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The kids are off to go trick-or-treating for the only time in Hidden Hills. I might have sold it a bit much to my brother, because I've seen the kinds of things they do on other occasions, so I assumed Halloween would be fun. Plus, it's like the safest place to take your kids, because it's a gated community and you can't get in without being on the list, like an exclusive club. Which I guess it kind of is. The bar for entry is fucking high, anyway... They're off to go trick-or-treating at Kim Kardashians house, Sinbad's house, lots of other celebrities and affluent people. I hope it's worth it, I asked Logan and he said it was fun when he did it as a kid, but that was 30 years ago. He'd never taken Mina around, as she stuck home for Halloween. So, it's hard to say. But I'm hoping it's fun. I can't see how it wouldn't be.

Well, that'll be fun... I just looked up the forecast for Saturday, to see if I'd need to bring a jacket for the wedding. It's apparently got a high chance of rain. Joy. The wedding is at a mansion turned wedding venue, but I think all the setup is outside. So, rain will be less than ideal. I hope Willow and her fiancé are aware and have a backup plan, even if it's just popup tents. But, plus side, it's supposedly good luck if it rains on your wedding day, so thay'll have that going for them. I just hope I don't kill myself wearing my stupid heels on slippery pathways, I have a hard enough time on bone dry footing.

How anyone could still support that side after all that was on display last night at MSG... The hatred, the racism, the derogatory comments, saying Purto Rico is a pile of garbage... Why are people okay with this? I just don't understand it. I have to tip-toe around my own family, because the minute I say anything that can be deemed as against Trump or the Republican party, I'm drawn into a fight. I'm tired of it. Both sides suck, but at least one side sucks just a little bit less than the other, which made my choice easy.

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SireWallFlower
22:17 Oct 28 2024

I don't understand why people support that side, everyone should be supporting kamalla at this point.

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immortalxkiss
22:30 Oct 28 2024

I don't understand it either, honestly. Trump has shown the world exactly who and what he is, and people still flock to him like he's the secongld coming of Jesus. And I'm fairly conservative with a lot of my views, I've voted red most of my adult life. But at some point a line has to be drawn. We have to stand up and say that it's not okay. He tried to start a coup, for Christ's sake. And people are like, nah, he's fully fit to be president again. This convicted felon who can't shut his stupid mouth, who constantly spews misinformation, who can't answer a single question in regards to his plans, who thinks Hitler, Adolf fucking Hitler, did some good things... Ugh. It terrifies me what he could possibly accomplish if he gets back into office. Best case scenario, he doesn't have control of both the House and Congress, so everything will be a stalemate, but even then, it's scary.

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I tried the heatless curler last night, and honestly, I'm not a fan. I got about 5 inches cut off my hair last night, so while it is still very long, down to the middle of my back, to me it feels extremely short. And with my hair in waves, it feels and looks shorter still. Plus, my hair is frizzy as all get out, and I haven't found any product that really tames it enough for it to not look like a rats nest to me when it's curled like this. It might very well just be me, because both my mom and Logan said it looks pretty, but I don't see it. So, I don't think the curler will be the answer for the wedding next week. I may just straighten it and leave it down. When it's straight, since my hair is so fine, it looks really nice. I just don't do it often, or ever really, because I don't like using heat on it. But, I guess I'll make the sacrifice for the day. I'm a little annoyed that the curler didn't turn out like I wanted. I could always try it again, maybe do looser curls because I did super tight ones this time, see how that looks. But, I don't have high hopes for it.

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CuRsEdToDaRkNeSs
02:08 Oct 27 2024

Looser curls may be less frizzy. The tightness of the first attempts curls may have made the natural frizz more obvious. Just a thought.

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It feels like a horror movie kind of night. The problem I find is that, one, I'm not a big fan of the genre, so it's hard to find good films, and two, I'm not into that torture porn shit, like Saw and Hostel, or slasher flicks, or, honestly, anything really heavy on gore or body horror. So, that narrows down the options quite a bit. Oh, and no movies where a cat dies. Can't do it. Kill all the other animals you want on film, and I'm fine with it, but kill a cat and nope, I'm out. I'm giving It Follows a watch. I've heard a lot of good things about it. Hopefully it doesn't disappoint.

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CuRsEdToDaRkNeSs
04:23 Oct 26 2024

I'm not a fan of the genre either. To me they all end up being comical and predictable, which then ends up being disappointing since they are meant to be startling. I absolutely despise anything that is filled with gore. I see zero point in it and find it nothing more than disgusting. To each their own for those that do enjoy it, but it is definitely not my thing.

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immortalxkiss
04:39 Oct 26 2024

Yeah. I'm not yucking anyone's yum, I know lots of people enjoy movies like Saw and such. I've seen the first one and Hostel both in theaters when they came out, but that stuff isn't for me. I'm not squeamish about it, but it just isn't something I like watching. It's why I love things like the first season of Stranger Thing, or pretty much all of Mike Flanagin's Netflix series'. Stuff that's horror, but not like, typical horror. It's more than people dying. I know, at it's heart, horror dives into some serious themes, but sometimes they bury all that under just, gross stuff, and it really turns me off the genre as a whole.

I actually really enjoyed It Follows. I like the whole thing about not being able to escape your own mortality, it's just a fact of life. I the end, we all succumb to death. And it think it was really well done without relying on so many of the typical horror troupes. Logan and I have watched some really good horror films over the last few months. Longlegs was fantastic, up until the end, Late Night with the Devil was a good watch as well. The real problem I find with a lot of horror, is that it just can't stick the landing. Or, such as with Smile it pissed away it's third act, and it's take on trauma and mental illness was a bad one, point blank.

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CuRsEdToDaRkNeSs
04:53 Oct 26 2024

I think for me I prefer other genres over all. In general I am pretty difficult to startle, scare or ever surprise due to the fact I pay very close attention to details and often times little things stand out to me. That said... the typical horror music starts to play and my brain immediately knows something is about to happen or jump out, which of course ruins the goal of the scene. I forget which movie it was... I can never remember the names of them but it was one where the mom is possessed and tries to kill her kids.... I believe it is part of a big collaboration of multiple films... I digress, it was so predictable while we were watching it that it was just comical to me.

Sometimes I think I am just an odd individual because I don't enjoy so many things that most do. I am highly particular about films in general, if it doesn't captivate me in the first 20 minutes (at most) I am over it and would rather nap. I am the same with television shows, books... most things honestly. I am not into the gore stuff, I don't dig things that are highly sexually graphic/pornesque in any way shape or form, not into pretty much any sci-fi and honestly in general there will be days back to back where my television doesn't even get turned on.

Like you I don't want to "yuck anyone's yum" so I tend to bow out when groups are doing things I know I will not enjoy as to not be a stick in the mud amongst the group. I am happy for those that enjoy the things I don't. It is good that people find things that bring them joy and embrace those things. :)

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Cadrewolf2
19:58 Oct 26 2024

I love horror films only monster style. Not into the psycho style like saw. But i prefer the old years of horror when the plot and films were not so much blood splashing arround

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Logan's ex's wedding is in just two short weeks now, so I have to actually start doing the things I need to to get ready for it. I need a haircut, nothing substantial, just a trim. My hair is down to my bottom at this point, but the ends are split and dry, so I think I'll need to chop off about six or seven inches to get it looking healthy again. After that's taken care of, I'm gonna test the heatless curler thing I got over this last weekend, see if my hair plays well with it and how it looks. I don't want to have to attempt to put it up, so hopefully the curls work out well. I'm also still on the fence about getting my nails done. I broke two early last week, so I wound up cutting them down super short. I could just paint them as is, but it wouldn't look as neat than if I got them done professionally. I just don't want to put on acrylics but I don't think it would be worth just getting a manicure with the length they currently are. I still have a week and a half to figure out what I'm going to do on that front, but I do need to make the decision soon. The latest I can get them done would be early next Friday. I tried looking for some suitable shoes to wear with my dress, but I haven't come up with anything, so I guess I'll just wear my Widow booties. I need a few extra inches, just to keep the hem of the dress from dragging on the ground, so they'll give the perfect amount of height, but man, they kill my feet. I need to invest in a nice pair of creepers at some point. I'm not super excited for the wedding, if I'm being completely honest. It will be nice to finally meet her, since she'll still play an active part in Logan's life through Mina, but I'm just not a big fan of weddings, I guess. Not my ideal way to spend a Saturday evening. It'll be nice, though. At least we'll be able to see things we may want to incorporate into our own wedding. Or things we want to avoid completely. So, it'll be worth it for that.

Last night Logan and I went to the pirate show that we went to earlier this year, this time for their Halloween show, Vampirates. It was a lot of fun. The story is essentially the same as the normal one, but they're all vampires now so ghat automatically makes it better to me. We got VIP tickets and wound up sitting front row in the red section, which is right in the middle of the stage, where we were surprised to find out was a splash zone. As I said, we had fun. I'm totally into the silliness of it all. The theater kid in me loves any kind of show, and this one is more fun than say, a traditional play, because of the audience interaction throughout. But yeah, it's the only remotely Halloweenie thing we've done, outside of walking around Spirit Halloween a few times.

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CuRsEdToDaRkNeSs
21:11 Oct 20 2024

I love the pirate show! Ive never had the chance to see the Halloween one though. It sounds like a blast!

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SireWallFlower
21:56 Oct 20 2024

I'm jealous lol.

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Another sleepless night. I swear, I only get a good night's rest when I'm with Logan. Every other night, of I do get to sleep, it's fitful, tossing and turning. I can take edibles, but I really don't want to rely on drugs to just get to sleep at night. You'd think always being tired would actually work in my favor when it comes to sleeping at night, but no. It doesn't.

There are so many Libras in my life, so many birthdays in like, a week of each other. Logan's 40th was on Sunday, my mom's 60th is tomorrow, Gwen's 4th is on Saturday, and Liz's is on Sunday. So yeah, it's like all the important women in my life were born in the first week of October, and my amazing partner at the very end of September. My mom, Liz, the kids, and I went out to dinner for Liz and Gwen to fight, and then we'll all be doing it again tomorrow with my brother for my mom. Liz and the kids are going to go to Disneyland on Thursday for Gwen's present, which would be super fun. I wish I could go with them, but Disneyland ticket prices are stupid expensive, and I can't justify the price right now, since a lot of things are closed, amd the Haunted Mansion is done up with the Nightmare Before Christmas overlay, which I absolutely hate. But yeah. They're having a small party of Saturday for Gwen, but nothing big, and the extended family wasn't really invited, so my absence is okay, as it's a Logan weekend, and driving out there to drive out here again on Saturday to spend a few hours with the kids is a bit much. They'll have their friends over anyway, so I really won't be missed.

This is why it's going to be hard to leave home when we do move to Texas. I won't be out here in October, not if we want to do Christmas out here for my family and for Mina. It doesn't make sense to come beck to California for birthdays. But, it's going to be hard to not be here for these days. Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to start our life in Texas, but I'm such a family oriented person, it's just going to be difficult to leave them.