Halloween Edition

Halloween used to be fun for me. Dress up as whatever you want, run around at night, bother adults and get them to give you candy. There were those adults that spoiled Halloween by given out pennies instead. Even worse was when some guy came to the door and said we don't celebrate Halloween...What?!?! I don't really care whether or not he celebrates the day, but still you have to hand out some freaking candy!!!

Anyways, now that I'm out of college and such, I realize that its not all that great to begin with. First off, its not a holiday because we do not get the day off. Holidays are days when you get to rest from school/work. Therefore, Halloween was never a holiday, just like St. Patrick's Day. Columbus Day was a holiday until I went to college. And now that I'm out of school, winter break and summer break and spring break are no longer holiday break times. My 3 months of summer break is now replaced with 4th of July and that's it.

So back to Halloween. Costumes used to be cool. I remember the generic one that every kid wore in elementary school: The Ninja Turtle. The other popular one was the Power Ranger. I remember my favorite costume. I was the Monopoly Guy, complete with Monopoly Money running out of my pockets. The costume wasn't as great as the one in the picture, it was better. It came complete with a big rubber mask that smelled like gasoline, and after 5 minutes, you had to take it off or suffocate.

So now that I've demoted myself to handing out candy to the kids, I'm expecting some lame kids to show up at my door. Then again, there's the adults only costumes too. Not that its a bad thing, I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't mind seeing people in these "costumes", so long as they fit the costume properly...then again, it is Elvis...

So, have a great Halloween, start a petition to make it a holiday and I'll be first to sign. For kids, have fun collecting candy; for adults, have fun doing whatever adults do on Halloween.

And please stay away from my house, I'm busy playing video games or something. So stay away...unless you look like this:

Happy Halloween!!!