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Well, I certainly shouldn't expect that too many people are around this Saturday night considering my own disappearing act, but if you're here, feel free to comment. What a weird Halloween season. I know it can't just be me. I'm off to find my macabre mojo for a while, but I'll be back later.

Posted by Matt on 10/13/2007. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 252 comments

Yo. Does anyone here have facebook? They have an awesome new jack-o-lantern carving app. I’ve been going nuts sending pumpkins to all my buddies. And now it’s off to a haunted house. I know it’s a warm Halloween season, but remember, Matt, it still only comes once a year. Don’t get caught saying “what the hell happened?” November 1st. Those next 11 months are loooooong.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 10/13/2007 10:20 PM

I COMPLETELY agree.

Chestnuts roasted by Victoria @ 10/13/2007 10:20 PM

Oh, I’ve been alright, Bryan. I’ve been rather busy myself. Busy enough to not have taken in any shows since god-knows-when :( It’s been a pretty decent year in music (compared to last year anyway). Infinity on High is easily my vote for album of the year. I’ve listened it into the ground like 5 different times already.

I have to say that every year I get less and less excited about Christmas. I still enjoy the act of giving, but hell I can do that all year long.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 10:22 PM

Muppet Baby: That’s good news…getting ready to watch it (28 Weeks Later).

All my best, hope your cured of any ailments, either way I’ll include you in my prayers…

My girl get’s off work at 9 (central) and she should be showing up with food and we’ll watch it (I hate watching horror while eating dinner). I bet ya she’ll pick up McD’s… she’s obsessed that she’ll win millions with the whole Monopoly thing. Typically, she’ll win free fries. The rub of it all is that she only eats McD’s when Monopoly is going on. She’ll order a horrible salad from them…she’ll get me the ‘extra large’ Big Mac meal. I guess it’s OK for me to eat artery clogging food from them as long as there’s the possibility of winning stuff. :)

Brian: Actually, Black Bart’s doesn’t have a pirate theme. I originally thought the same thing when I first went there years ago. It’s a hodge podge of everything Halloween. What’s most ridiculous and disturbing is that they have a Snow White with the seven dwarves and they’re all crying blood! Not only are they crying blood, but they’ve posted signs in their hands that read the prices for the pumpkins. It’s a beautiful thing.

Chestnuts roasted by HauntSpot @ 10/13/2007 10:27 PM

Manimal: Now, I want 2 FRIDAY THE 13th references and at least one obscure Halloween joke from all of you by the time the night’s over.

It’s hard to comply with this request. I can’t really read the screen. Let me take off this Detroit Red Wings Goalie Mask I stole from the dead fat kid I just killed.

Chestnuts roasted by Minnick @ 10/13/2007 10:31 PM

HauntSpot - That. Is. Amazing. Where is this located?

Kneg - funny, cause I feel very similarly. Did you know that about a month ago I got a FOB tattoo? Yeah, you all heard me right…I’m very proud. Its on my blog (linked in my name)…you might have to go back a page. Also, enjoy my site’s FOB theme. Haha.

But music’s been up and down. Thrice comes out next week. Hot Rod Circuit broke up. Kanye is collaborating with Michael Jackson. The RIAA are f’n nuts. And I haven’t been to a show that I haven’t worked in god knows when…

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 10:38 PM

I wasnt really getting into the halloween mojo either..but its finally getting cooler here in south jersey (hight temp of like 65 today). Plus with mallocreme pumkins, coco cat peeps, marshmallow filled chocolate pumkins, jones halloween soda,skeleton gloves, and a friday the 13 movie collection begging to get watched damn skippy Im gonna get in the damn spirit.

Chestnuts roasted by zwinky von diddlywinks @ 10/13/2007 10:47 PM

I blame Judd Hirsch for not ensuring the witch flies across the sky. Damned witch union…

Here in the UK, tis really strange. The stores are getting more and more halloween-ie, but it just doesn’t feel right. It feels less like halloween than ever before. The TV really needs to start showing horror films to try and save the holiday. Preferably the Friday the 13th with Crispin Glover. Followed by the Worst Witch/IT double-bill for true Curry value.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr Hate @ 10/13/2007 10:49 PM

It looks quite nice, Brian. If I were to take the plunge, I think it would have to be either My Chem or Green Day.

When I say “decent year in music,” I’m really talking about the pitifully small selection of albums I have actually bought. Infinity, or course. Ataris’ Welcome the Night is quite a feat, even if I’ve never been able to fully FULLY get into it. Yellowcard’s Paper Walls is a nice return to form after Lights and Sounds, and the new Foos is aiight.

I really really wish it had more all-out rockers. But, The Pretender, Statues, and Long Road to Ruin are good enough for me not to be pissy.

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 10/13/2007 10:54 PM

Still here, every day…looking for cool ideas for a Halloween party i’m throwing on the 27th, any ideas? So far we’ve got a sweet blacklight room with lots of glowy stuff..OH! did any of you know that tonic water is VERY blacklight senstivie..so we’re going to fill a bunch of glasses with it to create this blue potion type thing.

Chestnuts roasted by Gweff @ 10/13/2007 10:56 PM

It’s all Art Garfunkel’s fault. That ass.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul Simon @ 10/13/2007 11:02 PM

Muppet Baby I’m glad you’re out of the hospital!!! :D And welcome to the SNT charlie!
I’m not feeling the Halloween either. We had a death in the family earlier this week and it’s been really tough. I’m still trying to go through the motions, hoping it will be a good distraction. Earlier I put a ton of the upcoming spooky movies in to record on the DVR. I’m going to the Screamfest film festival on Monday to see the director’s cut of Planet Terror at the Grauman Chinese theater, which I was previously really excited about. I still am, I guess. Sorry to bring the thread down.
A Halloween joke:
What’s the difference between your pregnant girlfriend and a dead bulb on your string of Halloween lights?
You can unscrew the lightbulb!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/13/2007 11:03 PM

Gweff: I would see if your family/friends have any VCRs and older television sets they can lend you. Create a little ambiance by putting old horror films on VHS on the televisions, with the sound turned down. The fuzzier you can make the reception, the better. And put the TVs in the weirdest places possible. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/13/2007 11:05 PM

I just completed a move from a smaller town into a city and Halloween is EVERYWHERE here. Very few people decorated in my old town but here it seems like every house is decked out. I’ve also seen several stores in the area which specialize in only Halloween stuff. My Halloween spirit is doing just fine, but one thing I do miss is the movie marathons the Scifi channel use to do 6ish years ago. They use to run an entire month of Halloween themed movies (vampires etc).

Chestnuts roasted by Zoe @ 10/13/2007 11:05 PM

Yeah, I don’t remember buying too many records this year either. Although new Thrice AND Jimmy Eat World are out on tuesday…..

An MCR tattoo? What of? The full parade artwork from The Black Parade would be an awesome sleeve piece. And did you hear they’re releasing The Black Parade on double vinyl? There’s a regular version and a deluxe edition that comes with a special slip case and other malarky. Thanks MCR for making me buy more of your stuff.

And Gweff, blue potion sounds delicious! I wonder how different kool-aids react to black lights… just make sure all of the songs from Nightmare Before Christmas make it into the music rotation!

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 10/13/2007 11:09 PM

‘Bout dag-gum time I got back on the boards here. Where to start? First off, thanks to FyarlGirl for the Happy SNT wishes, which reminded me all about it. I completely forgot. I don’t have any regular net access since I moved this week. I’m using the roommie’s laptop cause she’s out of town and the only other place I can do it is at work, but lately I haven’t had time to sneak away and do some on the sly posting. Anyone know anything about routers and adapter cards and such? They are the devil! My computer’s telling me I’m getting a signal from the roommie’s router and everything looks great, but still no internet in my room. Ugh!

Anyways, while I’m on a rant, if there’s anything that might be dampening my Halloween spirit this year, it must be car troubles. You would know the day before I move, my car breaks down (last Friday) and I had to put off moving everything for a few days. Fast forward a week later, and on Monday I’m taking it to the FOURTH mechanic in a little over a week because no one can figure out what’s wrong with it. A good buddy of mine who is a mechanic looked at it today and the best he can figure is it’s something to do with the ignition. It just keeps randomly shutting off as I’m driving. So yeah, I was really jazzed about the season seeing as I have a great new job and just moved to a new place, but right now I’m too stressed about money to get into it as much as I would like, but don’t worry, Manimal !….I’m not giving up hope yet!!! My black little heart is still jumping with dark cheer!

I’m going to a friend’s Halloween party in a couple of weekends and I understand black vodka and horror movies will be involved, although she’s not too much into real scary stuff which is a kind of a disappointment, so it’ll be more in the Monster Squad vein, which is fine with me. If I had my way it would be a good mixture of that kind of thing and truly gory stuff thrown in for good measure, but I’ll take what I can get. The good thing about the place I just moved to is the lease is month by month, so before long if things go well I’ll have not only a new car but my own place, where the dark decorating will begin! Who cares if Halloween will be over then! Maybe I’ll catch a good dose of the late spirit! Oh, I almost forgot, my birthday is 2 days after the ‘Ween, so I’ve got double reason to get excited now. I’m getting there slowly but surely….

Oh, and HauntedSpot I worked at a Haunted House here for about 6 years. Some of the best times I’ve ever had were at that place. I agree, it’s a great way to get jazzed about the season, especially since we had to start building the rooms and everything around July.

Oh, and by the way, watch out for the old man on the road holding the eyeball…he sounds crazy but he knows what he’s talking about…

Chestnuts roasted by DJ D @ 10/13/2007 11:20 PM

I may have to look for a pumpkin patch this year.
We went to a corn maze last year, figuring it was cool Autumny/Halloweeny thing to do.

Unfortunately we had had record rainfall that summer, and stuff was blooming and pollinating out here (Albuquerque, NM) that hadn’t seen the sun for about nine hundred years. So I had horrible fall allergies. But I figured, hey, I’m not allergic to corn!

Turns out, other shit grows in corn fields besides corn. Especially a not particularly carefully tended corn field
(I don’t know if it was harvested later or existed solely for the purpose of the maze). Lots of other shit; all of which I am apparently highly allergic to.

About the time we’re in the middle of this thing, I’m hacking and wheezing, my wife is desperately trying to find a way out, and the white part of my left eye has actually become inflamed and swollen. When I looked at it in the car mirror (we eventually got out), it looked like my cornea was surrounded by jelly. I didn’t know what the fuck had gotten into my eye until I figured out it was the sclera.
Good times. Good times.

Wanted to go to a haunted house this year, but now that she’s playing host to my spawn, my wife insists it would be bad for the baby.

Chestnuts roasted by Braindumper @ 10/13/2007 11:27 PM

Okay, I’ve got 2 with me so far.

Who’s it going to be? Will YOU make this the Will Travis SNT or the George Pickett SNT?

Will Travis-”All who are with me, cross this line and get into the Halloween spirit”

George Pickett Manimal-”Come on X-Ers, I KNOW we can defeat this Halloween malaise” *charges at the stonewall of Halloween apathy and gets blown away.*

“This shitbox is gross. Oooo baby, ooo baby.”

Count them: One literary reference, 2 (albeit inaccurate) history references, and one required F13 reference. COME ON!!

Chestnuts roasted by 12 Angry Manimals @ 10/13/2007 11:32 PM

I’ve discovered that kids help with the Halloween spirit. I took two of my nephews to the annual Harvest Party at a local nursery. They have a corn maze, a pumpkin patch, face painting, balloon animals, the works! And because I’m a non-trad student, my nephews’ pumpkins were free!

It was a lot of fun, but fuck am I tired. The two tend to shoot off in opposite directions of one another.

Cartoon Network is helping me with the Halloween spirit too; they’re going all out this year!

Chestnuts roasted by LemonWitch @ 10/13/2007 11:48 PM

I haven’t been able to get into the spirit that much either. Maybe if I had room for a Halloween Mood Table my spirits would be up. (Which I never commented on, but that is the best idea I’ve heard all year.) I think the Christmas push has come way too early this year- I can hardly find anything Halloween-related anymore. :(

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 10/13/2007 11:52 PM

I’m almost positive that my Walgreens store has the coco bats peeps. and phantasm is a great movie! watch out for the sphere!

Chestnuts roasted by plcary @ 10/14/2007 12:01 AM

I just microwaved a bag of Paul Newman’s lightly buttered popcorn. Why does it smell like bad parmesan?

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/14/2007 12:04 AM

matt will there be any Ghost with the Most this year?

Chestnuts roasted by larry @ 10/14/2007 12:08 AM

squee4242: So sorry to hear about the death in the family. Hope hanging out with the peanut gallery over here will get you back in the spirit of things.

12 Angry Manimals: I’m down with whatever camp lights a fire under my bum and gets me out for that shopping spree for decorations that I’ve been putting off. That, and some cartoons. I think it’s just what I need right now. Although, I did enjoy a couple of bowls of Boo Berry and Frankenberry the other day and that’s helping….Btw, who got literature in my X-E? Who got X-E in my literature?

“Your work is done now, Jason…Mother is very proud.”

Chestnuts roasted by DJ D @ 10/14/2007 12:09 AM

Because the world is running out of corn, the government is rationing it to fulfill the raw corn, creamed corn, and corn tortilla supply. They’ve made a few sacrifices, and popcorn is now made of corn substitute extraced from lice DNA and whatever is in the dumpsters behind the Olive Garden.

Chestnuts roasted by mezzanine @ 10/14/2007 12:10 AM

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