The Emptiness Will Haunt You

Because my current living situation places me with 7 other people (college is awesome), I've been avoiding listening to hardcore music for the most part. When your friends are in your room all the time, you don't want to chase them away by playing music that 60% of the world really can't take. And because of this, I haven't gotten my fill of Alesana, even though I've wanted to listen to their most recent album for some time now.

I finally have a night alone, and this album is incredible.

Why am I sitting alone in my room on the Friday before Halloween, when I could be out partying it up with all my friends?

Because, to be honest, I feel like it. For whatever reason, I'd rather sit in my room playing Fable III than go out and be social. Go figure.

Anyway. It's Halloweekend. WOOHOO! Halloween is one of my two favorite holidays of the year (the other is Christmas, more on that in the months to come). I feel like these days everyone says they absolutely love Halloween. It's a dark, creepy holiday. Dark and creepy is still trendy, right (fuck you, Twilight)? But I have a special love of Halloween. It's the only fun holiday in my favorite month of the year. And the weather is usually pretty nice. It has the coolest theme for a holiday ever. And I love pumpkins. Yeah.

The only downside about living at a college campus on Halloween? No little kids to scare the crap out of. Well, not little. It's fun to scare middle school kids who think they're really tough, and go out and egg houses or pull other lame pranks. Dressing as a cop is one way of going about it. Dressing as a zombie hoard is another. Whatever floats your boat.

If that sounds like fun, also consider dressing like a dolphin, donning a British accent, and waiting in a bush. When a group of them walk by, jump out, and throw a burlap sac over one of their heads, shout "God save the Queen!", and then run away. They'll never know what hit them. And you can't be convicted of a crime because no one will ever believe them ("A dolphin with a British accent attacked me!").

I've been drawing again lately. I'm getting much better. It's torture though. Spending 4 hours drawing your left arm over and over again makes you wonder why you can't just chop the thing off and call at a day.

Back on the note of Halloween. I usually try to have a cool, creative costume. Ironically, now that I'm at a college where everyone will be dressing up as something cool or creative or something like that, I finally decide to go the route of overdone. I'm going as a Ravenclaw student this year (like there's any other house I'd want to associate myself with?). Shut up. I've never done that before. It's still cool. And relevant. Meh.

I forgot a list last time. I'm not doing 2 this time. I'm just acknowledging that I made a mistake.

Why October is the Best Month of the Year

O) It's the peak of Autumn

C) It's not too cold, but not too hot

T) Apple Cider is easy to find, and best served hot

O) Pumpkin picking/Jack-O-Lanterns

B) It's okay to watch The Nightmare Before Christmas every night of the month

E) Everything is black and orange

R) Rocktober

Anyway, the title is a quote from an Alesana song called "Curse of the Virgin Canvas." However, you should not only look up that song. You should, however, look up the whole album. It's called The Emptiness. It's got a great storyline. It's a fantastic album. Listen to it.

That's all folks. It's time for me to go have a social life.