the morning of the day before halloween
2009-10-30 - 7:15 a.m.

Yeah, it's 7 am and I can't sleep. Been up all night (tho that's not unusual, I usually can get to sleep by now. Maybe a little writing will help. Sometimes it does).
Went to the Crypticon Houston horror convention weekend before last, and it was a bit disappointing. No one came. Granted, it was a bit expensive and had very little advertising, but I expected more. We had a table there and did pretty well, but it got kind of boring sitting there with no one coming by. The bass player from World Burns To death who had a table at Frightmare last May had his table here, too, so it was cool talking to him. I also talked to several of the guests quite a bit. Loyd Kaufman was pretty friendly. He seemed surprised that I knew so much about so many of his movies (later on, at the hotel, someone asked him about something and he pointed at me and told them "Ask that guy- he knows everything", haha). Also talked to Edwin Neal (the Hitchhiker from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and got him riled up about Tobe Hooper ripping him off. He talked to me a long time about that (and a bunch of other stuff). When I was eating in the area set up for vendors and guests, Michael Berryman came in and sat down to eat and talked to me a long time about all sorts of things. He's a real friendly guy. So overall it was cool; I just wish more people had went.
A couple of days ago a limb fell out of a tree and stuck directly into the roof of my house. That sucked. I had to borrow a ladder from my neighbor (who kind of reminds me of an old Peter Cushing) and climb up and pull it out and staple a trash bag over it.
Went and saw Saw VI, which I liked better than parts 3, 4 or 5. # was always my least favorite one, 4 was confusing, and 5 was just kind of lackluster. But this one was pretty good.
The Misfits have finally put out a new song. It's called "Land of the Dead", and is ok, but nothing special. Kind of makes me think of those hundreds of Misfits rip-off bands that all sound pretty much alike. Anyway, if you want to hear the new song, go to www.misfits.com and it'll automatically start playing. It's Jerry Only on vocals. Michael Graves says that he's just a phone call away, and would come back and sing for them, but I think Jerry has always wanted to be the frontman, and isn't going to give it up. Which is too bad.
Still not feeling that great, but trying to pull it together. Making plans, staying positive, blah blah blah- you know the tune. Hope everyone else is doing well. Hope to go to the Renaissance Festival on Halloween (if it doesn't freaking rain- a distinct possibility). TTFN...