So, it’s finally Halloween proper (at least in Japan). Of course, since I live in Japan and no longer teach English to people under the age of 12, this actually doesn’t mean a whole lot anymore. To be fair, stores do decorate with jack o lanterns and the typical orange, purple, and black.. But otherwise it doesn’t much live up to my typical Halloween experience. Gotta provide your own campy horror movies, since late night cable tv won’t do it for you, y’know?<\/p>\n
To be fair, my company did have a Halloween bank sale today, with all the proceeds going to the victims of the March 11th earthquake. It’s the best of both worlds: I get to eat brownies while working<\/strong> and feel good about myself at the same time. How many times do you have a chance to do that in life?<\/p>\n I’m actually on my lunch break right now (which is rapidly coming to an end), but felt like remarking on it being Halloween and otherwise mentioning that I’m still not dead yet (go me!). I can’t believe November’s almost here, and that the Christmas season is a hop, skip, and a jump away! That means I get to go out and buy a nice, fake Christmas tree in the next 30 days, and begin my overly-enthusiastic month-long Christmas extravaganza. I have multiple Santa Claus hats and Christmas lights, along with 54 hours of Christmas movies. Oh yes, it will be awesome.<\/p>\n With that, I should get going! Just another hour and a half to go, and I’m on my way home!<\/p>\n Enjoy your Halloween!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, it’s finally Halloween proper (at least in Japan). Of course, since I live in Japan and no longer teach English to people under the age of 12, this actually doesn’t mean a whole lot anymore. To be fair, stores do decorate with jack o lanterns and the typical orange, purple, and black.. But otherwise it doesn’t much live up to my typical Halloween experience. Gotta provide your own campy horror movies, since late night cable tv won’t do it for you, y’know?<\/p>\n