oooh i have all kinds of stories like that. like, my uncle made these puppets for christmas one year, in the likenesses of various family members... and the puppets were known to like move their eyes when only one person was around to see it. they were really creepy and my grandmother kept both hers and my grandfather's in her bedroom, and it used to be my guest room when staying over.
also, my cousins had a tshirt with the Mummy on it when i was a little kid, a glitter transfer, and I was TERRIFIED of it. auuuugggggghhhhh!!!!!
he used to be an artist. he and his wife lived in the boonies in Ohio and had big dogs and a strange old house and made art stuff and fought a lot. i think his degree is in art or something, tho i know he was a high school counsellor after college....
then he got divorced and remarried and has a houseful of kids now in the burbs and doesn't do much art stuff at all. sigh.
I don't like puppets (understatement) Ironically I LOVE muppets, but just plain puppets are evil- like marionettes. I remember seeing puppet shows as a little kid, a touring puppet show company would do shows for us... and in this one show we all sat in a circle, while these horrible marionettes pranced around way too close to us, jumped around wildly as if they were posessed. The puppeteers thought that would be cute or entertaining- it was like the puppets were alive. I hate the way they move-kind of stuff but kind of realistic... i dont even like Pinocchio
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Date: 2001-06-19 12:58 am (UTC)also, my cousins had a tshirt with the Mummy on it when i was a little kid, a glitter transfer, and I was TERRIFIED of it. auuuugggggghhhhh!!!!!
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Date: 2001-06-20 04:48 am (UTC)then he got divorced and remarried and has a houseful of kids now in the burbs and doesn't do much art stuff at all. sigh.
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Date: 2001-06-19 11:54 pm (UTC)horrible.
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Date: 2001-06-20 12:01 am (UTC)You have started me thinking about clowns, dolls, horrid puppets, and the clown who almost killed me when I was little. serious.
i will post about it in my lj- stay tuned for clown stories.