Endless Ends

[Endless_Night]

So, yesterday I mucked through the nearly drained current pond space, including the thicket-y overhang at one end.

The heavy clay of the area makes this type of thing something of a precarious business. The clay sucks at and clings to the soles of rubber boots, making staying upright a challenge. I fell three times. Meaning I had to dump out water from my boots three times.

What made it even worse was the two pairs of socks required to keep my boots on even marginally got soaked.

The strange part is that last night my ankles started itching. There are all kinds of little insect bites.

What kind of insect lives in the water and can bite through two pairs of socks?

Ah, the mysteries of rural living.

 

[hotwords229_A]

All I can say is this looks way more active than my housebound experience.

This is a pretty good movie, I remember laughing at a few things and generally enjoying it.
It’s one of those movies where the less you know, the better.

 

[Endless_Night]

Oh! Forgot to say.

The enormous dead tree that I keep whinging about is gone!

In my pond versus erosion quest, I've contacted - some might say harassed - the county commissioner, TxDOT, the local A&M Agrilife Extension, and the Soil and Water Conservation Service office.

Two of those have been out to the property, and one is scheduled. Apparently one of the two already here is also the Dead Tree Outside My Fence Line office, or at least knows who is responsible for such.

I am vaguely concerned about still not knowing who is responsible for that sort of thing, but my excitement over the tree being down and not having to track down and argue whoever is responsible into coming and removing the hazard is far greater.

*checks it off the list*

 

[Endless_Night]

This is a pretty good movie, I remember laughing at a few things and generally enjoying it.
It’s one of those movies where the less you know, the better.

I'm not at all certain my currently feeble physique is up to to anything genuinely scary.

I watched a movie last night called Uninvited (1988). It was about an escaped lab cat that goes on a yacht and kills everyone one by one.

This, however, I am watching. Because who can turn down a mutant killer kitty running amok on a luxury yacht? Not I.

Uninvited (1987)

Probably today, as my pond mucking and jungle crawling has left me rather tired.

Too, it will get my mind off possible tetanus.

But the nudity was totally lacking. How do you make a movie about a killer cat on a yacht with hot girls wearing bikinis through the whole movie and make it PG-13? Disgusting!

I will endeavor to enjoy, despite the lack of nudity.

 

[hotwords229_A]

I'm not at all certain my currently feeble physique is up to to anything genuinely scary.

Not scary at all. I think it’s more comedy/mystery with maybe a few jumps?
It’s been years since I’ve seen it.

This, however, I am watching. Because who can turn down a mutant killer kitty running amok on a luxury yacht? Not I.

Uninvited (1987)

Probably today, as my pond mucking and jungle crawling has left me rather tired.

Too, it will get my mind off possible tetanus.

I will endeavor to enjoy, despite the lack of nudity.

To each her own.

 

[Endless_Night]

Spa week is scheduled. Finally.

It's truly amazing how difficult it is to coordinate schedules in order to achieve a little body friction, aromatic wraps, Thai silks, mud bar, and farm-to-table dining.

I am so looking forward to being dusted with hibiscus powder.

The only issue is that it's not for two months. However, in the interests of practicality, I've decided to use it as a driver to get all this outside stuff done beforehand. Because no way do I want to come back from all that body polishing to plunge back into scratches from thorns, insect attacks, spider hysteria, wrestling with clearing, baby chainsawing branches, planting indigenous grasses, shoveling dirt piles, and rat rumps.

My arms and legs are riddled with scratches after my recent water jungle crawl.

I've started dreaming of tetanus.

 

[Endless_Night]

Welp. I am not entirely sure Uninvited was my kind of movie, but I absolutely must give them credit for creativity. That was, hands down, some of the weirdest special effects I have ever seen.

I mean, for a while, it seemed reminiscent of Alien. The first movie. But by the end, it seemed like the creatures was just wearing a cat suit.

This was a strange one, Muscles.


And, nope. No actual nudity, but the girls ran around in 80s workout gear, which is practically the same thing.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Welp. I am not entirely sure Uninvited was my kind of movie, but I absolutely must give them credit for creativity. That was, hands down, some of the weirdest special effects I have ever seen.

I mean, for a while, it seemed reminiscent of Alien. The first movie. But by the end, it seemed like the creatures was just wearing a cat suit.

This was a strange one, Muscles.


And, nope. No actual nudity, but the girls ran around in 80s workout gear, which is practically the same thing.

My favorite part was when the cat attacked the guy in the pickup truck, you could see an arm sticking out of the back of the cat puppet, they didn’t even try to hide it.

Awesome special effects!

 

[Endless_Night]

My favorite part was when the cat attacked the guy in the pickup truck, you could see an arm sticking out of the back of the cat puppet, they didn’t even try to hide it.

Awesome special effects!

The whole truck thing was hilarious. Did you notice it was shiny new red when they took off, but when the cat attacked and the truck rolled, the paint was worn down to the metal in big patches?

Hmmm. Favorite part. I don't know that I can choose.

 

[hotwords229_A]

The whole truck thing was hilarious. Did you notice it was shiny new red when they took off, but when the cat attacked and the truck rolled, the paint was worn down to the metal in big patches?

Hmmm. Favorite part. I don't know that I can choose.

I did notice that.
It’s those little things that gave the movie its charm.
Like Clu Gullager’s fake teeth for absolutely no reason.

 

[Endless_Night]

I think my favorite was when the killer mutant cat crawled back into the mouth of the host cat, which was clearly a stuffed animal.

Note: It had glassy, stuffed animal eyes!

 

[Endless_Night]

Oh! Oh!

*spoiler alert*

Because I know other people are going to want to watch this.

The ending! When the cat was supposed to have washed up on a beach to be rescued, and it was an entirely DIFFERENT kind of cat!

 

[hotwords229_A]

I was very upset when the exercise girl went overboard. I really wanted her to survive.
And shower onscreen.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Oh! Oh!

*spoiler alert*

Because I know other people are going to want to watch this.

The ending! When the cat was supposed to have washed up on a beach to be rescued, and it was and entirely DIFFERENT kind of cat!

Yes, that was ridiculous! An orange cat turned totally black!
This may be the greatest movie ever made.

 

[Endless_Night]

I was very upset when the exercise girl went overboard. I really wanted her to survive.
And shower onscreen.

I completely expected her to survive!

And I don't know what happened to the other girl. She went from being the prettiest to looking like one of the undead in a single scene. This was some serious makeup work.

 

[Endless_Night]

Yes, that was ridiculous! An orange cat turned totally black!

And it didn't even have long hair!!!!

It went from fluffy orange tabby to short haired black.

This may be the greatest movie ever made.

Close. But. I mean.

It's not better than Llamageddon.

 

[hotwords229_A]

Llamageddon wins on title alone.

 

[investor2020]

Forced by all of the above, I went in search of a trailer for that movie . . . and found this site, and the opportuity to view this marvelous (?) selection of 25 trailers of other unique "horror" films:

Unfortunately you have to put up with the constant beginning ads before you can skip to each trailer.

 

[Endless_Night]

Forced by all of the above, I went in search of a trailer for that movie . . . and found this site, and the opportuity to view this marvelous (?) selection of 25 trailers of other unique "horror" films:

Unfortunately you have to put up with the constant beginning ads before you can skip to each trailer.

The Goatman? This has the feel of a Grimm's Fairy Tale. And boy, are some of those Grimm.

 

[Endless_Night]

Binary Poisons exist outside deliberately manufactured chemical weapons?!

That seems . . . dangerous.

Or a clever murder plot.

 

[Endless_Night]

Also, I got chiggered.

 

[investor2020]

Also, I got chiggered.

As a youth, spent a couple weeks at camp, which included an overnight outing in sleeping bags. The next day I began itching, and by night it was terrible. Went down to the camp headquarters to see the night nurse/doctor about 9 pm, that happened to be the most gorgeous lady counsler (remember I'm only 10-12 at the time).

With me stripped down to the undies (and embarrassed), she diagnosed a severe case of chigger bites. The solution then was putting nail polish on every bite to suffocate the buggers, and proceeded to cover all exposed bites. I got dressed, thanked her, and started to leave. She asked "are you sure we've got all the bites?" I knew she had not and blushed. She said "where?" and I pointed to my crotch.

Now totally humiliated, I had to drop my jeans and undies so she could treat the bites in the "privates area".

The next day I heard that all of the sleeping bags had to be detoxed because of a reported case of chiggers, but no mention as to who was involved. My gorgeous nurse/doctor protected my identity (but I'd bet she laughingly told a few of her cohorts . . . but the camper ID never broke out in camp, thank goodness !)

 

[hotwords229_A]

As a youth, spent a couple weeks at camp, which included an overnight outing in sleeping bags. The next day I began itching, and by night it was terrible. Went down to the camp headquarters to see the night nurse/doctor about 9 pm, that happened to be the most gorgeous lady counsler (remember I'm only 10-12 at the time).

With me stripped down to the undies (and embarrassed), she diagnosed a severe case of chigger bites. The solution then was putting nail polish on every bite to suffocate the buggers, and proceeded to cover all exposed bites. I got dressed, thanked her, and started to leave. She asked "are you sure we've got all the bites?" I knew she had not and blushed. She said "where?" and I pointed to my crotch.

Now totally humiliated, I had to drop my jeans and undies so she could treat the bites in the "privates area".

The next day I heard that all of the sleeping bags had to be detoxed because of a reported case of chiggers, but no mention as to who was involved. My gorgeous nurse/doctor protected my identity (but I'd bet she laughingly told a few of her cohorts . . . but the camper ID never broke out in camp, thank goodness !)

I often wonder, at times like this, how aware the “hot nurse/counselor” is of the situation she is creating. On one hand, she needs to help you out of your predicament, on the other, she is creating a lifelong memory of bonerific proportions.

Now the most important question is: was it actually on your Dingus, or just in the crotch area?

 

[Endless_Night]

The next day I heard that all of the sleeping bags had to be detoxed because of a reported case of chiggers, but no mention as to who was involved. My gorgeous nurse/doctor protected my identity (but I'd bet she laughingly told a few of her cohorts . . . but the camper ID never broke out in camp, thank goodness !)

This is a truly terrible yet oh so painfully funny story.

Now the most important question is: was it actually on your Dingus, or just in the crotch area?

Omg.

You do not have to answer that, Investor!

I often wonder, at times like this, how aware the “hot nurse/counselor” is of the situation she is creating. On one hand, she needs to help you out of your predicament, on the other, she is creating a lifelong memory of bonerific proportions.

This seems to be a running theme.

With you.

Just sayin'.

 

[Endless_Night]

I am in town.

Do you know what town has?

Restaurants!!!


Ramen is in my future.