The Time's Nearly Here.

We've got one week until the Day of the Dead's looming over us. That "veil" between the living and the dead will be at its weakest point, and supposedly activity will be increased.

I believe it's starting already. I believe that "veil" is thinning rapidly. I've seen more orbs. I'm reading about people in the obituaries that I somehow know their name and their story. The other night, I saw a shadowy figure watching me as I tried to sleep. Even the bedroom light I keep on to shoo them away is failing. I go to bed knowing I'm being watched, and I feel a perpetual hot spot on my left arm... as if somebody's holding on tight to me, not wanting me to go away.

So what's gonna happen to this hypersensitive on the Day of the Dead? My "sixth sense" is very much heightened, and has been for a while now. Heightened so much that it's probably why I've not slept in four nights.

It's going to be a wild day, as I will be inhabiting this house alone until after dark. Strangely, I don't feel afraid. I feel more determined than I do afraid. As if it's some sort of challenge. Hell, I'm not even sure anything'll happen. But the possibility is there.

I'm either brave, bold, or insane. It's so funny that a malicious entity won't scare me, but a bug can make me panic. It really shows where my priorities are.

Damnit. If there was any money in the paranormal investigation business, that'd be my career.

Moving away to more optimistic topics...

I dabble a lot in Marioverse stories. In fact, I've started a series based around the Marioverse, called The World Disorders. There are four stories -- the prologue, and three tales that follow.

World Disorders I: Raid of Darkness started this series three years ago. I'm in the process of rewriting the 101-page novel and making it better, as I thought it could use some fleshing out. This is, by far, the most tragic of the stories, as a bunch of my beloved characters got killed off in the beginning. In fact, it destroyed my alter ego.

World Disorders II: Separation of Worlds is the one presently being written. It introduces my new alter ego, who I'm not sure if I'm going to keep or not. She'll show up in the third installment, which is still in its conceptual phase. This plot is much more complex than that of WDI, and will take much more time to write.

Writing these stories have made me very curious about doing a crossover piece, in which I drag my pirate alter ego, Lucafira, into the Marioverse for a possible WDIV. But I'm very uncertain on this... She's already established in another story, which is also being written at the same time as these.

I'm feeling literary and spiritual... and really have nothing better to say than that. I'm just bracing for impact as Halloween creeps closer, and hope to God that I can keep my wits about me as the most paranormal day falls overhead.

For now, it's bedtime.