Double, double, toil and trouble,

Fire burn and cauldron bubble ...

That's right – today is Halloween. And Macbeth is the obvious thing to quote. It's grey and windy up here, excellent Halloween weather, were it not for the fact that it might lead to rain. As it is, though, it's very haunting and foreboding. Maybe I'll finally finish my vampire story. Fitting night to do so.

I've been quite busy lately, hence my general absense from BZP – Friday was my school's Halloween dance, then I had a project to do for History over the weekend, and yesterday I had the combination of a lot of homework and finally putting up Halloween decorations. Plus another thing, which you'll find out about later, and I'm also working on an MOC for the Samhain season because I've had little to no time to work on my original Halloween MOC. My Hewkii review and Roodaka drawing have progressed (taken pictures of the former and added detail on the latter), but I won't have much time for either until the end of this week.

I'm not going Trick-or-Treating, but I'm still dressing up – as Erik, the Phantom of the Opera. I actually won "Creepiest Costume" at the dance, and I wore the assembly to school today with fun results. (Although this is one of those times I wish I wore contacts. Glasses and a mask are an uncomfortable combination, but I can't see otherwise.) Tonight I plan to open the door in full costume with the overture to Phantom playing in the background. Much fun.

And finally, walking into the wind with a cape billowing behind you is one of the most fun things to do.

Second Witch: By the pricking of my thumbs,

Something wicked this way comes!

Macbeth: How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!

All: A deed without a name.

The Three Witches are my favorite characters in Shakespeare.

– ToM