Celebration: October and Halloween

October has been a good month. I couldn't, for the life of me, remember exactly why , but as the month ends I have a lot of happy, satisfied feelings about how it went. 

I'm also happy it's Halloween. Here are some things I appreciate about Halloween:

• Even though I hardly ever get in costume anymore, I love seeing other people's creativity and personality as displayed in their costumes.
• It's one of the few days when it is acceptable for people to defy social norms and get kudos for it.
• As a kid I used to want to be a witch, so I have a certain affinity with the atmosphere of the day.
• It's associated with candy.
• Little kids' cuteness gets amplified by probably 50%.
• And a new reason to like Halloween: It's Nevada Day! A Celebration of my new home state. 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Celebration: That the Internet Really is World Wide

I may or may not be obsessed with Asian media these days. (I am.) When I was a kid Asia seemed like such a distant place, removed from my own reality. As different culturally from my own experience as you could get in the modern world. Today I can access little pieces of the Asian culture with just a few clicks of my mouse and it feels almost as magical as if I'd actually teleported there. "Hello," I want to say to the people I see on my computer screen. "Let's be friends. Please."

Today Jordan showed me some Japanese music videos by Genki Sudo, an ex-MMA fighter and a musician (who knew the two could go hand in hand?) and I may or may not have a new favorite musician (I do.) Watching his videos is completely fascinating and I'm so happy that we have the internet, that really does bring everyone in the world a little closer.

Watch this, in fascination: