Ugh... long time no blog! Sort of, anyway. It seemed like just yesterday I was looking ahead to a Halloween that was still a month or so away and now it's nearly here -- next Monday, if I'm remembering correctly. I've been pretty busy with my various responsibilities both online and off, but I've still been finding some time to get into the spirit of the season for sure. Some of the things I've been exploring as far as horror goes really deserve their own entries at some point in the near future, but in the meantime, here are some snippets as far as Halloween at Seth and Shannon's house.

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I should have known I'd jinx myself when I speculated that I thought the nasty, sunny weather was finally over with in my last post, because it's been unseasonably hot here lately. Anyone who knows me even peripherally knows how much I haaaaaate this and how cranky hot (or even warm) weather makes me. If it's not actually a time of year when I feel I should actually have to put up with it, I really don't take it well.

Today it got up to about 85 or so, which pretty much meant I was a big poopy-face all day long. The sun was too bright. All the damned neighbors were out blasting their crappy music and letting their pets and kids run around loose and Lord knows I'm not a social animal. Seth got some things done in the yard and around the house today, but I basically hid in my bedroom and found a nice, people-free place in my imagination to hang out until the sun went down instead. I'm hopeful it won't be so hot tomorrow. It doesn't feel like autumn when it's like this and I feel really ripped off.

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We've, of course, been watching our share of horror movies lately. The other night, I actually had the privilege of seeing Mr. Bela Lugosi in his classic Dracula, as well as Mr. Lon Chaney in The Wolf Man. Believe it or not, I have never actually seen either of these films before. (I know -- shame, shame, shame on me!) However, there's no time like the present to rectify such things, right? Now that I am co-owner of an up-and-coming horror site, I really need to get on things like this.

I actually really, really enjoyed both flicks and they definitely helped me feel a little more Halloweeny! So very odd to note how many vampire and werewolf clichés populate such things though... especially when you remember that these are the very classics that so shaped how popular culture sees these creatures. Mr. Lugosi as Dracula was really a treat for me to watch. I'm a bit of a vampire gal -- and yes, yes... I was long before Lestat, Edward Cullen, or anyone from The Vampire Diaries was considered part of all that -- so it was definitely about time! It is and always has been all about Drac for me.

I've also been watching a lot of my beloved old television lately. The Twilight Zone is one of my all-time favorites. I'm about to start hitting The Addams Family and hitting it hard. Hitchcock is always on the menu. I guess at heart, I tend to be all about the classics.

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What we will be doing for Halloween itself is still anyone's guess at this point. We don't really have any social plans so far and even though I always have good intentions about it, I never seem to want to give out candy to trick-or-treaters when the time comes because I'm an anti-social grouch. I'm thinking at this point, it might be a low-key night where I find something appropriately spooky to cook and serve with some nice cocktails or something. We can enjoy a quiet evening in together unless Seth decides he'd rather do something else. We shall see! How's everyone else's Halloween season been going so far?