Winter is Here and With It, the Blues

There are a few things that I love about fall in New York. The beautiful trees. The chill in the air. The feeling of calm that takes over the city as everyone prepares for hibernation. Scarves, boots and cute sweaters make their return. I went and bought a skull cap with skulls on it that I’m wearing right now and feeling pretty damn good about. I love hats. I love this hat.

But there is one thing I hate…the phenomenon of winter blues. Daylight savings was Saturday night. In Florida, this means the sun doesn’t go down at 8 p.m., it goes down at 6:30 p.m. In New York, it means the sun doesn’t go down at 6:00 p.m. it goes down at 4:30 p.m., maybe even earlier on an overcast day.

I don’t know what it is about the idea of the sun going down, but it makes me instantly depressed. So long as the sun is shining when I wake up in the morning I feel a-okay. The minute it starts to go dark in the late afternoon, I begin getting sad. Whereas in years past I had work to occupy my time (though there was always something really weird about looking out the window at 5 p.m. and seeing its pitch black outside), things are a bit different now. I’ll go to the gym I guess, maybe spend some more time writing, try to find some new hobbies…but I don’t know. This is a tough time of year during a tough time in life. We’ll see how it goes. This blog might get downright gothic if I don’t get my act together.

The Best Halloween Costume I Saw and the Best Ones I Didn't

I think it has to be the couple I saw dressed as Jack and Kate from Lost. He had the cut off T-shirt, with the fake cut below the eye. His shirt was slightly dirty…he just looked very Jack-like. Kate had on a wig to make her hair a bit longer and she had on a wifebeater. I don’t know, it just looked really good and I thought that was creative.

However, the best costumes I saw via pictures were from a party my friend Pammie went to – a group of kids dressed up like the entire cast of Saved by the Bell. Awesome!