Ladies, put down your slutty plumber outfits and your skimpy cheeseburger costumes. Gentlemen, put your shirts back on and if necessary...pants, too. Let's go back to the good old days. The days when the goal of Halloween was to be as creepy as can be, while keeping it interesting and classy. I mean, if I saw a slutty bumblebee walking next to a hunky cowboy....I wouldn't give them a second glance. But, I would be endlessly interested if I saw a man in a nice suit with an eyeball for a head walking with a woman in a mushroom suit. When did Halloween become a day for sultry unicorns, sexy watermelons, and naughty Nemos, Waldos, and cobs of corn?

Maybe people sat around and thought of phrases that these ladies could say when they were asked about their costumes at a party? The ones that could spark provocative conversations made the cut. Regardless of how ridiculous they were.

To the cob of corn: "So you're corn..? 

Corn: "Yeah, wanna shuck me?

To sexy Nemo or Waldo: "So.. you're Nemo/Waldo?"

Nemo/Waldo: "Yeah, try to find me. *winks and scampers away* *man follows*

To sexy rubber ducky: "You're a rubber ducky."

Who knows, the rubber ducky could make a joke about bath time fun or condoms? Endless possibilities.

Halloween is one of my favorite days of the year. I love the legends and the traditions. I love the thought of trick or treaters in my neighborhood back home. I love the energy that fills the air on every Halloween. I'm not a total prude, either. I understand the racy costumes. I've worn a few. But, really? A sexy Babe the Big Blue Ox costume? Come on.

2011 & 2012

I think I started a tradition for myself. 

Tim Burton themed jack-o-lanterns!

"Days decrease, and autumn grows, autumn in everything." - Robert Browning

October, you make me beam with delight. 

The racket rocking my eardrums.

Happy Tuesday, ghouls and goblins. Grab a partner and jiggy or boogie down solo. 

Just keep your hips groovin' and your bony legs movin'.

Monster Mash

Love Potion #9

Psycho Killer

Lose Your Soul

50 Pieces

Spirit of 1812

Happy 21st, Abigail Crain!
I hope that this year of your life is jam packed with fuzzy memories of incredible nights, wild adventures, new opportunities, and more happiness than you know what to do with.
I will always be here to "uncrinkle" your fingers.

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"It's a perfect night for mystery and horror. The air itself is filled with monsters."

"Old witch Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With moss and slime,
and poisonous vine,
and toadstools all in a row."

So it goes.

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“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.” 

“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do

-N.H. Kleinbaum

Dead Poets Society

I've been jumpin' and jivin' to this lately:

"Since I've come home, well my body's been a mess and I miss your ginger hair and the way you like to dress. Oh, won't you come on over? Stop makin' a fool outta me. Why don't ya come on over, Valerie?"

Amy Winehouse's cover of the song "Valerie"by The Zutons.

New month. New leaf. New chapter. New hair.

Today was weird.

-All I wanted was potato soup or chicken and dumplings. 

-The guy at Lowe's tossed a heavy and 4ft tall piece of birch wood at me and kindly

 (but not so kindly) let me carry it to my car all by myself.

-I rummaged through the $5 movies for a while and surfaced with The Fellowship of the Ring, Beetlejuice, and the first volume of the original Addams Family. 

-I also learned that chocolate milk doesn't go well with french fries.

-I purchased my Eno hammock and it should be here in one week.

Tomorrow will be a day.

Laundry.

Painting.

Cleaning.

Reading.

Work.

This is my life and soon, it will be much better than it is right now.

"I have been younger in October 

than in all the months of spring."

-W.S. Merwin