The Guild - Halloween Special

I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like Christmas comes earlier every year. October barely ended before signs of Yuletide were popping up everywhere. Stores were taking down their black and orange Halloween decorations only to put up red tinsel and giant smiling snowmen (those ever-smiling snowmen somehow seem creepier to me than any zombie or vampire, but that's another subject entirely).

It feels premature. What happened to November? Thanksgiving? Since when did December 25 come directly after October 31. Not that I'm that attached to Thanksgiving. Aside from the food (my father makes a mean deep-fried Cajun turkey and my mother's stuffing is legendary), I could really care less about Thanksgiving. It always felt like a second-rate holiday anyway--just a reason to get off school/work. The thing that truly disturbs me is that Christmas might actually further encroach on the autumn season and endanger my favorite holiday: Halloween.

Maybe this is my one-woman stand against the marching army of Christmas, maybe it's my uncanny knack for wasting time on the internet, but I happened upon this video. I was late to The Guild--a friend recommended the show a few weeks ago. She warned me that it was addictive. I laughed off her warning. I could handle it, I assured her.

I was wrong.

In the course of just a few weeks, I have become the queen of procrastination. Why would I want to write when I could watch The Guild? After all, each episode is only a few minutes long (of course, like any delicious temptation, you can't have just one). I have now caught up with all four seasons, and in my yearning for more, I found this Halloween special.

So, here's to letting Halloween last just a little longer and keeping the Christmas music on mute for just a few more weeks. And here's to me getting back to my writing...