Halloween confession
October 28, 2007I have to make a confession: Halloween is probably my least favorite holiday. The pressure of finding a good costume, the disgusting makeup and accessories (all makeup is semi-disgusting to me), the scary movies/amusement parks (the people jumping out at you out of nowhere — I’m not a fan of that).
Maybe you had to experience it as a child to develop a taste for it. I got a free pass for most of my childhood once we started going to church and they discouraged celebrating Halloween. But I really don’t have a good excuse anymore.
I also have a costume story from back in high school:
One of my boy scout leaders called me up one day because one of his neighbors needed some help. Well it turns out that it wasn’t just some yardwork — he needed help moving stuff around in his costume warehouse about 30 minutes away. And I was the only kid helping him.
Anyway, it got dark, and my parents got increasingly worried (”You’re where??” “It’s just you?!” “You’re going to be there for how long???!”), so they came and insisted that the costume people let me go. But they didn’t really want to because there was still half the warehouse left to move. So there was kind of a confrontation, but I eventually did go.
And they paid me $30, but then I lost it!
November 1, 2007 at 10:20 am
i got kicked out of boy scouts. once on halloween the leader was bobbing for apples, sticking his head in a big tub of floating apples. he was bald. i made some jackass comment about mr. clean. a couple of days later the scout leader called my dad and said that he thought the boy scouts just weren’t for us.
November 1, 2007 at 11:48 am
I hear you about Halloween - I don’t mind it…but I don’t love it either. Have to say my LEAST favorite is New Year’s Eve.
November 4, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Scott: That sucks. Geez, if it’s Halloween, and you’re bobbing for apples, this would be an appropriate time to lighten up. Just think of all the camping experiences, 10-mile hikes, and peeing into soda cans that you missed because of this guy.
Trevor: Thank you! I thought I was the only one. Can’t say too much either way about NYE, I usually sleep through it, like I do with Daylight Savings. “What? The year changed? What’s for breakfast?”