Happy Halloween!!!

This is the only way this year's Samhain can possibly startup...

Indian Version of Thriller

Here's a little Witchy New-Year Quiz:

1. What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?
2. What's your favorite "treat?"
3. What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?
4. You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?
5. Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?
6. Do you believe in life after death?
7. If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead?
8. Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards?
9. Now that you have what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)
10. Do scary movies give you nightmares?
11. What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?
12. How would you describe a witch?
13. Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was?
14. If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be?
15. Have you ever perceived a ghost?  If so, how?  Describe it, the situation.
16. Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid?
17. Do you believe that we reincarnate?
18. What's your ideal end-of-life scenerio like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?
19. What would you most like to happen to you after you die?
20. What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?

Happy New Year to you as well!

Here are Mrpew's answers....

What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?

We’re going to dig a big fire pit and roast a financial sector lobbyist. Ms_Pew is hooking up all the fixins.

What's your favorite "treat?"

Why the screams of our enemies, what else.

What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?

Plastic submachine gun in either hand, oversized white t-shirt splattered with blood and bloody handprints.  The t-shirt read “Choose Life”.  Went to a HUUUGE Halloween Party, only one guy got it the whole night.

You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?

A “strider” from the movie the Dark Crystal

Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?

Yes, I carved “Evil Aint Welcome Here” into the pumpkin, I think it worked. At least the southern ghosts understood it.

Do you believe in life after death?

What I really think you mean to ask is: “How do you feel about having to go through all this **** again?” My answer, can I come back as a falcon?

If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead?

Yep, one of em tapped me on the shoulder and whispered my name in my ear about ten years ago.

Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards?

Whut…?

Now that you do, what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)

He said again… Whut…?

Do scary movies give you nightmares?

Sometimes…, that Michael Moore movie, I had nightmares about that place, what was is called… Flynt Michigan

What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?

The First Alien movie, no doubt.

How would you describe a witch?

Just like drag queens, they make me feel all warm and cozy.

Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was?

Yeah, that was the thing in that Mel Brooks movie with the aquatic nuns.

If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be?

That’s easy, I’d make stupidity painful in everyone around me. Or in anyone I choose regardless of their proximity to me.

Have you ever perceived a ghost?  If so, how?  Describe it, the situation.

Like I told you, tapped me on the shoulder and whispered my name, turned over in bed and… No one there. Yes, actually felt the finger on my shoulder.

Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid?

Dark Shmark, I’ll take em’ all on.

Do you believe that we reincarnate?

She just chimed in that most of these are yes or no, so… yes

What's your ideal end-of-life scenario like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?

An eating contest where the fare is Ms_Pew’s  home made biscuits and sausage gravy. MMMM GRAVY!

What would you most like to happen to you after you die?

Yes.

What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?

I’ll become a screw in the housing of some great celestial creature’s air compressor.

...and now mine:

What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?

"We’re going to dig a big fire pit and roast a financial sector lobbyist. Ms_Pew is hooking up all the fixins." said Mrpew.  So I guess I'm cooking again.

What's your favorite "treat?"

I have way too many I could list so I won't, but my own chewy/crispy chocolate chip & pecan cookies are excellent.

What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?

Gypsy.  I was about 12 and I realized then & there, in the old 70's clothes, that my inner-gypsy had to be set free!

You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?

Marie Antoinette.  I just LOVE those dresses & corsets.  I could dig drinking champagne from the glass she made famous yelling, "Let them eat cake!"

Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?

Not yet.  Mrpew lies!  He hasn't done it yet.

Do you believe in life after death?

Sorta.

If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead?

Yes.

Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards?

Um, I wrote the question.

Now that you do, what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)

I think its cool.  *giggles low like Butthead*

Do scary movies give you nightmares?

Not really but commercials do.

What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?

I was terrified of lake swimming after Piranha!  You can't see what's in that water and the ground is cold & slimy! 

How would you describe a witch?

There are different kinds but some of the common things I've noticed is a reverence for nature, a penchant for some form of skrying.  I have read a description of them as being the wise people of the forest.  I like that description.

Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was?

Yes.

If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be?

That's tough.  So many implications, you know, case & effect & 'an it harm none & stuff... I think the ability to bestow empathy on people at will. 

Have you ever perceived a ghost?  If so, how?  Describe it, the situation.

Not sure if it was a ghost, as in the spirit of a deceased person, but a disembodied being that appeared as a human man, yes.  It may have been the Aumakua, (High-Self) of a living person on Earth, or another planet.  It coulda been a multi-dimensional being appearing in human form.  Kinda like how Jodie Foster's character in Contact appeared as her father. 

Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid?

I was not afraid of the dark itself, but the fact that I couldn't see what was under the bed in the dark that bothered me.  There were MONSTERS under my bed when I was a kid.  If I ever had to get up at night to pee, I'd have to run & jump back onto the bed so they couldn't get me. 

Do you believe that we reincarnate?

I think I do. 

What's your ideal end-of-life scenario like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?

I know I want to die with Mrpew.  Neither of us wanna be on this miserable planet without the other one.  I just hope its painless, non-violent, nobody gets harmed we both see it coming so we don't disembody and get all disoriented.  I wanna experience this death consciously.

What would you most like to happen to you after you die?

A very loooooooooooooooong vacation!  Its been rough, man!  I'd like to have a period wherein I can just lay-back and enjoy some time with Mrpew & Briana.

What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?

I'll probably slip right on over and begin the process of reconciling this past incarnation with my Unihipili and my Aumakua.  Then I, Uhane, will fade away and cease to exist since I was merely the manifested consciousness between Unihipili & Aumakaua.  Then, those two parts of 'me' will move onto their respective spirit groups.  The Unihipili will probably take some time-out, since this has been a rough ride for her, before preparing to reincarnate with another Aumakua.  It could incarnate anywhere, as anything.  The Aumakua part of 'me' would then probably pursue matters on a larger-scale of vision and work on creating new worlds.  I will only exist in the memories of those I leave behind.

1. What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?  I'm going to a party at my uni.  It's supposed to be Rocky Horror Picture Show themed, but I think it's more dress however the hell you want.
2. What's your favorite "treat?"  Caramel sauce, on a spoon.
3. What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?  I was a cowboy-princess when I was 6 because I couldn't decide between the two.  I wore a red cowboy hat and boots with Belle's (Beauty and Beast) dress.  It was epic.
4. You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?  Alice in Wonderland.  I know it probably wouldn't be that expensive, but I just know I could totally rock that look.
5. Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?  I would do, if I had one, and a knife.
6. Do you believe in life after death?  I believe in life after love.
7. If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead?  I do on Halloween.
8. Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards?  Yeah, kinda like I've considered that God is dog backwards.
9. Now that you have what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)  It's saturday.
   
10. Do scary movies give you nightmares?  Yes, I can't watch them at all.
11. What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?  28 Days Later, and I only watched the first 10 minutes.
12. How would you describe a witch?  Hermione Granger.
13. Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was?  Yes.
14. If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be?  To freeze time.
15. Have you ever perceived a ghost?  If so, how?  Describe it, the situation.  I haven't, but my parents both swear they have.  They said they used to live in this old house (go figure) owned by an old woman who would always watch tv with her dogs.  Anyway she died, and my parents rented the house and they said every once in a while they would hear the tv come on at night.  They would go downstairs and their dog, Bugler, would be sitting on the couch, watching the tv.
16. Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid?  I'm not really anymore, but when I was a kid I was a major chicken.  I had to have the tv on to fall asleep.  It started when my dad did shadow puppets for me when I was 3.  Apparently it terrified me and I've been scared of the dark ever since.
17. Do you believe that we reincarnate?  I think so.
18. What's your ideal end-of-life scenerio like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?  It's lame, but I just want to die old and in bed, preferably with my husband next to me if he's not already gone.  I don't want everyone in my family surrounding me, crying or anything, just not to be alone would be good.
19. What would you most like to happen to you after you die?  I'd prefer reincarnation.  Another go would be fun.
20. What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?  Probably reincarnation as something really undesirable, like a slug.  I'm too vain, and that would be my karma coming to get me.

1. What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?  Tonight there's a Robert Williams art opening, a punk show, and the Witches Ball. Tomorrow a dumb supper ritual to honor those who have gone.
2. What's your favorite "treat?"   I just don't know anymore
3. What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?   Maybe my Cheshire Cat costume
4. You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?  Maybe an authentic vintage flapper costume from the 20's?
5. Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?  No
6. Do you believe in life after death?  Yes, I have a feeling about it, though I can't prove it.
7. If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead?  I don't know. Maybe. Is there a "land of the dead" or do we go somewhere else, or reincarnate?
8. Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards?  No
9. Now that you have what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)  Cool! !3 is actually GOOD for me because it's the traditional number of a coven. Friday is sacred to Freyja, Goddess of Love, Sexuality, and Magic
10. Do scary movies give you nightmares?  Not usually. I've been having freaky dreams about Sideshow Bob though, and that's not even scary.
11. What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?  That documentary on pedophiles I saw once
12. How would you describe a witch?  A Wiccan Witch? Satanic Witch? A Witch in folktales? Help me out here.
13. Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was?  A horrible and brutal period in history. Being part Spaniard I feel kind of sick about it.
14. If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be?  I want to be able to fly. Then I could go anywhere!
15. Have you ever perceived a ghost?  If so, how?  Describe it, the situation.  Can't remember
16. Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid?  No, but I was as a little kid. I stopped being scared of it around age 7.
17. Do you believe that we reincarnate?   Maybe. Maybe different things happen to different people.
18. What's your ideal end-of-life scenerio like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?  While sleeping. 
19. What would you most like to happen to you after you die?  Something nice and festive
20. What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?  My body will rot, and as for my soul, it's anyone's guess.

1. What are you doing to celebrate All Hallows Eve?  Going to a family party to celebrate an Aunt's clean scan after her last chemotherapy treatment.
2. What's your favorite "treat?"  At this time of year, gingerbread anything
3. What's the best Halloween costume you ever wore?  Dressed up as a French courtesan
4. You are going to a swanky Halloween Masquerade Ball.  The sky is the limit and your costume is paid-for.  What is it?  Starbuck
5. Did you carve a pumpkin and place it at your door to protect your home from evil spirits?  Will be carving a pumpkin, but not because of evil spirits
6. Do you believe in life after death? No
7. If so, do you believe people can get 'stuck' in-between the land of the living and the land of the dead? No
8. Had you ever considered that 31 is 13 backwards? Not really
9. Now that you have what do you think about it being a Friday on Halloween? (Friday the 13th on Halloween)  Um.....it's just a number and a day...
10. Do scary movies give you nightmares?  Only mind benders (like The Shining) (on edit:  any anything involving clowns)
11. What's the scariest movie you have ever seen?  The Shining (on edit:  and anything involving clowns)
12. How would you describe a witch?  Beautiful and misunderstood
13. Do you know what the Spanish Inquisition was? Yes
14. If you could pick a Super-Human power, what would it be? Telekinesis
15. Have you ever perceived a ghost?  No
16. Are you afraid of the dark?  Were you as a kid? No and No
17. Do you believe that we reincarnate?  No
18. What's your ideal end-of-life scenerio like?  IOW, if you could pick how you were going to die and when, what would that be like?  When I'm old, and in my sleep.
19. What would you most like to happen to you after you die?  Cremated and scattered somewhere, with my remains, along with the rest of the planet, to be swallowed up by the sun when it goes supernova and I become part of a star again. But it doesn't really matter as I won't be around to care.
20. What do you think will actually happen to you after you die?  Same answer as #19