Happy Halloween!!!

Halloween is probably my favorite holiday of the year (if only people would start giving my Xmas presents on Halloween, it would be almost perfect).  Actually it is probably one of my favorite days of the year. 

Halloween is a magical day where someone can be almost anything. i'm going as a homicidal maniac this year.  i guess the real irony is that people can be more themselves by dressing up like someone else.  Halloween is also filled with "scary" themes and images.  These mythical creatures could beat the crap out of Hermey.  Xmas decorations are a little too cutesy.  Halloween allows you to be a little darker in tone.  i guess you get candy too, so that is a plus. 

i was supposed to get to go Trick or Treating this year (as an observer - and keep most of the candy for myself - <insert evil laugh here>), but some idiot couldn't behave or keep their mouth shut for a whole 3 days.  Why does there have to be an age limit?  Shouldn't 30 somethings be able to go trick or treating without kids?  i think so. 

"Halloween" is an annoying old song by Kay Lande and Wade Denning that tends to get stuck in my head - despite me not knowing all of the lyrics (thank you very much elementary school music teacher - i want to say Mrs. Coaker).  "H A double L O W double E N spells Halloween".  "Witches' Brew" by Hap Palmer is a little less memorable.

Halloween specials: there really aren't very many good ones.  There is the Charlie Brown Halloween (a lot less preachy than the Xmas one).  Why would people give a kid rocks instead of candy?  Don't they know there is a better than average chance they get returned, through a window, at a high velocity.  Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza place usually had decent Halloween episodes (i wish that series was on DVD).  Oh yeah another Halloween special is A Pinky and the Brain Halloween.  Well it is, if you need help finding the food pellets. 

i really didn't have the money or the space to decorate this year for Halloween (too bad i lost the pictures of my room when my computer failed.)  However, i might hit Spirit Halloween store tomorrow when everything is 50% off (for some little stuff). 

For those of you out there who want pictures of my pumpkins this year, here you go...

Reaper design lit by an LED flashlight (poorly).  "R"s are fricking hard.  Done from stencil.

Bad carving job, lit with an LED flashlight on a table.  Done from stencil. The "shadow effect" on the back doesn't work.