Halloween

Ah Halloween. My favorite holiday. There is just something about the fall, the night and scary things creeping in the dark. It's like being a kid again just for one night. Unfortunatly I am not doing anything this year for Halloween. I might get to next year, but I bet it's different in the land of sun. I guess I will see. I will hand out candy though, no sense in keeping others from the fun. Come to think though I just might make my mother and brother go out and score us some goods... they are the short ones, it just might work. I used to be able to go out myself, there is something quaint about a college kid going trick or treating in a college town. I guess they feel sorry for those of us who owe so much money to the government. Here take candy for a prize, yay all better.

Not to sound like a broken record but again the news has gotten me. It's not like i'm a bitcher, but I guess since I don't complain much in real life this is cathartic. So in Iowa, somewhere, they have decided that Pumpkins are mostly for decoration. innocuous enough, but what that means is that they are no longer considered food so they must now be taxed. wow. I'm sure that was a problem. Iowa makes a lot of produce, not fair if the government doesn't get it's cut. Only one question though- do white pumpkins count? Maybe we should tax all gourds since we use them all for decorations clear through to Thanksgiving. Turkey too? Never fear though. If you really want to eat a pumpkin you don't have to pay a tax. As long as you fill out tax exempt forms. Yep, the pumpkin tax is worth the trees it takes for the paper. C'mon Iowa- Rise up and throw your firey Jack o Lantens into the bay! Fight the power!

I guess there is no real reason not to get the fake pumpkins now, I mean they last forever, and who wants to deal with candles anyway?

Not much to report on the trip front today, the route is planned out and the music is loaded into the ipods. Now all that is left is to find all the "World's Largest" stops on the way. This is going to be a trip to remember.

Enjoy the ghouls and ghosts, and look out for the killer grannies with razor blade apples!
Happy Halloween!



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So long sweet summer...

Virgin

This is my first post. I've never blogged before, but being that I am about to move to a new city and state I figured I might cronicle the starting of my new life here. To be filled with... a fraction of what bounces around in my head.

You can check out my profile iffin you want to know anything about me, but for now here is the skinny:

It's the day before Halloween. When I was younger it was called Devil's night. Now I hear on the news that they are calling it Angel's night. Now usually I don't watch the news for this very reason. On most days my blood pressure is pretty low, but if anything can change that it's the propoganda machine called the media. I guess over the years no one has bothered to question their fear mongering, and yea verily they grow ever bolder. I am not a consperacy kinda guy (I take MY meds) but either something is going on or people really do want to be lemmings. I thought this was the information age? Missinformation maybe. But I digress. Get used to it.
So the sole reason for calling it Angel's night is to deter people from doing bad things like arson or murder. Yep, as long as I'm reminded by a simplistic black or white concept I don't get into trouble. Thanks. I understand that it does get worse every year, I'm no anarchist- but this tastes more like ignoring the real problem. Maybe if they hadn't cracked down on all the toilet paper, eggs, and bags'o'shit in years past things might not be so bad. If you really need to raise some hell, you might as well go all the way 'cause even if you pull something mostly innocuous your still getting jailtime. Might as well torch shit. Well BIG shit.

And on a simmilar note- what happened to Halloween? I'm not gonna bitch like some old man (I NEVER walked to school let alone up hill) but it does seem to have changed. I never minded the occasional old lady or do gooder giving apples or other "healthy" and "fun" fare, that really made things fun. Now instead of the occasional responsible adult, all over the news and tv they are now having segments about candy alternatives to give. Now i don't feel so special when the one old lady down the street gives me an apple. I knew she smelled and I knew SHE cared! Now you can't tell the people who care from yuppie fucks. Yay for the 21 century. You can't even give an apple any more! I'm sure there are some mystified old ladies rotting in jail because they were nice enough to make popcorn balls, and I know she suspected that it went un appreciated, but damnit she cared!

And one more thing I have to get out before Halloween so it doesn't ruin my holiday. What is going on with Halloween? Parents are arranging parties for young kids to giive candy to each other? Parent's take their kids to the school to go door to door to classrooms? Herasy. When I was young that was durring school time and was called the trial run. Good time to find out if you needed to fix your costume. And the news again is not helping. They report conflicting news. On one hand they say Halloween stored are more lucrative than ever. Then they say that more and more schools and communities are banning Halloween. And guess what? These are not even overbaringly Christian! Actually the churches and Christian schools are starting to do more for Halloween. What happened? When I was growing up they were trying to destroy Halloween. But I guess if the Yuppie Fucks are doing it for fear of their babies then well, whatever they can do to fight the godless heathens.

Sigh. I feel better. A bit. This is long enough for a post I think, and it's time to go finnish packing. I'm on my way to the city of Angels to start a new life. I'll try to chronicle the journy and everything after. For now I'm getting rid of nearly everything I own. My worldly belongings must fit into one car. If there is anyone out there listening- Happy Halloween!

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As clever as the invention of pillow cases...