The Hippie Chick

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I love Urban Legend and hearing new ones I might not have heard before. A couple of my favorite oldies but goodies though:

Bloody Mary
A group of my friends and I did this at a slumber party. I was never so freaking scared in my life. I'm not sure I'd want to try this again. But yeah, I'm a wuss. LOL! This concept was taken and made into a pretty effective and scary movie called "Candyman".

The Hook Man
I think every area has their version of this one. Where I was growing up, in Michigan City Indiana, it was a winding, tree lined road in Trail Creek.

Pop Rocks and Coke
He likes it! Hey, Mikey! Well, I can debunk this one, because I've done it several times as a kid and have lived to tell the tale.

Munchkin commits suicide on the set of Wizard of Oz
It actually turns out that it was a large bird, possibly an Emu or Ostrich that was ambling around loose on set.



Which leads me to my second favorite movie Urban Legend, the Three Men And A Baby ghost boy. I'm still not convinced it's a cardboard cut out of Ted Danson. *shakes head*

The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Another that I think has different tellings depending on the area you are from. We've all heard this one, I'm sure.
And along those lines, this video freaked me the HELL out. Is it real? OMG I don't know but yeah.

And oh man.... EL CHUPACABRA!!!!!

And one thing that always gave me the creeps just a lil' bit. 3am = The Devil's Hour. If you wake up right at 3 on the nose, you'll be possessed by Satan. Not that I thought any more of that than a story told to keep your kids from staying up late, but yeah. And then I HAVE awakened at that hour and ... well... I think I'm fine. Ha!

One last bonus one. Growing up so near the Chicago area (40 mins away) I always heard the story of Resurrection Mary. It's reminiscent of The Vanishing Hitchiker, so I guess they could kind of meld together that way anyway.

What are some of your favorites?

After putting a pile of old mags out to recycle.

I think I keep so much stuff under my bed - two storage tubs with linens and a stack or two of mags - is so that... nothing ELSE can get under there.

Yes I'm in my 40s and still a baby about the old proverbial monster under the bed. I'm the same way about my closet. MUST be closed at all times.

Anyway.

Also I think Stephen King should get a Twitter account. *nods*

Blip.FM is hella fun.

Come. Join me! *nods*

March is here, and at least from my vantage point it's coming in like a lamb. 79 degrees, blue sky with puffy white clouds skittering across it. Get out there and enjoy the day if you can! :)

Just now coming out (happened back in July) is audio of Christian Bale on a verbal tirade against the Director of Photography on set of the film Terminator: Salvation. Initially, this was something that made me uncomfortable to listen to. It went on for FOUR. WHOLE. MINUTES. Anger management issues anyone? Hello? Yeah. But. Gotta admit this is epic...

I bring you, straight from YouTube, Christian Bale: BALE OUT! (Club Mix)

Warning: Lots 'n lots of the "F Bomb"




The creator of "Bale Out!"

It's catchy, has a great beat, and I can dance to it! I give it a 10!

Remind me to stay on Bale's good side.

In surfing through Flickr, I ran across this picture:




The sign says "Under no circumstance at all are customers allowed to play 'Stairway to Heaven', 'Sweet Child of Mine' or 'Smoke on the Water' while trying out guitars. Thank you."

No "Stairway"? DENIED.


Gotta love it. And it reminds me to not forget to take pictures of the amusing things I might run into in the course of a day.

I am SO waiting for Sims 3 to come out next month. I have never gotten immersed enough to start a legacy or anything with any of my Sims. Basically I like to play with 'em a bit then I bore of them and start new ones. I have Sims ADD that way. But I want to try to carry on with one Sim / Sims and keep it going.

Anyway. WTF?! I just put my new Sim girl in her house because I just got Seasons for Christmas and wanted to play with it and the new neighborhood Riverblossom Hills which is a country fried Farming community . She goes in the POOL in the middle of winter. Is this bitch trying to catch pneumonia or something?! And another WTF?! WHY did one of the neighbor Sim dudes "Leod McGreggor", come over to her as she got out of the pool, yell at her, poke her and cause her to cry?! THEY HADN'T EVEN MET YET! OMG! Rude.

My other Sims, also in Riverblossom Hills, are furious with each other. I started a single girl, she got funky with a single guy in the hot tub, and he's moved in. But now? He thought she was macking on one of the neighbor ladies, when they were just laughing and talking, and he blew up at her, they had a tremendous knock down drag out and now he pokes at her and yells at her and gives her looks of death every chance he gets. OMG.

I do love building snowmen and making snow angels. And my Sims are so cute when they go look at the snow out the window, they get so excited. Also? Butterflies in spring and lightning bugs in summer!!!!

Anyway. Yeah, I'm way too addicted to this game. LOL!

ETA

I downloaded the Pets expansion pack last night. God help me, this game is like crack. LIKE. CRACK. LOL!

Checking in on ONTD this morning saw this trailer posted:



Okay wow. The "killer car". What a novel concept! *yawn*

This Hybrid seems more a "hybrid" of Christine and From a Buick 8. Stephen King's already traveled that road story-wise, bitches, and he did it better.

Would I see this? Probably when it shows up on cable, just because. But I have a feeling I'd end up scrapping that and popping in my DVD of Christine (1983) instead. That movie was many flavors of awesome.



"Body by Plymouth. Soul by Satan." Man, in the movie when Christine's radio turns on and it plays "...you're mine and we belong together... yes, we belong together for all eternity..." I get chills.

That said? I'm hearing via a couple of sources including the Wikipedia page on From a Buick 8 that a film adaptation is in the works with Tobe Hooper directing. Now, I can get on board for that one! I loved the book even though I'd heard some middling reviews.

How PERFECT was it that Rick Astley Rickrolled the entire country just now on the Macys Parade? I love that guy. Bwahahaha!

For those not watching. He was on a float, and it starts out you don't see him. Some puppets are singing the theme to "Courtship of Eddie's Father" of all things. Then RICK comes out to "Never Gonna Give You Up" with a knowing smile. SO GREAT. He's in on it, he gets it and is having fun with it. He needs red hair again. It's darker now. :(

ETA

Home from my family's now and yes, someone You Tubed this epicness:



And also? With this the meme has now gone mainstream. How many people like my mother though were wondering WTF was going on? It was really funny trying to explain the phenomena of Rickrolling to her. Can we consider it over now?

I have had oh... I'd say a couple handful of products returned the past couple of weeks that are in the facial care category. And a few people even asking about it. Yesterday some Cetaphil was brought back. Why? Each one of the ladies bringing back their items mentioned "sodium lauryl sulfate" and how "it's bad to use" or "you shouldn't use it". Of course, they all had their reciepts, except for Cetaphil lady who got a Money Card (store credit) so I just go ahead and honor their refunds. But I was left scratching my head.

I'd had enough of them to wonder "what the heck am I missing"? I hadn't heard any real news pieces about it or anything and nothing has been recalled because of this ingredient. Is Oprah at work again leading her bleating sheep masses astray? I know what SLS is, and it's a common ingredient in cleaning and personal care products. For instance SLS is what makes your facial cleanser and shampoo foam up. It's a detergent, basically.

I just did some looking. AHA! There's the culprit. An email is it? Floating around telling people to OMG NOT USE ANYTHING ON YOUR BODY CONTAINING SLS OMG! It's according to the email carcinogenic. Um, people. Before you panic, and gather up your entire pantry full of shampoo and facial cleanser and take it back to the drugstore, do some questioning and fact checking.

The email gives lots of false info. SLS has NEVER been proven to be carcinogenic. It can be an irritant to some, but not cancer causing. Here's a page I found on SLS myths and facts. The American Cancer Society even debunks the "it causes cancer" myth. As I said, to some it can be an irritant, but you don't have to worry about catching "OMG TEH CANCER" from it.

The moral of this story, kids? Don't believe that something is hardcore fact just because its in print or comes to you from a friend or family member in email. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to go shampoo my hair.