The decorating has begun

 It's slowly getting closer to Halloween, which means the neighbors are quietly putting their ghouls and goblins out in the yard.

Every one has been buying new items this year and it's very surprising how creative people are getting.

Case in point, a neighbor down the street from me, has decided to upcycle her husband's wheelchair as well as some camping chairs. She added some drinking buddies, by way of skeletons, as well as a stationary yard crawler and an owl. 

What I didn't get a picture of, was a recent addition (she added it after I took the photos and I haven't been back). She added a witch of sort, about 6 feet tall, standing by the garage. It's strange to see it, because it's hiding among the bushes between the houses. I'm sure it's there because it's powered to a socket and the owner wants it to wiggle and jiggle when / if someone approaches. 

I just had to laugh at the decorations though. I didn't expect this from her, but I kind of did. She's such a nice woman and totally open minded to things, so I'm sure she had a blast trying to figure out how to put it all together. It doesn't help much that her sister is part of the social committee and there's a contest going on for people who are putting things out for the sugar rush night. I am sure this woman wants to win, but I've seen a lot of houses in the community who have a ton of things out. 

We're talking blowup scenes that would make Kris Kringle blush. 

Things like entire movie sets from The Nightmare Before Christmas and various garage door covers (the bat one with the pumpkins is popular - two house have that particular version and they're on the same street). Last year, someone had a Beetlejuice cover, and that owner had been dressed like the B man and his wife as Lydia. It was straight out of the end of the movie - they replicated the wedding scene. #nospoilers

It's so crazy to see how people keep upping the ante every year. Gone are the days (in my old neighborhood) where the one family would create an elaborate theme by using a Radio Flyer and their kids. Every trick or treat night, the dad would be pulling the kids in some sort of float, whether it was a pirate ship, space ship, cowboys, or spur of the moment quick thinking. That family won the surprise medal every time they turned up. 

Although, going back to last year, a full family (several generations) all dressed alike. They were a walking skeleton crew. From grandma and great aunt all the way down to the infants, everyone was wearing that black onesie with the white skeleton body painted on it. There had to be at least 20 of them in that party and they walked the community, taking the chocolates and such from every stranger they came across. It was wild. 

It'll be so interesting this year and at one point I'm going to have to drive around my community at night and get pictures of the houses. I just need someone to go with me so I can sit in the passenger seat and take the photos.

Until then, stay safe and inside. You don't know what will attach to you if you go a-wandering....

Cheers;

See also:

* Skeletal owls via Amazon

* Skeletons via Amazon

* Stationary crawler via Amazon

* Camping chairs via Amazon

* Skeleton bodysuit via Amazon

He is the DJ, he is what he plays?

He's not "DJ" as in David Jones, aka David Bowie, singing about a disc jockey (track 6) from the 1979 album Lodger. This guy is almost six foot tall and rocking the turn tables for a scary Halloween Party. Yes, he's a hooded skeleton lit up by control knobs and stationary channels. Maybe he's one of the old drum n bass dudes trying to relive some youth, given the outfit and the newer electronics.. 

Okay, let me back track.

Hehe.. I said "back track".. as in "rewind". Just push play???  Haha.

We were in Lowe's last night because our microwave finally died. It's been having issues the past several months and when we were reheating something, the machine failed. After looking at a few different websites, we walked in to Lowes, purchased a basic GE model, and out we went.

Of course I got squirreled, because the Lowe's specific holiday items happen to be at the exit and I saw all the movement.

Man, are these things huge - all animatronics of various shapes and sizes. 

There was the aforementioned 5 foot 7 DJ skeleton, a regular / naked 6.5 foot skeleton, a 12 foot "immortal nightwalker" in a dark robe holding a lantern, a 5 foot witch, a 6 foot scarecrow, a 3 foot happy ghost, and a trio of 3 foot people that looked fresh out of the Haunted Mansion franchise. I'm guessing on the heights of these things, even though for sure, the DJ was listed as 5'7" and I was able to zoom in on the nightwalker to see a tag stating he's twelve feet tall.

Sadly, my mother was in such a rush, I couldn't get great pictures of everything. I am lucky I got a video of the skeleton DJ. I did get a skewed picture of the entire group, so excuse the rush job on them. I didn't have opportunity to get better close ups /videos. 

The only thing I got multiple pictures of, was the DJ because that's what I focused on before I had to run outside and leave. Again, I wish I got everything on video, but there was no time, it was getting late. 

The video for it is here:

All of the items on the stage are specific ("Exclusive") to Lowe's, so I could not find them exactly on Amazon. 

Although, searching "Halloween skeleton dj animatronic" I found a varying degree of skeletons, none of which is the music playing one I saw last night. I also searched "6 foot animatronic skeleton" and came up with similar information. They're all between thirty odd dollars and over 200 dollars, depending on what you're looking at. There is what looks "Georgie" from Stephen King's "IT" on Amazon, and I think I saw him somewhere in another store. There are also some forms of the "nightwalker" and they aren't the same as the one in Lowe's. A little more digging and I found some things listed under "Haunted Living 12-ft Immortal Nightwalker Motion Activated Lighted Animatronic" (which is what the box calls the big guy) including the same "Haunted Hill Farm Haunted TV by Tekky" that the same box store has on its website. 

Unfortunately, in order to purchase the skeleton that I filmed, you'd have to buy him for $299 (before tax) at the home improvement store. He seems a little pricey, but I think it's because he is listed "as a premium animatronic prop — with LED lighted eyes, turntable, mixing board, headphones and speaker". There really isn't a "what's in the box" set of information, so it's one of those "WYSIWYG" type of situations. Allegedly, there is an electrical cable for power and both a foot pedal and motion sensor to make him move, plus there is a need for four AA batteries somewhere. Otherwise the manual is not available. 

There are so many things being made now for holidays. More outside stuff that can be brought indoors for bad weather, things that are larger than life / in your face / caught you by surprise?! and items that make you wonder what it does before it springs something crazy at you. Gone are the days when you took a piece of cardboard, cut it into the shape of a gravestone and spray painted "RIP" on it before taping it to a tree. Now you can buy a realistic looking headstone and bury it in your backyard for the beginning or end of a haunted tour. No wonder why kids these days have no fear. They're growing up with violent / ominous looking toys that their parents are reliving their own nightmares with. We should be glad the parents are showing the kids a "good time" at the random expense for a few pieces of candy, I suppose. *Shrugs*

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I remember growing up and going to a family friend's house for Halloween and he would turn his whole place into a haunted tour. From the inside to the outside, everywhere in between, there was no stone untouched where we couldn't walk through and get the tar scared out of us. There was a core group of parents who would join in at various points in this group scare and if you (as a kid) didn't do the walk through, you were shamed for a minute before being dragged in. It was all in good fun and we left somewhat amused, although I don't know if anyone had happy tears or scared tears because sometimes it was too crazy to tell (even though we knew better; it was all faked).

Life is strange that way, and it's not even September yet.

Fall is here, y'all!

Winter will be coming soon. Another week or two and Thanksgiving items will be posted. A week after that, Christmas, I bet you. Just wait for it. 😒

Cheers;

It's like they know...

WARNING

The post below talks about a pet store and my opinion on what the animals looked like, with pictures. This is not a paid advertisement for the store or any animal cause. It is just my thoughts by themselves and does not reflect those around me. For the readers who are animal lovers or have a hard time watching an ASPCA ad, please visit again and don't read this post. Unless you want to. I'm not going to stop you. However, this is your fair do's. It might not be for everyone to read and I understand that. I thank you for stopping by and continuing to stop by. Please return on another day and check for an update, should you decide not to stay on this post.

Yesterday my mother wanted to go to a specific store to check their "sale", so I walked in to Petland, which is in the same plaza.

Well, "you know there's a problem, when..." the store is pretty clean looking, the accessories are seemingly marked down, and there's a candle burning as you walk in to the store. 

Yes, there was a good size candle burning at the registers, masking any type of smell there may be. Plus, there were hand sanitizers every two cages, asking people to "please sanitize your hands before and after touching the puppies" (I didn't get a picture of this, and I probably should have. It was a "huh??? moment). 

I'm not sitting here trying to call out Petland for anything shift and shady. I'm here just to say how sad it was, walking around the store. The associate seemed nice, but a little desperate to take a dog out and have me play with it. The first question you're asked is if you have an appointment, or are you just walking in to check things out. I chose the latter because I didn't want to go to the store my mother was in. The associate said that I should let him know if I want to have any of the puppies taken out and played with, because it will be no problem. I thanked him and looked around. 

As it wasn't that busy, sans a family in one of the play areas fawning over a puppy, it seemed like the place was rather empty. I could feel eyes on me as I walked around. I took my time doing a circle around the store and once I got back to the babies, the associate asked me if I have any animals. I said no, and he laughed. He said "everyone should have a puppy" and did his best smile to get me to agree. I kept quiet. He then said that I "should play with one of the puppies here. They are puppies after all, and puppies always want to play". I thanked him but said I was just interested in looking around.

It really is a sad store, this Petland. You walk in and you can feel something bad is happening, and once you see the puppies, you can definitely tell something bad is happening. They're all beautiful little animals, but they're all drained looking. Meaning, they look sad and defeated. It's as if they know people aren't going to buy them and they're going to spend however many days and months locked in their crate before the store decides to do something else with them. 

Which I do not know what, and I don't want to know. 

The puppies I saw were 2-4 in a cage and if they weren't sleeping, they were sitting there waiting for a human to look at them. A few saw me approach their window and immediately came over and pawed at the glass, as if to say "pick me up?". I didn't want to, because I didn't want to have to sign my life away and get conned into a sale of an animal. 

My mother would kill me. Haha. 

But more importantly, if these dogs are already looking sad and lonely, they're going to end up going back in their cage when it's time for me to leave and that's not fair for them. Plus, if you have to sanitize yourself before and after, what underlying issues are there in this place? 

As it is, the cages up and down units. Imagine a 2 shelf bookcase, but instead of being shallow for books, it's big enough to hold a crated dog. The crate is built in to the wall - the top, left and right sides are wall, the front is plexiglass so you can see the animal, the back is a lockable double door (with bars) for the employee to get the dog, and the bottom is a grate with enough space between that and the flooring, so the dog can use the bathroom when it needs to. I'm not going to go into details about bathroom usage, but I did notice a few cages that really needed to be cleaned because the flooring didn't look like normal bathroom behavior. 

I took some photos, and they all have various reflections of the store in the glass, so don't mind the lighting. You'll see how the dogs look almost abused, but they're also so pretty at the same time (the husky, for example, sat like a champ and his eyes were spectacular blue). 

My heart breaks for them because it really makes you feel so bad for them. Again, there were ones I didn't get photos of, as they were sleeping. There were ones who were awake, but they looked just like these ones - they know their fate and they're going to be here for however long with no home to go to. 

It's a struggle because I don't want to be negative about this, however, I really truly walked out of there feeling awful for them. I had told my mom what I saw, and I think she felt bad too, even though she didn't want to go in. 

This is a place I one hundred per cent could not work for. Seeing what the puppies looked like (they were clean, admitedly, and some were spunky, ready to play. Although, it could have been just boredom for them and seeing a new person they wanted to meet), I could not morally try to sell a customer one of the dogs because there's some thing scratching at the back of my head, telling me "this is wrong". There's some big bad aura in this place and I've read some horror stories about the mistreatment of the animals, so seeing them kind of puts it all in place. It almost felt sterile when I walked in, but not in the good way. Maybe that's why there was a candle burning. Who knows. But to work here? No. It's not worth my going home at night, wanting to scrub my skin clean and wonder what will happen to the dogs and if they will be there tomorrow, not only safe, but okay. I can't sell an animal knowing there might be something wrong with it, especially since this is the type of place you get commission on because it's an upsell type of job. Petco or Petsmart, sure. Maybe I could work at those places because it feels more uplifting, more positive. They seem to help all animals get healthy by selling food and treats (at a huge markup, yes), as well as getting animals a makeover with a haircut. You're not actively selling a sentient being that is cooped up looking battered. Yes, there are random little creatures, but I honestly don't get the same dark impression from them as I got in Petland. 

Maybe it's because I'm not an active shopper? So I don't know all the ins and outs?

It's strange, I know, and I don't know how else to explain it. Like I said, there's been horror stories about this brand and I'm sure there are just as bad reviews about the other pet stores. I feel that there's a difference when you walk into them as they seemed more inviting. 

There are no words to really describe any of this correctly. I know there are problems in every store and I'm really trying not to be so bad on one and good on another because my experiences have been different in each place I've walked in to. That's what it boils down to: personal experience. What you see and do, what happens, how you're treated, etc. Everyone is different and every moment is different. Someone reading this could disagree with me wholeheartedly, while the next person could completely agree. I'm fine with that. We are all entitled to speak our minds and have a conversation about it. All I ask is to not be mean or play dirty. Be respectful and you'll get it back. 

Do your research. Grab life by the chewy toy and run in the grass like a maniac. 

Cheers;

Feels a little apocalyptic

Past few weeks, whatever is happening in the world, the sunsets have been wild. 

Burst of reds, oranges, purples.. colors so vivid and odd, it really feels like a scene in one of the "end of the world" movies. The type where the undead will come creeping out of a corner if you're not careful because you thought you checked every inch of that abandoned town you've been hiding in. 

But we aren't there... yet. It's still too Hollywood science fiction. 

What we have is something completely different and it's just as weird. 

I think part of the reason the orange is showing up more, is due to the Saharan Dust coming our way. It's lingering a bit longer this summer and won't stop until the end of the month. So they say. It's also why we haven't had an influx of tropical storms turned hurricanes. The sand is prohibiting the Atlantic from doing it's churning and delivering us a big case of "oh damn, get the shutters up". 

The photos and video I'm posting were taken on an iPhone 11. No edits on the photos except my name. There are two with different fonts. Those I put my name on via the photos app in my phone and sent them to friends. The video was edited in Pinnacle Studio, and all I did for that was add my name and stock music (which came with the program). 

When I sent the photos to my friends, Shawn had said that one of them "looks like it could be a postcard, calendar, or something tourists would buy up" and that overall, they are "really cool picture[s]". 

That's why I'm going to do a little housekeeping and say "like what you see? Show some support. I am using a site called Ko-Fi, if you want to drop something there [aka "Buy me a coffee"]. Comments here are welcome as well". It's not easy generating stuff on a weekly or monthly basis and I keep saying I'm working bettering my photo skills. I'm trying to get enough work done where I can swiftly and easily do so much more. Everyone likes my photos and videos, but I know they need work. That's why Ko-Fi and comments are helpful if you're looking at my blog and potentially saving a picture or two (I know it happens. I'm not that naïve). Hence, drop a dime, drop a line. Be nice. 

Anyway, without further ado, the proof or it didn't happen:

Overall, the pictures and video also prove that there is a difference between being able to auto focus in a phone and being able to know your digital camera (or film camera) well enough to focus and manipulate the images before processing. During the film days, there were more blurry photos than still photos in my books and with digital, it may be easier to delete the image, but there's still trial and error. Look at my moon pictures from yesterday. The difference between holding a lightweight machine the length of a brick (but the heft of a small pack of crayons) can take a better image than holding a camera with a heavy lens, and have some shaking going on. Even if you use a tripod, you're probably better using a wired remote to shutter the lens, or you might not get the photo you're looking for. I should have used a tripod yesterday, but I didn't. I used a phone last night. It's literally night and day, even though it was not totally night nor totally day when they were both taken. Just happened to be 14 hours apart. 

I don't know. I'm probably talking nonsense. It's still a valuable lesson and it's a learning experience and experiment. Things happen. 

Much like I was texting Cat and she was telling me about her daughter wanting to go into photography as a job, but "due to AI, photography is dying", so the girl will probably pick a more favorable employment opportunity. I told Cat that her daughter should still check it out - there's still random types of work to do. It's not the best, but she could do the "school picture day" pictures with some sort of roaming portrait studio. If she can get some sort of low level apprenticeship or internship with a local photo studio, she can still learn a lot and gain valuable skills. As long as the drug stores are printing photos on the big plotters, there's a need for photographers. 

I worked for two different photo studios and one of them actually went to Costco for bulk printing. I learned a lot from both companies - talking with the graphic designer and printing tech at the first one, taught me how to use the newer versions of Photoshop and how to use industrial printing machines. I was able to do a lot more corrections and manipulations with speaking with them and watching them, than I was doing on GIMP. I knew enough that each keystroke translated and transferred easily to the Adobe product, but I still was a novice. I still am a novice; I admit that. I also got to know more about processing photos. What it takes to edit the image for proper sizing and printing on big chemical machines like the Fuji photo printer lab contraption we were using. I had dark room experience from college, but this is a whole different ballgame. The other studio I worked at, made me aware that you really need to type out your business materials in a Word document or have someone else read the information before you embed it on a photo in Photoshop. We were printing flyers (business information) that were so misspelled and misaligned, it was a real embarrassment. Yet no one checked for errors because it was one of those in house promotions and there was a need for foot traffic. I learned more of what not to do in a business from this one shop, than anything else, quite honestly. I know that sounds mean and rude, but I learned a lot about how to run a company and what stuck with me was how things were being done from a business standpoint instead of a client standpoint. Flash in the pan easy and quick to get a body in, versus take your time to make sure you get the right person in. If you're doing professional portraits (headshots), you need professional advertising. Don't have half your flyer read like a second grader wrote it. 

Yes, I have my faults. "Don't throw stones at glass houses". My blog is littered with problems and I know that. I also know I'm not an LLC or a proper business. This is something I do as a hobby - share reviews, pictures, opinions. I don't mind talking about things and I hope people read what I type and maybe change their own thought about the topic. I'm not looking to convert anyone. I'm just free writing until my mind says "enough". If it doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense. I tend to ramble and not check my work. Yet here I am, talking smack about a company who didn't check theirs either. I only worked there - I didn't have a major stake in the company, so their advertising was on them. I wasn't part of those meetings or that department; I stayed in a corner working on videos all day. 

It's not a bad thing and it's not a good thing. It was something I learned and can pass on to other people. Which is why I said to Cat her daughter should still think about doing photo stuff. If anything, she will learn some new ways to do everything and if she goes a different job route, so be it. At least she has gained more knowledge on something she likes to do. 

Isn't there some sort of adage where "knowledge is power"? We should be enabling our kids and our friends to seek out things they like to do and encourage them to work / collaborate with others to learn more about whatever it is. Just like I am slowly learning more about my own camera and I try to do things with it, even if the picture comes out horrible, I know what not to do the next time. 

Long story longer, I completely squirreled away from the original idea of this post. 

At any rate, stay glowing and keep your eyes peeled to the sky (and ground. Always look around you)...

Cheers

See Also

* Kind of feeling like "It's The End Of The World As We Know It" by REM (off their "Document" album - track 6 for reference)

"They're heeeerrrreee"

Oh wait; wrong brand.

The other day I was in one of the location retailers and went back into the various home and kitchen section in the back of the store (this is primarily a clothing store with houseware and kitchenware in the back). One aisle has a couple shelves worth of journals and sketchbooks, so I went digging around, just to look. 

Well, they had a decent amount of alien sketch books and composition books for sale, and it's not even Halloween. I can't find the exact ones on Amazon to link to, but I did find other notebooks and sketchbooks on the site. 

I can't believe how big these books were. I know sketchbooks are meant to be pretty large, but the notebooks were the same size; regulation 8x11. 

It's so weird to see them out and not have a massive amount of stock laying around, so people must be buying them. Guess they're in fashion again?

Much like the headphone bookend I saw. That's pretty cool and is great for a music reader.

If I a bookshelf with books, I'd totally buy this. However, the books I have are already in a bookcase and don't need any standing up. This probably also could be used to hold records on a shelf too; I don't see why not. It definitely seems sturdy enough to hold music, if it can hold books. 

I haven't made it back on to the playground lately, but I intend to. This week has been a little crazy and I've not had opportunity to do as much working out as usual. But I'm still trying and I'm still going. Just need to wiggle my way into the areas that need working on.

That's about it for now; just wanted to make a quick post about all the blank books I saw while shopping. It's basically a reminder for me to tell Cat, but also share the things I'm seeing with everyone else. 

Enjoy and don't get too wrapped up in chaos. The tin foil only goes so far...

Cheers;

I still can't believe...

... I went to the Alice Cooper concert, and walked away from it with a t-shirt, videos and no crazy scars. My ears feel alright; they were fine when I woke up the next morning, so normal hearing loss still intact. 😳

The fact that it's been eight days and I'm still like, "what did I see?? It's already been a week??" is out of this world. 

I had a general idea of what I was getting in to when I bought the ticket in October, but I didn't completely know what was going to happen. Just like I had an idea of the age range of the fans (yes, I profiled), and lo and behold, the years of watching police crime and drama shows paid off. My theory was correct on the people I'd see. It doesn't hurt that I had an idea of what to expect, but wasn't completely understanding since I had never seen any footage of Alice perform. I went in to this only knowing a real short handful of songs and knowledge of what he would attempt to do. In the end, you learn by trial and error. 

It doesn't help my case by saying I probably should stop over thinking what I'm going to do or see at any time. Even though what I find myself getting in to, usually can sometimes end up being a grand sociology experiment. I can't help trying to figure it out beforehand; it's oddly intriguing and it's interesting to see how close (or far away) to correct I am.

For "as old" as the crowd was, you don't want to know how the majority of the sing-a-longs had the voices coming from the first 10 rows of the packed house. The sounds I heard (outside the band) were the various people attempting to sing, and they were raised equal to, and high above, Cooper's in a couple instances. It seemed to come primarily from in front of me since no one next to me looked totally enthralled to be there (the exception was the 4 guys in front of me). The people around me were more about staying still and quiet, taking videos, rather than really getting up and enjoying themselves. The man to my right, especially, sat for a little over an hour and looked like he was totally lost. In the beginning, his female friends looked like they knew what was about to go down more than he did. 

I know voices carry, so it was probably more like the first 20 rows in front of me were having a blast, but again, there were dead spots that I could pick up over the music. I have hearing issues as it is and I can kind of differentiate some sounds better than other sounds. I could be wrong with what I heard, but I was more invested in the whole event than trying to figure out where the acoustics were crapping out (not that I haven't done that before... people hate when I watch TV with them because I point out the bad stuff).  

Hearing the crowd all sing (kind of in unison, which is funny in itself) with Alice was a good thing and a bad thing because they all knew the music and I only knew a handful of it. There was a point in the concert where the guys in front of me were having a (loud, to hear each other) conversation and the one wearing the "Ozark Musical Festival" shirt said to his buddy, "I love this song!!", and I stood there thinking to myself, "I don't know this song!". 😩

To keep the audience guessing and on their toes, there were instances when a confetti cannon would go off into the crowd.

For real; of all things not to expect, it's confetti shooting at you from the stage of an Alice Cooper concert. 

When you think things can't get more strangely weird (I mean, come on... snakes, guillotines, beheadings... in this day and age???), the last song of the main set, "School's Out" (track 1 from the same titled album, School's Out) was played. It started normally and then all of a sudden, those giant "palooza" style inflatable balls came out for the audience to not only hit around, but also was used for Alice to explode more confetti onto everyone. The show truly went from a dark vaudevillian event to a happy (but could be scary depending on your mindset) trippy hippy show in 89 minutes. 

What the crazy?! 

If you wait about 45 seconds in to the video, the balls show up. 

I know this video doesn't start with the beginning of School's Out because I did this accidentally intentially. During my last post about the concert, I ended that video with the first minute and a half of the song. However, this version ends with a surprise mix: a couple verses of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall part 2 (track 5 from The Wall). What I don't include here is when the song goes back into the last refrain of School's Out before the concert ends and Alice comes back for the encore (Feed My Frankenstein). 

The more I think about it, this may be one of the videos where I didn't have people completely in the way, so I was able to get a solid few minutes of the entire band. I only wish I didn't have to rely on total zoom the whole time, because it's blocky and pixelated and doesn't look pretty (in my opinion). 

Like I said in the previous post, "short people problem". 

Overall, mind... blown.

Still.

Thought I'd share a little more. 

Until the next update, stay trippy. 

Cheers;

See Also

* Video shot on an iPhone 11

* Video edited in Pinnacle Studio

The neighbors are growing a shopping cart?

It looks like a Dollar General cart to boot. 

Yesterday I forgot to post pictures of my walk, where someone in my community is seemingly growing a shopping cart. 

It was the most random thing, as it's literally planted next to a recently planted tree. 

All photos taken on an iPhone 11 and edited in Photoshop (which I have to get better in, based on my crappy color correction edits 😨). 

But yeah, a neighbor is growing a cart. I thought that was out of fashion a few decades ago? This is what happens when you live in a gated community; it's fair game even though we are restricted to what we can use as yard decoration. This guy must be starting to get out more Halloween items and will use the buggy as part of a full gore scene. 

Maybe.

That could be me just making stuff up. Considering he also has a pumpkin snowman by his front door. 

I had to be at work early a couple days this week and saw that blowup shining in  the dark in the mornings and wondered what it was. Due how it's partially hidden by a wall, I couldn't totally figure it out. Glad I walked that way and saw it. It's cute, but not my type of fun kitsch. 

Four more days and humans of all shapes, sizes and ages will be sugar highed. I plan on wearing a Nightmare Before Christmas shirt to work, but I don't know which one (I've got three different ones to choose from). I also have my Nightmare shoes and I'll wear pumpkin earrings (and yes, I'll be wearing pants so don't get all gross.. they'll just be regular shorts). Maybe I'll wear the glow in the dark "Pumpkin King" shirt with the glow in the dark shoes. That'll be impressive. 

The shirt looks like this, but Amazon doesn't say if it glows. Amazon doesn't have the specific shoes I've got, but they have other ones available. 

I have a few days to decide though. Until then, enjoy the day and don't steal anyone's new planter box on wheels.

Cheers;