Computing by candlelight

Happy Halloween!

Happy Holidays

I believe I missed Halloween this year, which is sad. Too many other things took precedence for a while (Sara missing Halloween is pretty much proof of real-life-overload, right?).

In any case, here’s my one seasonal offering. Technically I’ve been listening to them for a couple months, but it seems fitting to plug the group this week:

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Could be Nightwish’s bastard sibling, but they get groovy-ness points. Also, any band with a song titled “Balrog Boogie” is awesome by default.

Boo II: Electric Boogaloo

So this Halloween was actually pretty damn cool… except for the part where I remember why it is I don’t do the party-thing on weeknights anymore. It really started Monday night, because RHPS was teh awesomeness incarnate. I completely didn’t expect much from the student showing — but I was more than happily proved wrong. Rock.

For those of you not abused by a Certain Person’s album updates on Facebook (stop tagging me, yo!), costume of the day was Death from the Sandman comics…also known as oh-crap, didn’t-get-a-costume-together-in-time, pull-a-stereotype-from-the-closet. It was fun, anyhow, regardless of the fact that apparently nobody in Auburn has read Gaiman. Silly people.

Dumbfuck complaint department: why the heck is it so hard to pronounce Samhain correctly? Why no, actually, there wasn’t anyone named Sam, and his last name was not Hane.

Final link of the season: headinjurytheater - Halloween goodies. 13 Mystery Monsters: how many can you name?

Boo.

You thought you’d get away this year, with no Hallowe’en-y post-o’-goodness from Sara? Sorry.

So requisite wallpaper of the season: found here. Runner up: BRB?
Edit to add: As much as I hate to admit it, I actually find the newly-covered Nightmare tracks growing on me - so I suppose they merit a mention as well.

And random student-related rant story thing…
In case you haven’t caught on, apart from my individual students, I also have a group class once a week: this is actually in the building of a certain area church, and in return certain church-y conventions are occasionally imposed. Fair enough, and as a rule students and teachers alike are free to abide as they please.

During the intermission between class hours, there’s a combination food-and-announcement type thing, where classes mingle and talk and all that jazz. This week, there were handouts and a special presentation on…
TEH EVALS OF HALLOWEEN.
…along with requisite misinformed propoganda. I kid you not, the phrase “High Holiday of Satan” actually is printed, in black and white. What the crap, people.

So anyhow. Needless to say I had fun with all my individual lessons yesterday and today — and you know, how else are you going to learn the vital cultural details if your American Friend doesn’t tell you? Light on = ZOMG CANDAY RUSH. Light off = GO AWAY CRAZY PERSONS. Simple, yet important.

One final seasonal word: anyone in the Auburn area want to go to Rocky Horror with me Monday night? Seriously. You all are a bunch of lame freaks. Minus the freak bit.