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5 Movies That Creeped Me Out As a Kid

Posted on August 9, 2012 by judisunshine

There were cinematic experiences growing up that simply terrified me like “Salem’s Lot,” or traumatized me via ghouls and angry houses, like “The Amityville Horror” and that one film with the moving-eye George Washington portrait. Brrr. There were movies that … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Superheroes/Villains | Tagged 1985 HBO Fortress, Australia, creepy kids movies, Don't Tell Her It's Me, Fairuza Balk, Father Christmas, Fortress, ghouls, hair won't stop growing, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, New Zealand accents, Poltergeist, Return to Oz, Robot Chicken, Romper Room, Salem's Lot, scary ducks, Seth Green, shots of breast milk, Steve Guttenberg, The Amityville Horror, The Craft, The Dark Crystal, The Disney Channel, The Electric Company, The Electric Grandmother, The Peanut Butter Solution, The Secret of N.I.M.H., Vacation Bible School | 6 Comments

Pilots

Posted on July 27, 2012 by judisunshine

I just rewatched a particular series premiere for the first time in years, and I since I’ve only seen it I believe twice to begin with, I was pretty blown away all over again by what a strong pilot it … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Buffy, Celebrities, Entertainment, Family, Lists, Superheroes/Villains, TV, Women | Tagged Alias, Alyson Hannigan, Blockbuster, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Clark Gregg, crying, David Fisher, Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Emma Nelson, Eric Balfour, Fisher & Sons, Hamish Linklater, high, high school reunions, J.J. Abrams, Jennifer Garner, Joss Whedon, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, kickassery, Lauren Ambrose, LOST, meanie moms, nate fisher, Picture Perfect, pilots, Sarah Michelle Gellar, sitcoms, six feet under, Spike, The New Adventures of Old Christine, torture, Truth Be Told, vampires, Wikipedia | 1 Comment

How to Run a Successful Lemonade Stand

Posted on July 26, 2012 by judisunshine

So y’all know about my ice-cream truck endeavor when I was six. Well that was just the tip of the iceberg. Though the truck never hit the streets, I had tasted the power. The power of entrepeneurship. Growing up in … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Friends, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women, Work | Tagged apartment building, Chef Ramsay, ennui, entrepreunership, Front Street Hempstead New York, How to run a successful lemonade stand, Howard Johnson's, ice cream trucks, kitchen gadgets, Kool-Aid, lemon squeezer, power, the '70s, ticky-tacky | Leave a comment

Just Biology

Posted on July 23, 2012 by judisunshine

“We really are just biology, aren’t we?” Nate Fisher says, upon seeing a corpse in “The Invisible Woman,” an episode of S2 “Six Feet Under.” It was a woman who’d become particularly decayed, as no one found her for awhile, … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Movies, Supernatural :o, TV, Women | Tagged afterlife, claire isher, diet pills, emily previn, freddy rodriguez, funerals, Grey's Anatomy, hope, nate fisher, peter krause, ruth fisher, six feet under, the invisible woman, vegetarianism | 2 Comments

I <3 Rob Zombie

Posted on July 19, 2012 by judisunshine

So I’ve done a lot of lists lately, and part of me wants to do a big list of my favorite things that Rob Zombie’s ever done. And maybe I WILL, in the future. But for today, I just want … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Animals, Celebrities, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Entertainment, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Romance, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged A Headbanger's Journey, actor's director, Adventureland Farmingdale New York, American Witch, Angel Five by Five, aplomb, Brea Grant, CD-making therapy, cool musician, Debbie Gibson, Eliza Dushku, Faith, Freddy Krueger, GNR, hyphen drinking game, Iron Maiden, Joss Whedon, Judy Collins, Living Dead Girl, losing my religion, Metallica One, More Human Than Human, Napster, Rob Zombie, Salem witch trials, Sherri Moon Zombie, Simon & Garfunkel, White Zombie, Youtube | Leave a comment

Jigsaw Is Kind of the Man

Posted on July 19, 2012 by judisunshine

This is part one of a blog. The second part will be about forgiveness. I am relating it to “Saw III,” but you don’t have to have seen it, or any “Saw,” to read part two. This part one is … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Animals, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, Women | Tagged 1970s, active imagination, bloody sequel, Colorado, Donnie Wahlberg, Donnie Wahlberg Hangin' Tough, eeriness, eli roth, Eric, Gilmore Girls, great metal band, helples, helpless feelings, hostel 2, invaluable lessons, jelly omelet, Jigsaw, Legion of Grandeur, life meaning, Luke Danes, maggoty pigs, metal, movie theaters, New Kids on the Block, Poltergeist, red wine, Rob Zombie, Saw, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Scott Pattersone, selective tolerance, torture, torture porn, violence, what do you do to live | 1 Comment

“Revenge” Season One: Awesomeness from Beginning to (Especially) End (Non-spoilery first half for anyone curious about the show)

Posted on July 15, 2012 by judisunshine

Okay so I was trying to figure out some kind of cohesive way to write about how kickass the finale of my favorite new show of the season was, and realized that my brain is FAR too discombobulated, due to … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Celebrities, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, School, Superheroes/Villains, TV, Women | Tagged ABC's Revenge, Alexandre Dumas, Amanda Clarke, Amazon, Buffy Prophecy Girl, Charlotte Grayson, Christa B. Allen, Connor Paolo, Conrad Grayson, Daniel Grayson, David Clarke, Declan Porter, Emily Thorne, Emily VanCamp, finale, Florence and the Machine, Gabriel Mann, Glee, Grief episode, Hamptons, Hulu Plus, Jack Porter, Josh Bowman, Joshua Bowman, Lauren Ambrose, Long Island, Madeleine Stowe, New York, Nolan Ross, OMG, Reckoning episode, Revenge TV show, revenge-y, Season One DVD, Seven Devils, six feet under, spoilers, The Count of Monte Cristo, Veronic Mars, Victoria Grayson | 1 Comment

Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night 14: The Care Bears Movie

Posted on July 9, 2012 by judisunshine

So the other night, I took a poll for the next Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night: “The Care Bears Movie” or “Cheerleader Massacre 2?” And “The Care Bears Movie” won by one vote. But because I am a foolish, foolish woman, … Continue reading →

Posted in AcTING!, Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Miscellaneous, Movies, Music, Women, Work | Tagged " circus, 1985, abandonment, acid trip, and when you put it all together, Annie, Arna Selznick, awesome, awww, awwww, baby Care Bears, bubblegum, bumblebees, bunnies, callipe, Care a Lot, Care Bear Stare, Care-O-Meter, Carole King, Cheeky Monk in Denver, cults, Cupcake Bear, dancing at weddings, David O. Selznick, De Kitty, drug-using hippies, Earth, epic, Fetuccini, fight for souls, Forest of Feelings, Friend Bear, full overdrvie, funhouse, Funshine Bear, Gavin De Becker, Gilmore Girls, Gone with the Wind, Grace Slick, green glowing books, Grumpy Bear, handlebar mustache, house of cards, I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here, improbable, Intentionally Cheesy Movie Night, Iron Eagle, Jenny Lewis, karaoke, keeping score at home, kidnapped, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, Kim and Jason, Koosas, Lake George, lila fowler showdown, lions, lollipop, main circus dude, maypole, mean fat cat, Mickey Rooney, Milkshake Bear, monkeys, montage, Mr. Cherrywood, never say die, Nicholas, orphanage, parents, penguin, pigs, pink elephant, Pirates of the Caribbean ride, Poltergeist, potion, Qble, Queen in, Queen in "Snow White, Quidditch snitch, Rainbow machine, Rainbow Rescue Beam, Rainbow Rescue Team, rally the troops, Rilo Kiley, Secret Bear, sexist, sharing feelings, smoke monster on LOST, smoking bowls, spineless, square bubbles, stalker Care Bears, star ship, storms, stress, Sunshine, supporting a baby's head and neck, Survivor, Swiftheart Bunny, Tenderheart Bear, The Care Bears Movie, The Gift of Fear, the power to care, the power to share, there's a power no one can deny, weeping willows, yelling books | 1 Comment

Manitou Don’t Leave

Posted on June 25, 2012 by judisunshine

Dear Manitou Springs, With few exceptions, my major life downfall has been too many eggs, and not enough baskets. My grandmother recently wrote to my family that I have such a warm heart; if only I were more careful with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Books, Cats, Coffee, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Food, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Romance, School, TV, Vacations, Video Games, Women | Tagged 1991, 90 years old, artists, baby shower, Barker House, baskets, can I borrow four eggs, chills, Christmas ornaments, civilization, Colorado Avenue, Colorado Springs, comic books, don't put all your eggs in one basket, Don't you die on me bitch, Ed Harris, evacuations, fires, forest fires, ghosts, Gilmore Girls, grandmothers, High school, hugs, Jan-Pro Cleaning of Southern Colorado, Long Island, Manitou Avenue, Manitou penny arcade, Manitou Springs, mate, mush, myriad, national news, Old Colorado City, penny arcade, Pike's Peak marathon, pinball, restaurant jobs, Rockabye Baby, Ruxton, Smokey the Bear, South Shore Christian School, Stars Hollow, Stephen King, The Abyss, The Townhouse, Townhouse Lounge, trapped in a bubble, video games, waitressing, Waldo Canyon fire, wine | 4 Comments

Romeo and Juli-Nyet

Posted on June 6, 2012 by judisunshine

So today is the last day I can say that I’m in my twenties. I’m 29! There, I said it one last time. Tomorrow I will be thirty! When my mother turned thirty, my dad threw a party for her. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged Ally McBeal, Beverly Cleary, Bianca, Caribbean, Coriolanus, crisis, Danish prince, English major, Germany, Greece, Hamlet, Italy, karaoke, meltdown, motorcycle, Romeo and Juliet, Scottish King, Sex and the City, Shakespeare, sonnets, Taming of the Shrew, Turkey, Turning 30, twenties, Two Gentlemen of Verona, USA | 4 Comments

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Category Archives: Family

5 Movies That Creeped Me Out As a Kid

Pilots

How to Run a Successful Lemonade Stand

Just Biology

I <3 Rob Zombie

Jigsaw Is Kind of the Man

“Revenge” Season One: Awesomeness from Beginning to (Especially) End (Non-spoilery first half for anyone curious about the show)

Manitou Don’t Leave

Romeo and Juli-Nyet

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