Monsters, Inc.

I was a huge fan of the "X-Files". But it wasn't the government cover-ups or myriad of alien takeovers that tickled my fancy...

...It was the monsters.

The forest creature, with glowing red eyes, that hunted its victims during the daylight hours...Leonard Betts, the cancer victim who could regenerate his appendages...Rob Roberts, the man with an unhealthy addiction to human brains...Chester Banton, a physicist, whose shadow is pure dark matter...or Flukman, the sewer-dwelling survivor of a nuclear waste dump gone horrendously wrong.

Those episodes gave me goosebumps. They were episodes that made you run, jump in your bed, and hide under the covers. But then, slowly, you began to realize it was just a TV show--and those fictitious "monsters" simply don't exist...

...Or maybe they just live under your bed.

Braaains Mobile, $33 - from Salty and Sweet.

Pizza Monster Print, $11 - from Heidi Burton.

Anatomical Mook Creature, $35 - from My Grey Sky.

58 Famous Monsters T-Shirt, $25 - from The Chop Shop.

I'll Take Potpourri for $800...

What is awesome?  "Jeopardy", that's what.  And the host of the long-running game show, Alex Trebek, has been doing his thing for decades.  Mustaches were cool, uncool, and then cool again...all under his tenure (and nose).  My all time favorite Jeopardy category was "Potpourri".  This was basically an excuse to put all the leftover bits of trivia (not otherwise easily categorized) in to one cleverly arranged group of "answers".  Unpredictability ensues.

These Etsy lovelies remind me of the random beauty of that category-of-old.  Enjoy.

What is antique?

 

Antique brass leaf earrings, from j Frances Design - $19.

What is a buddy?

"Best Friend Mooks", from My Grey Sky - $60.

What is sweet?

Vintage Tupperware sugar bowl trio, from Anna's Portfolio - $12.

What is symbolic?

"XOXO" die-cut note card, from Sweatbeaker - $4.

What is insanely cute?

Whole utensil set of earrings, from Alliteration - $12.