Happy Halloween
Oct 31, 7:41 am
Growing up we didn’t celebrate Halloween in the traditional sense. It just didn’t fit well with our family ideals. So it has never been an important holiday to me, it’s just not a day I feel compelled to celebrate. In fact, writing this blog may be the most remotely festive thing I’ll do this Halloween. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the effort made by others to enjoy it or that I don’t have any fond Halloween memories, because I do.
From birth to my teens, my brother, sister and I were not allowed sweets, sugar or even juice. Almost very meal was all natural, homemade and extremely healthy. Occasionally we would get treats but it was only on special occasions or from baby sitters, grandparents and other outside influences. Going trick or treating was out of the question. Especially when every one knows all the candy is filled with razor blades and drugs from weirdoes and child molesters.
Since we were not allowed to trick or treat, my parents came up with a brilliant alternative. They would take us to the grocery store and we were allowed to pick out whatever we wanted. This was way better then trick or treating because I could get anything! I would get things like sugar cane stalks, pomegranates, a jar of pickles, mostly weird fruits and foods that we would always ask for but could never have due to price or our family diet. The best thing about it was, I wouldn’t have to share anything I got with my brother and sister. It was the greatest thing ever for me when I was a kid. I loved it.
When I was going to High School in Seattle I went trick-or-treating my freshman year. It was fun to run around at night with all my friends. We hit up all the wealthy neighborhoods armed with a pillowcase and a mask looking for the big score (the regular size candy bars, not those little mini ones). It rained all night, by the end of it, my pillowcase full of candy and I were completely waterlogged! Yet, I had a blast being out at night on my own, taking short cuts through the scary woods, running the streets at night in a howling pack of wild teenagers. I filled that pillowcase with more candy then I ever had at one time. Once it dried out, it lasted me the entire month of November.
In Texas, Halloween was celebrated with Junior / Senior egg wars. That is until the cops got involved and then it was Boswell High School against the Tarrant County Sheriffs department. They went as far as employing helicopters, gang units and banning stores from selling eggs to any one under 18. Driving around the area at night you would see packs of kids lined up surrounded by police cars with confiscated crates of eggs like some twisted drug bust. It was kind of awesome. I don’t condone running from the cops or egging police cruisers, but, they drew first blood.
I still don’t really celebrate Halloween to this day. It doesn’t mean I’m above giving out candy, going to parties or dressing up. I just don’t decorate my house or look for stuff to do for Halloween. Usually I only do something if it is for work. Like when I dressed up as Lara Croft, everyone was going to come to work in costume. I thought since Angelina Jolie was going to be there, I would base my costume off the movie instead of the video game. She asked to have her picture taken with me. It was really cool.
When I dressed up as a Mexican wrestler it was for our Halloween themed Monster House wrap party – Rigney and I wrestled on the dance floor and almost won a costume contest. I later got hurt and couldn’t go to his friend’s big Halloween bash a few nights later and he had to go by himself. ;(
With all of that being said, this year I plan on staying home, playing some games and giving candy to trick-or-treating kids that come to my door. Maybe I’ll give out toothbrushes or boxes of raisins…hahaha…just joking.
I hope all of you have a wonderful Halloween however you decide to spend it. Be safe, take taxi’s, no drinking and driving and I want to see photos of it all posted {here} and most importantly, don’t forget to have your candy checked for razor blades and drugs.
Oct 31, 7:41 am
Growing up we didn’t celebrate Halloween in the traditional sense. It just didn’t fit well with our family ideals. So it has never been an important holiday to me, it’s just not a day I feel compelled to celebrate. In fact, writing this blog may be the most remotely festive thing I’ll do this Halloween. That doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the effort made by others to enjoy it or that I don’t have any fond Halloween memories, because I do.
From birth to my teens, my brother, sister and I were not allowed sweets, sugar or even juice. Almost very meal was all natural, homemade and extremely healthy. Occasionally we would get treats but it was only on special occasions or from baby sitters, grandparents and other outside influences. Going trick or treating was out of the question. Especially when every one knows all the candy is filled with razor blades and drugs from weirdoes and child molesters.
Since we were not allowed to trick or treat, my parents came up with a brilliant alternative. They would take us to the grocery store and we were allowed to pick out whatever we wanted. This was way better then trick or treating because I could get anything! I would get things like sugar cane stalks, pomegranates, a jar of pickles, mostly weird fruits and foods that we would always ask for but could never have due to price or our family diet. The best thing about it was, I wouldn’t have to share anything I got with my brother and sister. It was the greatest thing ever for me when I was a kid. I loved it.
When I was going to High School in Seattle I went trick-or-treating my freshman year. It was fun to run around at night with all my friends. We hit up all the wealthy neighborhoods armed with a pillowcase and a mask looking for the big score (the regular size candy bars, not those little mini ones). It rained all night, by the end of it, my pillowcase full of candy and I were completely waterlogged! Yet, I had a blast being out at night on my own, taking short cuts through the scary woods, running the streets at night in a howling pack of wild teenagers. I filled that pillowcase with more candy then I ever had at one time. Once it dried out, it lasted me the entire month of November.
In Texas, Halloween was celebrated with Junior / Senior egg wars. That is until the cops got involved and then it was Boswell High School against the Tarrant County Sheriffs department. They went as far as employing helicopters, gang units and banning stores from selling eggs to any one under 18. Driving around the area at night you would see packs of kids lined up surrounded by police cars with confiscated crates of eggs like some twisted drug bust. It was kind of awesome. I don’t condone running from the cops or egging police cruisers, but, they drew first blood.
I still don’t really celebrate Halloween to this day. It doesn’t mean I’m above giving out candy, going to parties or dressing up. I just don’t decorate my house or look for stuff to do for Halloween. Usually I only do something if it is for work. Like when I dressed up as Lara Croft, everyone was going to come to work in costume. I thought since Angelina Jolie was going to be there, I would base my costume off the movie instead of the video game. She asked to have her picture taken with me. It was really cool.
When I dressed up as a Mexican wrestler it was for our Halloween themed Monster House wrap party – Rigney and I wrestled on the dance floor and almost won a costume contest. I later got hurt and couldn’t go to his friend’s big Halloween bash a few nights later and he had to go by himself. ;(
With all of that being said, this year I plan on staying home, playing some games and giving candy to trick-or-treating kids that come to my door. Maybe I’ll give out toothbrushes or boxes of raisins…hahaha…just joking.
I hope all of you have a wonderful Halloween however you decide to spend it. Be safe, take taxi’s, no drinking and driving and I want to see photos of it all posted {here} and most importantly, don’t forget to have your candy checked for razor blades and drugs.
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