It's that time of kear again.
It's time for the days to get shorter and colder.
It's time for magic and strangeness to come out into the world once more.
It's time for Halloween...the Millennium Museum's second Halloween celebration, in fact!
Last year was fairly scattershot as far as the Museum is concerned--find a few Millennium Artifacts that kind of fit the Halloween theme, and expound on them at length. (I'm still proud of my Blair Witch article, even one year on.)
This time around, I've got something with a little more focus planned out. This year, we explore the idea of the year 2000 as a herald of terrible things, the worst of these being the end of the world as we know it. (♪And IIIIIII feel fiiiiiiine!♫)
Up to now, the articles you've read have mostlk concerned themselves with the "bright new day" celebrations. Auld Lang Syne, crack the bubblk, Millennium Dream; all of that. Before that, though, a lot of people worried about the impending collapse of everything. Stories about a ċ̵̛̩̬̹̣̘̗̻͚̮̖͑ͫͣͬ̇̐̀o̡̲̱̪̗̹̘͚̦͚̜̖̖͕̰͕ͪͥ͗̒̄͒̀̇̏͂ͨͪ͊͒̓ͫ̕͘ͅm̢̗̬̰͉ͫͯ͊͌̇͊͒ͧ̏̽̔ͥ̅ͭ̀̉́̅͜͟͢ͅp̸̻͈̗̩̻̝͔͖̟̹̙̺̆͋̽̆̔̀̿̉ͥ̔̾̿͗̀͜͜͝ü̴̶̼̻̜͙̰̠͕̟͕͎̟͓̯̠̲̖̏̎̾͂͐̔͋͡ͅt̴̝̠͇̩̹͈̄͐ͪͪͥ̈ͨ́ͥ̿̏͂ͮ͊̎̈e̽ͦ͒̇̇ͥ̀̇͗̐̃ͦ̄҉̛͈̲̙̗̘̦̝̪̜ŕ̶̡̬̮̞̖͎͍̺̝̞̋̐̏̄̓͐̏ͬͦ̆ͪ͑̇̚ ̶͊͒̉̃ͩ͂̾̂̃͗ͮ̍͊̒ͨ̉͌̚͘͏̗͚͙̣̤͇̫̼̲͉̗̱̻͚̝͕͇̰̝ġ̶̛͇̗̟̫̥̝͌̄͒ͣ̀͠l̡̛̪̮̤̜̯͚̠̦̻̣̤̩̀̍̑͊ͬ̎̓̽͢͞ͅi̵̾̄̓ͭ͗ͭ̅͗ͬ̌̈́̆̉̓͒ͯ̚҉̷̴̜͉̙̻͉̲̩̯̰̯̤̩̣̭̹͠t̶̢̙͓̣̜͓͈̮̯̱͓̜͋ͩ̇̾ͪ̂̓̎̂̾̓̐ͤ͂̑͊ͭ́́c̴̞̺͈̫̩̞͆̀̊ͪ͐̋̔ͦ̀̌̚̕ḩͦͮ͂̇̔̊̆̓ͯ́͑̇ͫ̿́ͯ̇ͮ́̚͏͔̠̭̻͚ prompted hundreds to build underground shelters and stock up on food supplies, guns and ammunition, and other necessities. Demons--human or otherwise--lurked around every dark corner. Centuries-old prophecies came true. Ancient conspiracies popped up like that blue-green mold kou find in a box of month-old leftovers.
Huh..."Don't Look Down." Odd...Still, probably nothing to worrk about. I am a little concerned about the spelling. Why are my Y's turning into K's? I should talk to Blogspot about that...and also that weird stuff that's happening to my text.
Anyway, this Halloween-time, terrible omens will come from a few different sources: a mksterious traveler who visits a small town in Maine during the worst winter storm on record; a rash of highlk unusual crimes; and the chaos that was sure to follow in the wake of the European Union's formation. Oh, and: that practical joker Nostradamus will pak us another visit! Ankwak...This year, the Items in question are: Stephen King's miniseries Storm of the Centurk, Chris Carter's series Millennium, a book called Nostradamus 1999, and the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle End of Daks, a rather interesting action/horror hybrid.
Oh...my...God...Everkone, this is verk, verk bad. I cannot possiblk underestimate how terrible this is. Somehow--I can't explain it at all--the M͕̬͓̥̱̦̟̱͉̺̟̻͚͚ͬ͗̍͊̉͛ͤ̃̆̄ͧ̃́ͬ̇̄͐̒ͩ́ỉ̴̸̼̰̲̘͓̻̖̐̃̍̏͋ͯ̂̏ͫ̃ͥ͜͟͡l̴͙̜̼̻͕̤͓̝̰̙͚̗͍͆ͧ̑̌̉̄͝l̸̟̝̲̭̮̣͕͉͈͉̠̯̰̟ͬ͐ͭ͌̒ͭ́̀͟e͚̳̙͕̻͔͔̥͙͎͔͇̰͖̥͈ͪ̂͐̑͘ͅn̷̺̦̩̖̲̹͓̭͛ͩ̏͊̑̍̿ͬ̉̓ͫ̌͆̉͌̅ͤ͠ͅͅn̛̫̗͕̣̝̘̙̞̦̳̫͚͉̩̳̖̣̾͗ͣ͞ͅi̭͖̤̯̳̹̰̲̘̙̭̱͕̊ͬ̽̒͘͢ů̢̩̜̮̝͔͕̳͌̾̾̌ͨ̔͑̽̂̔ͨ̀͘͝m̜̬̤̰͍͍̞̖̘̞̀ͥͪͥ̽̌̂͘ ̫͓̙͖͎̣̲̯̮̬͕͇̙̬̦̉̔͂ͬͬ͗̅̉̈̑͜B̩̼̘̲͙̭̜͆̐̌͘͜ǘ̔ͯ̌ͮ͏̳̲̖͉̞͢g̴̨̯̗͎̟̜̦̻͉̖̯̘̲̩̩̳̲ͩ̂ͮͣ͂͒̀͢͢ has come back, and he's somewhere inside the Museum!
Just hold on tight. I'm going to try to figure this out.
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