Halloween is my new favorite holiday, and i can't for the life of me figure out why it never has been before.  at no other time of the year do the forces of makeup, costume, and general creepiness combine to such unsettling effect.  i think over the past couple of years the prospect of being not-me has grown increasingly appealing as well.

saturday i was a polar bear, which was good because i think bears are probably the master race.  i was definitely the world's largest land predator.

i think i slept most of sunday, and then on Halloween proper i went to Atlanta to see Coheed and Cambria at the Tabernacle... which was like creep central, because there is probably no geekier band in the world right now.  there were a good number of costumed dweebs in the audience; Jenni and i just went with the simple zombie look.  Coheed of course had a smoke machine, a ridiculous light show, and a big guillotine on stage, plus we were in an old church... and it just felt like the right place to be on Halloween.  it was also a fantastic show.

but now Halloween's over, so if i want to wear a costume any time in the next 360 days i'll have to make up some other excuse.