Spooky September Thread!
Well, if I’m ever gonna update this place, September 1st is the right time!
Welcome to the 2022 Halloween season! Here’s your new thread! Have fun using it to talk about horror movies, spooky candy, scented candles and, I don’t know, My Pet Monster?
I’ve run this one before, but if you need a little background noise, here’s a playlist with a metric ton of vintage Halloween & horror TV commercials, all from my personal collection. (And yep, I’ll be adding to that collection throughout the season!)
I’ll be hopping in the comments here and there. Love that this place still sees a little action. It’s like a dive bar that can’t afford to fix its windows, but still has just enough customers to keep the lights on. Happy Halloween in September!
March 2022 After Dark Thread!
This is your official thread for March 2022. (Since the last update here was technically in 2021, yeah, we were long overdue for a new one!)
There ain’t much you can count on from March besides Shamrock Shakes, but this is when a lot of people start living again, after spending so much of January and February in a waking hibernation. (Not just me, right?)
Things I’m looking forward to in March:
The start of the 2022 horror convention season. Starlight Coke Zero. Getting myself organized now that I’m too far away from the holidays to blame them for being disorganized. Publishing at least one but hopefully two new videos. Finding out if I’m as gym-averse as I think I am. Hanging more framed bullshit in my other room.
What are you looking forward to this month? Spill it in the comments section, which also doubles as your March 2022 free-for-all thread. Talk about whatever ya want, all month long.
The End of 2021!
This is your weird, limbotic post-Christmas / pre-New Year’s thread! It’s always one of the strangest weeks of the year, right? Feels like half your body is cement, and the other half is a helium balloon about to pop in the stratosphere.
I hope everyone had a nice holiday season. I sure did. I said it a few times during Halloween, but these celebrations really work best when we look at them like garnish.
I’m actually looking forward to the “drier” months to come. There isn’t too much to grab onto from January through April, but that can be motivating. After spending the last 4+ months trying to tie so many of my activities to the time of year, it’ll be fun to get a little creative and just see what’s out there.
As kids, we’d all be on break for school this week, free to spend every waking moment messing with our new toys and watching sitcom reruns. As adults, even if you did save some vacation time, it’s rarely going to be that relaxing. Hell, for many of you, the only difference between this week and any other week is that you might get off a little early on Friday.
Even if that’s the case, I encourage you to embrace the traditional spirit of those post-Xmas days. Find whatever time you can for reflection, and for walking around wearing a blanket cape, and for mapping out your 2022, and for binging some dumb TV series. Work in some pizza or Chinese, and leave the lights twinkling until Little Christmas.
This is a one-week free-for-all thread. Talk about whatever! I’ll update again after 1/1.
2021 Holiday Season: Week 7!
Hey all! Welcome to WEEK 7 of the 2021 holiday season – aka THE FINAL WEEK. (Well, unless you count New Year’s, and I guess you should.)
How has everyone’s season been? Mine’s been good in an extremely low-key kind of way. Like, the lowest possible key. No ridiculously special moments, but there has been a weird peacefulness to it all, which is extra-appreciated after such a crazy year.
The extent of my “celebrating” has involved stuff like lighting minty candles, running Christmas movies on my phone (ahh, technology), and switching my Dunkin’ order to “Holiday Blend” for the season. It isn’t much, but I’ve enjoyed it.
I started the season with a tiny tree, but eventually upgraded to a full-sizer after finding one for a super low price at Home Depot. Seriously, every tree they had seemed to be $200 and up, but then there was one off to the side that was only $40, despite being six feet tall and pre-lit. This tree wouldn’t pass Linus’s sincerity test, but I’m into it.
Since the rest of my place is in a long renovation process (and because Halloween the Cat has kinda taken over the living room), I set the tree up in my second workroom, which is mainly used for Funpack-related chores, but is also just my room to do any kind of hands-on activities. It’s been so nice in there lately, with the tree, and the candles, and the soundtrack to Freddy’s Nightmares running on repeat.
I’d wanted to do soooo much more on Dino Drac this season, but time just wasn’t on my side. I decided not to stress about it, because judging by the vibes online, everyone seems preoccupied lately. Besides, unlike prior years, I’m definitely not going to vanish for several months right after the holidays. If anything, I’m looking forward to cooking up some stuff for y’all that isn’t married to the particular time of year. (That said, a new article will be up on Monday!)
It’s gonna be a wild week. Still gotta finish shopping, though fortunately I only have two gifts left to grab. Gotta go food shopping, both for myself (I won’t break my weird diet rules, even on Christmas) and for the few dishes I’m supposed to make for the party. Christmas Eve isn’t until Friday, but there will probably be smaller family gatherings on Wednesday and Thursday, too.
Fortunately, I have nothing planned for Christmas Day, and can spend it the way God intended: On the couch, in pajamas, eating leftovers from a foil pan, and watching A Christmas Story.
This is your final free-for-all thread of the 2021 holiday season. Use it however ya want. Plan right now is to add another post for that weird week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, and then we’ll most likely settle into monthly threads after that.
I’d love to hear about how your season has been, and how you’re planning to finish it off. Spill it, in the comments!
