I can’t believe how fast this year flew — we’re just a few weeks away from the fourth annual Halloween Countdown! After some intense personal debate, I’m pretty sure I’m going to take weekends off from entries — or at least, I’m not going to promise entries on weekends. Reason being, the Countdown entries have essentially become junior articles, and with decreased time to sit at home waxing philosophical about bat-shaped candy, I don’t want to dog it. I’ll get to spend weekends making sure the following week’s wealth of entries are as good as they can be. (And even without official Countdown entries on the weekends, the blog will be updated.)

What I really want to avoid is a tapering off of energies as we get closer and closer to Halloween Proper. I can’t remember if I was just drained or lacking in time by the end of October last year, but I do remember having to either skip or skimp a little too often. I guess it’s all about prep work, which is good, because I already have fifteen things I’m definitely writing about, and about five more I’m still on the fence about, either because the topics are too big for a Countdown or, at this point, seem “too small.”

Anyway, the point: If anyone out there has a Halloween item that’s perfect for the Halloween Countdown that they’d be willing to donate, please e-mail me! Some of last year’s donations were really tremendous, and they helped me quite a bit. What am I looking for, exactly? Nothing in particular. If you’ve got an old VHS tape that has Halloween-themed episodes of a forgotten sitcom, or a VHS tape with some old Halloween-themed commercials, those would be boss. Toys, games, decorations, those are cool, too. I can get ya the cash for shipping/packing up anything you’re willing to send. Thanks in advance. Again, please e-mail me about this — I don’t want to ruin the potential surprise for fellow visitors.

Previous Halloween Countdowns: 2003 – 2004 – 2005.

PS: This isn’t today’s August Megaparty entry. Stay tuned for that.

Posted by Matt. E-mail me!