celebrations for halloween are so short-lived. already the stores have set up christmas paraphenalia and shunted aside halloween geegaws in the back or gone altogether. what the hell, i say, since i've become addicted to helloweek on direct tv, which has been showing the same drivel every night since last weekend. these are films either bought or produced by troma, crap pieces such as toxic avenger and attack of the killer tomatoes (a feature which briefly utilizes the talents of samuel l. jackson, def by temptation, is playing as i type).

these movies are hard viewing, believe me. try sitting thru one and you'll see what i mean. for heaven's sake, don't eat much or drink more than 20 beers while watching any of these films, or you run the risk of theater-sickness, a condition very similar to motion sickness, but for the images played on the screen or tv. in other words, you can get sick!

okay, i'm a sucker for a painted face. and one of the two hosts for helloweek is thee goth, one seriously goofy and funny dude. his voice, his make-up, his gestures conjures up the silly, deliriously adrenalized antics of horror movie hosts of yesteryear.

oh what the hell, i'm getting another beer and sitting thru, again, attack of the killer tomatoes.