HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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The author here! I am pleased to see so many people following this blog. We wish to wish all you little Froudlings and Wizards a safe, happy Halloween. Grace and Christina donned transformations for the holiday. (Grace doesn't like the wings and Christina is insulted to be in a pig suit but some sacrifices had to be made for the photo shoot. ^_^)

This could be a short post, but I wanted to rant a little bit on this holiday. It's from what my mom ordered me not to do - give away homemade cookies for the trick-or-treaters.

I know that there are a lot of sick sick people out there who would put razor blades and roaches in their treats to hurt kids and cut open their tongues. I am so angry at these people - they ruin the spirit of the holiday. Now that it's against policy to give homemade goods to anyone but your family and friends(you can but they'll be trashed and wasted), it makes me upset. Isn't Halloween a time to make new friends by talking to the kids who come to your door and yell "Trick or Treat?" Even if it's just to compliment their costumes, you make a sort of temporary rapport with them. Even if you never see them again, it's nice to see new kids every year make the pilgrimage in their costumes. Halloween was created in such a manner - ancient people wore costumes of goblins to scare away demons and exchange treats to appease the pagan gods. It's a fun holiday with the only food obligation, unlike the later holidays of Thanksgiving and Christmas, being handing out candy.

I wanted to do something different this year and I can't because of the policy. I'm sure some people can vouch for my honesty and the fact that I would NEVER EVER do something as sadistic as stick nasty things into a kid's candy. But I can't give away anything but unhealthy processed brand name candy stuffed into sealed plastic because the policy says so. It's a conspiracy!

I apologize if you got upset at this rant. I just wanted to get that off of my chest. I'm poor, making minimum wage, and I have to spend that money I earn(and later found out is paying my bills so I can't have that money when it goes into my trust fund, even more of a slap to the face) and that I want to use to keep the Frugal Conjurer and her friends questing in Avalon by refreshing their paid time... and now I need to use it to buy Halloween candy? As Charlie Brown would say...

I am sorry if I am reading too much into this, my autistic tendencies make me frustrated and feel stifled. I know I can probably do something cool next year for Halloween. But for now, I will have to be content with handing out candy I bought with my own money. I am not following my mom's advice to just isolate myself and not give out treats this year. I enjoy it when kids come by in their cute costumes(bought or made) and shout those words that made Halloween special.

Of course, kids might not come by this year. I got a slow Halloween night last year. Happy Halloween anyways and may the Lost Souls not haunt your dreams, cheers! ^_^


(NVM - My dad said that if I want to give out candy to trick-or-treating kids, I could do it at his house, which is a far more kid-friendly neighborhood, so I guess the point is moot. Still, I had to rant a bit about the policy. I'll try to update more often for the rest of the year - for now I need to work on getting more pre-paid time for my wizards. Ciao for now!)