Happy day-after-Halloween, my friends! Emma and I had a few trick-or-treaters last night and are, naturally, left with a lot of leftover candy. Leftover Snickers ftw! We had about 12 actual kids come by and about 12 high-school age people who are really too old to be begging for candy. Including! Including two who didn’t even really try to wear a costume. We gave them a hard time for it. One was “a runner.” He wore, well, running clothes. Lame. The other was “a guy who hates Buchholz (one of three high schools in town and chief rival of the closest).” Super lame. You get Raisinettes.

Speaking of lame Halloween costumes, Jill Sobule has a lovely little song entitled “Women Whose Halloween Costume is Just That They’re Slutty — That’s Not a Costume at All.” Heh. She wrote it for NPR’s Byrant Park Project, which I think is their (NPR’s) attempt to get at a younger audience. We don’t get it here, naturally, but the song is pretty funny. You can hear the song at the BPP blog. I totally have to agree. Hot? Yes. Enjoyable to see? Sure. But a good Halloween costume? Not so much.

I actually did see a ghost yesterday, too! Well, a ghost from my past. I saw an old girlfriend from high school yesterday in the supermarket, but didn’t recognize her right away. Whoops. So there I was, walking away from the deli area and I notice a slightly familiar, friendly-looking girl staring at me. I look at her and she doesn’t break eye contact. Sadly, I still didn’t recognize her and figured that she was just someone I *should* recognize but didn’t, so I smiled and nodded, but kept walking. It wasn’t until I was across the store that I realized who she was. I quickly overanalyzed the situation and decided that I’d look like a complete tool if I went running back across Publix to say hello, and finished shopping and left. Idiot. Oh well. Hey, Alex! If you read this, send me an email! I mean, if you want to. And sorry I didn’t recognize you. I’ll do my best next time (or at least won’t wuss out of running across the store to say hello). :)

Okay, enough for now. I should go do some more work. Happy Thursday!