So it begins

It is November and you are lucky because my guilt about non-blogging has driven me to NaBloPoMo once again. That means I'll be here every day in November, so you can settle in for the long haul. You'll notice this is a particularly ridiculous month for me to attempt this because I'll be in Mexico for a wedding most of next week and then head to New York at the end of the month. Also, one Ms. Zoe will be in town visiting for a few days in the middle of the month, so you see November will be full to the brim of exciting fun. And blogging. Blogging for you.

Chattanooga went really well. I'm actually glad all the November madness is launching because it keeps me from getting too sad about the close to another big competitive eating season. You can read a brief re-cap on the Krystal Lover blog. and there will inevitably be a much longer post on True Fan by Monday. But to be very brief, I got to live out some long suppressed cheerleading fantasies, Joey Chestnut ate 103 Krystals for a new world record, and my diet for the weekend was milkshakes, french fries, coffee, and beer.

I was angry that my "very special Halloween ANTM" was just some crap recap show. Can you even have a recap show when you're only a third of the way through the season? Lame. We then watched "Kujo," which turns out not to be a horror movie as much as a sad movie about the effects of rabies. Was the book more specific about them being demon rabies or something or was it always run-of-the-mill super rabies?

We only got one trick-or-treater the entire night. I sent J to the door with the bag of candy and heard a cackling laugh as he opened the screen. J's face sort of froze into an uneasy grin and he didn't move his eyes as he grabbed a handful of candy and dumped it into the trick-or-treater's bag before quickly shutting the door. Instead of cute kids in costume, we got a crazy homeless lady in a mask with a grubby grocery bag. Happy Halloween!