Happy Halloween

Halloween once again. I haven't gone trick or treating since I was eleven so I'm doing what I do every year since. Sit at home and eat lots of sugary foods. I did dress up though, I was a private school boy, note that I'm not a private school girl because its way too cold to be walking around in a short skirt. Not that I would do actually do that unless I was going somewhere with my close friends, in which case it doesn't really matter what I'm wearing. The surprising thing about this year is that nobody has set off a fire alarm with firecrackers. I was so surprised at the end of the day, I kept waiting for it to happen. I kind of miss having Halloween the way I used to when I was little and it seemed like such a big thing. We would have class parties in elementary school and I would be so bubbly and excited for the entire day and I would keep waiting for the sun to go down so I could go out and get candy. It seems that with every holiday, it becomes less of a big deal as you get older. Christmas used to have the whole Santa Claus, hanging up stockings, the big dinner where all your relatives come over and you get to play with the cousins you don't normally see. Now its just scoffing at the commercialization of every major holiday, dreading the horrid shopping trips for presents, and writhing with agony inside as you get interrogated by various relatives and being forced to make conversation with cousins that have nothing in common with you. Same with Easter. No more hope that the Easter bunny will come and give you chocolate or having Easter Egg hunts. The only exception might be Valentine's Day. It becomes a bigger deal as you get older. You find yourself hoping you might have a secret admirer out there with roses and chocolates for you when you see all the "happy happy" couples out there celebrating (some celebrating with more PDA than necessary), but that's a load of complaining about my crappy love life that could be saved for another day's blogging.

Happy Halloween!