Chill out.
One of my favorite traditions during the Halloween season is to just ride around at night with the windows down, drinking hot-as-fuck coffee while listening to spooky-as-fuck tunes.
I did that tonight, actually. Proof:
(STARBUCKS DRIVE-THRU AT NIGHT, HOW SPOOOOKY)
It’s still hot during the daytime around here, but the air at night is much more autumnal. These dumb drives are my favorite way to relax during the Halloween season. (At home, my computer is too tempting a distraction, so it’s hard to just chill.)
Many of these drives last only a few minutes, but when I really need to clear my head, it isn’t uncommon for me to circle around for almost an hour. (Usually with just one random song playing on repeat, because it’s not like I can heavily fumble around with YouTube while driving. Yes, I just play music videos on YouTube, and yes, I know that’s not at all efficient.)
The drives are great now, but they’ll become doubly awesome in about two weeks, when everyone tosses Halloween decorations on their front lawns. My kingdom for cardboard tombstones.
I normally do this during reasonable hours, but I’ve done it super late at night, too. Like, 2-3 in the morning late. Neat thing about those drives is that the streets are completely dead, and naturally much spookier. Sometimes I pretend I’m in some dystopian horror movie. I don’t know why that relaxes me, but it does.
So, tonight’s question for everyone:
At this time of year, what’s your favorite way to just chill out?
Slumber Party Massacre!
Ahh! Midnight crept on me! I’m unprepared!
Let’s watch The Slumber Party Massacre!
I genuinely love this movie. Sure, it’s a little trashy and exploitative, but the lead (and sadly late) actress, Robin Stille, is super awesome. Seriously, watch this movie and tell me you aren’t surprised that Stille didn’t have a brighter career. She isn’t given much to work with, here, but she’s still so good.
The Slumber Party Massacre came out in ’82, and I suppose its biggest influence was Halloween. (Course, the killer in this film isn’t nearly as intriguing, but since SPM was originally conceived as a parody, that was quite possibly intentional!)
I should warn you that this is definitely an “R” movie, though it’s still less graphic than the more mainstream films it tried to compete with.
In other news, LOOK AT THIS:
I think every potato chip bag needs to use the Friday the 13th font from now on.
Cheesy Movie Night. With Brownies.
Tonight’s movie is Fright Night Part 2, which I… don’t think I’ve ever seen? Is that possible? I mean, I know I have the videocassette because I’m still pissed about that huge coffee stain on the cardboard sleeve, but… no, I don’t think I’ve seen this one. Weird!
It’s from 1988. Despite having no idea what we’re in for, I’m feeling pretty confident. Fright Night Part 2 sounds like a movie that could either be good (which is nice) or awesomely bad (which might be even nicer). Enjoy!
Oh, and I made you a plate of snacks:
Just leave some for everyone else.
Spooky Music Survey!
I finished today’s “real” article literally two minutes ago, which means I’ve added something to Dino Drac on every weekday since the Countdown began. Not as easy as it might look!
(I’m mainly mentioning that so you’ll be more forgiving about this post being so short!)
I’ll be building Funpacks all weekend, or as we say around these parts, “I’ll be in Funpack Hell.” I’ve learned through experience that music makes the work go faster, so as you might guess, this weekend will be all about the Halloween Jukebox:
You did know about this, right? Click the jukebox graphic on the right-side column. (If you’re on a desktop computer, that is. It won’t work on mobile devices, and you can’t even see the graphic if you’re on one. Poor you with your $700 phone.)
While you’re listening, let’s do a Halloween music survey!
1) What’s your absolute favorite spooky song?
2) Name a music video that used to scare you. To make things more interesting, you can’t pick Thriller.
