Well, it's the time of the year again. No fireworks and hotdogs, no pink lacy hearts, no warm fuzzy moments with family dinners or exchanging free gifts. Nope. This is the time of year where you go out of your way to scare yourself half to death (or more) in celebration of Halloween. Guys play it cool, kids get candy, dentists everywhere open off-shore bank accounts, and girls use the night as an excuse to dress up as slutty as possible and get away with it.

• But if you're a World of Wacraft player, you can enjoy the holiday your own way. Namely, the Hallow's Eve event in the game that starts tomorrow morning. If you're still shootin' for that surprisingly pink drake, WoW.com has a nice and simple breakdown of what you have to do to nab the title and get you one step closer to a 310% mount. The new upgraded loot - AP ring, SP ring, healing ring, plate DPS helm, and 1h melee sword - should keep everyone's alts nice and busy for a couple weeks. And good luck to everyone with the Squashling.

• I haven't decided what I'll be this year, but it's currently between a Go-Go Dancer or Taylor Swift, to which I'd then tag alongside my friend Kent, who would be Kanye West. Get it? Topical pop culture reference mixed with traditional holiday attire. It's brand new and brilliant. My brother insists on going as Nacho Libre, but I think that's only because he wants to do that Flying Eagle thing off a table at the party at my house on Halloween (side note: I'm buying a third house in January and renting out my San Diego home for $1.8k/month, so if you're interested, feel free to email me). And this year, I'm handing out full-size candy bars to the kids that trick-or-treat. None of this mini/bite-size/kid brand stuff. Like a full on Snicker, baby. An actual bag of Skittles. This is my way of giving back to the world. Next week I'm gonna work on nuclear proliferation.

• In case you haven't been following my Twitter, I went and saw the movie "Paranormal Activity" (with eight other people for safety, of course) and it was as scary as everyone has been telling me. It's really easy to dismiss something when everyone is telling you how good it is - that's just human nature. When your friends swear to you up and down about how amazing a certain ride is at a theme park, your first instinct is to ride it and find everything wrong with it so you can walk away shrugging your shoulders saying, "Eh. Not bad. Not fast enough for me, though." But, truth be told, if your friends never told you anything about it and you went on that ride with zero influence, it would have blown your mind and you would have gladly told your friends about it. Same thing with movies like this. Especially scary movies. Everyone wants to be THAT person who sees a scary movie and goes, "That was laaaaaaaaaame," so they feels better about themselves. As if to say, "Please, it'll take more than that to scare me. I could figure out how they did all those special effects." It's an annoying yet universal phenomenon. Friend tells you about an awesome band, you give a quick listen and tell them how bad the lyrics are. Someone tells your raid they know the most awesome Rogue in the game, you inflate every micro mistake they made. "7k DPS? If I had his gear I'd crack 9k, easy."

I guess what I'm saying is, "Paranormal Activity" is a scary movie; A damn scary one. Period. No matter who you are. It's downright frightening. A few people complain about the ending, but out of the three choices (it's changed twice since it's original release), I find the current one the most disturbing. But don't take my word for it. Go see the movie. With an open and clear mind. Don't walk in with your chest puffed, all big and bad, smirking with your head resting on your hand, talking out loud and thinking, "Whatever, I'd punch it in the face." Just watch the movie. Watch it. Sit back and enjoy the experience and let me know how it goes. Movies like this are made to be absorbed into, and if you let it, "Paranormal Activity" will catch you biting your lip, holding your breath, and gripping your soda just a bit too tight. Protip for the guys: Go with a girl. Having to hide your being scared makes you cuter. =)

• And when you go to bed that night, just try to do it with all the lights off.

♥ F