Yeah, Yeah, I'm not Writing Much Lately

So we're down to less than a week before Halloween. I was all, "I'm gonna write everyday until Halloween", but I lied. I lied to you all. I'm sorry. I'm not sorry for not writing, but I'm sorry I lied to you. But I'm here today to make amends. Here are some things that have been going on in my life, in no particular order, with no transitions between thoughts. You want smooth transitions and chronological order, you go read someone else's blog. Ok, sorry, I've got a real surly tone that I don't mean to have. Anyway, here's what's been going on:

• I went to a writing seminar put on by the Graduate College yesterday. It was good. The speaker was funny and inspiring and I am making a plan for writing more, which is the goal. So that's exciting. I didn't think that I would enjoy the seminar quite as much as I did. I like pleasant surprises like that.
  
• Also yesterday was "horror movie camp out day". Zach and I rented 3 movies at the low, low price of 99 cents each. We rented two that one of us had seen and one that neither of us had seen. I chose Lake Placid. Because I like that movie. In fact, I kinda love that movie. It's super funny and it's just scary enough without being gory and uber violent. It was just as awesome as I remember it. Zach liked it too. We had a fun time watching. Then we watched Tremors (Zach's pick). I had never seen Tremors before, but again, it was funny, it was scary, but the nice kind of scary. Good picks! Fun times! So imagine my horror (ha ha, see what I did there) when we put on The Hills Have Eyes (no, you do not get a link because I hate this movie). Ok, so I guess I'm just not meant for real horror, but c'mon! This movie was super gory, super gross, super depressing, super everything bad. We started it first last night, but about 20 minutes in I said, "You know what, Zach? I'm gonna pass on this." But we just finished it up today. Mistake. I did not like it. I must say that I am the best at reviewing movies that ever existed. I really captured all of them. Lake Placid and Tremors = GOOD. Hills Have Eyes = REALLY BAD
• You may or may not have noticed that I mentioned it was "horror movie camp out" day. You might be saying to yourself, "huh, I get the horror movie part, but I'm confused on the camp out part." Well, we ate chili and cornbread and watched the movies in....our tent. A tent set up in the bedroom in front of the TV. It was just like camping if your version of camping involves, indoor plumbing, electricity and central heating. I think we all know how well I do with camping as I've told that story before and again and again. Anyway, camping last night was much more fun. We camped, and ate and watched appropriately horrifying films. A good time was had by all.
• I've been busy not buying candy for Halloween and not planning a Halloween Party. Oh sure, it'd be nice to do, but alas, I'm not that popular and I don't have the will power to resist candy in my home.
• I've been working, that's never that exciting to describe, is it?
• I can go pick up another movie today at the library, that movie, The Birds. I'm sooooo excited. I started watching it on TCM and it is awesome! It's totally scary and yet not gory and gross and stupid like another movie I could name (yeah, I'm looking at you, Hills Have Eyes). But I didn't get to finish it and Zach didn't get to see it all either. But now we'll have it on DVD from the library. Libraries are the best because they give you things for free. What an awesome system.
• I leave you with these pictures of "Halloween costumes" that a certain awesome person sent me. They border on the super cute and super creepy. I'm leaning toward creepy, but it's hard to decide. I wonder if these are even legitimate costumes or just a sick, sick fantasy.