leftovers

I woke up this morning to the sounds of an elementary school halloween party and costume contest. There is a school just adjacent to our apartment building and the playground (if you can call a huge asphalt lot a playground) is just about 100 feet away from us. It was so soothing and comforting to hear songs like "The Monster Mash" being played in between announcements of "most creative costume" and "most colorful costume" and the sound of children cheering and laughing. It reminded me of all that's good in the world. Here's to a fun and safe Halloween! In celebration, I am posting my band's brand new, spooky video for "I'm a Vampire"... enjoy!

I wanted to take a break from all the politically infused blogging and write about something on a lighter note. With Halloween coming up, and a street near my house where there are actually some deciduous trees that have been shedding their leaves, I am filled with memories of Halloweens past. Oct. 31 has become one of my two favorite holidays, right up there with good ol ' Christmas. I am truly a sucker for holidays and decorating, and this year is no exception; my boyfriend says it looks like Halloween threw up in our apartment right about now. It's true, I go over the top and decorate with candles, garland, lights, window clings, props, and wall decorations. I've got spiders, ghosts, witches and bats all over the place. On the wall above our TV is my "black cat corner" with tons of cute kitties to be found. My memories of childhood Halloweens are all very fond. Some general things I always remember are going trick-or-treat at my grandparents farm before we

Type. Read. Delete. Type. Read. Delete. That's the constantly repeating cycle that I've been going through with regards to my blog, in this wacky and tense presidential election season that we're in here in America. So many nasty things being said, so many accusations being leveled, but scariest of all is the trotting out of the "extremists" and airing their ill-informed views on national news. Most of my life I prided myself on being fairly in the "middle" - I never even considered myself much of a political person and I'm ashamed to say, but have admitted it before, that I didn't even vote in the 2000 presidential election. And, just today in writing this blog, I went back and realized that I would have been eligible to vote for the first time in 1996, when Clinton ran for re-election against Bob Dole. Not only did I fail to vote in that election, but even if I had, it's very possible that I may have voted for Dole simply because he