Quote from Stephen King
Posted on Oct 31, 2006
by BD Wilson
All Hallow’s Eve
Posted on Oct 31, 2006
by BD Wilson
For almost my entire life, Halloween has been my favourite holiday. When I was really young, my mother would make us two costumes sometimes: one for school, and one that fit over a snowsuit for trick-or-treating.
When we got older, there was a wonderful series of theatrical-style make-up called Living Nightmare that had some fantastic character kits. (The make-up line is still around, but I haven’t been able to find the kits I remember for years.) They were a little darker, and a lot gorier, than the ones my mother made, but they were great.
Then, as must happen, I got too old to trick-or-treat. For a while, I went to to Halloween parties. One of my greatest achievements was a handmade gargoyle costume (largely an achievement because I really can’t sew). In those years, I tended to make up my own characters. From the Bronze Magus, to the China Doll Harlequin, to the faceless ghost of a nobody, even up to the gothic Angel of Death (complete with army boots) I still had fun costuming.
I haven’t done that in a while, though. The interest and time that my friends (and I) used to have in it seems to have waned. I don’t bother with a costume anymore, because I tend to stay in. Now that I live in a closed building, there aren’t even any trick-or-treaters to greet.
Somewhere along the line, I’ve lost my favourite holiday, and I’m not quite certain how to get it back.
Reading: Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Posted on Oct 13, 2006
by BD Wilson
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Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with “cynical adolescent.” Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he’s been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. |
Quote from Douglas Adams
Posted on Oct 12, 2006
by BD Wilson
“‘Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great legnth and explained my view of the Universe to it,’ said Marvin.
‘And what happened?’ pressed Ford.
‘It commited suicide,’ said Marvin and stalked back to the Heart of Gold.”
— The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Quote from Stephen King
Posted on Oct 03, 2006
by BD Wilson
“I collpased into one of the library chairs. My heart was beathing too fast. I couldn’t seem to catch my breath. My head was pounding; my eyes seemed to have suddenly grown too large for their sockets. I could not take them from the shadows of the coffee-table legs upon the rug. ‘I am most… definately not… all right.’
At that moment Lestrade appeared in the study doorway. ‘If you’ve looked your fill, H—’ He broke off. ‘What the devil’s the matter with Watson?’
‘I believe,’ said Holmes in a calm, measured voice, ‘That Watson has solved the case. Have you, Watson?’”
— The Doctor’s Case
