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Halloween’s most obvious compatible color scheme involves mainly orange and black. I’m pretty sure that’s because the entire world is in conflict with itself.

On one hand the air is getting cold, the day is getting dark, and everything seems to slow down a bit, unless you’re studying for midterms I suppose. On the other hand the leaves change from dull and boring shades of green to bright flecks of orange and gold and red. The autumn air smells amazing.

This doesn’t seem unlike the people stuck in fall. Some thrive in the fall, staying bright, optimistic, and happy. Others? Well, they’re mood just becomes darker. There’s absolute beauty in regards to both. Here’s my list of what you should be reading, watching, and listening to this October in 2008.

Reading

The presidential political season is almost over. Of course, this means that it’s also in full swing and tougher than ever. You should stay informed by reading as much writtene media as possible. If you don’t have major papers available for you, then get online and find their websites. Remember to keep informed, and regardless of who you decide to vote for, be sure that you don’t take too much to heart on one candidate or the other. The political attacks are huge, but that doesn’t mean that they are factual. Be aware of what’s going on.

Watching

Personally, I’ve been watching the new season of Chuck. In addition to that, my television is almost always on MSNBC right now, even if I’m not neccesarily paying attention to it. Honestly? I’m just waiting for AMC to get their act in gear and start showing the horror flicks through to Halloween. I’m a bit of a movie buff in general, but holiday movies are where it’s at, whether it’s Christmas or Halloween. Get a group of friends together and rent a bunch of the classics - Nightmare On Elm Street, Friday the 13TH, and, of course, Halloween. Then you can pull out your Saw collection or whatever else you have, personally I’m not a big fan of gorefests myself. There’s far better classics out there to be watched.

Listening

Right now I’m listening to Bon Iver’s 2007 release For Emma, Forever Ago. I’ve also got The Shins in rotation again. What I listen to will change daily through out this month, but wherever you are, whatever you’re doing - at least turn on the radio.

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What a disaster it would be if you discovered that I cared
A little too much for friends, but not enough to share.

Ah. . .  October. You’re one of my favorite months. The air gets a little cooler, the leaves turn orange, and horror marathons begin to pop up on the tube. Halloween is definitely one of my favorite holidays, probably just because it feels like the first real sign of fall. Anyways, let’s catch up on October.

The month started off with a concert featuring Angels and Airwaves. Not their best concert I’ve been to but that’s okay. Since then I’ve been mainly working on homework with the occasional video game. I managed to land one of the LittleBigPlanet beta invites for last week - that game is probably going to blow some minds. The creation tools are amazing, but even without them it’s a genuinely amazing game. Think about how much fun Super Mario Bros. was back in the day, then modernize it, make it cute and approachable for a general audience, and finally stick in both story-mode AND online multiplayer. And then imagine huge giant worlds far more complex than most professional video games today. LittleBigPlanet comes out October 21ST and should finally earn the PS3 some of the cred it deserves.

In other gaming news, I started playing World of Warcraft again late this summer. Huge mistake right? Oh well, it’s been a blast. My druid hit 70 a week or so ago. Mmm. Geeky. The pre-expansion patch hits late tonight.

Anyway - every day is another day closer to Halloween. Until then I’m upping my dosage of dedicated homework time, unfortunately. I’m trying not to watch politics as the MSNBC logo was beginning to burn into my TV… And it’s an old CRT peice so that can’t be good. I can’t resist embedding a political video these days, however. Be greatful though, I’m going to spare you the horribly sung tune of Hey Sarah Palin and send you off with some thoughts from John Cleese.

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