Happy Halloween!
I hope all of you are having as great of a day as I am. I absolutely love Halloween. It's my favorite holiday. I love how into it people get, including google!. This year I painted my face like a Day of the Dead Sugar skull because I was lacking costume ideas and I was researching it anyway for an art project. After work and class today, I continued my movie marathon by going to see What Happened to Baby Jane? with some friends at a local independent movie theatre. And I got dinner at Boloco because I had a coupon for a free burrito because of the hurricane and they had discounted pumpkin shakes! Both of which were delicious! Now that I'm in for the night, I'll be watching Vampire Diaries and the Nightmare Before Christmas with my roomie until I'm too tired to keep my eyes open.
How did you spend your Halloween? Did you dress up? Tell me all about it in the comments or link to your Halloween posts below!
1. Modcloth. I'm guessing you've heard of, drooled over, purchased things from modcloth but if you purchase something through this link you'll save $20 on a $50 purchase, for new members only (until October 31st, after that it goes back to $10). Totally worth it!
2. Romantically Apocalyptic. This is one of my favorite webcomics. The story is funny and really well written but I mostly read RA for the artwork. Seriously beautiful. Dark and well drawn, this comic is amazing.
3. Pictures of Scared Bros. This pretty much needs no explaination. So hilarious.
4. Rape-free Horror Movies. Joey Comeau of A Softer World features a list of rape free movies on his horror movie review blog, I'm into survival. Some good suggestions of you like your movies free of sexual violation and torture porn.
5. Your beautiful eyes. An amazing photography project. Eyes are fascinating and Suren Manvelyan's extreme close ups are mind blowing.
6. HotDOG. This photo is the cutest thing in the world.
Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love it. Because it is on a Wednesday this year, i figured I'd take advantage of its mid-week position by celebrating all week. So I'm watching as many horror/thriller/scary/creepy movies as I possibly can. Here's my marathon schedule as I watch them. Are you doing anything for Halloween week?
1. Rear Window. 1954. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Jimmy Stuart and Grace Kelly.
A man with a broken leg spies on his neighbors through their open windows. He sees suspicious activity in one of the apartments that suggest a murder has taken place. An amazing classic Hitchcock film. Also who doesn't want to watch Grace Kelly sneak into an apartment in heels?
2. The Perfect Host. 2010. Directed by Nick Tomnay. Starring David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford.
A criminal on the run takes refuge in a house where his host is having a diner party with his imagination. This film is so carefully constructed and full of unexpected twists. A really interesting take on the psychological thriller. [netflix]
