Make that "child." Luke and I had one little tyke trick-or-treat us, and only because her aunt lived upstairs. (I shudder to think what would have happened had I not taped a construction-papered pumpkin to the front of our door.) I nearly fell over myself with the candy bowl, stuffing Starburst chews and mini-Snickers into her little purse until her mother told me to stop. Good thing, because I was about to start raiding my purse, I was so happy. Perhaps she would have enjoyed a Visa bank card or half-used bottle of Purell?
It was a low-key Halloween. Luke wasn't feeling well, and I was too busy lamenting the loss of cable on such a significant holiday to properly tend to his needs. I actually had to go to Blockbuster, people. For a girl accustomed to Michael Myers marathons on TBS and back-to-back showings of A Nightmare on Elm Street on USA, this is the equivalent of asking a duchess to pee in an outhouse. To make matters worse, this is the first year in four that we didn't carve a pumpkin, and we barely glanced at our collection of ghost stories. If it weren't for these pictures, I'd forget I ever celebrated October 31st at all.
[Edited on 12/9/06 to add: Some photos were lost during the Blogger/TypePad merge.]
In that last one, I'm a Nurse Dressed As A Pumpkin. Genius!
Last year I posted a list of movies that freak me the @#^$ out. If you're interested, click here.
Anyway, today's Monday, so it's time to post the results of my "Name That Tune" contest.
1) "Feels Like Love," Vince Gill 2) "I Wanna Be The One," Stevie B. 3) "Penny Lover," Lionel Richie 4) "Baby Got Goin'," Liz Phair 5) "I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)," Hi-Five 6) "Giving You The Best That I Got," Anita Baker 7) "Poison," Bell Biv Devoe 8) Growing Pains theme 9) "As I Lay Me Down," Sophie B. Hawkins 10) "Mmmbop," Hanson
Winner: Anonymous
Seriously. I have no idea who you are. But you win! You got all ten right--maybe because you Googled the lyrics; maybe because you're my long-lost twin; maybe because you broke into my apartment and tore through my CDs. No matter. For your prize, I'll answer a question, if you want, or say something nice about you like the folks at Snapple do for their customers. Your call, as long as it's free and I don't mind doing it.
To those who played, gratitude; to all my readers, apologies for exposing you to this list. But really, it could have been worse. Does "Never Gonna Give You Up" mean anything to you?
I didn't carve a pumpkin either.:( How sad for us sister. Happy Halloween my dear and know that you're lucky to have gotten at least one trick or treater...I think the kids are scared to come in apartment buildings. :(
Posted by: Sambo V. | November 01, 2005 at 01:39 AM
Well, we did celebrate Oct. 31 quite a bit on the few days leading up to the day.
Also, you forgot to mention that after you gave the little girl her treats, she tried to share one of her suckers with you in return.
Posted by: Luke | November 01, 2005 at 02:40 AM
I always liked Rick Astley ;)
Who's the person in the top picture?
Posted by: Bearette24 | November 01, 2005 at 03:16 AM
Yes! Rick Astley!! Do you remember "Breathe?" I liked them too.....
We had about 10 kids last night. I was rather disappointed, and I have a huge mountain of candy in my house that I don't want to eat!
Posted by: bdogg_mcgee | November 01, 2005 at 12:25 PM
Bearette: that's me with a pair of nylons on my head. My dad thought it would be fun.
Yeah.
Posted by: Frema | November 01, 2005 at 01:38 PM
The mmmbop thing scares me.
Posted by: Mabel | November 02, 2005 at 03:41 PM
Never gonna give you up,
Never gonna let you down,
Never gonna run around and desert you.
(That's Rick, of course). Wasn't his deep voice reassuring?
Posted by: Bearette24 | November 03, 2005 at 03:01 AM