Category Archives: Apartments & Other Domiciles

Salem’s Lot & Sleepless Nights

Posted on May 19, 2012 by judisunshine

I have been terrified of horror for as long as I can remember. Ghouls, mainly, when I was younger, scared the heck out of me. And even at five, I could tell that part of vampires’ power came from their … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Supernatural :o | Tagged Adventureland, Beverly Cleary, Buffy Innocence, buried alive, Eerie and Creepy comics, Farmingdale, ghouls, Hempstead, Home Depot, horror movies, little brother scratching at the window, Long Island, made for television movies, Merrick, Nickelodeon, parents, peach paint, Ramona the Brave, Salem's Lot, Saw 3, suburbia, The Adventures of Black Beauty, The Vanishing, vampires | 6 Comments

Cupcakes, Wine, or Beer?

Posted on May 8, 2012 by judisunshine

So we’re speeding towards that time of year To the day that marks that you’re not here ~ Azure Ray It’s been a year. Today, it’s been a year, since. I’d never lived in any other state in my entire … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, Women | Tagged Azure Ray, beer, Chip, Colorado, cupcakes, Doctor von Rockenstein, Grandmother, hardest day of life, JFK airport, May, Mean Girls, mother, New York, November, Oneonta, pizza, Townhouse Lounge Manitou, wine, yellow roses | 2 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 10: Two of a Kind

Posted on May 3, 2012 by judisunshine

Right off the bat, you sort of know what you’re getting into with this movie, because there are John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John on the root menu, smiling, with matching feathered hair and Olivia Newton-John in blue ’80s sunglasses. So … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Fear

Posted on April 7, 2012 by judisunshine

I thought about posting the following link at the end, but I’d rather people buy this book, than read my blog. Truly. And no! I am not in book cahoots with Gavin De Becker (I could only wish!). I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Friends, Going Out, Sports | Tagged 1991, cheerleading, cheerleading uniforms, cool geek toys, creepy dudes, fundraising, Gavin De Becker, get away, Keds, no nonsense suntan hose, not trying hard enough as a kid, Olympic Sales Club, scrunchee socks, The Gift of Fear, Tri-County Flea Market, uniforms, youngster | 7 Comments

Today I Am Home

Posted on March 30, 2012 by judisunshine

So my new apartment is in a house that was a small hotel back in the early 20th Century. Wait, do you capitalize “century?” Either way. Now it’s divided up into three apartments. My place RULES, but the walls are … Continue reading →

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You Just Couldn’t Let Me Go

Posted on March 27, 2012 by judisunshine

Deathlike silence Red cloud shakes A race that walls immortality The undying battle of extinction Who would believe in sanctuary ~ Pantera, “Immortally Insane” The three of us were upstairs. A mother type, a little girl, and me. All … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Dreams, Miscellaneous, Movies, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o | Tagged Achilles Heel, blood, brutality, community, creature, Dreams, drifting back to sleep, Heath Ledger's Joker, houses, Killer Klowns, monster, Nightmares, pool of blood, power, sanctuary | 4 Comments

A Star In Somebody Else’s Sky

Posted on March 15, 2012 by judisunshine

Just sometimes, it hits me. This place had a long history before us, has a long future after us. I keep thinking it’s a part of our lives, but, really, it’s the reverse. For a little while…I don’t know. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged apartments, change, Colorado, Dragonfly Inn, Gilmore Girls, homes, houses, letting go, Lorelai Gilmore, Moving, moving on, New York, Sookie St. James | 3 Comments

3 Awesome Memories from My High School Senior Lounge

Posted on March 13, 2012 by judisunshine

When I was in 12th grade, we were given a senior lounge. Whose idea it was to give a bunch of 17-18 year olds their own unsupervised classroom I don’t know, but let me extend a slow clap. Because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Entertainment, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, School | Tagged 12th grade, Dazed and Confused, entertainment of the chaste, fires, High school, Matthew McConaughey, senior lounge, senior year, South Shore Christian School, spinning, Spot the Looney, SSCS, washing machine | 5 Comments

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 21: Like Father, Like Son

Posted on March 12, 2012 by judisunshine

“ICMN is just a front to watch all your favorite movies under the veil of irony,” my brother Eric texted me before when I told him of my illustrious viewing choice for this evening. And he’s not wrong, at least … Continue reading →

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Prithee, My Dear, Why Are We Here?

Posted on March 11, 2012 by judisunshine

They were all there. Stuck in the basement. Like it was a bomb shelter — not ideal, but necessary. For the time being. And I was one of them, but one day I wondered why I accepted it so easily, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Dreams, Miscellaneous, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged basement, blood, bomb shelter, chase, floating above, gray and moldy, guard dogs, pin, pricked finger, safety in numbers, stabbed, time being, travel, vacation, waiting at the gate | 8 Comments

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