Hey all, long time no see. I'm aware that I haven't made a new blog post in months, but that's mainly because I was focusing on other things, like getting used to college again and getting the new Spacetime Comics website up and running. Speaking of which, I still have a long way to go before the new site is finished, which I hope to have in such a state by the end of the year.
The last quarter of the year is upon us, and with it comes the arrival of the HalloThanksMas season. Sort of. The bad ol' retailers have been preluding to it since July at the very least, and Spirit Halloween stores started popping up all across the country in August. It's only now that the season is in full swing, and October is pretty much the absolute last gasp of sanity before Christmas takes over everything come next month. Personally, I can wait until after Thanksgiving to start celebrating the big holiday that every company insists that we start celebrating the minute November starts.
Honestly though, I want to enjoy the other things fall has to offer before I even think about celebrating the holidays, like the beautiful scenery and the sound of crunching leaves, for instance. I also can't wait until Daylight Savings ends, so that night falls an hour earlier. Some people might not like that, including myself at one point in time, but these days I'm finding that it being dark at 5pm has kind of an aura to it. Thankfully, it also seems like the summer weather won't overstay its welcome this year, like it did last year in these parts. I swear, it seemed like it was consistently going over the 80-degree mark until the middle of October at the very least last year. I have no idea about other parts of the U.S., but at least around here, summer went when it was supposed to this year.
As I stated before, enjoy these miniscule bits of sanity while you still can, because before you know it, the first Christmas commercial will hit the airwaves (which'll probably be well before the first snowflake hits the ground). In fact, last month, I briefly went in Michael's, and I saw that they already had Christmas trees in boxes in the back, with Halloween stuff displayed prominently in the front! They were probably just getting all the Christmas stuff ready for when Halloween fades into the rear-view mirror, but still. Can't even imagine thinking about chestnuts roasting on an open fire when it's still 80 degrees outside (or, it was. I originally typed this post in September, but went back and revised it today). Wait until after Thanksgiving, then we can talk.
But let's not let retailers trying to capitalize on 'Ween and 'Mas for as long as humanly possible ruin our enjoyment of these holidays, and let's not let their near-complete ignorance of 'Giving prevent us from enjoying that, either. Some may have already started celebrating, but personally, I can wait to get fully into the HalloThanksMas spirit.
I can't guarantee that I'll update this blog regularly, but I'll see you whenever I feel like making another post. Until then, take care. Over and out!
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