TwistedEncore

Hello again, everyone. Guys, I’m feeling pretty good today, mostly for two reasons. One, because I finally found a store that sells these chocolate bars I like with cherries and chili peppers in them (try it sometime). And two, because just a few days ago we finished up September and started into one of my favorite months of the year: October.
Happy October everybody! Whoo!
Oh October, how I love you so. Okay, so maybe you’re not a snowboarding-weather month, but you’re still AWESOME. Not only do you start off the whole three-month run of holidays from now until Christmas and New Years, you’re also the one to give us an excuse to start eating junk food until January, too. Apple pie, Halloween candy, cider, anything with the word “pumpkin” plastered on it… all our excessive eating starts with you, October.

Oh yeah. That's the good stuff.

Not to mention October’s also the month when a certain favorite birthday of mine rolls around every year (new book shelves and gift cards to Barnes and Noble would be nice. Not that you were asking).

However, as much as I love October, it always freaks me out a little, too. I think a lot of people see October as being centered on (and building up to) Halloween. And when an entire month revolves around a holiday celebrating all things creepy and supernatural, things can definitely get a little… weird.

Just thought I'd take this shortcut home through these dark, ominous woods...

Especially around here in central Pennsylvania. I don’t know what it is, but somehow as soon as October 1st rolls around, the entire midstate turns into some crazy haunted tourist trap. We have haunted EVERYTHING: haunted hayrides, ghost hunts, haunted barns, zombie walks, haunted mills. Hell, we even brag that we have Gettysburg, supposedly the most “haunted battlefield in the US.” Around here we revel in making October scary.

"Excuse me gentlemen, could you spare a moment for our lord and savior BLARARRGH!"

So naturally years of living here has done considerable damage to my psyche. I’m a big believer in all things supernatural and weird. Magic, demons, spirits, monsters, you name it. I either legitimately believe these things exist or am always looking over my shoulder anyway, just in case. I believe there’s a lot out there that can’t be explained or understood.
I’m especially freaked out by those pale little demon girls in things like “The Grudge” or “F.E.A.R.” Zombies and werewolves I can deal with, but those pale little girls scare the SHIT out of me. I think it’s because they’re so unnerving; you can understand how a big 7-foot slasher in a hockey mask is killing people, but how the heck did that tiny little girl just dismember a guy?? So friggin’ creepy…

Geez, I should NOT write these rants so late at night...

So how am I planning on celebrating the long month of October this year? Why, with all of you, of course! To help everyone cope with the scariest month of the year I’ll be bringing you special rants and reviews of some of my favorite things that deep down freak me out sometimes. This is gonna be good.
So barricade the door, grab an adrenaline shot, and steady yourself with a shotgun in one hand and a baseball bat in another.

The undead are no match for Bruce Campbell's badassitude.

Cuz it’s going to be a loooong month.
Mwahahaha.
(Shudder)

- Natron out