halloween

ah, halloween, how i foundly remember thee. halloween, the holiday of the cavity and fake blood, of excessive make-up and hairdye, of college kids squeezing into little kid costumes and "clever" drinks such as bloody marys. ah, halloween, the one day of the year that it's okay to rock bright orange and to look like the dead at work.

halloween is timeless, when you're young you can be a fairy princess, when you're in your twenties you can be a naughty princess and when you're old you can be a princess back from the dead. halloween is a beautiful, beautiful holiday.

i remember my first halloween; i was a ninja. we dyed my karate suit black. i had a plastic sword and everything. i was the best rolly-polly ninja you'd ever see. we went from house to house in Kaumana city and when all the tricking was over i laid out my treats on the living room floor. my father inspected the goods for any kind of tampering such as ripped packages or attached bombs. once all was clear i dived mouth open into the mountain of candy. such sweet innocence.

in college i got dressed up with the woman's rugby team. the costumes were a little less innocent but the amount of clothing was about equal to what you would wear when you were 5. last halloween i was a moose. i make a really good looking moose. instead of hard candy, we had liquid candy. shots of every imaginable color and flavor, oh and beer, lots of beer. the good thing about beer is it already comes in sanitized containers so you don't have to worry about tampering or contamination. i suppose you grow wiser in your years. by the end of the night i was a sauced moose.

this year i'm going to be a starbucks employee/ninja. that's right, sometimes in life you need to re-use costume ideas. since i'm required to wear all black anyway i thought, might as well call myself a starbucks ninja. i won't get to have a plastic sword, because who knows what kind of trouble i could stir up with that. i'm really only allowed to handle the rags.

i'm working the closing shift tonight so i'll be at the store until late. i hope people come in costumes that would really make my halloween. alas, no dressing up for me this halloween, maybe that's why adults have costume parties. hrm...