*hyperventilate*

Oh em gee. Have I ever told you how much I love fall? FALL. AUTUMN. I LOVE YOU. MARRY ME AND HAVE MY BABIES. OR I'LL HAVE YOURS. IT WORKS! 

Seriously. It's been fallish (read: damp, dreary and gray and cold) enough the last few days that the tops of the trees are starting to change. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME.

One thing Iowa has going for it: in the off-seasons (Spring and Fall, especially Fall), it is gorgeous. And I have big, fancypants cameras with which to capture the gorgeousity.

Oh god. Fall.

*spazz*

DON'T GET ME STARTED ON CANDY CORN.

OK. *I* got me started on the candy corn.

Lewis Black, on candy corn:

The worst thing about Halloween is, of course, candy corn. It's unbelievable to me. Candy corn is the only candy in the history of America that's never been advertised. And there's a reason. All of the candy corn that was ever made was made in 1911. And so, since nobody eats that stuff, every year there's a ton of it left over. And the candy corn company sends the guys to the villages and they collect out of the dumpsters all the candy corn we've thrown away. They wash it!! They wash it!

I'll never forget the first time my mother gave me candy corn. She said, "Here - Lewis, this is candy corn. It's corn that tastes like candy". [high pitched sound] This tastes like crap! And every year since then, Halloween has returned and I, like an Alzhiemer's patient, find myself in the room, and the room has a big table in it, and on the table is a bowl of candy corn. And I look at it as if I've never seen it before. "Candy corn", I think. "Corn that tastes like candy. I can't wait". Son of a bitch!!

P.S. If you don't know who Lewis Black is...well, then, I don't know you. That's all I'm sayin'.

And the winner is!

Lake Winnipesaukee, NH. We're renting a cottage for about...11 days or so. Absolutely no plans, except we've booked a sail around the lake with the owner of the cottage. Free Wi-Fi, free kayaks, free paddle boats, fishing boats, cable, etc.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TERRIBLY EXCITED I AM?

(Lin, we're tentatively planning on going to HI in February. So you won, too. =D)