Halloween 2011

A pic I made last year

Another Halloween has passed by, as quickly as Christmas does every year. Yes, for some of us, All Hallows Eve is like Christmas. The fun, the excitement, a little bit of stress to even it all out. Okay, it is a typical "holiday" aha I know most would disagree, but there are too many similarities to fully deny, similar to say Christmas to may find yourself attending a variety of social gatherings leading up to, and following the holiday. And not all, but most especially those with kids do some sort of decorating, whether it is a "big thing" and you do many homemade projects to decorate, or your a spender and buy decorations, decorations the kiddies made at school on even just the fridge, to simply carving a pumpkin. Pumpkin carving alone should make it a true holiday on the fact that we go out and pick a pumpkin, we take it home and in some homes (mine at times) literally risk life and limb to carve it. And as I mentioned, Halloween can come with stress, which is almost a common thing in all households. Stress size depends on person and situation, finding the time now a days with say shift work making it difficult to even take the kids out trick or treating. Satisfying some kids with their costumes can be stressful, I know I was hard to please as a kid, especially one year when my mother made me a Batman outfit, that looking back was pretty damn good, but because my neighbour had one of those pro-sewers for a mom (cause thats all she had to do all day, my mom had stuff to do but found the time) and his Batman costume was "better" than mine. Sorry Ma! And there are many other stressful things that make this a holiday, but it is the most fun of the group that at least a majority of North America celebrate.

From 2010- I 'shopped it

Another thing that I am noticing anymore, is that also like other holidays, Halloween is somewhat dying off or evolving into something different than at least my norm. I don't know if it is the economy, candy is too expensive nowadays, neighborhoods are getting worse, or kids just don't care anymore, but each year, I am seeing less and less children out on the streets trick or treating. It is somewhat sad really, there were tons of kids hitting the streets when I was younger. Now I know it isn't a population thing as there are more humans today living on this planet. Heck, even the vandalism seems to be almost none existent anymore aha What can I say, seeing eggs shells on the cement or T.P.'d trees the next day was a reminder that Halloween was here aha

Of course, it could just be my location, perhaps Halloween if flourishing elsewhere. I would like to think so. It is a favorite time of year for me of course, so much that while looking at costumes for my darling little Nerdy trying to find or put together female comic book characters, I notice the wee lil Batman, Superman and Spider-Man costumes (others of course), and I join in with My Sweets in wanting another child. A boy of course, as another little girl I would have to wait a few years hoping I can convert her like Nerdy, who is also running out of years to trick or treat, and even less time that I may be able to convince her to go Comic Book for the event. And that topic lead My Sweets and I to talk about when Nerd is older and the convo may be more of me saying, "No your not wearing that *Insert Comic Book Character* costume. Your 17 and you wore that exact size when you were 4!" ahahaha But, I may just give in by then as teen girls will be teen girls from what I hear, so be happy she is still my Nerdy and wearing a heroic costume ahaha

Nerdy and myself this year

This year My Nerdy,(who is my daughter if thee haven't caught on yet aha) started out as wanting to be a black cat, not Black Cat from the Spidey Universe just a simple black kitty cat. Of course she was willing to change if we could find her a Wonder Woman costume, as it was the only person left for her to dress up as having been Batgirl and Supergirl the previous two years. But, the only thing that I could find was a pink version of the Supergirl outfit but no Wonder Woman. So, as her great grandmother made her a simple black hooded sweater with a tail (we live in Canada, the hoody was perfect as it gets quite nippy up here on Halloween) and some gloves that had nails but they were too big really, but it still worked. I was determined to keep our comic book streak alive so I figured Catwoman has soooooo many looks that our version, which I dubbed the Canadian Catwoman, I would just take what she had for her black kitty and add a Cat Mask (which had little ears, so Nerdy left out her head band ears which would have worked too) and a six foot black bullwhip ahaha Yes, my little seven year old Catwoman was sporting a whip longer than I am tall, and like myself, she was getting some great snaps and cracks with the whip. So, pretty much I would say our Canadian Catwoman looked like a new age thief/cat burglar imo. I of course, was what I also dub the Canadian version, or The Clown In Black, which is myself as The Joker but wearing a black suit. Hey, if he was real and tons of others dressed like him, he would change it up so that he would stand out aha That and I think it was a black suit in the episode named The Joker's Favor in Batman: The Animated Series. At least these are my stories and I am sticking with 'em aha Also, my Sweets was ill so she didn't "dress up" but she did buy some Bat antenna headpiece, and said she was a "Disease that went....Batty." She may deny it, but this is more proof that she is one of us ahaha

Before I had my Nerdy, and even now leading up to Halloween, I really enjoy watching the specials on television, both new and old. Any sitcom that I may watch I like to see Halloween episodes, just as I like it when they include Christmas ones as I find it somewhat helps get in the mood when your not one for caroling or frequent parties. I liked That 70's Show, going back a little bit but even The Fresh Prince Of Belair had some decent shows, nothing big just themed towards the night of ghouls and ghosts. Of course, there is the traditional, or should be considered that by now, oops again myself, Treehouse Of Horror from The Simpson's is a must every year at this time. Even when they are off the air (landed 2 more seasons btw) I would love to see them do a new Treehouse Of Horror every Halloween. There are also some classics like It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown or Garfield's Halloween Adventure, the list goes on.

The Simpson's

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

There is also SNL's Wayne's World Halloween skit that I love. I can't find it on Youtube but it had the Top 10 Worst Halloween Treats. It was hee-ha-larious.

But, it is all over now. Another year until we do it all again, and if the rumors are true, it could be our last Halloween here on Earth ahaha I guess it is time to get ready for Christmas, Thanksgiving for the Yanks would be next, but worldly it is Christmas. Which I have added a touch of Nerdism in the past, having had the 3 of us dress up as The Joker, Harley Quinn and Batgirl on Christmas Eve for a family Christmas photo aha I even got 1000 peeps to join a group on Facebook to convince my Sweets to be Harley aha I think I just may do something this year too, either very similar or maybe another set of characters. I have nothing but time to think about it ahahahaha

Oh, and depending on your location, there may also be a Comic Con in your area....I'm jealous. No really, I have to wait until March. Jealous....