How about a Scary Stuff SCI Comp, for the Sam Hane that's in it?
Cat(h)
suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
night.
I'll start the ball rolling with a subtly scary photo:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iw243d&s=2
Cat(h)
Mens sana
"Cat(h)" <cath...@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
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http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1237/maryharney5rd.jpg
MS.
Gregory
I like that photo
Gregory
Mary Harney photos have to be out, Cat(h) implied that objects hazardous
to the safe navigation of shipping were excluded.
Cat(h)
wrote:
That's kind of you, and I reckon it might just shade it over Mary.
Still, not much interest in my scary comp eh ? :-(
Cat(h)
Gregory
I tried to do scary tonight but I was chased by huns,
I mean Protestants, I saw a tableau of them in their natural dark
cave-like habitat,
communal vodka, loadsa Miller & Bud, sheltering in the underpass down
from Ballyskeagh High Bridge, a photo that would beat the lot.
I have a non-photgraphic update however, major trouser coughing, camera
bouncing on a strap off my head ...
as I zoomed towards Drumbeg at 35 MPH in pitch blackness smelling the
cycle route rather than seeing it.
My (beautiful) front wheel virtually de-spoked in the process. Your
photo comp is not using my SCR2 as transport again.
It is mountain bike territory. I am as Turlough was diplomatically
pointing out, doing a lot of survival motivated retreats lately.
G.
max.it
wrote:
Drumbeg ?
max.it (the orange cage)
Gregory
On the cycle route, join it at Coca Cola (Lambeg Bridge), go down a bit,
undre Ballyskeagh High Bridge, then the underpass, (crisis, Crisis,
Crisis) then a bit further on, a mile maybe, is Drumbeg. That is by the
river towpath (canal).
From Belfast one can hit very *extreme* speeds on a cycle entering Drumbeg.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/yourplaceandmine/belfast/drumbeg_graves.shtml
It takes both brakes pulled hard not to end up iin the front pew.
kateh
I loved the scary farm door...nice weeds! :)
How about this one?
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6h85kk&s=2
Kate(give us a chance, eh?!)H :)
kateh
"kateh" <kat...@charter.net> wrote in message
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Um, yeah....you have to look at this one full screen to see that it really
IS a Pooka......quite scary, really. :)
KateH
kateh
>>>> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
>>>> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>>>>
>>>> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
>>>> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
>>>> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
>>>> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
>>>> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
>>>> night.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2mmfhir&s=2
A gloomy, creepy day, lost in the countryside....somewhere in the vicinity
of a pub we couldn't find....instead we find this graveyard full of crows.
There's a horror-story in there, somewhere.
KateH :)
Midlander
A fearsome beast is needed to be really scary.
Cat(h)
> "Cat(h)" wrote ...
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> >>Cat(h) wrote:
> >>> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
> >>> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>
> >>> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
> >>> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
> >>> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
> >>> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
> >>> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
> >>> night.
>
> >>> I'll start the ball rolling with a subtly scary photo:
>
> >>>http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iw243d&s=2
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> >>> Cat(h)
>
> >>I like that photo
>
> > That's kind of you, and I reckon it might just shade it over Mary.
> > Still, not much interest in my scary comp eh ? :-(
>
> > Cat(h)
>
> I loved the scary farm door...nice weeds! :)
I shot that late Sept at an abandoned farmhouse in Waterford. I
black and whited it and fiddled with the contrast etc. The only thing
missing from it is the face of a wizened oul' fella or an oul' wan
peeking out.
> How about this one?http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6h85kk&s=2
> Kate(give us a chance, eh?!)H :)- Hide quoted text -
>
The possessed horse and dark rook are athmospheric enough to be subtly
scary.
But they all pale into insignificance compared to Midlander's Alien-
like critter!
Cat(h)
Sidheseeker
>The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, >poem
I started a Samhain poem.. four lines are posted in here somewhere..
didn't seem to be much interest in it or other Halloween stuff so...
Sidheseeker
>http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iw243d&s=2
Nice door.. don't have mant scary pics but.. fo;ls around here say this
is one of te scariest things they have ever seen on the local roads..
max.it
wrote:
Too fast for me. There is a Drumbeg in Craigavon and cycle paths as
well, but it's mostly little shits on scramblers racing around.
max.it (the orange cage)
Gregory
Tell me about it.
>
> max.it (the orange cage)
I love night cycling, I do the Drumbeg to Shaw's Bridge and that is
scary, the route is quite rough for a race bike, some quirky turns that
could see you in the river, ground is not too good either. 10mph doing
that in the dark is as good as 30mph in daylight on improved surfaces.
SammyM
> I love night cycling, I do the Drumbeg to Shaw's Bridge and that is scary,
> the route is quite rough for a race bike, some quirky turns that could see
> you in the river, ground is not too good either. 10mph doing that in the
> dark is as good as 30mph in daylight on improved surfaces.
Wife and I were having a "romantic" walk along the towpath, opposite Lady
Dixon Park. (last week).
This idiot, on a bike, appears from nowhere, we had to jump to the side to
avoid him !!
Maybe we have met !!
Warning !! Next time, one shove from my boot and you will be sucking
algae from the Lagan !!
SammyM
Gregory
My helmet was hit by a gunshot (rifle) at Edenderry a couple of weeks
ago, & disintegrated. The noise of the helmet breaking up was
ear-shattering. I went around in a euphoric stupor for the rest of the
week.
In the evening I am lit up like a christmas tree, at least three front,
one standard, one 1,000 candle spot, one 11000 candle lamp & a little
helmet light.
I also squirt sparks from my cleat-shoe as a passerby trick. I give choc
treats to little dogs. I don't do sparks if a little dog is about. I
also unclip one foot. I say 'evening Madam' to ladies.
SammyM
> SammyM wrote:
>> Wife and I were having a "romantic" walk along the towpath, opposite Lady
>> Dixon Park. (last week).
>> This idiot, on a bike, appears from nowhere, we had to jump to the side
>> to avoid him !!
>> Maybe we have met !!
>> Warning !! Next time, one shove from my boot and you will be sucking
>> algae from the Lagan !!
>>
>> SammyM
> My helmet was hit by a gunshot (rifle) at Edenderry a couple of weeks ago,
> & disintegrated. The noise of the helmet breaking up was ear-shattering. I
> went around in a euphoric stupor for the rest of the week.
There's a strange tribe that live in Edenderry !!
> In the evening I am lit up like a christmas tree, at least three front,
> one standard, one 1,000 candle spot, one 11000 candle lamp & a little
> helmet light.
No, definitely not you.
> I also squirt sparks from my cleat-shoe as a passerby trick. I give choc
> treats to little dogs. I don't do sparks if a little dog is about. I also
> unclip one foot.
Very thoughtful !!
> I say 'evening Madam' to ladies.
Definitely not you.
You are safe from my "boot" !!!
PS. With Coca-Cola moving, what are we going to call that entrance to the
tow-path ????
Lambeg + Drum is NOT allowed !
SammyM
Gregory
> "Gregory" wrote :-
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>>SammyM wrote:
>
>
>>>Wife and I were having a "romantic" walk along the towpath, opposite Lady
>>>Dixon Park. (last week).
>>>This idiot, on a bike, appears from nowhere, we had to jump to the side
>>>to avoid him !!
>>>Maybe we have met !!
>>>Warning !! Next time, one shove from my boot and you will be sucking
>>>algae from the Lagan !!
>>>
>>> SammyM
>
>
>
>>My helmet was hit by a gunshot (rifle) at Edenderry a couple of weeks ago,
>>& disintegrated. The noise of the helmet breaking up was ear-shattering. I
>>went around in a euphoric stupor for the rest of the week.
>
>
> There's a strange tribe that live in Edenderry !!
There was a sries of shots and my helmet exploded. I didn't stay to
argue the toss. Two hundred yards up the path, I did a eval.
I stopped ran my hands through my hair and headed to Lisburn as if I had
won the lottery, which I had I suppose.
>
>
>
>>In the evening I am lit up like a christmas tree, at least three front,
>>one standard, one 1,000 candle spot, one 11000 candle lamp & a little
>>helmet light.
>
>
> No, definitely not you.
I'm a fixture, people like me, even erratic huntsmen contrive to miss.
>
>
>
>>I also squirt sparks from my cleat-shoe as a passerby trick. I give choc
>>treats to little dogs. I don't do sparks if a little dog is about. I also
>>unclip one foot.
>
>
> Very thoughtful !!
Yup, no bell mind, hence the sparks. Bells on road-racers tend to look a
bit naff, I might get a cell-phone type thing on a loop. A whistle even,
nothing lacking in melody though.
>
>
>
>>I say 'evening Madam' to ladies.
>
>
> Definitely not you.
> You are safe from my "boot" !!!
Okey doke.
>
>
> PS. With Coca-Cola moving, what are we going to call that entrance to the
> tow-path ????
Zombie gate, I will call it that, they live under Wolfenden's Bridge.
They occasionally feed from fridges floating down the river,
they also use cast-off arm chairs they get out of the river at Hilden
mill, mostly they eat tourists & the flesh of the living.
They are Hun Zombies. Taig Zombies just walk around the woods falling
over stuff and complaining to each other.
Doc Aay
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You two are entertaining. Thank you for that.
Sammy, I would love to meet at the John Hewitt, with or without the Telman.
I suppose if we leave him home we would never hear the end of it.
Might even invite the mad cyclist this time.
Doc
SammyM
> There was a sries of shots and my helmet exploded. I didn't stay to argue
> the toss. Two hundred yards up the path, I did a eval.
>
> I stopped ran my hands through my hair and headed to Lisburn as if I had
> won the lottery, which I had I suppose.
The natives of Lisburn are funny people too !
Don't be conned by them.
Now us Lambegians, we just love tourists, especially those on bikes.
We have them ALL for supper!
>> PS. With Coca-Cola moving, what are we going to call that entrance to
>> the tow-path ????
>
> Zombie gate, I will call it that, they live under Wolfenden's Bridge.
>
> They occasionally feed from fridges floating down the river,
I've actually seen those fridges, close to Seymour Hill.
Never been tempted to eat from them though!
> they also use cast-off arm chairs they get out of the river at Hilden
> mill, mostly they eat tourists & the flesh of the living.
That's probably what makes the ale tast so good.
http://www.hildenbrewery.co.uk/beer_caskrange.html
> They are Hun Zombies. Taig Zombies just walk around the woods falling over
> stuff and complaining to each other.
Don't know.
I eat above ground - - - at Robby Stewarts . Nice food there.
Bet the " Cuddle Club" don't know what on earth we are talking about.
They don't know that there's a life in Nordie Land !!
SammyM
Gregory
If I am invited I have to get the Sunday World journalists chucked out
first. I just know they are waiting to catch me with a lady of the night
or dressed as a woman or something.
They keep telling me that they're not, but that means they are. I will
in anycase be the loviest lookin fella dere as a matter of course.
SammyM
> You two are entertaining. Thank you for that.
> Sammy, I would love to meet at the John Hewitt, with or without the
> Telman. I suppose if we leave him home we would never hear the end of it.
> Might even invite the mad cyclist this time.
>
> Doc
Hey Doc.
Don't know about Telman.
The last time you were in Belfast, we tried to get into the John Hewitt and
Tel got us thrown out !!
(I can't believe he's not replying, I'm sure he's lurking !)
I think the mad cyclist would enjoy the John Hewitt.
He could park his bike outside.
Bicycle clips are definitely not allowed inside - - anything else goes !
SammyM
Gregory
> "Gregory" wrote :-
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>>There was a sries of shots and my helmet exploded. I didn't stay to argue
>>the toss. Two hundred yards up the path, I did a eval.
>>
>>I stopped ran my hands through my hair and headed to Lisburn as if I had
>>won the lottery, which I had I suppose.
>
>
> The natives of Lisburn are funny people too !
> Don't be conned by them.
> Now us Lambegians, we just love tourists, especially those on bikes.
> We have them ALL for supper!
>
>
>
>>>PS. With Coca-Cola moving, what are we going to call that entrance to
>>>the tow-path ????
>>
>>Zombie gate, I will call it that, they live under Wolfenden's Bridge.
>>
>>They occasionally feed from fridges floating down the river,
>
>
> I've actually seen those fridges, close to Seymour Hill.
> Never been tempted to eat from them though!
:0))
>
> > they also use cast-off arm chairs they get out of the river at Hilden
>
>>mill, mostly they eat tourists & the flesh of the living.
>
>
> That's probably what makes the ale tast so good.
>
> http://www.hildenbrewery.co.uk/beer_caskrange.html
>
>
>
>>They are Hun Zombies. Taig Zombies just walk around the woods falling over
>>stuff and complaining to each other.
>
>
> Don't know.
> I eat above ground - - - at Robby Stewarts . Nice food there.
That one? Is this Drumbeg, I can't tell it is an old photo.?
http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume9/voume9images/volume9-26.JPG
> Bet the " Cuddle Club" don't know what on earth we are talking about.
> They don't know that there's a life in Nordie Land !!
>
> SammyM
I ain't all cannibalism
Greg
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SammyM
> Doc Aay wrote:
>> You two are entertaining. Thank you for that.
>> Sammy, I would love to meet at the John Hewitt, with or without the
>> Telman. I suppose if we leave him home we would never hear the end of it.
>> Might even invite the mad cyclist this time.
>>
>> Doc
>
>
> If I am invited I have to get the Sunday World journalists chucked out
> first. They keep telling me that they're not, but that means they are. I
> will in anycase be the loviest lookin fella dere as a matter of course.
Wife and I had lunch there last week.
Not one journalist in site.
>I just know they are waiting to catch me with a lady of the night or
>dressed as a woman or something.
Well that's another matter !
Last time we were there was during Belfast Gay Pride.
- - - and there were a lot of cyclists dressed as women!
Have we met before ????
SammyM
Gregory
>
> Well that's another matter !
> Last time we were there was during Belfast Gay Pride.
> - - - and there were a lot of cyclists dressed as women!
> Have we met before ????
>
> SammyM
A gay mag in Britain described me as a right wing religious fanatic in
the pay of American fundamentalists and I got a call from Texas within
days asking if I needed money!
I am sure there is a scam to be done there. in truth, I have been
avoiding the 'gay wars' for years. It is however where the 'dollar
support' is.
I've targeted gay stuff in Canada, Scotland & England, I don't want to
get involved in stuff here unless it is absolutely unavoidable. I need
to catch them doing stuff, and to be honest, I am catching so many
hetero creeps that gays are not even 2 percent of my biz.
Some of the tabloids seem to think that I am so right wing I jiz have to
have somethimg clandestinely going on in the gay department.
The truth is, that as soo as I found that Alan Rickman was so far out of
reach, I gave up cross-dressing and settled down for chicks. I would
never admit that in a public forum.
G.
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Gregory
That one? Is this Drumbeg, I can't tell it is an old photo.?
http://www.lisburn.com/books/historical_society/volume9/voume9images/volume9-26.JPG
Your Stewarts is on the Ballyskeagh Road, is this it in olden days? If
not, where is that one?
SammyM
> A gay mag in Britain described me as a right wing religious fanatic in the
> pay of American fundamentalists and I got a call from Texas within days
> asking if I needed money!
And you didn't say YES ?
> The truth is, that as soo as I found that Alan Rickman was so far out of
> reach, I gave up cross-dressing and settled down for chicks. I would never
> admit that in a public forum.
>
> G.
No, you're secret is safe with me.
AND __ I'm sure you'll not reveal my secret among the Gay Pride people,
that I've been married for 41 years !
PS. It's after midnight - - nice talking to you -- But I'm heading
ff -- to bed !!!!
Regards SammyM
SammyM
Yes, on Ballyskeagh Road.
Photo could be.
Look's different now.
SammyM
Gregory
That will be the bar which has a sign saying "children whether
accompanied or not will be shot out of hand".
G.
Gregory
> "Gregory" wrote :-
>
>
>>A gay mag in Britain described me as a right wing religious fanatic in the
>>pay of American fundamentalists and I got a call from Texas within days
>>asking if I needed money!
>
>
> And you didn't say YES ?
I am offered money quite frequently, I don't take cash from any govt. I
usually decline stuff with a political tag attached to it. I am one of
the few advocates in my line of work who can go forth and claim
absolutely that being bought & paid for hasn't happened & hopefully
never will happen.
For example, the British govt. have cautioned their own NGOs to steer
clear of conflict with the teaching unions, if they don't agree to that,
they don't get money. It is very possible the Catholic Church once had a
similar system of checks to ensure secrecy in relation to their problems.
So the reason the British have more 'false' allegations in a couple of
years against teachers than the USA, Canada, NZ & Australia, have in
thirty years, is a factor of administrative design. The other component
is that the official mechanism re: sexual abuse was abandoned when it
failed to discover any bona fide FAs.
>
>
>
>>The truth is, that as soo as I found that Alan Rickman was so far out of
>>reach, I gave up cross-dressing and settled down for chicks. I would never
>>admit that in a public forum.
>>
>>G.
>
>
> No, you're secret is safe with me.
> AND __ I'm sure you'll not reveal my secret among the Gay Pride people,
> that I've been married for 41 years !
I know what you are saying mate,
if the Sunday World even suspected what I was wearing underneath my
cycling kit, it would be front page and double centre.
Thank goodness Sinn Fein's diversity rights section Oglaigh na hQueer
are going to (non-corporately) 'iron-bar' people who think that wearing
women's undergarments is a little suspect.
G.
Telmey®
<Sam...@world.com> wrote :
>"Doc Aay" wrote :-
>
>> You two are entertaining. Thank you for that.
>> Sammy, I would love to meet at the John Hewitt, with or without the
>> Telman. I suppose if we leave him home we would never hear the end of it.
>> Might even invite the mad cyclist this time.
>>
>> Doc
>
>
>Hey Doc.
>Don't know about Telman.
>The last time you were in Belfast, we tried to get into the John Hewitt and
>Tel got us thrown out !!
>(I can't believe he's not replying, I'm sure he's lurking !)
No, sammy I am not reading this, I am not lurking, (who is he)
someone else is reading it for me, if they think i would be offended
they don't telme, I don't get that much time to SCI or net these
days But i really do need to catch up with good friends, my
apologies to you all for not doing that.
It was not me who got 'us' thrown out of JH! That was my twin
brother, Apparently he is madly in love with this girl, who has a
crush on him;
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071025/lf_nm_life/australia_cans_dc
Telme
(not monitoring the group.)
Telmey®
<***docaye***@yahoo.com> wrote :
>You two are entertaining. Thank you for that.
>Sammy, I would love to meet at the John Hewitt, with or without the Telman.
>I suppose if we leave him home we would never hear the end of it.
>Might even invite the mad cyclist this time.
>
>Doc
You my dear, are a trouble maker !!
Gregory
The place is a haunt for tabloid journalists who are only occasionally
dissapointed. We are talking about determined hacks prepared to sip
solidly for hours in the hope I will dance on a table naked.
G.
Gregory
Or somebody else, they are not that fussy what they print, a DUP person
is top of the tree, but anybody will do at a pinch.
Midlander
"Cat(h)" <cath...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 25, 10:04 pm, "kateh" <kate...@charter.net> wrote:
>> "Cat(h)" wrote ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >>Cat(h) wrote:
>> >>> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
>> >>> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>>
>> >>> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
>> >>> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
>> >>> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
>> >>> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
>> >>> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
>> >>> night.
>>
>> >>> I'll start the ball rolling with a subtly scary photo:
>>
>> >>>http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iw243d&s=2
>>
>> >>> Cat(h)
>>
>> >>I like that photo
>>
>> > That's kind of you, and I reckon it might just shade it over Mary.
>> > Still, not much interest in my scary comp eh ? :-(
>>
>> > Cat(h)
>>
>> I loved the scary farm door...nice weeds! :)
>
> I shot that late Sept at an abandoned farmhouse in Waterford. I
> black and whited it and fiddled with the contrast etc. The only thing
> missing from it is the face of a wizened oul' fella or an oul' wan
> peeking out.
>
Something like this?
http://canvascraft.com/view.asp?PID=5&PCID=1&AID=2
I can't find a bigger shot of it online.
>> How about this one?http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=6h85kk&s=2
>> Kate(give us a chance, eh?!)H :)- Hide quoted text -
>>
>
> The possessed horse and dark rook are athmospheric enough to be subtly
> scary.
>
> But they all pale into insignificance compared to Midlander's Alien-
> like critter!
>
> Cat(h)
>
She was having a Garbo monent there, normally she's a very friendly little
creature.
This is her in one of her favourite places - the car.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=s44bch&s=2
And here she shows her noble side as she surveys Kinnity from the Sliabh
Blooms.
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2e6hvg5&s=2
a...@curragh.cc
> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>
> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
> night.
>
> I'll start the ball rolling with a subtly scary photo:
>
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=iw243d&s=2
>
> Cat(h)
Holloween was invented by the Romans to scare the natives away from
their ancient festival of Samhan (older than the pyramids). It had
real meaning on these islands before the power mad Roman religion
arrived in this ancient island. But hey!, I don't mean to be a spoil
sport - go on, pork away.
Donal
kateh
>>> >>> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
>>> >>> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>>>
>>> >>> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
>>> >>> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
>>> >>> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
>>> >>> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
>>> >>> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
>>> >>> night.
The last week in October is scariest.... by far
There's things on TV that can make a poor star
From an undead guy and fella named shawn
The ideas are what's dead and the writing's...... long gone.
They've missed out on the scary and hit the mundane
When they substitute townsfolk and rewire their brains
When they've driven a spike through the monster's heart
Just left for the basement, and dismembered parts
There's over-kill, and then...... there's just silly
When blood's at a premium and so are the willies
It's time to think horror, at the deepest gut level.
But why think about big bucks and high priced evil.
They don't need fancy effects or millions of bucks!
All they need is the wind blowing leaves 'round the truck
Zoom in on a kid, by the door..... he sighhhhhs "Please...."
And the clink-clanking, terror, that is........yer car keys.
Kate(oh the horrorrrrrrrrrrrr)H :)
K. E. Dennis
> Might I, what with being the Cuddle Club Social Secretary and all,
> suggest that we have a Scary Stuff Competition?
>
> The idea is: produce a scary story, essay, poem, haiku, limerick,
> song, painting, drawing, poster, photo, self-portrait, sculpture,
> opera, musical, video...of your own manufacture, upload a link by
> Monday (bank hol in Irl) night next, vote for the scariest item on
> Tuesday 30th and results of the votes to be compiled by Wed 31st
> night.
Well, this may not be entirely in the... ummm... spirit [sorry] of the
Scary Stuff SCI Comp, but IMHO it's a rather frightening coincidence
that the following Samhain contest is going on at the same time:
5th Smurfit Samhain International Poetry Competition
http://www.samhainpoetry.com/front.htm
They're accepting poetry submissions till Hallowe'en ["Contestants are
asked to submit their poems/Haiku/Limerick in any Language with a Gaelic
(Irish) or English translation attached."]; the rules can be found at
http://www.samhainpoetry.com/Rules.htm.
Especially noteworthy is this festival event:
> Wednesday 14th November 2007
> 8.PM Art Exhibition/recital Adm: €10
>
> Don’t give me the whole truth: A “HAPPENING”
>
> An evening provoked by gaelic Poet Cathal O’Searcaigh which
> includes interaction and an Art Exhibition by International
> artist Ian Joyce.
>
> Through out the evening Cathal and Ian will be joined by
> Singer Mari Smith and Divine Fate.
Cathal O’Searcaigh provoking Divine Fate: now there's a image that
should cause shivers... perhaps as much of delight as fright, but then
isn't that the nature of these autumn festivals anyway?
> I'll start the ball rolling with a subtly scary photo:
[snipped, sequence of scary scenes & beasties by Cat(h), kateh, &
Midlander....]
I'm afraid I've no scary photos, & no poems of my own to offer, but
here's one by Pearse Hutchinson that, tho not explicitly about
Hallowe'en or Samhain, has that appropriate otherworldly feeling about it.
~~~
Bright After Dark
for Sebastian Ryan
In the first country,
what you must do when the cow stops giving milk
is climb, after dark, a certain hill,
and play the flute: to kill your scheming neighbour’s curse.
If you can find a silver flute to play,
the spell will break all the faster, the surer.
But silver is not essential. But: the job must
be done after dark:
otherwise it won’t work.
In the second country,
when you send a child out of the house at night,
after dark, you must, if you wish it well,
take from the fire a burnt-out cinder
and place it on the palm of the child’s hand
to guard the child against the dangers of the dark.
The cinder, in this good function, is called aingeal,
meaning angel.
In the third country,
if you take a journey at night, above all
in the blind night of ebony, so good for witches to work in,
you dare not rely on fireflies for light,
for theirs is a brief inconstant glow. What you must hope
is that someone before you has dropped grains of maize
on the ground to light your way; and you must drop
grains of maize for whoever comes after you:
for only maize can light the way on a dark night.
~~~
Bright After Dark
Pearse Hutchinson
Collected Poems
2002, The Gallery Press
respectfully (if spookily) submitted,
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kateh
I'm afraid I've no scary photos, & no poems of my own to offer, but
here's one by Pearse Hutchinson that, tho not explicitly about
Hallowe'en or Samhain, has that appropriate otherworldly feeling about it.
~~~
Bright After Dark
for Sebastian Ryan
Thanks, Karen! :)
I'm having a heck of a time getting..... in the mood.
For the first time .....ever......I've *no one* to dress-up!
Kate(mid-Halloween-crisis)H :)
Sidheseeker
>http://www.samhainpoetry.com/front.htm
Hmmm.. sure wish I knew that was going on.. I would have worked a wee
bit harder and perhaps finished my Samhain poem..
By the way.. I've ben meaning to ask you.. your 'trace of the pen' sig..
could I use that on one of ny webpages..?