One Day at a Time

So I'm learning that even when you don't have a budget to speak of snags, bumps and roadblocks are a-plenty. At this point we're soldiering on like good little troopers and hoping for the best.

My current goal is to get everything ready to go on paper. Even if something falls through with R.K. I want to have the horror sided props ready to go so I can just shift the plot and location if need be. So I'm also keeping my eyes open for potential props now, that may come in handy later on.

To that end, every time I see a skull, or fake blood, or something spooky in the store I immediately evaluate its potential to look real enough on film. Even given the abundance of real spiders around my house, you can never have enough fake spider webs. Right?

One of my favorite finds in this years Halloween season has been the bags of "Type X" blood. It's cherry flavored candy syrup of some kind that comes in a little faux i.v. bag. One of the creative types over in another department at my work brought it to my attention. Mind you I don't care to taste it. Something tells me that cherry flavored syrup is not my thing since I'm no longer ten years old. But it sure does look cool.

Sadly, its move usability appears to be nearly non-existent.

On the more usable side are my already purchased items like the bag of foam bones and bag of rubber fingers. I'm also enjoying the Sci-Fi channel and its entire month of Halloween themed viewing. Even if I somehow run out of DVDs, or Netflix sticks me with too many comedies the Sci-Fi channel is there, pulling for me. The research shall continue!

Last night, hit with another bout with insomnia, I caught Return of the Living Dead. It has some classic moments, but I have to say it's not really my fave. Still, when I'm not sleeping what else am I going to do?
Earlier in the night The Grudge was on. I like The Grudge. It's not a fast-paced thrill ride of a horror film. But its slower pacing interwoven with the sudden spurts of something there where there shouldn't be, it really rings true to me.

I did mention that it's the most wonderful time of the year, right?