My Favorite Anime Movies

NOTE:  This post was written before the holidays, I meant to post it but the blogger app was being evil. Anyway, here it is in its original form!

Hiiiiiiii!! I'm baaaackkkk! I finally got a chance between my abundance of work and projects to write a new blog post! I thought why not go back to basics today and since most of my readers enjoy anime I thought why not discuss an anime related topic? If you're like me then you love having movie marathons during the holidays. I love turning on the lights, curling up with a blanket and tea and delving into an awesome movie.

Without further ado, here are my favorite anime movies:

Sailor Moon R: The Promise of the Rose

Let's be real, does this surprise anyone? Out of all of the SM movies, this is my favorite one. I was obsessed with it growing up. I didn't own it myself but I frequently rented the VHS from Blockbuster and borrowed my best friend's copy a lot.  Yes, children before redbox and Netflix we had to venture out to a store to rent movies!

This is the very first Sailor Moon movie. When Mamoru, Usagi, Chibiusa and friends are visiting a botanical garden their day of fun is interrupted by the appearance of a strange man. The man turns out to be the childhood friend of Mamoru's - Fiore...oh yeah and he's an alien. Fiore is obsessed with Mamoru and is extremely jealous of Usagi and Mamoru's relation. So he is determined to wipe out the senshi and keep Mamoru for himself. As usual, Mamoru is kidnapped and Sailor Moon of course has to save him. That's just a very brief summary of the movie.

Why do I love this particular one so mush? I love learning about Mamoru's past, which is something we don't know all that much about. Personally I find this the strongest movie out of the three. Plus one of my all time favorite scenes in Sailor Moon history occurs in this movie. Usagi transforms into Princess Serenity to save Earth from being destroyed by an asteroid. Though I haven't seen it in Japanese...I prefer the English dub of it. The song "The Power of Love" played in the English version of this movie absolutely made it! I wish Viz would do a remake of the song and slip it into their release. 

Nevertheless I can't wait for Viz to release this and sob when I finally have it in my hands, for that day a childhood dream of mine will have been accomplished.

Inuyasha The Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler

I think every Inuyasha fan can agree that this is the best Inuyasha movie. Inuyasha's father had three swords - Tetsaiga (given to Inuyasha), Tensaiga (given to Sesshomaru) and Sounga. Sounga was a very powerful demon sword. So powerful that its power possesses Inuyasha when he obtains it. The sword was tossed into the bone eater's well and the sheath upon it sealed. The seal however is broken and Inuyasha must re-sheath it. Only the sword ends up in the hands of Takemaru - a human the sword resurrects and posssses who hated Inuyasha and Seashomaru's father. He is intent on killing them both  as well as doing Sounga's bidding. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru must work together to bring down their enemy.

This movie has the best story line out of all of the Inuyasha movies. I love how we get to see Inuyasha's parents and get a glimpse into his childhood. The best thing about it though is the two brothers with a mutual hatred of each other must put aside their differences to work together.

Summer Wars

I first saw this on Toonami a few years ago and immediately loved it. It is a wonderful story and the animation is stunning!

It's about a boy who agrees to pretend to be his friend a girlfriend and accompany her to her grandmother's 90th birthday. While there, he receives a text with a math equation and his attempt to solve it results in a hacking of Oz - a major online platform that not only controls people's social media, but also their finances and their jobs! Think Google if they controlled your bank account. It results in a virtual reality war against the hacker and may result in mass real world destruction.

It is a fun story to get lost in with a good mixture of action and comedy. It shows the bond of family unlike any anime I have ever seen before which is refreshing.

Naruto Shippuden: Road To Ninja

This is actually the only Naruto movie I fully enjoy (save for the one where we get glimpses of Kakashi as an anbu). In this one, Naruto and Sakura are transported to an alternate universe where pretty much everything is reversed. Naruto's parents Minato and Kushina are alive while Sakura's parents died to save the village. Hinata is tough and possessive of Naruto instead of her sweet, shy self. Kiba hates dogs, Shikamaru is an idiot and Rock Lee is a pervert. My all time favorite reversal is that of Kakashi and Gai. Kakashi is basically Gai, but amplified. He is spazzy and over enthusiastic. It's adorable!! On the other hand Gai is lazy.

It is a fun little "what if" type movie, if you're a fan I highly recommend checking it out though it isn't essential to watch.

Howl's Moving Castle

Okay, I could include all of the Studio Ghibli movies here, they're all wonderful. But I narrowed down my choice to just one; my favorite, Howl's Moving Castle.

This movie is about a young girl named Sophie. Her family own's a hat shop and she is seen as the sort of "plain Jane", timid, responsible daughter working at the shop while her sister is gorgeous and adored by men. One day the witch of the waste happens into the shop and Sophie makes her mad, so she curses Sophie - turning her into an old woman.

Sophie goes on an adventure to find the witch so that she can reverse the curse placed upon her. Along the way she finds herself in the moving castle belonging to the "evil" wizard Howl as Howl's cleaning lady. But this isn't a typical fairy tale. A war is ongoing and the king is using magic to win it. Howl must fight for what is right and Sophie must in a way help him to find himself again.

As with all Ghibli films this is a wonderful adventure flick and will surely capture your attention. It's fun and clever too. I just love it so much, even more so than their ever popular Spirited Away.

That's it! I hope you enjoyed this post and that my summaries weren't too horrible. What are your favorite anime movies? Comment and let me know!!

Xoxo

Heather Zombie ❤

My Year In Review

Hello my dears! Truth be told I stole this post idea from my friend Jeff (Hiiiiii!!!!) and it's a damn good one! I think it's important to review the year and see how far you have come. And boy did I have lots of that this year.  I will get a bit personal here as I take a look back at this year. For starters 2015 was the 2nd worst year of my life.

First selfie of 2015!

2015 started out normally....with a cold that never fully went away. In April I woke up one morning to a ringing in my ear. I went to the doctor a week later and was prescribed Flonase to take care of the problem, assuming that my clogged sinuses and ears were to blame....then it all went down hill from there. For 2-3 months I battled severe illness as a result of a combination of a bad reaction to the Flonase and from the stress of dealing with tinnitus 24/7. I had never been so sick in my life, even when I nearly died from pneumonia as a child. It was absolute hell and nearly landed me in the hospital a few times. Of course my doctors were a bit puzzled and weren't much help. Eventually we figured out that the stress and anxiety I was feeling from the ringing was physically making me sicker and making me incapable of getting better.

 I eventually (luckily) recovered but then had another enemy to battle - anxiety. The ringing racked me with severe anxiety. It was at the point where I was constantly pulling all nighters and finally falling asleep for 3-4 hours at a time around 8 or 9 in the morning because I couldn't stop the panic attacks. I had the hardest time eating really anything but yogurt; I lost 20 pounds as a result of everything from the anxiety.  Tensions at home were high - my mom didn't understand anxiety at all so she snapped at me a lot. She was also really worried because I was so sick and she was convinced she would come home one day and find me dead.

To make matters worse, I went to the ear doctor and there was nothing they could do to stop the ringing or help me. That was my breaking point and I just spiraled down from there. After a week of not sleeping at all and feeling like I was not only  in a Nightmare on Elm Street movie but also feeling like I was on drugs while I waited at the ear doctor's office because I was so sleep deprived ,I decided it was time to get help for my anxiety.

 So I went to the doctor and insisted she put me on medication for it. I was prescribed Zoloft for my anxiety, after two weeks things got better. I was having less panic attacks, I could actually sleep for the most part and I could actually do things other than coloring, reading Harry Potter  or watching TV. One thing I never knew possible - if you have severe anxiety it is near impossible to focus on a task.  I did however have my dose upped from there and it was totally the best thing I did. I recovered which I never felt was possible. Sure my anxiety is still a struggle I'll probably have for the rest of my life. Sometimes I still get minor panic attacks but I can usually calm myself down. Loud or sudden noises startle me quite easily now too ever since I had those struggles.

As a result of being severely fucked up until say August/September of this year I in a way lost myself and had a lot of internal struggle. What really helped me through all of it were 3 things: my friends Vicky and Natasha and my rediscovering of Wicca. I don't remember what triggered it but something convinced me to get back in touch with my witchy roots...it was the thing that saved me and pulled me out of the darkness. It helped me to cope and gave me something else to focus on. No this isn't one of those "I found religion so I'm better" things; on the contrary. I still retain my atheist ideals, I don't worship any sort of god; rather I worship and celebrate nature. I was also into wicca at a young age and just lost touch with it.

No, children the pentagram/pentacle is not evil. It represents the 5 elements: Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Spirit. There is nothing evil about wicca, it is actually a very peaceful way of life. No...we won't curse you. 

From there I formed my own coven with Vicky and it has all felt so right.

Some good things did happen this year, so it wasn't completely horrible. What good came from 2015?

 I got to have the tea party of my dreams.

I finally saw that damn blood moon that I had been trying to see for 2 years.

I began not only writing one book but two. And it has felt absolutely wonderful to get back to writing.

I got more into cosplay and makeup. I also resurrected my business.

I grew very close to some new friends this year and also grew closer to old ones. Particularly Natasha, Charlie, Jeff and Vicky. I now talk to Natasha and Vicky nearly every day and it makes me so glad that we do ^__^.

Another major thing that happened this year - I gained some confidence. I don't have the best self confidence honestly. There are guys on twitter that will tell me I'm hot, cute or beautiful and it just leaves me clueless. Like, are you sure you're talking about me? I may seem like a really confident person with the various projects I share with you all but I'm not. You should see all of the work behind the scenes and my struggle when I record songs and try to decide if I should post them.

 I don't always feel like I'm pretty let alone beautiful. I used to text Vicky every time I was going to post a picture of myself online to see if it looked alright.

Slowly, I began to stop caring. Hell I even posted a few pictures of my makeup-less (which is rather scary) face this year! It used to be if my photos showed even a tiny bit of imperfection I would scrap it. But now I just post what I want. I also am learning to become more comfortable in my own skin. It used to be when friends would come over to hang I would have to put on a full face of makeup, now I am happy to say I have no problem being bare faced around them. However I still can't go to the store without makeup.

We adopted my cat Nina in January of this year, and I love her so much <3.

This year I became even more of a weeb. From watching more anime and now having a gigantic chunk of my room covered in anime posters. I think I even became more of a fangirl ._____.

I also started this blog!! I started it I think in February? Either way this blog is nearly a year old! I honestly can't believe it and I have all of you lovely readers to thank for keeping me going with writing this. So thank you so much for sticking with me and supporting me, even if I'm not the most reliable poster.

We had a lot of drama in my family this year; between one of my grandma's psychotic and mentally ill adoptive children (whom is pretty much disowned) showing up at her house with a knife and threatening her, my mom's health struggles and mine, my grandma being diagnosed with Non Hodgkins Lymphoma last year (it hasn't become cancerous yet), a nasty custody situation with my cousins and my aunt's dog becoming paralyzed from Lyme disease (he's getting better and walking low). Yeah.....fun times!!! My family is like a fucking soap opera.

I'm still single. Although many signs have pointed out that I should focus more on my mental well being, I hope that that special someone comes along in 2016. I'm at the point where yes I do want love. I've always been the type that rolled their eyes when friends were all lovey-dovey with boyfriends/girlfriends and I swore off wanting a relationship. But I guess because I'm growing older things have changed. And I have changed a LOT in the last 4-5 years. No it isn't my biological clock ticking, I never want children.

I don't trust online dating, so sorry fanboys. Fingers crossed for me guys!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. My Christmas was very nice. I went to a party at my aunt's house New Years Eve and got a little tipsy xD....my uncle's sister kept coming by refilling my glass! 

White Christmas Martini with Pinnacle vanilla and Godiva chocolate liquier

On Christmas I stayed home with my mom, we sat in our PJs and watched Disney movies while having cocktails. We had some insane summer like weather and had to have the A/C on which was a first in December.

 I got a lot of lovely gifts such as these from Vicky:  

A book from my favorite Wiccan author, a Hagrid Funko figure (I'm trying to build my collection) and a Jack Skellington bow.

My mom got me the new Fire tablet since the tablet my dad got me (and the last thing he ever gave me) died this year. It's beautiful, I absolutely love it!! I named it Tabby *^*. It really surprised me for a $50 tablet. I can even side load apps to it!

She also got me this necklace to put my dad's ashes in so that I can carry him wherever I go.

And this beautiful tea cup charm for my charm bracelet.

I got this necklace from my Aunt Sharon and I'm completely obsessed with it.

My friend Amanda got me these from Lush (including the heavenly rose scented shampoo bar I've been dying for  - Jason and the Argan Oil) 

And I got a beautiful package from Natasha with a bunch of things I love. My favorite however is this Sailor Moon lanyard (which I put my keys on) and a flash drive for my writing. Thank you so much again! <3

Gee...could you tell that I REALLY like anime??? 

I'm not going to list everything I got though, just thought I would share some of my favorite things ^_^.

My last selfie of 2015.

Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and be safe! Don't drink and drive! I hope 2016 is an even better year for everyone and that it brings all that you wish <3

Xoxo

Heather Zombie <3

P.S  To my friends - for a few days I may be out of reach, as the anniversary of when we lost my dad (January 4) is drawing near.

Pale Girl Problems

 Hi everyone!!! I am so frustrated. I had an awesome post done last night about my favorite anime movies, but the blogger app sucks and it wouldn't post. The draft didn't save right so I'll have to schedule it for another time (maybe tomorrow if I still have time today!). This post was sitting in my drafts, so I thought since I had the time and was at my computer I may as well edit and post it.


As anyone that follows me on Instagram or really has seen pictures of me knows - I am super pale. I am proud of my porcelain complexion! I live in a world where people prefer to be tan, and where having my complexion is the oddity. Although I love it, us ghostly looking girls do have some struggles! So today I'm talking about pale girl problems.

- Finding concealer/foundation in the correct shade

 

THIS right here! This is one of the biggest struggles that I encounter. Many makeup brands do not make shades fair enough for my skin. Mac's lightest shade is still at least 2 shades too dark for me.  If a brand does carry a shade light enough, they're usually too yellow based. Even worse - some oxidize once applied and make me look orange like an oompa loompa (I'm looking at you Clinique!). I have only found two foundations that spot on match me and they are Revlon colorstay (liquid and whipped) and Urban Decay Naked Skin. If they ever discontinue either one I will weep.

- Hard to find highlight colors

Anyone ever go onto Instagram and see those pictures of girls with concealer smeared all over their faces? Using a shade a few shades lighter for highlight and a few shades darker for contour?  I have the hardest time doing that! Many brands have highlight and contour palettes out now. I have yet to find one with a highlight shade light enough for me. As for concealer, I have found only one that exactly matches my skin let alone lighter.

So what do I have to do? I have to mix white foundation with my foundation for a highlight. Or hell just use the white foundation. I often have to mix white foundation to get foundations to match my skin. Manic Panic's Dreamtone White is a ghostly girl's best friend. 

- Instagram filters making your nose disappear
 

Hahahaha, yes this happens! The lighting in my house isn't the greatest. I often need to brighten my photos. In the process, many times it makes my nose disappear in photos xD.

- Having to stay out of the sun/ wear lots of SPF

 

The sun is my enemy. Seriously, I hate it. Not only do I have sensitive eyes but my skin is sun sensitive. If I don't slather on tons of SPF, I burn very easily. So I tend to stay out of the sun and wear a lot of sunscreen.

- The "you need bronzer" comments

 

These piss me off. You don't tell a darker skinned girl that she needs more highlights, do you? I constantly get comments like "girl you need bronzer" or "you're too pale" though ones like "you're so pale, you're nearly transparent" crack me up. My favorite is when people at cosmetic counters recommend me shades of foundation that are 2-3 shades darker to make me look "healthy" ...what the fuck is that supposed to mean? Oh yeah, my face is 3 shades darker than the rest of me so it looks healthy!! This is why I don't let my friends to go the cosmetic counters alone!

- Eyebrow shading

My hair/eyebrows are an odd shade. You can't really tell from photos because my hair color looks different based on the lighting. It is an odd mix of brown and blonde. I have a hard time finding brow filler for my eyebrows because of this. My biggest problem: sometimes a shade that matches my eyebrows perfectly is too dark in contrast with my skin! I often have to opt for blonde toned brow fillers and build them.

- Dark lipsticks make lips look tiny

I know other people have this issue, but darker lip shades in contrast to my skin make my lips look SO much smaller!!

- People think you're a vampire

 

Okay, they may not TRULY thing you are. People mostly just joke that I look like a vampire or a ghost. Though I'm pretty sure in high school a few people really thought I was one. 

- Blush makes me look like a hooker

I have to go with a very light hand when I wear blush, especially if it's pink or I look like a hooker. 

- Redness for DAYS 

My fellow porcelain ladies are no strangers to redness. Though I do naturally have a lot of redness to my face, when you have really light skin you're more prone to redness. Wax your eyebrows? You'll have red patches for days. Exercise for 5 minutes? Your face will be red for a few hours. 

There you go! I'm sure there are more struggles but that's all I can think of. Hope you all got a laugh out of this! 

Xoxo

Heather Zombie <3

Update on Life

Hello my dears! I'm sorry that it's been forever since I last posted anything. No, this isn't an actual blog post per-se, but an update on life and why I haven't been posting. I have been so extremely busy these days! Between reviving and running my own business and writing I have been swamped with work. I haven't had the time to even really write a new blog post let alone to post it! Don't worry though, I will find the time soon to post something of actual substance. I'm not abandoning this blog or anything, it's just going to take me a little longer to post for a while. With the holidays approaching, I know I will become significantly busier.

So what have I been up to lately? For starters, I revived my makeup artistry business. Most of my time is taken up by marketing and various behind the scenes work. It is extremely difficult to juggle so many accounts on top of my personal ones AND this blog. But, as hard work as it's been it has been extremely rewarding. It feels amazing to be my own boss and to be able to show people my website and say "Oh yeah, I have my own business.".

Another huge chunk of my time has been consumed by writing. A few weeks ago I began writing a novel from an idea that's been kicking around inside of my mind and I have been running with it. It feels wonderful to get back to fictional writing, where I avoided it like the plague because I tend to get horrible writers block. I dare say I am confident that I will actually finish this story! Which would be a first. I am hoping that it'll even be good enough to publish! Hey, you never know.

I've also been taking the odd day off to spend time with friends and to work on various home made Christmas/Yule gifts. Yes - I celebrate Christmas, but only the family and giving back aspect of it since my family celebrates. I also am celebrating Yule since I am a Wiccan. Anyway, this will be taking up even more of my time soon with family and friend gatherings. This weekend we will be decorating my home and putting up our tree. I will do my best to post pictures of the decor!

So that's pretty much what I've been up to lately. Again, I'm sorry that I haven't updated!! Anyone have any post requests? When I have the time I'm thinking of writing about manga or some shows. I'm not sure.

Until next time,

Xoxo

Heather Zombie <3

My Thoughts on AHS: Hotel Thus Far

Note: This post was written before the most recent episode.

I'm going to be up front: this season isn't my favorite. Don't get me wrong, I do like it. It just hasn't hooked me as much as the past seasons and I'm not digging the whole detective story line. Half the time I feel like I'm watching CSI. I'm just not in love with it like I was with all of the past seasons. I feel like so much less has happened this season. Where's the horror???

Maybe it's because of the whole vampire thing, maybe because it is more psychological. I much prefer gore and straight out disturbing shit vs a psychological mind fuck.

I'm not only getting a "The Shining" vibe from the hotel and from John, our main character (he reminds me of Jack Torrence) but I'm also picking up on some Clockwork Orange influence.. Maybe it's just me but a lot of the scenery/set reminds me of the movie as well as some of the music.

I love how they fit in legendary serial killers. Mr. March is obviously based upon H.H. Holmes. I love that they included Aileen Woronos. And even a nod to Charlie Manson. They also included John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Zodiac killer and Richie Ramirez. Serial killers fascinate me, it always baffles me how someone can kill another human. Which makes me a bit obsessed with the show Killer Kids. I thought it was really cool how they put little sort of easter eggs and facts about the serial killers into this particular episode.

 Lily Rabe is perfect as Aileen. Even down to little mannerisms. I am very impressed! Speaking of impressive, Lady Gaga's acting is wonderful.

I never doubted her, she went to a preforming arts school and learned to act way before she became a pop star. She is absolutely killing it! I love how into it she is getting too. If you follow her on any sort of social media you know what I'm talking about. I really hope she is in another season of the show. I would love to see her in another character. It definitely was a good move to put her in this season, it really helped to soften the blow of not having Jessica Lange.


I love seeing Sarah Paulson play a more evil and dark character. Her around children is literally me. I died when she did the thing with her teeth and looked at the little girl.  I should also mention that  Hypodermic Sally's hair reminds me of the Cynthia doll from Rugrats.

Okay, not an exact match. Hence why I said REMINDS me of. 

One thing I'm REALLY not cool with is the rape scene that happened in the first episode. I wasn't cool with it in the first season either. As a rape and molestation victim I can't handle seeing scenes like this. They aren't cool or funny. And I don't appreciate them being used at all. They're so unnecessary. I also would appreciate shows at least putting a trigger warning along with the other warnings. Some people have very bad reactions to these such triggers. I personally get not so fun flashbacks. Game of Thrones does the same shit and it really pisses me off.

Anyway, I do hope that this season gets some more action and more interesting. I really expected much more from this season. I'm also ready to see the characters that Ryan Murphy promised we would see check in from previous seasons. So far we have just seen the realtor from the first season.

For my fellow AHS fans, what are your thoughts so far on this season??

Xoxo

Stay creepy

Halloween Weekend + Cosplay

Hello my dears!! I can't believe it, I opened up Blogger to type this post up today and I saw that this blog has over 3,000 page views!!! 

I never, ever in a million years would have thought I would get so many people reading my blog. Thank you so so much from the bottom of my heart! It continuously surprises me how much people actually care about what I have to say. When I started this blog, I thought it would be cool if even 1-2 people read this blog. I was surprised when even 5 people read it. Hell, I was surprised when I started my twitter account that 10 people would follow me and be interested in my thoughts let alone the 600+ that follows me now. I was always the weird kid in school. Growing up people generally didn't care what I had to say. I continually got ignored when trying to voice opinions, I even had some people tell me "Shut up, no one cares what you think". So to have so many people care and continue to read this blog and to support me in my endeavors makes me more happy and humbled than you could ever know. 

So again, thank you so much everyone. Without your support I probably would have abandoned this blog long ago. I'll continue to do posts that interest you and to share aspects of my life with you all. You're all amazing <3.


Enough feels now, onto the post! I love when Halloween falls on a weekend day - it tends to mean that I celebrate all weekend long. At the last minute I nearly ended up losing my plans and I was unable to make new ones. That crushed me. Halloween means a lot to me. I was at the point of swearing off the holiday because every single year some sort of drama/disappointment revolving around plans. Luckily things turned out alright in the end! 

My Halloween weekend kicked off Friday, the day before Halloween. One of my close friends came over. We made cocktails, did a face mask (I'll spare you all my scary goop covered face) and watched Rocky Horror and Hellsing Ultimate. I got tipsy which was quite funny. I got cut off when I started to crack up over my own laugh. 

We tried the Game of Thrones Ale that I mentioned in a previous post. I'm not a fan of beers or rather ale so I wasn't a big fan of it. It was pretty bitter. We made cocktails called Witches' Brew which contained coconut rum, pineapple juice, cranberry juice and sprite. 

It was really good *^*. We didn't get to the vanilla vodka pictured above but I had the small bottle of marshmallow vodka and it was really good. It reminded me of UV's cake vodka. Many lewd comments at Alucard's expense were made. When my friend Beckman and I get together, the floodgates to lewdness open. Vicky usually has to deal with the aftermath...she can tell when we've hung out xD. 

I accidentally got some blood in my hair from the knife so I just went with it. 

Though we didn't do much, I felt like dressing up. This was supposed to he a creepy ghost sort of costume. I wanted to see if I could do a scary type of makeup without blood or prosthetics and still have it be creepy . And I ended up having blood in my hair anyway. Oh well! I had fun doing the makeup and taking the pictures for it. I walked around without my glasses for half the day because I really liked how this turned out.

Blueee liiipsss. This is Sweetpea and Fay's Limited Edition Lip Joule Liquid Lipstick in Lottery Bride.

I admit the blue lips are a bit bright...but honestly I just wanted an excuse to wear it!

I tried to make the scary cute. DERP. 

Halloween, I spent with my friend again. We went to Home Goods in costume. I certainly got many odd looks which was hilarious! That's probably because I looked like a gothic-hooker-anime-drag queen xD.  Sadly there was an incident that ruined the mood of the day but we still had fun. We watched anime and horror movies.

For the first part of the day, I was a gothic version of Asuna from Sword Art Online. I even carried a little plushie of Kirito around with me. This costume was interesting to deal with all day. I had limited visibility because the two sets of false eyelashes I wore were so big! They also kept hitting my glasses. I need to try to get contacts before Connecticon!

Cookie fun. I made a huge batch of Halloween sugar cookies the Thursday before Halloween and I topped them with an orange icing I made. 

My friend Becky and I

This picture makes me feel short ._.

Doesn't he look kawaii???? 

Later in the day I did a costume change and became Sakura from Naruto. This was a spontaneous costume because I had a pink wig and the leaf headband.

Sensei's pet <3. If I had Kakashi for a teacher, there sure wouldn't be much learning happening (hehe).

I became the ultimate weeb on Halloween - we watched Sword Art Online while I was Asuna. My friend kept going "there's your husbando!" Whenever Kirito was on screen. I kept going "look I'm on TV!" When Asuna was on.

I should've watched Naruto dressed as Sakura. But that would have ended in either me telling myself to shut up....or lewd comments at Kakashi's expense.

Though my friend had to leave while the night was still young I still had fun by myself. I watched some horror movies and did some Samhain rituals. For those that don't know - Halloween evolved from Samhain. Samhain is a Wiccan holiday equivalent to the Mexican Day of the Dead; it takes place on the night of October 31st and the day of November 1st. It is where the term Halloween came from, as it was referred to as All Hallows Eve. It is the day where we honor our departed ancestors. It is when the veil between the worlds is thinnest and the dead roam the earth along with us. Samhain is also New Years to many wiccans/pagans. I just use the day to celebrate spookiness and to connect with my beloved dead. I did a few Samhain prayers and I set an extra place at the dinner table to invite a departed relative and to show them respect.

Later on in the evening I did an EVP session - my very first one where I didn't have another person in the room with me.  EVP stands for electronic voice phenomena for those that don't know. It is where you try to talk with spirits and record the session. Many times spirits can leave noises or messages on a recording that you don't hear while you are recording.The session definitely was interesting. 

This is a topic I tend to steer clear from because frankly I have no patience for skeptics. If you don't share the same belief, please kindly keep comments to yourself. My house is very haunted. So many strange and creepy things happen here nearly on a daily basis. This is what I am currently writing a book about. Many people have experienced things here, so it's not just me or in my head - some experiences with multiple witnesses.

Now I am a reasonable and intelligent person. I don't see something fall or hear a noise and automatically yell "ghost!". No I try to find a rational explanation of what happened first. But there have been SO many occurrences that simply can't be explained. On Halloween I try to connect with the spirits more in hope of having an encounter. The supernatural has always fascinated me and I consider myself an amateur ghost hunter. I do know how to handle myself and protect myself so don't worry guys! 

All weekend long I found myself giving Tarot readings from my new deck. Surprisingly 99% of them were spot on! It was getting pretty creepy actually. 

To end my Halloween, I finally watch the movie It Follows which I've been dying to see! It's a horror movie about this girl that has sex with this guy - then she finds that this thing begins to follow her. It is fairly creepy, it reminds me of the Halloween movies. It has such a unique premise! I really enjoyed it.

The aftermath of Halloween:

Lashes everywhere! At least my cats didn't eat my lashes like last year. Yes...in my house if you leave false eyelashes laying around my cats will eat them. I was so tired that I just took everything off in my living room and left it XD. 

Pumpkins I carved on November 1st because I wasn't ready to let go.

My favorite pumpkins! :D 

I'm going to cry this weekend when my mom forces me to take down most of my decorations. 

Anyway, that was my Halloween! What did you all do on Halloween? Comment and let me know!


Xoxo

Stay creepy!