Happy Valentine's Day, and May the Odds Be Ever In Your Favor

And flavor.

Ran a few Hunger Games simulations with the districts represented by Pokemon pairings.
(You could also easily do it with other pairs of known parents [James', Brock's, May's/Max's, Lana's, Sophocles', Kiawe's, Goh's, Chloe's...])

A few highlights: Cassidy, Faba, and Ash cheerfully sing songs together. (Then Cassie stalks Faba. xD Um, Butch had already been killed despite her best efforts to keep him alive, which was naturally her #1 aim, and vice versa.) Nando, Faba, and Shelly cheerfully sing songs together. Faba questions his sanity. Then he and Shelly hold hands. The winner is Shelly from District 4! (FIGURES she’d be the victor.) ~ Lillie throws a knife into Kiawe's head. (It gives Sophocles food-related ones, starting with "gathers as much as he can"...hmmm. Then he injures himself.) Delia and Mr. Mime tell stories about themselves to each other. Burnet bashes Winona's head against a rock several times. Kukui with the 'splosives. Lusamine strangles Mr. Mime after engaging in a fist fight (but is then eaten by wolf mutts along with Archie and Lana.) Jupiter is the victor, but Dawn won for the most kills. ~ Sophocles breaks Jupiter's nose for a basket of bread. Prof. Oak accidently steps on a landmine. Tupp severely injures Wallace and leaves him to die. Dawn forces Kenny to kill Looker or Jupiter. He decides to kill Looker. Mr. Tabitha quietly hums. Dawn taints Lusamine's food, killing her. Kukui defeats Dawn, but throws her in the water to make sure she dies. (Then he picks flowers. Then Tupp kills him with a sword.) Clemont wins. ~ Mallow sets Lillie on fire with a molotov. Kukui, Mallow, and Winona get into a fight. Mallow triumphantly kills them both. Jupiter forces Clay to kill Mr. Tabitha or Mohn. He refuses to kill, so Jupiter kills him instead. (She then gets dragged down by Oak and killed by monkey mutts.) Elesa and Rapp are pummeled to the ground and killed by a troop of monkey mutts. Kiawe injures Mallow and leaves her for the monkey mutts. Wallace attempts to climb a tree, but falls on Tupp, killing them both. Kenny silently snaps Burnet's neck. And wins (Rapp and Oak got most kills.)

~*FABWICKE MEME*~

 ~*UGH, VILLAINS AND ANTAGONISTS RULE*~

me olde holiday viewing lists

Made around 2012/13...lists of our holiday marathoning material. Easter here. (& in here + here. Peeps book collection was part of the Peep display many years, so evolved into all Easter books grouped up since that was so manageable & logical. The other occasions obviously have great books too, just no uniting Peep theme/altar/throne.) 

HALLOWEEN:

>"13 Nights of Halloween" {should include lots of this}
>>CLASSIC HORROR {Svengoolie, TCM/FMC/AMC, etc.--scariness en generale}

Disney's Legend of Sleepy Hollow (+all spoopy classic cartoons; House of Villains)
Garfield's Halloween
Halloween is Grinch Night
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (<3 all peanuts)
Mad Monster Party
Spookable Pooh
Spongebob Scaredy-Pants
Scooby-Doo (Zombie Island)
Alvin & the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman/Frankenstein
>Simpsons' Treehouses of Horror
>Holiday or appropriately spoopy episodes of good toons/shows (e.g., Hey Arnold!, FOP, Clifford, Arthur, Trek, etc., etc., etc. Holiday eps be dime-a-dozen but some be specialer than others)
>Spookley the Square Pumpkin; Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow (kiddie cartoons, Spooky Buddies, yadda-yadda); half-decent dcoms
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Frankenweenies
Wallace & Gromits (Were-Rabbit)
Monsters, Inc./University
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride
ParaNorman
Hotel Transylvania
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Igor
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Hocus Pocus
Little Shop of Horrors
Sweeney Todd
The Ring (Two?)
Casper/Casper Meets Wendy
Creepshow
Frankenstein ('94)
Young Frankenstein
The Haunted Mansion
The Mummy/The Mummy Returns
The Craft
Practical Magic
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Death Becomes Her
The Witches (of Eastwick)
Cry Baby Lane
Pet Sematary/2 [The Shining, any Kings]
Beetlejuice (oddly enough I like the cartoon more), Eddie Scissorhands, Boastgusters, etc.
Bible Belt Slashers/Night Games/Kids Get Deader! ;)
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Nightmare Room/Haunting Hour
Goosebumps
Tales From the Darkside
Tales From the Crypt
The Munsters
The Addams Family (show/toon/3 movies)
Twilight Zone/Hitchcock/the like

CHRISTMAS:

1. Jingle All the Way

2. The Ref

3. Christmas Vacation

4. A Christmas Story

5. Grinch x2

6. An All Dogs Christmas Carol

7. The Santa Clause trilogy

8. Beauty & the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

9. Elf

10. Muppet Christmas Carol

11. Love Actually

12. I'll Be Home For Christmas

13. Christmas With the Kranks

14. Deck the Halls

15. Miracle on 34th St.

16. White Christmas

17. It's a Wonderful Life

18. Holiday Inn (w/ The Bells of St. Mary's & Going My Way; any black-and-whites, older ones :D e.g. CiC, tBW...)

TOONS/SPECIALS:

ALL Rankin/Basses [+ Miser Bros. Christmas & live-action YWaSC], Frosty Returns, The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, Nick & Noel, Garfield's Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Mickey's Christmas Carol/Once+Twice Upon an Xmas, Casper's First Christmas, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, Nine Dog Christmas, There Goes Santa Claus, Barney "Waiting For Santa," William Wegman's "Fay's 12 Days of Xmas," 2 Disney Christmas Sing-Along videos, Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer, Richard Scarry Busytown "Best Christmas Present Ever," Doug's Christmas Story, Rudolph & the Island of Misfit Toys, Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too, Annabelle's Wish, Flight Before Christmas, Franklin's Christmas, Snowed In at the House of Mouse, A Cranberry Christmas, The Xmas Toy, Christmas video [WTF WAS THAT SUPPOSED 2B+HOW DID I JUST CATCH IT NOW], Lucy/Honeymooners/Family Guy eps on disc, Story of Santa Claus, Rudolph (Stormella one); Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (unbelievably awful...)

*Other holidays are more minimal (Garfield's Thanksgiving+Peanuts+Big Paw**+Mouse on the Mayflower, Berenstains' Comic Valentine, few others)......what else? Any and all good holiday episodes & cartoons/shorts, any stuff that kinda fits but isn't a holiday movie/special...all those good ones found for each day via the HSP or ME-TV, or elsewhere...  "Etc." is obviously always highly applicable. 

**Pound Puppies have their version as well and come to think of it that should be in the "dog movies" comment list, but alas comments ain't editable, and it's not really worth deleting and redoing...

Holiday haul highlights 2016:

-Liz Taylor Gardenia+Dior Poison, gift card for Bowlero (looks-incredibly-sexy alley) in North Brunswick (Bowlmor in Green Brook on Rt. 22 was the place Jules, Col, & I had gone laser-light bowling...I was getting them mixed up, but according to reviews the newly-renovated Bowlero is even greater...!)
-Ollivander's shop ornament (with Viewfinder hole on the back displaying Harry approaching the counter!)
-Dory coffee pot mug
-Beautiful Columbia fleece, Yankee candles, Beagle Funko, etc., etc.!
***5 lbs of Haribo Gold Bears!!!; Kiki the baby kiwi (#1606/2000, Open Squish design winner) & Chester the grilled cheese sammich (or Al, since Weird Al=Cheese Sandwich? "Specialty of the House?" Chester Al...an...something? XD) Squishables; Game of Thrones calendar (will use on fridge--Yearbook Dogs on my wall, princesses on fireplace as of now); "Essential Pokemon Book of Joy" (contains mad quotes from Team Rocket, including Cassidy & Butch!! <3); universal Harmony TV remote to replace my five different ones...although now I know I do need to replace the busted Blu-ray player too); Star Trek "beverage containment system" stein mug; coral-pink cardigan+purple hi-low tunic; candy apple hand sanitizer

Tons of pics and such...I really, really wish it had an album feature grouped by month or something, rather than just being an infinitely-scrolling monocolumnic (is that even a word??) thing... Also wish that .gifs weren't lumped in with your pics+vids. Love 'em, but they can be their own filter. Just one more won't hurt. ;p 

+More Hallmark Keepsakes! (with link to 2016 Dreambook video):