Well it has been another week of test this, test that, paper this, and paper that.  The tests I once again do not feel too confident about (but one I could have done better - Survey of Mass Comm. - if I studied a little more that day instead of napping). The other test was my Comparative Religion test on Judaism. The papers I kind of enjoyed writing (one was a Web site analysis comparing two sites on Yahoo!: "The 50 Coolest Websites" and "25 Websites You Can't Live Without"; the other was a research paper on the definition of user-generated content-for example, this blog I am writing right now).  I still have one blog to finish (http://upstateevan.blogspot.com/), some "wiki" writing/editing and Diigo (Web site boomarking) additions to finish, a short (one page) write-up for Data Warehousing on my final project, some Creative Commons Workshop work for Writing & Computers, and reading my chapters on Christianity for Religion. 

Now that all is said and done about my academic week, I can talk about how the rest of my week has been.  For Halloween I took a night off from work and spent time with a couple of friends.  We chilled at the Waffle House, almost went to Hickory Tavern, checked out Downtown Spartanburg, and ended up at the midnight showing of  "The Anointing of Dracula" at Converse College's Hazel B. Abbott theater.  "The Anointing of Dracula" was a well-written, well-acted, and well-designed play, know where it is okay to park at Converse College, Hickory Tavern's wait staff gave us immediate service before we changed our minds about being there, chocolate chip double waffles with syrup are pretty good, and Waffle House has a new breakfast item called the burger biscuit.

Speaking of which, if you are lacking anything to do on Halloween (or any given night), here are some suggestions for fun places to go and things to do:

• Go to Converse College's "The Anointing of Dracula" (if they do this again)
• Check out Hub-Bub's happenings such as Soapbox Sessions at http://www.hub-bub.com/events/ 
• Go to Interlude coffee shop; they usually have live music or movie nights
• Go to Wild Wing, Delaney's, Chief's, Hickory Tavern, Nu-Way, Sonny's Brick Oven, Mellow Mushroom, or any other similar place
• Watch a movie at the Spartan 16
• Play mini-golf, arcade games, batting cages, or ride go-karts at Blessed Fun at Funtasia
• Go bowling at one of the local alleys
• Check out an art gallery
• Look for downtown street festivals, such as Music on Main or Jazz on the Square
• Relive your inner child and check out one of Spartanburg County's haunted trails
• Chill at Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, Barnes & Noble, Panera Bread, Waffle House, Denny's, or IHoP
• Chill at the public library
• Find events on your campus or other college campuses
• Join a gym, work out, and take some free classes
• Give blood (or help your community out in another way)
• Enjoy a night eating out or having ice cream
• Find free dance classes in your area

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On a note somewhat related to The Senior Experience, many of you may also be as big of fans of the animated series "King of the Hill" as I am.  Well, Fox has decided to cancel the series, with their last new episodes airing during the 2009-2010 television season.  Many people of all ages loved this show and could identify with propane salesman Hank Hill and his love for and conflicts with his family, his co-workers, his friends, his neighbors, and the many con-artists or otherwise greedy characters who appeared on the show.  At least Fox did let "King" run 10 years longer than they did with another hilarious. critically-acclaimed yet low-rated series, "Arrested Development", which can be seen on G4 Sunday nights at 11-midnight.  Thankfully "King" has a bright future in reruns for years to come.  You can catch the series multiple times a day on cable's FX and weekday afternoons from 4-5 on the Upstate's WHNS-Fox Carolina (Channel 21). 

That does it for this week's edition of "The Senior Experience".