I wish I had something to write that is witty or profound or newsworthy. Alas, I do not. I live a dull life, as Uncle would say. We had a nice time at the “Nose” opera; I spent the afternoon dictating charts. For dinner, we ate at the local sushi diner. Then we walked the dog looking for Hallowe’en decorations. We organized a grocery list for a Hallowe’en dinner. As you can see, this sort of gay-lifestyle reprobate living is near-guaranteed to destroy marriages and bring the nation down. Around us I don’t hear any houses falling down so far. I suppose I must try harder tomorrow.
Seeing the orange lights around the neighborhood and reading the recipes for Thursday cheered me up. It gets harder with each passing year to squeeze some more magic out of the tetrad holiday of Hallowe’en, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.* The part of me which thinks ‘Why bother” grows stronger every year. Since we are trying to watch our diets, the Hallowe’en candy, the Thanksgiving feast, and the avalanche of Christmas cookies coming out of kitchen would not be missed this year if it was all canceled.
Tomorrow we go get the Hallowe’en candy and pick out our pumpkins, which I hope stirs up some happy hallowe’en holiday spirit.
Speaking of spirits, here is one of my favorite childhood Hallowe’en stories. a six minute long bed time story of Georgie the Ghost.
* Department stores manage to combine the holiday tetrad into a monad, demonstrated by the pumpkins next to the turkeys, which are next to santa clauses on every self.
9 comments
October 26, 2013 at 7:51 PM
Ron
Halloween is perhaps my favorite holiday but I have been unable to celebrate it in a proper manner for several years now. Most because I’ve had to work that night. Just once, I would love to go to a grand Halloween ball in a fantastic costume (not drag) before I become a real life ghoul.
Ron
October 26, 2013 at 8:13 PM
anne marie in philly
ooooooooooh, look! “music composed and conducted by joseph raposo”. doesn’t ring a bell, huh? raposo was a composer on “sesame street” for many many years; “rubber ducky”, “a little bit at the beginning”, “I’m an aardvark”, “that’s about the size of it”, etc.
he is now deceased and was married to NY critic pat collins. see more fun facts here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Raposo
and that is your history lesson for the day. (bows)
October 26, 2013 at 8:47 PM
Jay
I was hoping for more of a review of The Nose. I was curious but not curious enough to drag my weary butt to the Cinema.. As for the Holidays. I stopped celebrating them a couple of years ago. Amazing how liberating it is. I was actually thinking of fasting for Thanksgiving as most of the traditional dishes will contain wheat and I have lost 7 lbs since the first of October by giving up wheat. Which it turns out is not good for you after it was genetically modified.
October 27, 2013 at 2:40 AM
Mitchell is Moving
I haven’t enjoyed Halloween for a very long time. (I always worry it means I might have to turn in my “gay card.”) As for “Georgie,” I’d never heard of it (I was 12 when it was written… too old, I guess). Hope the audio brings brought sweet memories for you.
October 27, 2013 at 4:35 AM
Raybeard
I was pleased when Georgie’s spirits were raised again.
October 27, 2013 at 7:26 AM
Stan
When I was younger and more of my pals were alive there was always a Halloween party to attend and a costume to plan for. Invites are non existent now and like most of the Holidays they just pass by as fast as they seem to come around again.
October 27, 2013 at 7:39 AM
truthspew
The last full time job I had – Halloween was a big deal. I have photos somewhere – it was incredible. My unit though – we were the wayward stepchild unit. Never went to company meetings, if we did we’d watch online or we’d hang out at the very back of the gathering.
But Halloween – we did a cauldron with dry ice and warm water. Nice rolling fog from that one.
However the company I work for now – an email went out this past week. They’re trying to get halloween off the ground there. And I’ll do everything I can to quash it.
October 27, 2013 at 3:25 PM
zeph
Holidays mean nothing to me any more but, I remember when they did. Heh. Well, it’s been a long time since I was a kid. Although there was this one Halloween with my first boyfriend, me in hippie garb and him in a sort of Grecian/Indian wrap that tended to fall off… ah, that’s been a while too, but definitely memorable. Definitely, definitely.
November 22, 2013 at 9:40 PM
Erik Rubright
I somehow managed to skip Halloween. I think mostly because I worked that day.