{"id":22589,"date":"2018-10-19T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=22589"},"modified":"2018-10-19T13:08:13","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:08:13","slug":"ways-to-get-in-a-spooky-mood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2018\/10\/19\/ways-to-get-in-a-spooky-mood\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Get in a Spooky Mood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The leaves are changing color, the days are getting shorter, and the air outside is getting colder, and you know what that means\u2026 it\u2019s getting closer and closer to Halloween! :^D Although Halloween may not be the #1 thing on our minds right now, here are a few ways to get into a ~spooky~ mood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Listen to some Halloween tunes.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Here\u2019s a playlist of some classic spooky songs that you can listen to while doing work, walking to class, or anything in between! (Fun fact: The song \u201cUma Thurman\u201d by Fall Out Boy uses samples from The Munsters theme so if it sounds familiar, that&#8217;s why!)&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/1268046447\/playlist\/6Ul2u2AC62HSPV0qENeGlN?si=ahuHJqiFSqOf0CLk9luKyw\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/1268046447\/playlist\/6Ul2u2AC62HSPV0qENeGlN?si=ahuHJqiFSqOf0CLk9luKyw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>2. Watch a Halloween movie! <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are plenty of great Halloween movies out there, but if you\u2019re unsure what to watch, here are some suggestions! If you want something light-hearted, but still Halloween-related, watch:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the \u201cScary Movie\u201d series<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Halloween Tree&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHocus Pocus\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or \u201cShaun of the Dead\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re looking for something slightly spooky, watch:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCoraline\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMonster House\u201d<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The Sixth Sense&#8221;<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or \u201cBefore I Wake\u201d <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re looking for something ~SPOOKY~, watch:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Conjuring\u201d <\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or \u201cThe Ring\u201d&nbsp;(viewer discretion advised for both!)<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Watch a Halloween-themed episode of your favorite TV show<\/strong>. Watching an episode of Halloween-themed TV is another great way to get into the spooky Halloween mood, especially since it requires less time than watching a movie!&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disney and Nickelodeon have some great episodes, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The Ghost in Suite 613&#8221; from \u201cThe Suite Life of Zack And Cody\u201d (S1 E19)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Don\u2019t Have a Cow&#8221; from \u201cThat\u2019s So Raven\u201d (S2 E2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Monster of Phinesas-n-Ferbenstein\u201d from &#8220;Phineas and Ferb&#8221; (S1 E22)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and &#8220;iScream on Halloween&#8221; from iCarly (S1 E7)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Netflix also has a few, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;The One with the Halloween Party&#8221; from \u201cFriends\u201d (S8 E6)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Too Old to Trick or Treat, Too Young to Die&#8221; from &#8220;That 70&#8217;s Show&#8221; (S3 E4)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The Rocky Horror Glee Show\u201d from &#8220;Glee&#8221; (S2 E5)<\/li>\n<li>and &#8220;Halloween&#8221; from \u201cThe Office\u201d (S2 E5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Decorate your dorm room with some DIY crafts.<\/strong> There are plenty of ways to spice up your room without having to spend any money! Get some butcher paper from 1508 and draw some paper pumpkins and ghosts for your walls, go to Open Studios on Thursdays to paint\/draw some scary decorations, or paint a miniature pumpkin at Pumpkinpalooza!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leaves are changing color, the days are getting shorter, and the air outside is getting colder, and you know what that means\u2026 it\u2019s getting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"featured_media":22600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1020],"tags":[2171,1973,1312,1975],"coauthors":[2982],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ae","tag-decorating","tag-fall","tag-halloween","tag-seasons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22589"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22635,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions\/22635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}