Maybe I'll actually be able to see it

Halley's fizzled for me. Hale-Bopp was a fuzzy patch in the city lights. Maybe this new comet will be spectacular, as they're saying it might be able to be seen in the daytime:

Newly Found Comet Could Outshine the Moon

The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center predicts Comet ISON could be visible without binoculars or telescopes to skywatchers on Earth from early November through the first few weeks of January 2014.