When I was little, Halloween meant pulling out last years dance costumes and figuring out what I wanted to be. In my first dance recital, I did a tap dance to Disco Duck (does that tell you how old I am???) so that Halloween I was a duck sans the disco. One year I was a bird, one year I was the March Hare, I was even a girl from the 50's. But, I wasn't the only one who got to recycle the old dance costumes, my friend Jeanah borrowed one of my old ballet costumes and was a milk maid. But, there were a couple of years I didn't have to rewear those old costumes. For some reason, I had a strange fondness for Casper the friendly ghost and Witchie Poo. So, my awesome mom bought those costumes that felt like plastic with the plastic mask and the elastic string on the back. Am I the only one that always tried to stick my tongue through the little hole in the mask mouth???
I also looked forward to the Halloween specials. Like, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and I remember a Scooby Doo special. But, my favorite was The Worst Witch. Do y'all remember that movie? They always showed it the ENTIRE month of October on HBO. I LOVED IT!!! I think I watched it all the way through my teenage years...and not just once, EVERY TIME IT CAME ON! I was thinking about that movie earlier this month, and then today I was reading Dlisted and saw that Michael K had posted something about it. So, I hope you enjoy a scene from one of my favorite childhood Halloween movies. (And the special effects are awesome! You can totally tell this movie was made in 1986.)
Is it strange that I find Tim Curry EXTREMELY hot???
Happy Halloween y'all!
Until next time...
Mandy
Friday, October 31, 2008
Happy Halloween
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
A Word of Advice
If you are an outside salesperson, please check that your zipper is up before you walk into a potential customer.
We just had a gentleman walk in here, shake mine and Mark's hand, and hand us his business card all the while his fly was gaping open.
When he left, Mark hollered from his office..."Shut up Amanda."
Until next time...
Mandy
Halloween Party & Horrorpops
Have you ever had a weekend where all you did was drink and sleep. Well, that was what last weekend was for me.
Friday after work, I sprinted home to get ready for the Halloween party I attended. Here are some pictures
Me as Rosie the Riveter
Lyndon and Me (He was white trash, notice the mullet.)
This is Adrian and Jeff. (Adrian was a zombie and Jeff was originally going to be Michael Meyers, but decided to be a Michael Jackson victim. As sick as that is, it made me laugh.)
Lyndon got hot, so he took the mullet and the jacket off. 
My two best friends...Terra & Lyndon.
Terra, Mindy and Me. (Terra had to work a fall festival that night, so she didn't dress up. Mindy was Wednesday Addams.)
This is my friend Jeremy, he always goes to live shows with me. We have lots of fun, because we both talk about the freaks that are around us. It's kind of mean, but it's our thing.
This is the singer from Beat Union. They are from England and he was VERY HOT! He would talk between songs and I would look at Jeremy and ask, "What the hell is he saying?" to which Jeremy would reply, "Does it matter?" And I would look at the stage then look back at Jeremy and say, "Not really."
This is Patricia Day, and I LOVE HER!!! I think she is gorgeous and I love the fact that she plays the stand up bass. Sadly, I was on the right-hand side of the stage, so all I could get was the back of the bass and her arm.
This is a pretty decent picture of the stage. The gentleman playing the guitar is Patricia's husband, Nekroman. (They are from Denmark, originally.) He also fronts another band, The Nekromantix.
This was during the encore. They come out playing each other's instruments.
Patricia singing.
The whole group of them.
The last song of the night.Friday, October 24, 2008
More Proof that I am a Dork.
A friend of mine is going to a Halloween party tomorroew night...a themed Halloween party. The hosts would like all of their guests to come dressed as some sort of rock star. He told me who he was going to dress up as, and it totally unimaginative. (that's a word, right?) He said he was going to dress up like Elvis. I told him he should dress like Madonna, complete with gold, cone boobs. He said his chest was too hairy to pull that off, I told him that the hairy chest would make it that much better. As I was thinking about his party, I had four ideas come to me and I think they are GENIUS...let me know what you think.
1. Put on fairy wings and go as...WINGER!
2. Dress as George Jefferson and attach airplane wings to your back...JEFFERSON AIRPLANE!
3. Wear a shirt with a skull and crossbones on it...POISON!
4. Wear some antennas and carry a baby around...PAPA ROACH!!!
(I can do this all day long!)
I think they're funny, he told me I'm not right. Although, I think he's going to use the Papa Roach idea.
Until next time...
Mandy
Horrorpops Tomorrow Night!!!
Two years ago, I went to a Reverend Horton Heat show and the opening act was Horrorpops. I had never heard of them and before they came on the stage I just wanted them to hurry up and get done so I could see the Rev. When they started to play, I fell in love with them. I actually enjoyed their set more than the Rev's. The next day, I went to Best Buy and was surprised that they had their CDs, I bought Hell Yeah and listened to it for 3 days straight. Then I went and bought Bring it On and listened to it for another three days. Tomorrow night will be the third time I've seen them live and I CAN'T WAIT!!!
This was the opening song the first time I ever saw them, after that I was hooked!
Until next time...
Mandy
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ike was a MoFo part 3
This was the first hotel we went to...The LaQuinta!!!
Hurricane evacuations are not complete without the industrial sized box of Pop Tarts.
I grabbed as many photo albums as I could carry from my house, just in case it wasn't there when I got back.
This is what I came out to after the hurricane. I wish I could find the douche bag with the bb gun.
Can you explain to me why this window cost $150 more than the back window...
That's my sister's car next to mine.
This is the second hotel we went to, this is the transformer that the owner was telling us about.
My nephews and I before bed. It's a lovely picture of me, as you can see I have no make up on and I am sporting my 4 year old spectacles.
This is my apartment complex, I was standing on my patio.
This was the tree next to my apartment.
If you look closely, at the bottom of this picture you wil see a sidewalk and on either side you will see buildings. We got really lucky that the trees didn't fall on any of the apartments.
The weird thing is, Clear Lake is in front of the property, you would think the trees would have been blown the other way.
This is about a mile from where I live - Nasa Road 1
Still on Nasa Road 1
I don't think these boats made it.
This is a boat restoration place on Nasa Road 1.(If you look in the background, you can see some condos. They have been deemed uninhabitable...there was a sailboat stuck in the walls.)
This is the carpet that had to be pulled out of my mother's house because of flooding.
More stuff that was ruined at Mom's.
My mom's neighborhood.
One of Mom's neighbors.
Mom's neighborhood.
Driving through Mom's neighborhood.
Driving through the neighborhood.
Some people lost everything.
Still driving.
It's true...City of Seabrook ROCKS!!! 
