I got a couple of e-mails this week from readers wanting to know if I'd be doing a "traditional" Halloween Countdown this year. While my sanity would certainly benefit from doing a bunch of shorter blog entries, I've come to realize that the holidays are all about suffering for my bullshit art. YES, there will be a very traditional and very what-you're-used-to X-E Halloween Countdown this year. Very soon, in fact. Don't want to marry myself to a launch date just yet...but very soon.
And, now that I think about it, this will be the fifth annual Countdown. The fifth! Thanks to everyone who e-mailed in with suggestions and donation offers. If anyone else thinks they have something I can cover this year, drop me a line.
Hit the town last night on the hunt for spooky goodness, and among other things to be reported on in due time, I came across the beauty seen above: A Freddy Krueger hanging decoration. Only slightly expensive with its thirteen dollar price tag, I believe this a new-for-2007 item. I love the shit out of it. It's perfect for Halloween, but Freddy's reach is jusssst broad enough to make this one a genuine perennial.
The quality is terrific -- Freddy's head and hands are made of some kind of awesome rubbery material that's both realistic and fun to touch, while his trademark sweater is real wool, or at least, such a good facsimile that I don't feel the need to fact check.
Look close at Freddy's glove. I sure wish I did when I was at the store. Apparently, some hooligan saw fit to rip off three of Freddy's four glove blades, leaving him both a less effective killer and a constant middle finger-giver. I'm gonna head back to return it for not-wrecked version, and it'll be interesting to see how the conversation with the store manager goes.
I don't feel like measuring the hanging Freddy decoration, but if you're looking for some sense of size, he'd make a great hand puppet. Once I improve my ventriloquism skills, I'll be available for Bar Mitzvahs.
Happy SNT!
Posted by Matt on 09/08/2007. E-mail me!
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Magic Toy, I can’t wait either! I have to know what happened to Karen. Of course I’m curious about the results of the “date” too 
The only show I’m close to as excited about is Dexter, and I don’t even have Showtime anymore 
. At least the first couple of eps already leaked.
*checking the map in the Daily Oklahoman*
I want to say the Modern Living, but it’s more likely the hall between the 4H stuff and Heritage Plaza. It goes around one side and just as you go out one end it’s there on the floor. Might be a nickle, but I believe it’s a quarter. Been there so long, it has several layers of sealant on it, making it truly immobile. I just checked Flash Earth and saw the hall that connects both the 4H/Heritage and Modern Living. It should be on the ML end of the connection. Happy hunting!