. I will close with another monster, just because.

“Don’t forget about me!”

It was a choice between Michael Myers and Nosferatu. Jaime Lee Curtis, I love you, but for me, Nosferatu always wins.

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Pretty Random, Even for Lame Post Friday

I have to get my blog post done in a hurry, because I want to watch Dateline at seven. It is about a guy who says he is too fat to have committed a murder. Now if somebody would have said that ABOUT him, he would have been highly offended and probably would have committed a murder just to prove them wrong.

Actually, my throat is a little sore for any real howling.

I was going to put my picture of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff with Bela saying, “Thank God it’s Friday,” and Boris saying, “You idiot, it’s Tuesday.” I was going to say, “Ha, ha, it IS Friday.” Then I remembered the Wolf Man and said, “Hey!”

Did I mention it is Lame Post Friday? Perhaps you already knew.

I am just going to mention, in the interests of making a random observation, that I have reached the stage of menopause where I am constantly either having a hot flash or feel freezing cold. Sometimes there is a very brief moment, usually just before or just after a hot flash, when I feel comfortable. I know, nobody wants to hear my petty complaints about my bodily ills. Hey, at least I didn’t bitch about the migraine I had earlier. Oops.

Well, this is a rather useless post. But perhaps my readers will forgive me if I put in a couple more interesting pictures.

I wouldn’t trust her.

Yesterday I talked a little about the murder mystery I am putting together for the Herkimer County Historical Society. Here is a picture from the one we did last October, A G.R.A.V.E. Murder. The hottie in the black dress was a suspect.

Looks like a fun bunch to party with, although one of them is a murderer.

To continue with the murder mystery theme of the day, here is part of the cast of Rubbed Out at Ruby’s, the murder mystery presented by LiFT Theatre Company. We had been asked to add a little color to a fundraiser for the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica.

Ooh, look at me, I am over 350 words. That is pretty good for a Lame Friday Post. Have a lovely beginning of your weekend, everybody.

I Need a Little Monster

Sometimes I just need monsters. Yes, it is Lame Post Friday, and I am about to post lame. Traditionally I use Lame Post Friday for random observations and half-baked philosophy, but today I just want to share pictures of monsters. Perhaps I could randomly observe or half-bakedly philosophize about them.

Ah, Nosferatu, my favorite guy.

Under the heading Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, I thought I would use stuff from my Media Library (I feel so sophisticated, having a Media Library). I wanted to use this shot because, in addition to being my beloved Nosferatu, the building in the background reminds me of the one that houses Little Falls Antiques Center, as seen from the area where LiFT Theatre Company rehearses for our summer Shakespeare plays. Wouldn’t that be awesome, if Nosferatu could join our little community theatre group? Daytime performances might be a problem, but perhaps we could overcome the difficulty somehow.

“To be or not to — oh wait, wrong play!”

Here is an early rehearsal for The Tempest, last summer’s offering (note the presence of scripts). You can see the building in the background. Now don’t go saying stuff like, “Those buildings don’t look anything alike!” You know I hate it when people are so didactic!

I don’t imagine I’ll be doing much howling myself tonight.

I close with a picture that mentions Friday, as I am currently celebrating Lame Post Friday. I hope you enjoyed today’s lame post. Have a lovely beginning of your weekend.

Mohawk Valley Girl