I miss Halloween

[guanin]

Apparently, it's not a big deal here, so I'm stuck in my room with not even Sleepy Hollow to watch, because I completely forgot about it when I was packing even though it's my usual Halloween ritual. I really wish I were home right now. This is my favorite holiday.

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[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's not good! They don't do anything at all over there? Not even dressing up to go to, like, a bar or something? It's on a Friday, too! It's always the holidays that make you feel extra homesick, isn't it? Especially if you like them. I hope you're able to find something cool to do, I'm kind of in the process of trying to myself.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

Well, the young people do have parties, although it's strangely quiet around here even though it's 9:30. But my Londoner friends says that it's not like in the States. I actually forgot it was Halloween for the first half of the day because no one was dressed up or anything. And the professors back home always give out candy.

I'm trying to think of something to watch online, but then that gets me paranoid about the internet limit. I'm seriously considering dling Sleepy Hollow, but I'd rather not risk it and go for something shorter, but I really don't know.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Hmm, well they may just be holding out until later for the wildness...I didn't have any classes today, so I don't know if my professors gave out candy, but people do dress up. I still haven't gotten a chance to.

I'm sure there's got to be something like a video store nearby where you could rent it, if not?

[guanin.livejournal.com]

They usually start early, though. They can't have the music too loud after 11 in the building. I hadn't realized until today that there is a distinct lack of Halloween spirit. The closest thing to Halloween decorations I've seen is a couple of orange palm trees on campus.

Unless the have Region 1 DVDs, it won't help me. I don't want to try switching the regions on the laptop for fear that it might get stuck that way. I'd had my computers do shitty stuff like that before.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Orange...palm trees? That's about the oddest show of Halloween spirit I've ever heard of.

Oh, completely forgot about that. I didn't even know you could switch regions on your laptop like that, although it doesn't surprise me. I mean, you could chance downloading it, but...yeah, that could be tricky.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if that's actually connected to Halloween or not, but it's so strange that I don't know how else to figure it.

Apparently you can switch it five times, but after that last time it gets stuck in the last selection.

The thing about the limit is that I have no idea how much 7 GB is. My whole real player video collection (which has a lot of eps of Alias) comes out to 3 point something GB. So I'm probably not using anywhere near as much as I could, but I'm not sure how to play it. I know I'm going to be downloading like crazy when I get home.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Probably someone tried to decorate for Halloween, but all the stores had in orange was the palm trees. Why palm trees would be orange, though? Beyond me.

Huh. You learn something new every day.

Hmm, you probably could swing it then. How long is Sleepy Hollow, anyway?

[guanin.livejournal.com]

I know. My friend and kept staring at them like, "Why are they orange?"

105 minutes according to IMDB. But I'm also thinking of watching an episode of Dexter. I have one left to catch up in this season. I really miss having television.

[visiblemarket.livejournal.com]

Well, Dexter is pretty Halloween-y, or could be. I don't know how I'd survive without a television, and I honestly watch most things online anyway. But that's mostly to rewatch things, the first time I do like to see them as soon as possible.

[guanin.livejournal.com]

It does have the serial killerness, which I love. I really need to get the first two seasons.

I'm seriously considering getting a TV tuner for the computer, but I wonder if I could get cable channels. I really don't know how they work. I know my Dad used it to record the POTC movies from HBO. And I miss the Discovery/History channels. I like learning through a visual medium, too.