Lens Niche: Music

Music is an incredibly important part of my life. While I find I am drawn to certain musicians and bands, I appreciate all types of music. Here’s my lenses dedicated to my favorites.

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Eagles of Death Metal
The Exotic Birds
Apartment 31: Goon Moon videos
Our Videos to Admire: Interpol videos
Jeordie White
Josh Homme
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails Video Vault
Option 30 Video-o-Rama
QOTSA Video-A-Go-Go
Rasputina
Them Crooked Vultures
Trent Reznor
Capital T: Trent Reznor Videos
Twiggy Ramirez

Lense Niche: Travel

Although I’ve done quite a bit of traveling in my life time, writing “travel” lenses doesn’t come naturally. But I’ve gone on to write a few about several places that are near and dear to me. Check them out!

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Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion Halloween
Every year from September through December, the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland is “taken over” by the cast of A Nightmare Before Christmas! Jack, Sally, Oogie Boogie, and all the rest turn the Mansion into a haunted winter wonderland you’ll never forget!

The Flavel House
A Queen Anne style Victorian mansion built for Captain George Flavel and his family in Astoria, OR. This historical landmark was also featured in the 1985 film The Goonies.

The Goonies House
Astoria, OR is the setting for the 1985 film The Goonies. This lens leads you on a tour of the various locations used in the film, including the Clatsop County Jail, the Flavel House, and of course the Walsh house, aka The Goonies House!

Joshua Tree National Park
This beautiful national park is located in Southern California. Named for the Joshua trees that populated this desert landscape, it’s great for hiking, camping, and enjoying the beautiful scenery of the desert.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
The West Coast version of Coney Island, Santa Cruz’s Beach Boardwalk is home to the famous Looff Carousel and the wooden roller coaster The Giant Dipper. It has also been featured in many films, including 1987’s The Lost Boys

Voodoo Doughnuts
An independent doughnut shop located in Portland, OR, Voodoo Doughnuts has been featured on No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain and Man vs Food. Their creation of original, quirky doughnuts include the Bacon Maple Bar and the Wasabi Doughnut.

Lense Niche: Halloween Costumes

Halloween happens to be my favorite holiday. And it has nothing to do with free candy. It’s more about dressing up. I loved playing dress up as a kid, although it was more about trying to be my favorite television and film characters then “real world” persons. Go figure.

Squidboo had just opened its doors as a Squidoo brand when I joined up in September 2007. So I immediately took advantage of it and churned out a lot of Halloween costume-related lenses. At this point, I have 22 costume-related lenses. This is certainly a niche.

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Miss Bat’s Costume Collection
This is my costume lensography. You’ll find links to every costume lens I’ve ever made here. They were crowding out my main lensography, so they branched out and formed their own.

The rest of the links are self-explanatory. Happy costume hunting!

The Addams Family Halloween Costumes
Batty Costumes
Darth Vader Halloween Costumes
Frankenstein’s Monster Costume
Hairspray Halloween Costumes * Squidoo Lens of the Day 10/13/2007 *
Harry Potter Halloween Costumes
Haunted Hollywood Costumes
Humorous Halloween Costumes
Iron Man Costumes
Jack Skellington and Sally Halloween Costumes
The Munsters Costumes
Princess Leia Costumes
Robin Hood Costumes
The Simpson’s Costumes
Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Costume
South Park Costumes
Star Trek 2009 Costumes
Star Wars Costumes
Thanksgiving Costumes
Transformers Costumes
Watchmen Costumes

New Lenses by JJJ-2 Members

We’ve just started into the competition but here’s some great lenses by my teammates. Check these out!

Pukeko – the Purple Swamphen
Have you ever heard of a Pukeko? I never had, until I read this lens! Learn all about this native of New Zealand, who frankly looks like a purple chicken!

I Love LA
I’ve spent a lot of time in the LA-area during my life, since it’s only two hours south on a plane. There’s plenty to love about LA and this lens tells you what and why!

Amtrak Train Travel
Before air travel was the “norm”, people traveled by train. With soaring ticket prices, people are turning back to this form of travel, not just for its cost but the fact you get to see scenery you might never have seen otherwise.

About Me & My Lenses

My Lensographies
Miss Bat’s Lensography
Or the Batnomicon, if you’re so inclined. This is my main lensography, with the majority of my lenses housed here. You’ll find plenty to choose from, as I’ve got a variety of topics. I love movies and music, with a dozen lenses devoted to each. I’ve also got something of a grab bag going on, with lenses on medical topics, travel, local places, authors, and characters. Check here often, as it is updated frequently with my newest lenses.

Miss Bat’s Costume Lensography
This lensography is devoted solely to my costume lenses. And I sure do have a lot of them. Squidboo had just opened when I joined Squidoo and I’ve taken cornered the market on costume lenses. Ranging from today’s top movies to classic costumes, you’re bound to find a costume among these that you’ll love!

Lenses About Me
Miss Bat’s Photography
A lens about all my Flickr photosets. I like to take my camera with me when I travel. I’ve sure got a lot of memories! From travel to concert photography, to images of my garden, take a peek!

Miss Bat’s Tattoos
While I’m not exactly the illustrated woman, I love tattoos. So why not devote a lens to my ink?

Night Sky Knits
This is my lens devoted to my Etsy store. As the name implies, I’m a knitter! Nothing fancy; I love making scarfs and baby blankets. You’ll find information about my creations as well as links to the items in my Etsy store.

AJ’s Jugglers: Bat
This is a lens devoted to my progress as a member of AJ’s Jugglers, part of the Jolly Judicious Jetsetters-2 team participating in the Giant Squid Challenge September 2009. Please stop by, vote for our lenses, visit our lenses, and cheer us on!

Welcome to my squid-blog.

If you’ve come here, then you’re surely either from Squidoo or one of my friends. So welcome. I know, another blog. Just what I need.

I’m Miss Bat over at Squidoo. I’ve been a part of the site since September 4th, 2007. My list of accomplishments on Squidoo so far include the creation of 78 (and counting) unique lenses; being recipient of Lens of the Day on October 13th, 2007 for my Hairspray Halloween Costumes lens; and reaching the rank of Giant Squid on July 2nd, 2008. You can see I’ve been very busy!

Currently I am participating in the Giant Squid Challenge for September 2009. I’m a member of the Jolly Judicious Jetsetters-2 team. My goal is to reach 100 lenses and achieve the rank of Giant 100 at the end of September. My other personal goal is to have one of my lenses granted a Purple Star.

In this blog I will post about my own lenses as well as lenses I come across that deserve recognition. So stay tuned!