U-Um so... Now that Halloween's coming up... I guess people are going to be doing... Halloween things... I-I hope nobody's going to do anything scary this time...

If anyone wants to see me on Halloween, I'm going to be hiding in my dorm room. I-I don't want anyone jumping out at me in the halls...

But even though it's probably going to be a scary month, the trees are still really pretty! You know, since they're all red and orange and... yeah...

Oh! By the way! I was planning on baking some fall-themed treats, so if anybody wants some, feel free to stop by the kitchen! J-Just make sure to leave some for everyone else, please... If that's okay with you...

Where there is an ending, there is a beginning.

I have found myself thinking of that this time of year, as nature changes around us. No, within us as well. We believe ourselves to be seperate from nature, but we are affected by it no matter our denial. Those automated citizens excluded, of course.

We are impulsed to rest more, to consume more. Our bodies cling to an ancient need to stock and hibernate...

A useless need, given modern technology. Technology is too often used to divide us from the world, but we ought to use it to discover and forge ahead.

Still, those impulses remain, no matter how the trees surrender their leaves.

I ask you to name me one thing you have learned today. We must continue to push towards the future, casting the past aside as a shadow.