not much has been happening. Been mostly working on homework and dealing with the normal bombardment of Christmas commericals while trying to have interest in Thanksgiving. I do have plans for that day so at least that helps. Still find myself watching some of the "odder" christmas stuff just because I feel like it. Doesn't help that there aren't many thanksgiving cartoons that I like around. Got a cute plush turkey dressed as a pumpkin though to spice up my desk. Fighting the urge to decorate my desk with nightmare before Christmas stuff since I promised my mom that I would give her a break from the movie. (She felt that I went overboard watching it during Halloween, figures.) My door stands out from the rest of the house though since I never took off the Halloween decorations on it. I figured that if Steph could have her Christmas countdown up year round then I could have some cool halloween stuff up. I will likely put it down around Christmas so I can decorate it along with the rest of the house but I can see myself putting a Jack Skellington back onto it after the holidays are over. That is just my way and no one is surprised since it is my door.

well, the party was a ton of fun. I got to be a dj and got everything working great. My sister Steph got bored midway through the party but we managed to distract her with some games. Might need to plan some more activities for her if we have another party. Otherwise, I am feeling the same way I feel ever year after Halloween: happy that it happened and sad that it is over.

finally have the house semi decorated for the party (still have some work to do but first there has to be some cleaning). Also been finding the cafes at Lccc a good place to go between classes since their sandwiches are lowfat, cheap, and in decent variaty. Not a real meal by any means but it works out great since I am rarely hungry in the morning and I don't want to break my diet.

We can tell I have been sick. It took until last night for me to finally pick out a costume for the halloween party we are having. It should be interesting since I am going to be a hippy (dad would have killed me if I had been one before) and i got the funky jewelry and stuff. Just need to either paint up an old shirt or find a cheap tie dye that fits since I got some beat up jeans that will work great for it plus a tie die bandana. Was originally going to be a pirate but couldn't find anything that I wanted to wear or use and the idea of being a hippy sounded cool when I was at the costume shop the other day. I wish Halloween U.S.A had a store year round instead of having a shop only in October. They do have a website but it just isn't the same was wandering around the cool layout of the stores. Target and Walmart don't even come close to it, I will say that flat out!

Ghost hunters still hasn't stated what place they are thinking of going for Halloween so they might not be having the special. I hope that isn't the case because I love watching those shows. I mean I will busy with the party since I am in charge of the music. Got to love winamp and its playlist features.

I have to admit that I have been sick for a while. The reason I am admitting this is because I am getting better and now almost feel normal. I still cough occasionally and suffer from dry throat sometimes but I am not wheezing whenever I walk to class and can breath deeply again. It is strange the appriecation we get for things we normally take for granted when we lose them.

Greetings to anyone from LCCC's Internet Research Tools class that is viewing this blog. I have some information about myself to the right but I can provide more here. I hope you have fun with the widgets I have put up. I personally am a widget freak so that tends to be mostly what I add to it.

I am crazy about Nightmare Before Christmas as you can see by how often I have posted about it and the widget below. I am also nuts about dogs and fantasy beings such as dragons and wizards.

It is getting closer to Halloween and I have been keeping up with my favorite show ghost hunters. They haven't stated what place they are planning to investigate this Halloween but I hope it is as haunted as the last two places. I still am waiting for Nightmare before Christmas 3D to come out on dvd or blu ray but so far no luck. The closest I have got is Coraline which is wicked awesome in its own right. My family doesn't get why I adore 3D versions of stop motion films but they just add a depth nothing else does and increases the detail of the characters which is pure eye-candy to me.

Oh well, maybe Disney will eventually give in. At least I have Coraline, the TNBC 3D trailers, and some "old school" style nightmare before christmas 3D pictures to help me deal with my craving.

The images can be found at
http://www.joelfletcher.com/3d-nightmare.html

Be warned, you need the old red and blue glasses or similar to see these at their best.