Alright, I'm on a Halloween kick.
Columbus Day has passed and now it's time to really start cranking up on getting ready for some fun. In just a couple short weeks, it will be upon us and there's lots of, well, enjoyment to enjoy...for everyone...if you just allow yourself to let go and have a good time. It's yours for the taking. Now take some! Take the child's way of thinking when it comes to getting all that candy...I want my piece, too. Get your piece of Halloween. 
Now, I know we're dealing with a bunch of adults here; not children. I know some of you are older than a young person. (Boy, do I know some of you are older...in age and action.) Who says 'old' people can't have fun for Halloween? It is what you make it. You may or may not have a house full of rug rats running around. That's a 'gimme' if you have kids. You GOTTA have Halloween. It's for the little ones...and secretly about us, too. You know you can't help but love Halloween for the smiles it brings and the memories of when you were that age. Let the spirit get into your spirit.
With the direction the holiday has taken, having to be so much more cautious, and the way the world is today, it's time we got a bit of enjoyment into our life...and we can take advantage of the one at hand. Now, who can pass up an opportunity like this? Now, don't be an old poop. Get with it and get you some Halloweenie!
Go ahead and do a little decorating, even if you're alone...even if you're a bachelor like me. I like to get in the mood, too. In my community, Halloween is the most popular party night...a gay national holiday. They do like to dress up in their costumes...and you see tons of drag queens that night! That's scary in itself. My gay gene has gone into dormancy and I've scaled back. I don't go all out anymore now that I no longer have a huge display size picture window on the front of my home.
I grabbed a hanging decoration I knew where I had stored and popped that on my front door. I'm too busy ramming around to haul both of my closets out looking for the rest. That will do this year. You don't have to turn your home into a haunted mansion to take part. I haven't made any plans yet. That will depend on Scott's schedule. I'm looking forward to just being a part of something and watching all the fun unfold around me...and others enjoying themselves.
I'd go a little further, but lugging pumpkins home on the bus from the supermarket just isn't cutting it. I need to worry about carrying food home more. They don't have roadside stands selling them here in the city like they do back home. I'd always have at least a couple nice sized jack o lanterns carved up.
That's a big part of Halloween...one that will never change. I had one year I carved a car load of jack o lanterns. I'm tallking, literally, a car full of those gourds. I managed bands at the time and one of my acts was performing a Halloween show in their 'home' bar. The place would be packed to the rafters. I figured I'd do a few for the stage...and so they could smash at the end of the show. On the afternoon before, I went to a road side farm stand to buy several. I asked the farmer the prices and he said to pick out what I wanted and make an offer. He'd let them go cheap being the day before. Most everyone had their pumpkins already. A light went off in my head.
Jokingly, I asked how much for a car load...if I filled my Lincoln Towne Car. He said $20. Sold! I filled that car so full...trunk, back seat, front passenger seat, floor. I even carried one on my lap as I drove. I had around 200 pumpkins to clean and cut up now. Me and my bright ideas. I stayed up all night and through the day carving jack o lanterns. I placed them everywhere throughout the bar...everywhere. 
It did add a couple hundred more faces to the crowd that night. Jack o lanterns are the official symbol of Halloween.
There's also a couple 'naughty' traditions that go hand in hand with all the rest. Some may get upset, but there are those who call it 'good, clean fun'.
There are 'pumpkin smashers' among us. They like to pick up your pumpkin and smash it on the street or sidewalk. 
Bad kids and bullies...brats. You've got to deal with them, though. They're the same one who try to snatch other kids bags of candy. I don't mind getting my pumpkins smashed...as long as it's after Halloween. 
Saves me from carrying it out to the trash. There's also the 'Tree TP-ers'. They grab a few rolls from home...and mom wonders what happened to that fresh four roll pack she bought last week.
You always learn you're out when you need to use it the most. A person is targeted and the rolls begin to get thrown around. Strands get draped throughout the limbs of a tree in front of someone's home. They get greeted with a free landscape decoration job done overnight.
Many people like to stay home with the family and answer the door to hand out treats. You can even be single and live alone and enjoy the visits by the beggars; see their costumes, share in the happiness. I used to have candy on hand to pass out. I always got my favorite kinds...so I had what I wanted as leftovers to eat. Even though I like to go out and party, the tricks or treaters came early enough to give out candy before I'd have to get ready to go out. I live in a secure building now and no one can get in. I'm not going to stand out on the street here handing it out, either. It's a wealthy neighborhood...and they bring kids from the poor parts of town in by the van full and turn them loose. They come in by droves on the city buses, too. I could see the headlines in the morning...One legged man mugged by Hello Kitty for a bag of candy. I've almost been pretty good when I've been shopping. I haven't bought too much. Alright, I admit it. I got a bag of milk chocolate Cool Ghoul Mix M&Ms...and some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...and I ate them! There...are you happy. I'm gonna buy more, too.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed I get to go out with Scott either the night before or the night of Halloween.
We've had some wild nights out together and Halloween was always the pinnacle. We'd make our rounds and try to hit several of the major bars where we knew there would be lots of action. There was one year, we went out as the S&M&Ms...a take off on the M&M theme. (S&M, for those who don't know, is short for sadomasochism, a type of lifestyle practiced around leather/biker bars...both gay and straight.) We got the same style red and green pullover shirts and glued an M&M 'M' on the front of each. We wore Zorro style masks, dressed in black, had leather arm bands, gloves and cap, handcuffs, chains, paddles and floggers/whips. We didn't win any prize, but got lots of laughs once people put two and two together after we told them we were S&M&Ms. I was the green one and you know what's said about green M&Ms.
Our celebrations are much more subdued now. We no longer go to the big clubs with lot of people. We go to a pub a few blocks south...some people, comfortable, no blaring music to drown out conversations. Scott doesn't even bother going in anything but his street clothes.
I at least wear an holiday appropriate shirt. Since I'll probably be going out just one night, I have three tees to choose from that I bought for last year...when I went out three nights in a row. I should let you decide for me and go with the Gather vote. One way or another, I'll have to wear at least one. 
I'll be out and about in the neighborhood and if I don't end up going out with Scott, I should drop by the pub here and have a cockatil or two, so I don't have to sit home alone all night on a holiday, especially with it being on a Friday night this year.
I could always wear just my ears and a smile and go streaking with my mechanical leg as the 'Naked Mouseketeer. Now wouldn't that be a scary sight. You wanna talk about fright night!
It doesn't matter what you do...simple to more elaborate. It's what you make of it. The fun is there for the taking. Why pass up the chance to enjoy a little? Do a little something...or do a lot. Just do something and have a good time. It's Halloween. Have a happy one. Boo!
Columbus Day has passed and now it's time to really start cranking up on getting ready for some fun. In just a couple short weeks, it will be upon us and there's lots of, well, enjoyment to enjoy...for everyone...if you just allow yourself to let go and have a good time. It's yours for the taking. Now take some! Take the child's way of thinking when it comes to getting all that candy...I want my piece, too. Get your piece of Halloween. Now, I know we're dealing with a bunch of adults here; not children. I know some of you are older than a young person. (Boy, do I know some of you are older...in age and action.) Who says 'old' people can't have fun for Halloween? It is what you make it. You may or may not have a house full of rug rats running around. That's a 'gimme' if you have kids. You GOTTA have Halloween. It's for the little ones...and secretly about us, too. You know you can't help but love Halloween for the smiles it brings and the memories of when you were that age. Let the spirit get into your spirit.
With the direction the holiday has taken, having to be so much more cautious, and the way the world is today, it's time we got a bit of enjoyment into our life...and we can take advantage of the one at hand. Now, who can pass up an opportunity like this? Now, don't be an old poop. Get with it and get you some Halloweenie!Go ahead and do a little decorating, even if you're alone...even if you're a bachelor like me. I like to get in the mood, too. In my community, Halloween is the most popular party night...a gay national holiday. They do like to dress up in their costumes...and you see tons of drag queens that night! That's scary in itself. My gay gene has gone into dormancy and I've scaled back. I don't go all out anymore now that I no longer have a huge display size picture window on the front of my home.
I grabbed a hanging decoration I knew where I had stored and popped that on my front door. I'm too busy ramming around to haul both of my closets out looking for the rest. That will do this year. You don't have to turn your home into a haunted mansion to take part. I haven't made any plans yet. That will depend on Scott's schedule. I'm looking forward to just being a part of something and watching all the fun unfold around me...and others enjoying themselves. I'd go a little further, but lugging pumpkins home on the bus from the supermarket just isn't cutting it. I need to worry about carrying food home more. They don't have roadside stands selling them here in the city like they do back home. I'd always have at least a couple nice sized jack o lanterns carved up.
That's a big part of Halloween...one that will never change. I had one year I carved a car load of jack o lanterns. I'm tallking, literally, a car full of those gourds. I managed bands at the time and one of my acts was performing a Halloween show in their 'home' bar. The place would be packed to the rafters. I figured I'd do a few for the stage...and so they could smash at the end of the show. On the afternoon before, I went to a road side farm stand to buy several. I asked the farmer the prices and he said to pick out what I wanted and make an offer. He'd let them go cheap being the day before. Most everyone had their pumpkins already. A light went off in my head. Jokingly, I asked how much for a car load...if I filled my Lincoln Towne Car. He said $20. Sold! I filled that car so full...trunk, back seat, front passenger seat, floor. I even carried one on my lap as I drove. I had around 200 pumpkins to clean and cut up now. Me and my bright ideas. I stayed up all night and through the day carving jack o lanterns. I placed them everywhere throughout the bar...everywhere. It did add a couple hundred more faces to the crowd that night. Jack o lanterns are the official symbol of Halloween.There's also a couple 'naughty' traditions that go hand in hand with all the rest. Some may get upset, but there are those who call it 'good, clean fun'.
There are 'pumpkin smashers' among us. They like to pick up your pumpkin and smash it on the street or sidewalk. Bad kids and bullies...brats. You've got to deal with them, though. They're the same one who try to snatch other kids bags of candy. I don't mind getting my pumpkins smashed...as long as it's after Halloween. Saves me from carrying it out to the trash. There's also the 'Tree TP-ers'. They grab a few rolls from home...and mom wonders what happened to that fresh four roll pack she bought last week. You always learn you're out when you need to use it the most. A person is targeted and the rolls begin to get thrown around. Strands get draped throughout the limbs of a tree in front of someone's home. They get greeted with a free landscape decoration job done overnight.Many people like to stay home with the family and answer the door to hand out treats. You can even be single and live alone and enjoy the visits by the beggars; see their costumes, share in the happiness. I used to have candy on hand to pass out. I always got my favorite kinds...so I had what I wanted as leftovers to eat. Even though I like to go out and party, the tricks or treaters came early enough to give out candy before I'd have to get ready to go out. I live in a secure building now and no one can get in. I'm not going to stand out on the street here handing it out, either. It's a wealthy neighborhood...and they bring kids from the poor parts of town in by the van full and turn them loose. They come in by droves on the city buses, too. I could see the headlines in the morning...One legged man mugged by Hello Kitty for a bag of candy. I've almost been pretty good when I've been shopping. I haven't bought too much. Alright, I admit it. I got a bag of milk chocolate Cool Ghoul Mix M&Ms...and some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups...and I ate them! There...are you happy. I'm gonna buy more, too.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed I get to go out with Scott either the night before or the night of Halloween.
We've had some wild nights out together and Halloween was always the pinnacle. We'd make our rounds and try to hit several of the major bars where we knew there would be lots of action. There was one year, we went out as the S&M&Ms...a take off on the M&M theme. (S&M, for those who don't know, is short for sadomasochism, a type of lifestyle practiced around leather/biker bars...both gay and straight.) We got the same style red and green pullover shirts and glued an M&M 'M' on the front of each. We wore Zorro style masks, dressed in black, had leather arm bands, gloves and cap, handcuffs, chains, paddles and floggers/whips. We didn't win any prize, but got lots of laughs once people put two and two together after we told them we were S&M&Ms. I was the green one and you know what's said about green M&Ms. Our celebrations are much more subdued now. We no longer go to the big clubs with lot of people. We go to a pub a few blocks south...some people, comfortable, no blaring music to drown out conversations. Scott doesn't even bother going in anything but his street clothes.
I at least wear an holiday appropriate shirt. Since I'll probably be going out just one night, I have three tees to choose from that I bought for last year...when I went out three nights in a row. I should let you decide for me and go with the Gather vote. One way or another, I'll have to wear at least one. I'll be out and about in the neighborhood and if I don't end up going out with Scott, I should drop by the pub here and have a cockatil or two, so I don't have to sit home alone all night on a holiday, especially with it being on a Friday night this year. I could always wear just my ears and a smile and go streaking with my mechanical leg as the 'Naked Mouseketeer. Now wouldn't that be a scary sight. You wanna talk about fright night!It doesn't matter what you do...simple to more elaborate. It's what you make of it. The fun is there for the taking. Why pass up the chance to enjoy a little? Do a little something...or do a lot. Just do something and have a good time. It's Halloween. Have a happy one. Boo!
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Unfortunately, someone spotted us and ratted us out to the apt. mgmt. They charged me $25 for the clean up. Ah well, it was funny at the time.
Which T-shirt? Nah, go for it. Just the mouse ears, nothin' else, or tie the punkin' t-shirt around your waist.
Yep, you've got it, always buy the candy to give out that you like the most. Always.
We're out in the middle of nowhere, really nowhere and still get a lot of kids - and we're not in a security apartment anymore (sigh), couldn't afford that one, still miss it and it's only about a mile from where we live now too. LOTS of kids there -- we'd just leave the doors open, (besides, the kids always figured out the security codes, so it didn't matter) and pass out candy.
Have fun, Rob.
Marilyn
I'm going as a Woman In Black this Halloween. I already have my Area 51 photo ID pass printed up.
I got a question for ya,, are there any clothes under them mickey mouse ears or did you lose them in the Naked Twister,, he he he
Hey, love the ears and you little naked self. My Rob will get a kick out of this article. Those ears will give him something to hold onto. Hee-Hee!
You are too fun and funny.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays