This is Halloween

Being such a fan of the holiday (bet you couldn't tell), I would be remiss to not write a little something in dedication to the wonderful day of every year that is Halloween. And since I'm going to a retreat tomorrow for the whole weekend (you'll probably hear about that), I'll type to you on Halloween Eve. Or, Hallow's Eve Eve.

I love Halloween. I love the pumpkin carving, the movies, trick or treating, dressing up, the candy, even the weather. Who can say no to going out as the Phantom of the Opera on a crisp fall New England night with your best friends, knocking on doors, and asking for candy? I really can't understand the hatred surrounding it here. I mean, sure, you might not think its origins are of the most savory nature, I get that. But I just want to have fun with my buds, enjoy a smorgasbord of sweets, and then watch scary movies until the sugar highs pass and we all collapse from exhaustion. I don't want to go outside and dress like a demon and prance around all night.

It just frustrates me, that's all. The kids growing up here are just kinda trained to hate it, and I wish that for once they could just like have a Halloween party at school so people could realize that it just might not be the most heathen thing to do on a Friday night.

But, no matter what anyone says, I will still wake up to my The Nightmare Before Christmas alarm clock, I will still wear orange, black tomorrow, I will still eat my horded American M&M's, I will still drink energy drinks, and I will still watch "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", Beetlejuice", "Ghostbusters", and "Cloverfield" in one sitting. If, by next year, I do anything less to celebrate, please, by all means, slap me across the face. But, in 2008, it's gonna be a good Halloween indeed.


-Will

P.S.- HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


"There's children throwing snowballs, instead of throwing heads. They're busy making toys and absolutely no one's dead!"