Sadly as I have gotten older and my permanently mounted gray
mask has gotten scarier, it seems my interest in Halloween has waned a bit.
This is particularly irritating given the fact that the rest of the world seems
to be turning toward the orange light and embracing the pseudo holiday with invigorated
fervor. Why now is everyone showing up so late to this party since when I was
on board, my Mummy used to preach to me about my impaired judgment for handing out
candy to kids from the back of my van.
I really did not see the problem since children scare me
every other day of the year so what’s the big deal with putting out a little
pay-back every 31st of October? What else am I to do with that big bag
of five year old fun-sized bars of chalky chocolate and a dusty dish of ribbon
candy from last Christmas? You don’t expect me to feed that stuff to my pet
llama do you because I’m almost positive he will spit it out at me.
Who really likes this season of the pumpkin except for the
reason it gives to make tasty pie crusts, play with cans of aerosol whipped
cream, and lord over locker room sunflowers with the sheer size of their seeds?
I don’t need some ghost holiday to tell me that being hopped up on sugar and
glowing in the dark is a little more fun than a carefully regulated lifestyle. Hey
I already know a little something about being a ‘batty’ pagan, irresponsibly wolfing down a week’s worth of
overpriced chocolate in a day, and hanging out on the web so what’s so special about All Hallows Eve?
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