Dead leaf on the windshield, dead leaf on the windshield, I so need to write a song, about the dead leaf on the windshield.
It's starting to get nice and pretty and orange and yellow outside, but probably not as much as I'd like it to be, because we keep having weather that could fly in July if it tried hard enough.
Speaking of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, has anyone seen the new movie? I've already read all the spoilers like a big brat, but I'm just curious if it's any good, since reviews have seemed so "absolutely yes" or "absolutely not." I do know that, whether brilliant or banal, New Line is treating it like a real horror movie, and that alone might be enough to get me to yay out loud. I wouldn't say that the 2003 remake grew on me upon subsequent viewings, but I'm at least able to appreciate it for what it is instead of worrying about what it could've been. Hopefully, with less of a reason to compare it to anything, the new film manages to be entertaining without a "but."
Joining the Halloween Countdown for Monday is something quite very lots much really cool. A local lawn/flower/plant/fertlizer store transforms into the wondrous Halloween Playland in October, consisting of a pumpkin patch, inflatable funhouses, grim reapers and a portapotty full of fake shit. This entry deals with the ambiance; tomorrow's entry will cover all the fun stuff I bought there.
Posted by Matt on 10/08/2006. E-mail me!
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Definitely worth the trip for all horror fans. 
Up until now, I’d never cared about pumpkin patches. But thanks to the magic of X-E, I’m all hyped to go check one out, and thanks to the Internet, pumpkin patch listings are easy to come by. Click my name for the “Pumpkin Patches and More” site, which provides listings for the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Or repeat my name six hundred and sixty-six times in your bathroom mirror at midnight, and be horrified as you pass out sometime around repetition four hundred and twenty-two, and wake up face-first and sobbing in the toilet.
And Matt, I’ve got a few items you might appreciate. One’s a “Freddy vs. Jason” tie-in, the “Killer Trivia” game (like Trivial Pursuit, but all the questions are about the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street films). Another is the super-ultimate-wowee-deluxe edition of the “Bat Organs” series – this one comes with a brain, lungs, heart and stomach. (Slap a spleen and an anus in there and you’ve practically got the whole package, not that you should ever slap a spleen or anus for any reason ever.) I’d planned to give them to my brother, but his wife thought they were gross and didn’t want my little nephew finding them. So they’re getting the B&N exclusive “Great Pumpkin” boardgame instead, and the Killer Trivia and Bat Stuffing can be passed on to someone else.
Interested?