There are lines for everything. Lines for the iPhone, lines of kids dying to catch a peek at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at their Union Square book signing, steady lineups at Magnolia Bakery for cupcakes, and of course, plenty of lines all over Disneyland. There are also really depressing lines too – like the mile-long one I saw today at Grand Central for a job fair.

With so many people being laid off lately, you can’t help but wonder what things are going to be like in a week, a month, 6 months, a year. I might be “blogging” in chalk on the new york city streets instead of in my comfortable apartment, typing away on my mac and leisurely eating a bowl of pasta, all while enjoying the ambiance provided by a newly acquired Belle Fleur candle. Let’s just cross our fingers that that doesn’t end up happening.

In case you aren’t familiar with how dire the situation is really becoming, here are just a very few cuts being made in the world of magazines:

• Men’s VOGUE has been cut to just two issues a year and is being absorbed into VOGUE
• ELLE Accessories (which I’ve always bought but never found that ground-breaking) has been temporarily suspended for a year
• Conde Nast Portfolio is down to 10 issues a year
• RADAR and CosmoGIRL! have folded
• Time Inc (big poppa to InStyle) is laying off 600 employees

This may very well prove to be the scariest Halloween ever.