I spent Halloween doing…well, nothing. After 5 pm, when I got home, I angrily stormed off to buy candles, batteries for my flashlight, and then dinner (since cooking of any sort was out). I was tempted to drive back to campus, since the local science fiction club was apparently screening “The Exorcist”, and I thought that might be fun. But I decided I didn’t want to wade into the traffic of Halloween parties — parking on campus is tough enough as it is — and, with no electricity and therefore no alarm clock, I thought it would probably be better if I went to sleep early. I read some (very little actually, dropping Harry Potter for Tolkein and eventually nodding off, bored by both); I listened to NPR on my walkman; and around 10 PM I found myself watching an episode of “ER” (ostensibly because I’m a fan of guest-star Don Cheadle, but mostly because, ooh, electricity).