Samhain

"No Tree Can Grow To Heaven,
Unless It's Roots Reach Down To Hell"
Michael Shinafelt 

"Samhain marked the Celtic New Year, the end of summer, and the end of the harvest season. It also signaled the beginning of winter, which they associated with death. On this day, the Celts believed the veil between the living and the dead was especially thin"

I love the month of October and I love that the veil between the living and the dead thins as the month progresses towards Samhain, or as we like to defer to it, Halloween.

Here I am at the Tree of Life appropriately enough at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I'm at the juncture of Heaven and Hell awaiting Cerberus to take me on my journey.

I'm so excited!

Happy Halloween...

Samhain on Wikipedia -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain  

Visions Of Babysitters Screaming Danced In Their Heads...

Boo!
l -r 
Annie, Laurie & Lynda

What would Halloween be without this iconic trio of Babysitters. So here they are straight outta Haddonfield, IL Laurie Strode, Lynda van der Klok & Annie Brackett! 

As we know one of these things is not like the other and managed to escape to Notorious MM (Michael Myers) and become the ultimate Final Girl.

While the other two met their grisly fate at the hands of the Boogeyman.

Even thought Michael Myers is the ultimate Halloween icon (Laurie Strode is right up there with him) where would he be without these young women screaming in terror and being his victims? I ask you??? I'm waiting...forever I'm guessing.

So remember without Laurie, Lynda & Annie you are nothing Michael Myers!

So There.

Halloween is tomorrow Minions gird your loins...

The one and only original Halloween on Wikipedia, accept no substitutes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_(1978_film)

Economics of Suffering, Part IV

"Bus Boy"

Craft Contemporary Presents

Linda Sibio’s Economics of Suffering, Part IV

Explores the Psychological Toll of Rampant Capitalism and Diminishing Resources

Artist Walk-through Sunday, October 29, 2023

Exhibit Runs Through January 7, 2024

Craft Contemporary presents Economics of Suffering: Part IV, the final installment in artist Linda Sibio’s interdisciplinary project that combines intensely intricate drawings, paintings, performance, and installation. It runs through January 7, 2024. Join Sibio and guest curator Holly Jerger for a public walkthrough on Sunday, October 29, 2023, from 11:30am to 1:00pm, to delve deeper into this series exploring the devastating effects caused by the ongoing worldwide financial and mental health crises. The museum is located at 5814 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036. Admission is free on Sundays. For more information, please call 323-937-4230 or visit https://www.craftcontemporary.org/exhibitions/linda-sibio-economics-of-suffering-part-iv.

Only 3 More Days Until...Halloween!

Michael Shinafelt

As you can see I am falling apart with excitement, only three more days until Halloween!

The month of October is my favorite time of the year as we celebrate Halloween all month long (well at least I do, and I know many of you f do as well) - honestly it's the most fun I have for 31 days straight of the whole year (not the only fun I said the MOST fun.)

What am I doing for the big H? Presently my only real plan is to attend yoga at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Then I'm going to let the spirits be my guide for the rest of the day and see where they take me.

I'm sure the journey will be exactly the Halloween experience I need. The spirits always know...

It's always Halloween in my soul!

Boo!

Michael Shinafelt on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

Freaky Friday

I Can Hold My Own Hand...

"I can buy myself flowers 

Write my name in the sand

Talk to myself for hours

Say things you don't understand

I can take myself dancing

And I can hold my own hand

Yeah, I can love me better than you can" - Flowers, Miley Cyrus

The last Freaky Friday before Halloween on Tuesday!

Miley Cyrus on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/mileycyrus/?hl=en

Michael's Musings

"Come and play with us Michael, forever...and ever...and ever"
Michael Shinafelt

Look who I encountered in the lobby of Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) yesterday when I went and saw Killers of the Flower Moon...

The Shining Twins! They tried to lure me to the other side with their wonder twin powers, but my powers are stronger and I resisted and managed to get seated in theater four to see Martin Scorsese's latest before it was too late. Mess with me and find out Minions, time to muse!!!

Killers of the Flower Moon is a sweeping, ambitious piece of filmmaking, that being stated it should have been called Killers of my White Ass. It could have been trimmed by a half hour and worked jut fine as a three hour movie instead of the three and a half hour film it is

Next time I go to Alamo Drafthouse I'm going to take that trip to the other side with The Shining Twins, I'm curious

Girls have got balls. They're just a little higher up, that's all. The more you know...

Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly, indeed!

More Brains, discuss 

Hexing, because murder is wrong

Did you hear that horror films may potentially have a VD disclaimer?! Google it, it's not what you think and in IMHO it's a bridge too far

Upon arrival in heaven do all the "day after pills" greet you? Asking for a friend

Woman Crush of the Week - One of my favorite, not to mention sexy performances in a horror movie is the cast to perfection Nastassja Kinski in Paul Schrader's redo of Cat People which I've seen at least ten times (most likely more)

Isn't it groundbreaking when Gays add a harness to their Halloween Costume? NOT!

So I see a lot of excited chatter about the horror flick The Sentinel being on Netflix like it's  some forgotten masterpiece. I saw that movie and remember it being quite the opposite

It's almost here...5 more days until Halloween!!!

When you try to pronounce the name of your prescriptions...but accidentally summon Satan instead

I put a spell on you...

Wanna know what spell I put on you? Follow me here -

https://www.instagram.com/michaelshinafelt/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/MShinafelt

Hump Day & Chill

In Your Eyes...

"In your eyes, The light, the heat (in your eyes), I am complete (in your eyes)" - In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel

When I saw this on the WWW I went completely head over heels for it. Much like the guy did in the movie this awesomely clever Halloween decor is based on.

That's correct Minions today we are going to Hump Day & Chill to skeleton Lloyd Dobler (John Cusak) from Say  Anything! 

Last and only time I viewed Say Anything is when it first came out in theaters. That being stated the scene where Lloyd Dobler serenades Diane Court with a Boombox playing Peter Gabriel's In Your Eyes is iconic.

Kudos to the clever individuals who came up with recreating it with a skeleton for Halloween.

Hump Day & Chill indeed...

"I see the doorway, To a thousand churches (in your eyes), The resolution (in your eyes)" - In Your Eyes, Peter Gabriel

Say Anything on IMDb -

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098258/