Author Archives: Bad Movie Bunnies

Life boxed up, or I am not a fan of all aspects of moving…

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After an exhaustive frenzy of online applications with careful resume and cover letter review to make sure any software searching for certain keywords doesn’t delete my information before a human can accept or reject me, zoom and other video interviews, I accepted a new catalog librarian position in Vermont.

I left Connecticut for Texas seven years ago. I’ll head back to New England at the end of the month.

I arranged a truck and movers, and will have to fiddle with internet and other utilities as well as DMV nonsense. I have done an extensive amount of packing as well as donated or sold stuff I won’t need for the trip. Seeing the stack of boxes and empty cabinets and closets give a sense of accomplishment with an emptiness. So much reduced to boxes and cling wrap. In addition to the tedious pain in the ass, it’s a reminder that I am leaving a place that was home for seven years. A wacky, loud home with too many flags and signs in favor of Mango Menace among other GOP (s)elected officials that need to be shit canned if not jailed, but home still.

I was spoiled as I was by the weather and wildlife, winged or otherwise. As such, I know I’ll visit when I get a chance. Speaking of weather, I really hope to hell it holds up. I know how to drive in snow, but would rather not.

Fantasy B-Fest Picks

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Things I didn’t expect on my middle aged Gen-X 2024 bingo card happened and hit like a pile of bricks.

I handle it as it comes, best I can. I resolve that the next time I go to B-Fest, I will sponsor a movie. As I understand it, I will need to list five candidates.

I really, really, really want to sponsor Cocaine Bear. Nevertheless, I need more prospects and could touch upon a few themes, for instance, attacking animals after fucking with habitats or mutations as a result of pollution.

  1. Cocaine Bear
  2. Night of the Lepus
  3. Alligator
  4. Grizzly
  5. Piranha

Failing that, I can always submit “The Room” or subject people to “Spellcaster.”

Perpetually Under Construction

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As I had a little extra time on my hands, I took the opportunity to merge this page with my podcast host, podbean as well as back date previous episodes to this blog. I may even add a photo comic, both as a still or slideshow format.

In the future, any time I update the podcast, that episode will end up here. I don’t know the ins and outs of woo commerce just yet, but I want to set up shop here, have one website on my business card. Linktree can only do so much, and I’d much rather consolidate everything than jump from platform to platform.

As it is, the links and names to favorite sites and podcasts are very out of date.

My hand is cramped and I don’t care: Ghoulish Books’ Writers Workshop

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I think I had a lightning in a bottle moment tonight.
I planned on going to a writers’ workshop after work. In true horror movie fashion, there was a darkening sky followed by a storm a few hours earlier.
I’m sure that this happening before attending a writers workshop at a horror bookstore was only a coincidence.
I decompress after work before heading over. Thankfully, the weather held up. I arrive and everyone in attendance as well as the shop owners chat a bit before we introduce ourselves and our writing prompt.
I don’t bring a laptop, only a small notebook and pen. Paper was provided, and as I read our topic on a whiteboard, the room is silent for about an hour. I don’t stop writing.
After 4 and a half pages of feverishy scribbling out a rant regarding a loud and inconsiderate neighbor and turning it into a true crime creepy doll story, my cramped hand puts the pen down and it hits me how stiff my wrist and fingers are as I think about how in this day and age, we live on laptops and the autocorrect of our phones. There was no AI prompt to what I was doing and I kind of impressed myself.
We were then asked if we want to read.
Oh shit…..
I don’t know how I manage to get the ball rolling, but I do it. I read my very very poor handwriting. What’s more, the group seemed to like it. I was even told that there was a lot of polish to it, and that it didn’t come across as a prompted first draft.
I had a lot of rejection letters and busy schedules. My writing took a backseat. I tried to revitalize my motivation a little when I asked my ex to read a finished work, but he would not. Those red flags are a subject for another time, or another writers prompt. There was something about this event that felt very right, much like my knitting group, book club and later the podcast network I joined.
I don’t know if this story was a one time lightning in the bottle miracle, but it worked. I like making a good first impression as anyone would, but I also like that writing can be a voice for people like myself who aren’t always verbose, who can be talked over. Either way, I should at least type it out this weekend. Did I mention my shitty handwriting?

Bad Movie Bunny Podcast – The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

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Wherein your hostess braves an autopsy movie…..okay, this was at a bookstore, so I didn’t need too much courage. All the same, this was a very creepy movie.

Background music courtesy of Astrofreq, who you can check out on YouTube. I’m also a part of the Prescribed Films Podcast Network, https://prescribedfilms.wixsite.com/home/pfpn

Another Bad Movie Bunny Podcast Bonus Episode – Horror Gives Back

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It’s that time again! The Horror Gives Back Challenge is courtesy of Erica and Lance from the Unsung Horrors Podcast, https://unsunghorrors.podbean.com/

Background music courtesy of Astrofreq, who you can check out on YouTube. I’m also a part of the Prescribed Films Podcast Network, https://prescribedfilms.wixsite.com/home/pfpn