Top 10 Fall & Halloween Songs

Hey everyone!

Sorry about missing a post yesterday! AHH. I feel so bad, so I am posting two inktober related things! This post, as you can tell by the title, is my top 10 favorite songs to listen to during the Fall! Let’s get into it:

1) Earth Angel – Death Cab for Cutie

 

This song is just too cute, but this version is just creepy enough to enjoy for fall. Mike introduced me to this song a long time ago, but it is still my favorite Fall song.

2) This is Halloween – Panic! at the Disco

 

Brendon Urie’s voice in this cover is absolutely spooky, and how could I not include this classic in this list? The Marilyn Manson version is also good and spooky, and of course you can always listen to the original from the movie.

3) Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon

 

Mike hates this song, but honestly I have been listening to this song during the Halloween season since I was a little girl! How could I leave it out?

4) Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra

 

I put this song so high up on my list because Franky! That, and I have a thing for cute, romantic songs in the fall and this has that Halloween feel with the lyrics.

5) Jack’s Lament – Nightmare before Christmas

 

This song is just a classic, and Jack’s voice in this song is captivating. Thank you Danny Elfman!

6) Mr. Crowley – Ozzy Osbourne

 

I always think about Supernatural when I hear this song, and honestly listening to Ozzy for Halloween is just a good idea.

7) Black No. 1 – Type O Negative

 

This is another one of those songs that is romantic (in my messed up mind), but you could listen to any Type O songs to get in the Halloween mood.

8) Closer – Kings of Leon

 

This was the song that inspired my first Inktober post, so I felt like it was a no brainer to include it. It is about a vampire and Caleb Followill’s voice is just perfectly haunting.

9) Autumn Leaves – Ed Sheeran

 

Cute and cuddly and Ed Sheeran’s voice just makes me want to curl up in a blanket with some tea. This song was included for obvious cosy time feels.

10) Science Fiction/Double Feature – Rocky Horror Picture Show

This song. A classic. I could listen to the entire soundtrack from Rocky Horror for Halloween, but this one gives you that impending, something weird and creepy is happening.

 

Thanks for reading! Hope you liked my list! Feel free to comment below your favorite Fall and Halloween songs.

-Jess Gatsby

 

Inktober #7

Characters

Today I wanted to do something a bit different. Every time I write, I come up with characters. I have learned that some of these characters are a part of me, but not all of them are. Some of them are so foreign and strange to me I wonder where they come from.

As I write this I think that maybe these characters come from my fears. Maybe they come from other people. I don’t know anyone like Dahlia, or like Stella, or like Moon. I think that maybe I am finding things around me and making them into these characters, so I can know them better. I am trying to work them out in real life so I make them on paper, I make them for you to read and learn with me.

I like thinking about small instances- scenes- where people are interacting in a moment rather than over a course of them. I feel like this is more intimate and that you learn more this way. There is more of an impact when you don’t know their whole story but you get a moment of them. That is how it happens in real life, so why not on paper? There is more of an intense liveliness, more of a zing, when you are this close to a character you don’t have the luxury of knowing.

This is how I feel about my own writing here, especially with short stories. I guess writing longer works is different. Since I have been querying my novel, I have taken the characters as bits of me. I know they will always live inside of me in a permanent way. That doesn’t mean I like them, or condone their actions, but I know that they are a part of me. This is different in that those characters are actually a part of me, instead of being part of life I am trying to discover.

It would be interesting to know how others feel about this though, so feel free to leave a comment letting me know how you feel about your writing!
-Jess Gatsby

 

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I’m so sorry…

BUT.

Sam’s Son, Episode three is actually coming out tonight.

 

I was stupid to think I would have gotten out the night I posted the last update, but honestly I wanted to. Life got in the way. Like I moved to New Jersey from Florida the day after that day. Oh. Right. Silly me….

The new episode should be up within the hour, I am just uploading it to scribd now.

GUYS.

Episode three of Sam’s son comes out tonight!

I am really excited about this one, no spoilers though.

-Jess

Friday, October 9th 2015?

OMG. It has been too long my friend.

So much has happened and I have decided numbered lists are good for talking about a lot of things so here we go, in no particular order:

1. It is way to late to be doing this and I should be working on homework. EW
2. I was promoted to a certified custom framer at Michaels probably about three months ago
3. I am leaving my job because STRESS REASONS
4. I am done with editing my manuscript and will be querying soon, like this weekend soon,
5. I am SO DONE with Florida and am looking for residency in NEW JERSEY, my homeland.
6. My current mood is: MUST FINISH ACCEPTING EDITS
7. I hate odd numbers
8. I am almost done with my BA, I have 7 more credits in my major?
9. I am looking for grad schools? I think? I don’t even know, and I hate talking to advisors because I don’t know what I am doing with my life
10. I have been super excited for Fall, even though Fall in Florida isn’t Fall, it is still burning hotter than the pits of hell here in HELL LAND AKA FLORIDA.
11. Oh so many numbers!
12. I have been a raging lunatic all summer, making a lot of money though.
13. I have been frequenting Halloween Horror Nights, the only good part about living in Orlando, I guess.
14. I will be taking many trips up North in the following months, to really live up the Fall and Winter seasons
15. Honestly, typing this list I have noticed not much has happened, it just feels like a lot
16. Oh, someone close to me died. It was terrible and I have been trying to repress it
17. OH. AMERICAN HORROR STORY IS LIFE.
18. Also, Once is life.

That is one long list, babe.

Mike and I are doing well, we have been together a little over four years now. I think we are probably going to get engaged soon, which is weird but also exciting and cool. He is taking classes to become a firefighter. He loves it. I want to give you something pretty to look at, so here is Mike being a male model:

My cats are also well. They both got really angry because we found two baby kitties last week and they took over the house while we where trying to find them a home. HA. It was kind of funny because it was basically the same day we found Artemis and Nyx two years ago, and these kitties were siblings too. Here is Artemis and Nyx, an old photo, but not much has changed.

OKAY, TOO MUCH CHATTER FOR 1:09 am.

GOODNIGHT WORLD

-Jess

Ebook Piracy? It is a thing! A horrible, terrible thing!

Hey, maybe for today I will give you a taste of some of the projects I’m working on for school.

The Publishing Culture

The 21st century brings on a new world when it comes to reading. There are now a multitude of delivery systems to connect readers to content. An obvious change in delivery systems also leads to a change in how we read. Now on the internet, if someone wants news all they have to do is log into twitter. If you want entertainment, you have youtube and tumblr and a variety of other sites to cater to this need.

This is also the case when someone wants to read a novel. Not only are there now a plethora of platforms dedicated to delivering ebooks that you can purchase online, but there are numerous downloadable files and torrents of books and novels. This is similar to the problem that was being faced by the music industry with torrented music. If someone wants a novel and doesn’t want to pay for it, all…

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SO TODAY WILL BE A NEW DAY.

I did not have to get up really early today, it felt like I could actually sleep, which is horrible/wonderful.

I am working on this new project, its current name is In Hell, but that might change. I really like that way the story is forming around my characters, they are great people so far.

Some thoughts:

1. I should really be starting on the three+ papers I have due in the next couple of weeks.
2. I have a shit ton of research to do on the Literary Publishing World, which is really scaring me because I have a fear of change and this is going to be the start of something that I know is going to change my life a lot.
3. I am really excited to finish editing the first draft of my first completed manuscript, which is also terrifying, but it is my baby and I love it.
4. I need to interview some people in the literary world… it is scary.
5. Pink Floyd makes me happy, but also sad and angry and confused. Current mood: Brain Damage, Dark Side of the Moon.
6. I finished my French Homework, which is not even an eight of the work I have to have done by tomorrow, but fuck it.
7. I don’t like odd numbers.
8. Eight is my favorite number, so that is that.

I have a few images for all the great people out there. First, I got another tattoo, and it sort of looks like Mike’s dad’s tat:

  

I think this deserves a story, but for time’s sake and the sake of my sanity, it shall be short.

I really love the show Once Upon a Time. On the show, Rumplestiltskin and Belle are my favorite characters. My co-workers at Michael’s even call me “The Dark One.” I love tattoos, and this is the second instillation on my right arm, my magic sleeve. The first tattoo on this sleeve was Thor’s Hammer, Mjölnir (or Mew mew as Darcy calls it), seen here:

New Story: Mike is my boyfriend, we have been together for a little over three years. We met in high school, and fun fact the first time we saw each other was at a CiCi’s pizza. We did not talk the first time we saw each other, he asked one of his friends to message me on Facebook to see if I wanted to talk. I knew this friend, we had gone to middle school together, and when I saw him messaging me, I am not going to lie, I was pretty excited. We have been dating ever since. We didn’t even meet before our first date, it just sort of happened.

Here is a picture of Mike drinking some tea and playing League:

I think he is pretty cute. Haha.

So with that, I leave you.

Good Day All!

-Jessie

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Some thoughts I had, even though it is technically now friday:

1. We should stop looking to outside sources, and start looking internally for our happiness.
2. To fully understand yourself, you must listen to yourself.
3. There is so much noise in the world today, that the only real silence I hear are the clicks of my key board when my family is asleep.
4. Thursdays need to be held in higher esteem, for Odin’s sake it is literally Thor’s Day. Give him some love.
5. I have so many problems rooted so deep into my subconscious mind that it makes it hard for me to sleep
6. I met a girl named Tali and she is so pretty.
7. I want to be a morning person so badly, but I love the quiet of the night and the dark so much that I must stay up late.
8. I also love to sleep, I should be a day sleeper and work at night.
9. I am writing a short story about this girl named Eli. She is an insomniac with a loving girlfriend and a ghost husband.
10. I think ten is enough for tonight.

I don’t know. Today was a weird day. I had school and I am still not asleep and it is 12 something in the morning and I have work later today. I feel like I do a lot of things with my life, but never anything that I truly want to do. I am living an existence planned for me by an unseen, all-powerful force that doesn’t care a thing for me, and just wants my money and for me to suffer.

I think people are afraid of really being happy. I don’t even know what makes me happy any more. My boyfriend? Yes. My kitties? Yes. But what really makes me happy? What is the one thing I can always do, that I will always want to do? I don’t know. Read? Write? Listen? Sing? There are things that I love to do, but what makes me happy? What makes you happy?

This post should be titled: “Ravings of a Madwoman at 12:30 in the morning when she should be Sleeping.“

Here is some tea for your troubles:

Goodnight All.

Sweet Dreams.

-Jessie

What is the walk all about?

I want this blog to be a place where I can vent and talk about life. Some days I will just write about what is going on in my life and other days it will be about my feelings, thoughts, moods, and things similar.

So to introduce myself: My name is Jessie. This is me:

I also go by Jessica or Jess, and sometimes “hey you.” I was named after The Allman Brothers Band Song, which is pretty cool. I am a second year student at UCF, an English Literature Major, and I love a lot of things. I love to read, to write, to dance, to sing, to draw, and above all I love to love. I love stories and drama, and nature and peace. I love tattoos and piercings. I love cats and dogs. I love all people, and as I blog, you will learn all about the things I love.

Now on to more tangible things. I work At Michaels Arts and Crafts as a cashier. I also teach the Jewelry and Paper Crafting Classes. I am a math tutor, and I used to be an engineering major. I still love math, just not engineering. I don’t really know what I want to do with my life, but I have the rest of it to figure something out.

Stay tuned for more!

 

-Jessie c: