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DC’s ostensibly favorite Home Haunts of the Halloween season 2023 (Southern California edition) *

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Wraith House (Laguna Niguel)
’44 sleeps until Wraith House welcomes all to her basement….where the rats…and the corpses…play. South Orange County’s most terrifying haunt experience!’

 

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Backwoods Massacre (Simi Valley)
‘Located deep in the bloody heart of Simi Valley, “Backwoods Massacre!” is a maze that intentionally omits scare actors and instead relies on the building itself to shape the personality of the haunt. Carcasses and taxidermy decorate the rotting walls. The sets, built mostly out of vintage shipping pallets, are dimly lit by hanging lanterns that reveal old medicine bottles that hint at this place being abandoned decades ago. Eventually you encounter dissected human carcasses whose body parts are being cooked over a campfire, and your biggest nightmares are confirmed – there is a killer who resides here.’

 

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Camp Moreno Manor (Ojai)
‘Welcome to Camp Moreno Manor! We are not your typical camp experience, a spooky good time awaits you! Our annual fall camporee will take place in October on the 27th, 28th & 31st! Watch out for for the zombie deer when visiting camp Moreno Manor, they especially hate hunters.’

 

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Dangling Carrot’s Grisly Garden (Santa Clarita)
‘Dangling Carrot Creative’s Grisly Garden opens this October and is produced and built by Film Industry experts. This haunted event is to help out-of-work Film Industry Tradespeople with their daily bills ect. Some of our team members have been without steady work for as many as 6 months or more. There may be an upside to the slowdown though, this is probably the ONLY time that all of us can come together for your benefit to write, build, produce and hold a state-of-the-art, cutting edge scare show like no others can! Come enjoy a night and immerse yourself in a story where everything went wrong. Walk through an incredible tale of twists and turns and the creepy tales of a Gardener and his Daughter caught up in a scary world of fright, mystery, confusion and gore!’

 

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Ghostwood Manor: Pharoah’s Hall (Pasadena)
‘This October, something is stirring in the depths of an Egyptian Tomb… Brave slithering piles of serpents! Witness the tomb raider’s fate! Come face to face with an Ancient too terrifying to fathom!’

 

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Blood Hill (Pasadena)
‘When the Circus shut down everyone wondered where all the clowns had gone but, after 70 years, everyone moved on. They had forgotten about The Circus, and left it to rot. 70 years later and the surrounding neighborhood watched as the Circus came back to life! Surprise turned to horror as now they realized where the clowns had gone, they never left! Insane and demented, they have now re-opened The Circus, in their twisted vision! Come experience the scariest walkthrough in all of Pasadena, The Circus!’

 

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Twisted Dreams Haunt (Buena Park)
‘Created by Lief Swenson, the haunt centers around the Great Sierra Western, a train run by a murderous conductor who bludgeoned countless victims and transported their body parts across the rails with the help of his equally bloodthirsty accomplices. Fittingly, the haunt is packed with graphic and blood-stained scenes of grisly mutilation and savagery. Mutilated corpses, ragged body parts, and crimson splatters reign throughout the maze, as though the Texas Chainsaw Massacre had swept through each scene and left behind a trail of bodies and limbs.

‘Of course, all show and no scare makes for a boring maze, and Twisted Dreams is anything but boring. The home haunt has an incredible number of monsters that make use of a winding layout to scare guests multiple times, from multiple locations. The jump scares are intense and relentless, focused on terrorizing the souls out of those brave enough to venture through. The sprawling layout through Swenson’s side yards, back yard, and garage allow for a lengthy trip through these haunted rails, and that extended course accentuates the frights and the fear.’

 

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STRAITE TO HALE PRESENTS FREAK SHOW AT THE CREEK (Rancho Cucamonga)
‘Witches, demons and curses have plagued demon creek throughout the years. Now the Freak Show comes to town! What malevolence could follow this time? Come tour the town and see the show but beware of what oddities lurk in the shadows.’

 

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HAUNT AT HELLIZONDO (Canoga Park)
‘In the forgotten western town of Hope’s Edge, a sinister force emerges from the fog every autumn. Step over the threshold and face what lurks in the alleyways and dark corners of this twisted mining village.’

 

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GALLAND FAMILY HAUNT PRESENTS THE KRAKENS LAIR (Rowland Heights)
‘Go on a journey into the shipwreck that the most feared creature in the sea calls home. Can you survive an encounter with the Kraken?’

 

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Haydenville Haunter presents The Doll House (Moreno Valley)
‘Haydenville Haunter will be taking you into a dollhouse this year!’

 

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Catastrophe Cabin (Glendale)
‘Catastrophe Cabin is a home haunt that does not feel like a home – it’s too well disguised by its Halloween overlay. On Halloween Night, it mimics a walk-through experience. Bathed in eerie red light, the decor and foliage are so thick they create an illusion of entering a Halloween world with pathway leading to a tent where where trick-or-treaters may obtain candy and divination cards from the haunt’s friendly mystical hosts. A second, equally packed pathway leads to the front door for those courageous enough.’

 

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Manor of Fears (Apple Valley)
‘Manor of Fears is a home haunt in Apple Valley that feels more like a professional haunt with a massive footprint. Lasting fifteen to twenty minutes, this haunted house takes guests in multiple structures, with long stretches of exterior areas to explore. It is linear in structure, with actors emerging from hidden areas and directly engaging audiences to elicit scares.’

 

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The Harvest: Rise of Apex (Upland)
‘Black Market Escape Rooms has successfully introduced MurderCo: The Harvest, their newest immersive horror experience, this Halloween season. The Harvest is an experience that delivers a unique way for its audience to be pulled through an intense live-action storyline. “I believe this experience is the first of its kind.” Tim Gough, Creative Director at Black Market Escape Rooms. “This is my rendition of a horror maze, where I am using immersive theater to physically move an audience through an intense forty-five minute interactive storyline. With The Harvest, guests will immediately find themselves staring in a live-action blockbuster horror movie that doesn’t let up.”’

 

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The Haunted Barn (Palmdale)
‘BIADIA presents The Haunted Barn Maze. Beware of the monsters lurking in this heart pounding Maze stretching across 2acres of haunted land. Located in the middle of no where- or so it appears…the maze leads victims thru the infamous “haunted Barn” featuring 7 rooms of murder scenes and ends with a fully stocked pumpkin patch where guests can pick a pumpkin for purchase. Open for all ages but not recommended for children under 12 to arrive after dark.’

 

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Black Casket (Yucaipa)
‘This October, come step into your worse nightmares! Located in Yucaipa, CA, come experience a labyrinth of nightmares. With an abundant of bone-chilling rooms, you are sure to find your worse fear come to life! With nightly expeditions every weekend in October from 6-11pm, come see if you can handle the horror that awaits you.’

 

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High Desert Haunted House (Apple Valley)
‘Far from LA way up in the mountains of Apple Valley, lies a haunt shrouded in mystery: The High Desert Haunted House. Last year, after a random google search, we drove out to try it and loved it. It was immediately clear to us that this is one of the best haunts in southern California. As we slowly drove up the dirt trail, surrounded by only Joshua Trees and cacti, we were completely encompassed by the darkness. There were no lights except the ones blinking from miles away in the valley. Once we parked, the mood was immediately set as we noticed monsters- like Jason or a Scarecrow- randomly pulling in and out of the shadows. Once in line the cold air was dominated heavily by the scent of chainsaw exhaust. While we waited, the sound of the screams from unsuspecting patrons within the maze mixed perfectly with the blown out speakers playing Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba”. The exterior, which is made up of pieces of junk and scrap randomly put together, is surrounded by structures that have slowly decomposed over time. The maze is built like Mad Max’s vehicles as they exploit scrap and garbage to create something spectacular. The haunt, like the film, emphasizes the feeling of an apocalyptic desert wasteland – encompassing perfectly the determination of do it yourself, while taking advantage of its own natural setting.’

 

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Halls of Horror (Los Angeles)
‘Halls of Horror is back for its fourth installment in October with two immersive and interactive live theatre experiences. A little girl is missing in a Depression-era mining town, and a search party that includes audience members is going down to an abandoned mineshaft in a rickety elevator. Will they come back alive, or will they meet the same bloody fate as others foolish enough to plumb the depths of “The Mine”? A looming darkness is spreading under the Big Top, and it’s up to “Carnival” guests to figure out why. Step right up and choose-your-own adventure with the Ring Master, stilt walkers, tarot card readers, and other creepy characters. This event is the creative brainchild of students at Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, located on the Cal State L.A. campus.’

 

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Madness on Melgar (Whittier)
‘This back yard walk-through haunted maze does not disappoint. Cross paths with crazy clowns, crazed lunatics, possessed dolls, and much, much, more. Prepare to be scared… to death. Donations go towards our daughter’s 12U softball team.’

 

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Glenwood Mine Co. (La Crescenta)
‘Glenwood Mine Co is a home haunt in La Crescenta, CA. This haunt has a spooky mine theme with pop-up scares and animatronics.’

 

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Dante’s Pizza Inferno (Fontana)
‘Dante’s Pizza Inferno is a Pizza Parlor themed haunt based on Dante’s Inferno with a cheesy pepperoni twist. Enter the Pizzeria and find yourself emerged in the deep dish layers of hell.’

 

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A Place to Scare (Burbank)
‘Founded in 1963, BCR is an organization that provides therapeutic services to adults and children diagnosed with developmental disabilities. Hosted within the BCR facility, “A Place to Scare” contained a wide assortment of props and festive lights. The haunted maze was incredibly fun and took visitors through various themed areas including a blood bank center, ballroom festivities, and catacombs. The catacombs contained an amazing smoke-filled casket which was handmade by the event’s organizer. Throughout the maze there were creepy characters who interacted with us and let out whimpers and yells from unexpected areas.’

 

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Desert Decay Manor (Whitewater)
‘Nestled in the foothills of the West Palm Springs Village, The Killgore family has resided on these hallowed grounds for generations. Some left trying to escape the family curse of a horrific untimely death. Gravely, they always come home, to dwell within the halls and walls of the manor. Hoping to never be sent to the depths of hell which loom so close to their souls. Some turned murderous, some became victims. All are ghostly apparitions that remain here with their secrets to haunt the living in their attempt to take your soul and send it to hell in their place.’

 

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Fairbrook Manor (Long Beach)
‘Explore the spectral grounds where in the 1930s, oil heiress Victoria Fairbrook kidnapped local children and held them captive. Have the tortured souls of the ghostly children crossed over to the dark side, or do they simply want to play with you? You’ll find out…at Fairbrook Manor. Your soul is your entry, and we also collect canned goods and suggest $5 per person donations.’

 

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Haunt 223: A Cannibal Slaughterhouse (Monrovia)
‘Stumble across a neglected home in the woods where the unthinkable is housed. Cannibals, masters of torture, and spirits of the damned wreak havoc on all who find their way through their doors.’

 

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The Deich Society presents The Twilight Zone Experience (Ontario)
‘Step into the 5th dimension through some of Rod Serling’s most famous episodes such as Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, Living Doll and Eye of the Beholder. There is a sign post up ahead, and your next stop is The Twilight Zone. Will you make it out before you’re trapped inside forever?’

 

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Maze Monsters (Anaheim)
‘Even before you enter the maze, monsters slide, scream and even chase the unsuspecting. The once-beautiful mortuary has now fallen into disrepair after being taken over by evil spirits that have refused to cross over to the other side. After an ominous warning, you enter the maze. There’s definitely an atmosphere of fear and foreboding created by effective music, lighting and fog. Each area of the maze from the interior of the church to the embalming room is detailed and designed for a high creep factor.’

 

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FallOut Shelter: L.A. (Azusa)
‘We are the only retro 50’s alien and UFO haunt in SoCal. We also have a walk through maze. We welcome visitors on the October 30th to watch us add the final touches.’

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Not yet, but I did have delicious nachos at Hard Rock Cafe as a consolation prize. I will, re: ‘Gypsy 83’. I have a bead on it. Oh, gosh, I guess I have to go find the online bubble wrap game, although lacking the finger squeezing is a real drawback. But still. There’s a very cocaine-like allure. Ah, so that was love’s latest film. I love his films. Love relocating all of today’s home haunts to Vienna, after a quick stopover in Paris, of course, G. ** _Black_Acrylic, If there was enough bubble wrap to supply everyone on earth with an afternoon of popping, I wonder if that would lead to peace on earth. Congrats on the planting of your rug! Is it pressed and shining at you from the floor like a squashed sun? ** T, T! Hey, pal! So good to see you! I … watched all of those videos, um, yes, no surprise. So I get your great idea, and I clone it. I’m pretty film ensconced, yes. That’s life in a nutshell. But I’m okay, basically. Where are you? Are you back in Paris? Oh, no, I love Schoko-bon. And the white chocolate ones in particular. Ooh. What’s new with you? And, again, where are you? If you’re here, we should really have a hang. If you’re game. Biggest up to you! ** Steve Erickson, Hi. No, I don’t think that’s it. You know, Halloween is not a US-level thing anywhere in Europe, and I don’t know why. Some kind of resistance to US-style crassness here in the old world? I don’t know. France is kind of tiptoeing into a Halloween embrace. A bit more every year. I think it’s been finally grasped here that Halloween is a financially lucrative holiday. The few Halloween-related events and things here are totally swamped with customers. But I don’t know why the resistance. I don’t think it’s a religious thing. Apart from a contingent of very conservative, noisy Catholics, France is quite secular. Obviously, you should get that dizziness problem checked out and righted, and, yeah, US medical insurance. You could probably fly over here, go see an appropriate doctor, and then, when it’s time to pay, and when you say you have no insurance, they could easily say, ‘Okay, it’s on the house’, or ‘Well, mm, then let’s say … pay 20 euros’. That’s happened to me here any number of times. Very, very nice trio of films you saw there. Well, I haven’t seen them, but I’m dying to see all three. Especially the Godard, of course. Wang Bing is fantastic. His work gets shown here fairly often. He has a local following. And, as I think I’ve said, I’m curious about the relationship of that Costa film to the video installation of the same name that he did here. Random question: Do you by chance know anyone in the programming area of the Tribeca Film Festival or know anything much about it/that? Thanks, in any case. ** Corey Heiferman, Hi, Corey. To butt in, sorry, the Bookworm Steve Erickson is a different Steve Erickson. I believe you are right about the extra protection method. I like imagining that costume, of course. Oh, wow, ha ha, that band. I’m there. Everyone, Apropos yesterday, Corey hooks us all up with a DIY band called “Bubble Wrap” whose EP is called “The Neighbor is Greener than the Grass” and is located for your listening pleasure here. No, I was down south when I crossed the Mississippi. I was traveling from New Orleans to Atlanta, but I don’t remember what the road/highway was. Very near the coast. I’m guessing you’ve crossed the big M via the I-80? Reportage? ** Bill, Ha ha. Maybe Frankenstand is the new Oki Dog (defunct, once beloved street hustler/punk rocker hang out, much missed). If it caused you to dance briefly in the aisle, I suppose I do need to see ‘SMS’. I’ll be sure to wear my wing tips just in case. ** 🤺Darbi, Hi! I like tragic. Of course. Damn, I should have put a torture room with a pig farmer in ‘God Jr.’. Too late now, alas. Well, it’s good you’re still out there and working, no? It sounds like a success story from here. Yes, I would like to see those photos, thank you very much in advance. And, now that I’ve read your next sentence,  my ‘would like’ has become a ‘please, dear god I would love’, etc. ** Right. Every year I do my Halloween posts cluing all of you in to the seemingly best home haunts in various places. Today it’s the world center of Halloween celebrations, SoCal. If you’re there, I recommend you log those places into your GPS. If you’re elsewhere, enjoy the show and dream. See you tomorrow.

Bubble Wrap Day

‘Bubble wrap was invented in 1957 by engineers Alfred Fielding and Marc Chavannes in Hawthorne, New Jersey, USA. Fielding and Chavannes sealed two shower curtains together, creating a smattering of air bubbles, which they originally tried to sell as wallpaper. When the product turned out to be unsuccessful as wallpaper, the team marketed it as greenhouse insulation. Although Bubble Wrap was branded by Sealed Air Corporation (founded by Fielding and Chavannes) in 1960, it was not until a year later that its use in protective packaging was discovered. As a packaging material, Bubble Wrap’s first client was IBM, which used the product to protect the IBM 1401 computer during shipment.

‘Fifty years later, Sealed Air has global revenues of more than $4 billion. Office Depot, for example, sells enough bubble each year to wrap around the Earth. Twice. “It seems like every day there’s something new being done with bubble wrap,” said Rohn Shellenberger, the company’s business manager for air cellular products. “It’s exploded since the year 2000. This whole phenomenon taking off has been a big surprise.” Sealed Air’s 100,000-square-foot warehouse, just off Interstate 80 about 15 miles west of Manhattan, is an obsessive-compulsive’s dream, with row upon row of stacked rolls of Bubble Wrap as big as seven feet in diameter.

‘The temperature is sweat-inducing, caused by the machines that process millions of granules of resin (one box is labeled “Munchy Resin”) into clear plastic sheets at temperatures up to 560 degrees. Shellenberger pops one myth about Bubble Wrap; namely, that air is injected into all those tiny bubbles. Instead, it is trapped between the sheets after they pass over several rollers, one of which creates the indentations for the bubbles.

‘Two apparently disparate forces conspired to shape Bubble Wrap’s growth: The advent of the transistor — and later the personal computer with all its accessories — which made the shipping of delicate electronic components a multibillion-dollar industry; and the Internet, which provided a forum for fanatics to swap stories and cement Bubble Wrap as a cultural icon. “The act of popping Bubble Wrap is a little indulgence in some small act of destruction that is neither dangerous nor offensive,” said Arthur Gallego, vice president of LaForce and Stevens, a marketing and trend firm in New York City. “It’s mindless.”‘ — collaged

 

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How Bubble Wrap Is Made

‘The whole process starts with resin pellets that are vacuumed into an extruder, which is extremely hot and melts the resin. Once the resin is made into a film, it’s put on rollers. From there, the film is vacuumed down and the air is trapped. Finally, the film goes through other rollers and cools, forming a bond so that the product has a flat backing with a bubbled topping.’

 

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Further

The Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors
‘let the hours waste away with the PERPETUAL BUBBLEWRAP!’
bubble wrap @ Sealed Air
Virtual bubble wrap simulator
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
Bubble Wrap Maniac
Nuclear Bubble Wrap
Guiness World Records: Most People Popping Bubble Wrap
‘Exam stress tackled by bubble wrap’
‘How to Make a Bubble Wrap Storm Window’
Bubble Wrap Calendar
‘The Stretchy Membrane That Could Replace Bubble Wrap’
‘Stay Away from Foil-Faced Bubble Wrap’
bradley hart’s injected bubble wrap paintings’
The Bubble Wrap Gene
The Official Bubble Wrap Club

 

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Sound


Binaural Recording (3D sound in headphones): Bubble Wrap and Scissors


Popping Bubble Wrap ~ Sounds by Sophie (Relaxing ASMR trigger sounds)


Sound of bubble wrap ASMR

 

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Bradley Hart, artist

‘My work is an album of memories made by injecting bubble wrap with paint to create pixilated photorealistic pictures. The pictures are copies of both snap shots of important people captured by me or given to me and maintained as a part of my own personal photograph collection, as well as powerful images obtained from other sources.

‘To create the Bubble Wrap pieces I inject each bubble individually with acrylic paint, acutely aware of the exchange between paint and the air inside as one of those two elements displaces the other. As the paint is injected into a bubble the excess drips down the back of the piece. Upon completion of the injected work, the drippings are removed surgically from the backside of the plastic.’

 

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Darian Mederos, artist

‘Born in Cuba in 1992, Darian Mederos began painting portraits from the very beginning, becoming famous for his hyperrealistic style and rich in detail. Looking through something is one of the many fetishes that every artist has, using an obstacle makes the vision more intriguing and less obvious: that’s why Darian has created a series of works that use the expedient of sheets of bubble wrap. The contrast between the detailed hyperrealism and the visual approximation of the “blurred” that hides under the plastic bubbles, make Darian’s works unique.’

 

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Bubble wrap is everything

 

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My Bubble Wrap Bike

 

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Free Bubble Wrap Hugs

‘Not content with simply spreading the love by carrying a sign saying ‘free hugs’, Meir Kalmanson from AMK Productions instead opts to step out in New York City wearing a full-body suit made entirely out of bubble wrap – while brandishing his ‘free hugs’ poster.’

 

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Fucking bubble wrap hole and cumming on the table

 

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This designer made bubble-wrap clothing

‘As someone who regularly steps out in jeggings and pajama tops, I can’t claim to understand much about the world of fashion. But I’m not the only one doing a double take at the “bubble wrap” fashions designer Craig Green debuted during London Fashion Week.

‘The line of plastic menswear was unveiled as part of Green’s fall 2019 collection at London Fashion Week Men’s. The see-through outfits came in a range of bright candy colors and featured zig-zag and bubble-like patterns. In some cases, the outfits also included protective rain veils.’

 

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Etc.


TUTORIAL: BUBBLE WRAP CURLS!


How to use bubble wrap to insulate windows


Is It A Good Idea To Microwave Bubble Wrap?


Infinite Bubble Wrap Keychain Review (Mugen Puchi Puchi)


Destruction Boy: Bubble Wrap like a boss with a steam roller


How to add texture to your painting using bubble wrap


Bubble Wrap Hip-Hop-Pop


Bubble Wrap Machine


 

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p.s. Hey. ** Charalampos, Oh, okay, about the title. Yes, I think when you put something in between <> on this blog, it disappears. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know. Well, I hope the title is a language-sprouting Zeus head. The post images seemed okay from here, so I don’t know. Greetings from Paris with the best, cold sunlight. ** _Black_Acrylic, Yes, I actively sought a horror restaurant in the UK and came up empty. I was sure the UK would house such a thing if anywhere would. Odd, that. I’d stay at the Bagdale Hall Hotel if it looks that cool in real world color. Probably not. ‘The Haunting’ is classic. I forget, have you read Lol Tolhurst’s book on Goth? Sort of curious about it. ** Dominik, Hi!!! I will. I might be in its vicinity today if my plans become accomplishments. You’ve sold me on ‘Gypsy 83’. I’ll find it. Sounds ripe. Display the festering cinnamon roll, good, whew, I was little concerned for love’s digestive tract there for a second. Good, you’re cool with your pub party locale. Time for love to whip out his gold Mastercard. Wow, your yesterday’s love is a real test of my ability to trust a relative stranger. Or I guess trust love itself. I guess I trust love? I don’t know, though. Do you trust love? It seems like an easy yes, but then when I started thinking about it, … Love wrapping you head to toe in bubble wrap (with a breathing hole, of course) to amuse Anita, G. ** Corey Heiferman, I would suspect everyone in the world who wasn’t a dumbass would agree with you about Haunted House Seafood. I certainly do. Some credit must be awarded to the black and white photography, I suppose. I would be totally chuffed, as the British say, for that guest post if it has legs in your day to day. See, I could probably do a lecture of some sort about Little Caesar and blog. Unfortunately my topic is assigned. It’s a great topic, I just can’t think of anything special to say about it. ** Steve Erickson, Sadly, just yesterday, it dawned on me that I probably will have to stay in Paris for Halloween this year due to film work necessity. Which will be very heartbreaking if true. But, anyway, to answer your question, there is no Halloween here for all intents and purposes. The Parc Asterix makeover was basically it. I’m certainly not going to go to Disneyland and look at a bunch of cutesy pumpkins hanging in their trees. Well, there are all kinds of reasons to despair about the future, but there are less yet real reasons to hope future-wise. Everyone, Listen up. Mr. Erickson applies his brain power to two items today: Armand Hammer’s new album WE BUY DIABETIC TEST STRIPS here (scroll down), and Hannah Diamond’s album PERFECT PICTURE here. I hope your spirits lift pronto. ** 2Moody, If you hit the Stabbed Lovers joint, write a Yelp review and link me up. Yes, I’ve done the catacombs. It’s cool, but the part they let you walk through is pretty small. Once is more than enough. And it’s no haunted house attraction, let’s put it that way. My only connection to the Mississippi River is driving over it on a bridge once rather fast in a car. It looked nice. The Seine is nicer though, frankly. I’ve texted the request to my nosey friend. News as soon as there is some. Uh, the ‘monsters’ mostly sort of took swipes at me. They did grab briefly. One grabbed my shoulders and wouldn’t let me walk forward. He was the best. There are some haunted houses in the US that offer the option of being touched, but you have to sign a waiver or something. There are a few really harsh haunted houses remaining, but not one where you get kidnapped for days and waterboarded. Not even over here. There’s one in Ohio called Haunted Hoochie by Dead Acres that I’ve always wanted to go through. Sort of a Rob Zombie meets softish core ‘Hostel’ kind of thing. Interesting about the effect of a week’s beginning on you. Huh. Gosh, werewolf movies … ‘I Was a Teenage Werewolf’ maybe? Cheesy but cool. In memory. ** Damien Ark, Hey, D! Thanks about the Halloween stuff. Sadly Alcatraz in Tokyo closed. Covid got it. I missed it too. I just scribbled down Deathmatch In Hell for my next Tokyo trip. Thank you. This month for your book? Wow. Whenever you want to send the Welcome to the World post, I’m way game and on my blog’s toes. Exciting! ** Okay. Call me crazy or something, but I think Bubblewrap deserves a Day to itself. See you tomorrow.

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