Tag Thursday: Spooky Halloween Tag

Time to get spooky! We're only 13 days away from Halloween! I can't wait. Halloween is one of my favorite holiday's not because it's spooky, not because I can dress like I normally do and people ignore me, and it's not just because of the candy. It's because we're not worrying what to get our mom, dad or children for a "Halloween present," and because I'm able to dress up like a dinosaur and people aren't looking at me like I've lost my mind.

But on the second thought, I love the spooky, I really do! I love the movies and the candy. I love Halloween and I wish that we could actually make every holiday Halloween, even though I love holidays. It's quite the conundrum. It's just like me to think about Halloween and all the reasons why it's my favorite holiday! Since it is Tag Thursday, I found one of Mama Kat's YouTube tags but written by Simply Kenna. So the utmost respect goes to both of the lovely women.

The Spooky Halloween Tag Questions:

1. Favourite horror or Halloween-themed song?

It would definitely be They're Coming to Take me Away by Dr. Demento. I don't want the song to be confused with the Butcher Babe's cover of the song. I love the original. 

2. Name something you wouldn’t want to run into in a dark forest or in an abandoned building?

A spider. Yes, a spider. I don't mind the thought of ghosts or any animals jumping out after me, but I'm going to admit I'd be frightened if I saw a spider. Even in my apartment the thought of spiders scares the ever-living daylights out of me.

3. Have you ever played with a Ouija Board?

I actually have. It was a Mini Ouija Board. It was back in the 90's and early 2000's when my grandma had a Mini Travel Ouija board. And... I know people wanted to hear some horror stories about what happened when I used it. Sadly, I don't have any, the only thing scary about using the board was the day we used it, the sky got cloudy for a few moments. That's it, nothing too scary.

4. Favourite horror monster or villain?

Sam from Trick 'R Treat. He's so cute, and yet plays the horror monster roll very well. If you don't follow the rules of Halloween, bad things will happen and Sam will make sure of it.

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5. The creepiest thing that’s ever happened while you were alone?

It wasn't too long after my grandmother passed away that I was starting to miss her. I went to the living room of my family's house to see her sitting on the couch. I at first chalked it up to my imagination playing tricks on me or perhaps I walked past the picture frame that was on the wall of my grandparent's bedroom. But when I realized there was no picture of my grandma sitting how she used to sit on the couch, I was sure to chalk it off to my mind playing tricks on me.

I went to grab my phone, from the area where I saw my grandma, just for the battery of my phone to shut off. My phone never shut off like it did then, almost like the battery of my phone died, but I just charged it. To make things a little stranger. I remember looking over at my cat who was staring right where I saw my grandma at with a weird look in her eyes. Needless to say, it wasn't scary as much as it was mind boggling. 

6. If you were dared to spend the night in a “haunted house”, would you do it?

Yes, I'd love to do it.  I have always wanted to ghost hunt. To be alone in a house that's supposed known to be haunted would be a playground for me. Unlike a lot of people, I don't want know told too much about what happened in a haunted building, or stories about what people see or hear. I want to experience it myself. 

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7. Are you superstitious?

Not at all. I used to be, but realized the things people say are superstitions are kind of silly. For instance, I'm not going to believe that a black cat crossing my path equals bad luck, when other countries see it as good luck. I feel that people like to put too much emphasis on superstitions than they should. I don't know how many times I accidentally broke a mirror or whatever if may be. 

8. Do you ever see figures in your peripheral vision?

I have many of times. It's not the figures that I'm more concerned about though. My husband and I have both seen what we call the "shadow cat". The cat has been known to show up a few times. While yes we have cats, we have two cats, but this cat is of a different size than the cats that we have. That to me is quite odd. 

9. Which urban legend scares you the most?

La Llorona "The White Lady" scares me. I don't know if it's just a motherly feeling I get when I hear the story, or just some sympathy for the woman. But to think that misfortune comes to those who see and hear her. I wouldn't want to know if the legend holds any truth. 

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10. Do you prefer gore or thrillers?

Gore is my first choice hands down. I love blood and gore. I think when it's done correctly. While I'd love to justify my reason a little deeper, I just can't. I don't think that I can you?

11. Do you believe in multiple dimensions or worlds?

I actually do believe in multiple worlds or dimensions. There so many different scientific theories going around and to think about it. There was even an article on Nova's website that was talking about the whole theory of multiple dimensions. Because I have yet to see a dimension. I'm not going to even guess much about how they act. I do believe that there has so be something else out there. 

12. Ever made a potion of any sort?

I have not made any "potion of sort" while I do have some books on my bookshelf that explain how to make potions. I don't know how to do them. Not saying that I wouldn't ever make a potion. I just don't need to nor do I really know how to something like that.  I do have some cute Halloween potion bottles around the house though! They're petty cool!

13. Do you get scared easily?

I don't get frightened easily, but if someone were to jump out in front of me or something jump on to my bed I get scared at least for a second. It isn't like if I saw a ghost that I'd be running around like Scooby-Doo and Shaggy run.

14. Have you ever played Bloody Mary?

I have not. This is one of those games I just can't do. I am actually afraid to have a mirror in my bedroom at night because it gets dark and all I can think of is Bloody Mary. Even now as an adult, I know that it's all a wives tale, children's game, but it still scares me.

15. Do you believe in demons/the devil?

I believe in evil entities. But I don't know if I could ever slap a label on them or say that "That's the devils's workings." or "It's the demons." I don't have capacity or the knoweldege about evil things to even try to understand something of that magnitude.

I guess the best way to answer it is that I don't know if "The Devil aka Satan" exists, but I am aware of the things that people label as evil every day.

16. You’re home alone but you hear footsteps in your house, what do you do?

If I'm home alone and hear foot steps I'm not going to get too scared. I do live in an apartment building. There's people around us. I've learned that most of the sounds I hear when it comes to footsteps are not anything paranormal or scary.

17. If you got trapped in one scary movie, which would you choose?

Because I stated it before, and because it's my favorite Halloween movie, my choice would be Trick 'R Treat  and I sure hope that I wouldn't die. I now how to follow rules. I've always had Halloween spirit.

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18. If you could only wear one Halloween costume for the rest of your life, what would you be?

I would like to dress up a sugar skull. Yes a sugar skull. I love the idea of painting my face white, adding temporary sugar skull tattoos and dressing up just to be like one of my favorite things about Halloween.

19. would you ever go to a graveyard at night?

Yes I would. The scariest thing about graveyards at night are the spiders. I haven't seen any graveyard ghosts act malicious or anything of the sort. During the day there's families of the dead that scare me more.

20. In a zombie apocalypse what is your weapon of choice?

I'm trying not to think of weapons used on the walking dead, a lot of their stuff is great an all, but I need something that I know would help, that wouldn't get warn down by chopping up zombies. My weapon of choice is the sledge hammer. It's not going to dull every time I kill a zombie and the weight enough should be able to knock it down first before I kill it. 

21. Would you rather go to a Halloween party or go trick or treating?

I'd rather go trick or treating. I get tons of candy if I go door to door! Who wants to stay at one house and play games and get little teeny tiny bits of candy? Not I. Sounds like a waste of time. Oh and walking from door to door can get me some well needed exercise! It's a two for one deal!

22. You’re in a horror movie. Are you the final girl, the first to die, the comic relief, the skeptic, the smart one, or the killer?

I'd be killed first. I don't think I'd make long at all. I'm not smart enough to understand horror movies, but then again I'm not stupid enough to do what all the dumb girls do in the horror movies do. It's one of those type of things I guess I'd find out what would happen if my life was a horror movie.

23. Do you have to watch something happy after watching a horror movie so you can go to sleep?

Nope. I don't get that scared after a horror movie. I really can't think of any horror movie that scared me that bad. I love horror movies. They don't scare me like they scare other people for some reason.

24. While watching scary movies, are you the person who yells at the characters, the person with their eyes covered the whole time, or the person who falls asleep?

 Neither, I'm not going to be hiding but I'm not going to fall asleep. Who the heck yells at the characters anyway. The most comment I make during the movies is that the character is an idiot and they'll soon be dead. I actually did that while watching Friday the 13th. I Yelled at the characters because they knew they'd be killed. Then for some reason I lost all sympathy for the character.


25. Are you the one who gets scared, or the one who does the scaring?

I'm the one that gets scared. If I was the one that did the scaring, I'd probably scare myself. It has to be people who know me really good to scar me, as I'm sure it's the same for most people who being scared.

26. Favorite scary book?

I'm quite a strange human being but when it comes to scary books I still stick to R.L. Stein I loved the Fear Street series. Those books were the books that scared me a lot. I don't know how many times I was actually firghtended after reading one of his books.


27. How old were you when you saw your first horror movie?

I was 6 when I saw my first horror movie. The first horror movie that I saw was Child's Play. My sister loved Child's Play. Now here I am years later wanting to own my very own Good Guy Doll.


28. What was your first Halloween costume?

I think it was the typical pumpkin. Most kids were pumpkins for their first Halloween if I remember correctly. I don't think I have any photos of my first pumpkin costume but I do have a photo of me in a pumpkin costume when I was 3. So it was the first time I actually trick or treated. That's cute anyway!


29. What are you going to be for Halloween this year?
I actually have a list of ideas as of right now that I want to try out. I hope to eventually have an answer by Halloween. I will give a bit of hints along the way! So be prepared!

30. If you could have a spooky Halloween pet (black cat, owl, bat, rat, wolf), what would you pick?
They saved the best for last. I'd love a pet cat, rat and bat.It'd be hard to pick which one out of the three that I'd pick. I love my "Halloween Animals" all year long. But if I had to pick one at knife chainsaw point, it'd a big beautiful rat.