I apologize for posts being so sparse during the last week or so. I went to a Halloween party and instead of waking up the next morning with a hangover, I woke up with the flu! Oh man it was gross: achy, vomit, blasting headaches, 15 hours of sleep a day interrupted by trips to the bathroom, sips of Echinacea tea. Living under wooly blankets, watching terrible movies, pawing away dogs that were starved for attention, subsisting on bread and soup….I don’t remember the last time I was that sick.

I’m almost back to 100% now. Things are looking up. Now I have piles and piles of papers to grade on a Halloween night, interrupted by trick or treaters, and perhaps a zombie movie. Speaking of which, I saw 30 Days of Night last night in celebration of solid bowels. More than one person (albeit unreliable film opinions) told me that this movie was great. Horrible! The end didn’t make a lick of sense. It doesn’t do the graphic novel any justice.

The Noise is out. I’m in it. You should read it. For the December issue, I’m looking at animal rights issues, particularly exposing NAU’s animal testing. Before I lie to them so they’ll talk to me, I wanted to ask if anyone knows any information or particular people I should speak to about this. That would rock my world.