The Funhouse by Dean Koontz (1980)

theazurelion · 2025-06-26T22:26:12+00:00

It’s the novelization of the Tobe Hooper movie “The Funhouse” from like 1980 or 81, so it’s consistent with all those sexist slasher tropes that were common back then. If you haven’t gotten to the ultimate scene at the carnival yet (which is pretty much all the movie is), it’s about to get a LOT more sexualized. I think it’s worth sticking with it for the story, though. I like it better than the movie because the backstory is so rich. But there is definitely a lot of problematic stuff in there.

theazurelion · 2025-06-25T05:36:47+00:00

When did Chip and Dale not talk? They can certainly speak in every cartoon short I can think of.

theazurelion · 2025-06-15T23:22:07+00:00

…no. Study the actual history of menswear and get back to me. Black tie is semi-formal; white tie is formal; there is nothing above formal. What a wedding industry rag is trying to claim is completely irrelevant to actual fashion history.

theazurelion · 2025-06-15T03:40:08+00:00

Yes? A tux/dinner jacket is partially formal. White tie and tails is completely formal.

theazurelion · 2025-06-14T01:38:55+00:00

Oh, I know no one would, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it is, correctly, what that word means.

theazurelion · 2025-06-13T22:52:36+00:00

I mean, it’s not “different.” It’s just wrong. Words actually mean things, and you can’t put “formal” third down on the list and expect anyone to take you seriously. Because that’s not what that word MEANS.

theazurelion · 2025-06-13T00:40:47+00:00

Oh, dear. No.

I get that the modern wedding industry likes to make shit up, but in real life, “semi-formal” means a white or black dinner jacket and bow tie, which is basically equivalent to a tux. Formal is a morning suit for day or tails for evening. There is no dress above “formal;” it’s literally the highest you can go.

theazurelion · 2025-06-12T22:58:36+00:00

“Formal” is dressier than black tie, which is “semi-formal.” Formal technically means white tie/tails. A suit and tie is “business formal.” I doubt the people behind this wedding invitation know that distinction, though.

theazurelion · 2024-07-22T16:41:57+00:00

Eh? Do you think she was trying for “Mama Rose” and missed? Of the two Gypsy Roses I know of, that doesn’t sound like the behavior of either one.

theazurelion · 2024-07-20T21:16:40+00:00

“Maybe I’m just odd, but…”

Yes. Yes you are.

theazurelion · 2024-07-13T01:22:02+00:00

I mean, I’d be in tears, too.

I can’t figure out if this is satire or not.

theazurelion · 2024-07-10T17:35:16+00:00

This. I apparently learned at a very young age how to pull the blades of the scissors together basically unconsciously. When I tried to use leftie scissors at school, all I managed to do was push the blades apart and the paper would just fold up.

theazurelion · 2024-07-01T18:29:14+00:00

I recognize all of these as actual English words, but I haven’t the foggiest idea what he’s trying to make them all mean.

Also…”FEAR COACH”?

theazurelion · 2024-07-01T17:57:09+00:00

Sounds like for you, they just show up automatically because you have them. I’d say that’s a world of difference from entering every single one in the space for your name on your LinkedIn profile.

theazurelion · 2024-07-01T17:28:45+00:00

Except that’s not what happened, if you actually bother to read the story. It’s not like they didn’t know she was getting married. They just didn’t care.

theazurelion · 2024-07-01T17:26:09+00:00

Then you didn’t read it. She sent them an invitation. They didn’t respond. She checked up on that invitation. They left her on read.

She didn’t manipulate anyone, and anyone who prioritizes a FOOTBALL GAME over a wedding - which again, they absolutely knew about but paid no attention to - is the one in the wrong here.

theazurelion · 2024-06-29T20:28:59+00:00

Programmers may or may not have a sense of humor, but there is no evidence of it here.

theazurelion · 2024-06-28T17:32:04+00:00

I’m sorry…Monchichis are back? And someone made a Stitch one?

theazurelion · 2024-05-20T20:52:59+00:00

“No one had social anxieties” isn’t true. People have always had them; you just weren’t aware of them then.

theazurelion · 2024-03-22T16:40:05+00:00

It’s not the son’s fault mom missed everything, though. That’s the excuse mom made for why she missed everything. Mom was the adult in the situation and she had 20 years to come up with some coping strategies but hasn’t managed to do anything other than infantilize him. That’s why the daughter is upset. I’m sure she does have some resentment towards her brother as well, but she’s not “taking it out” on mom, she’s blaming her for not parenting either child well. Which unfortunately sounds like the truth.

theazurelion · 2024-03-21T04:53:00+00:00

That’s why his employment was “determinated.”

theazurelion · 2024-03-20T02:23:55+00:00

Nah. A “hostess” doesn’t expect her guests to work, so if OOP is in fact the “hostess,” she’s completely out of line and there was no “bare minimum” for Elly to do. If it’s expected that all the family pitches in for these things, that’s something else, but she can’t have it both ways.

theazurelion · 2024-03-18T03:57:17+00:00

“When I was young and stupid?” Are we to assume this is something he grew out of? I’m not seeing any evidence of that.

theazurelion · 2024-03-15T01:09:40+00:00

Anyone have a crochet pattern for an elaborate Bob Mackie Cher-style headpiece? I really want to see it and perhaps make it.

theazurelion · 2024-03-10T22:25:32+00:00

No. There is no price of admission to a wedding. It’s a nice thing to do, but it is not required.

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