Slugs live in piles of dead leaves

It was just this last week that the leaves began to cover the pavement with a calico carpet of oranges and yellows. The week before, the leaves on the ground were either green or sickly brown, but now it is fall. This means that Halloween is around the corner, followed by Thanksgiving, with Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa tripping along right after - the celebratory slippery slope of excitement that leads to a bitter winter. After gliding through December, you are deposited unceremoniously into the bleakness of January, February, and March with nary a vacation in sight. The warm candles and turkey of Thanksgiving and the hot cider of December are gone and there are no breaks from the drudgery of work. This is it - your chance - you can cram in as much warmth and vacation as you can. Here is your soundtrack:

Crunchy Leaves

• The Start of Something / Voxtrot
• Love is an Arrow / Aberfeldy
• Contort Yourself / James Chance
• EEEAAASSSEEE BAAACCCKKKKKK / The Black Lipstick Octopus Project
• Hooplas Involving Circus Tricks / Say Hi to Your Mom
• Our Happiest Days Slowly Began to Turn Into Dust / Red Sparowes
• A Friend Like You / Aberfeldy
• The Twitch / James Chance
• Music is Happiness / The Octopus Project
• Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes / Red Sparowes
• Let’s Talk About Spaceships / Say Hi to Your Mom