Halloween Traditions

Hi! So, it's my last weekend here in Fallon, mother-fucking boring as fuck Nevada and I figured on telling you all in preparations of Halloween. Here's some traditions myself and my family had always done. Some of them may be typical, others my be a little different. But that's okay, because it's just a Holliday.

1. I remember back when I was a kid, my parents house use to be cobwebs, and spiders and hanging skeletons in the trees. These days, I make shift either the whole house or a specific room into hanging body parts, blood on the mirrors, decals on windows, festive tape, and other cool stuff. It's like when Christmas rolls around and we bust out the garland, the tree, snow flake cut outs and little baby Jesus in a nativity scene. Practically the same concept in my house hold and yes, it goes kid friendly to gore when you get to the bathroom.

2. As and adult now I feel my childhood was cheated. I'm sure other adults will agree with me. There's something a little more fun about going to an actual Pumpkin Patch and 'hunting' for YOUR PUMPKIN. Unlike Wal-Mart, you get this choice of pumpkins by what they provide. Good luck! No, I don't think so. I like the adventure, and 'hunt' of a pumpkin in the fields. There's a kind of magic involved with finding your new pumpkin for the year. Unlike rummaging through a big box at the local store. Personally I've found white pumpkins, orange pumpkins, long pumpkins and thin pumpkins. Yes, I've taken them all home too. Point is, I like going to a pumpkin patch.

I made a Jack O'Lantern.

3. Carving Pumpkins and Roasting Pumpkin Seeds have been a staple to my life. The fun part about being a kid and adult is feeling the inner guts of the pumpkin while prepping for a good carving. And if you're fortunate with one person not enjoying pulling out the guts, the other can just simply rinse off the seeds and begin prepping them for a nice bake in the oven. Later, you both can wait on the seeds and start planing on the face of a Jack-o-Lantern. Which has an awesome tradition as well.
Back in the good old Irish days there use to be a prankster by the name of Jack. He had tricked the Devil twice before he died. However in Irish tradition when the Devil and God do not want you, you're stuck in a fog world and can only use a burning sulfur rock as a light. Well, he eventually found a guard and began carving a face on it and placed his sulfur rock in it. This became known as a Jack O'Lantern.
Granted my parents never told me this story when I was a kid. Knowing it now, I've told it to my two nephews and my niece. It's a cool Halloween story, there's nothing creepy about it. It's about as traditional as the Three Wise Men and the Drummer Boy.
Though this pretty much goes in a separate category but Candy Apples,  and all the foods you can manipulate to look gorse as hell! LOVE IT! Last year Zoe made a 'Kitty Litter Cake' topped off with tootsie rolls shaped like little shits and a sterilized poop scoop.

4. Horror Flicks have been a staple to Halloween like "A Christmas Story" is to Christmas. Point here, there's nothing more fun than being over visually stimulated and then getting scared by Freddy, Jason, Michael and many other boogiemen who've become staples in American Horror.

5. I remember one time being threatened to not go Trick Or Treating because I was acting up as a kid. Which of course made me change my tune a little. But it felt like I was given the ultimatum of Santa not stopping by my house on Christmas! Anyway, there's nothing like being dressed up as anything you want and going door to door getting candy. If I remember from tradition, people believed spirits would walk the earth and haunt the streets. Personally, what's better than bribing kids to scare the spirits away and rewarding with a sugar high? Provided, saying 'Trick or Treat' use to mean something. Literally, give me a treat or I'll trick you person holding out on my candy. I really don't know of anyone who's really played a trick on anyone on Halloween on a basis of candy. But I can only guess it use to happen and now it's just tongue and cheek.

Halloween a couple of years back. All the kids ganged up on me!

Now, as an adult I get two parts to this tradition. One, my nephew JJ, I would walk him all over the neighborhood and come back with a pillow sack of candy. I'd take 10% from the hoard. The best part, I got to dress up too! So, I felt like a kid even at the age of 20. The other side being the part where I'm still dressed up and at home answering the door for Trick Or Treaters. I've seen some cool costumes and .... some very 'interesting' ones too... And personally, I like to play favorites when handing out my candy. Personally dressing up as Kurt Cobain's Ghost doesn't 'surprise' me.

My Halloween Movie List.

Curse of Chucky: A preview of this movie and you'll notice its a return to form for the killer doll. Nothing says kick ass movie like a movie which will not only progress the story line of Chucky. But also reach back to the classic "Child's Play."

Dracula: This movie is a classic of our generation and does justice of melding Bella Ligasi's and the Germanic Nosferatu together into a love child of epic horror. Though the only throw back is the God awful acting of Keanu Reeves. His attempt of a English roll gets in the way of the seriousness to the movie. For a lead role as Harker, it felt like everyone else was having to make up for his lack of easily conveying an Englishman. Overall, the movie is a fine piece of art. 

Friday the 13th: ah the classic which set up the astronomical franchise. Again, a classic and epic movie with a twist ending. 

Halloween: The movie which defines the boogieman. Well at least for the first two movies. The third had NOTHING to do with Mike Myers. Anyway, it's a classic flick. 

Hocus Pocus: Who would have thought I knew ONE Bette Midler movie!? Anyway, childhood classic with a few jump scares which children will love. Also it's maybe the only Jessica Parker movie where she doesn't say much and (for once) looks hot. 

A Nightmare on Elm Street: This was the first Halloween movie I've ever seen. It's a good away to start too. But once you start dabbling into part two and three.  You'll start to notice the only legit movie is the first and Freddy Vs. Jason. A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 is a sad sequel of teenage angst... The only uncomfortable scene is probably when the Gym teacher is stripped in the shower room and ass whipped by Freddy. Never seeing this movie before, I could only imagine where it was going to go and God help me if it turned into a Gay innuendo, however it turns and slices and dices the mother fucker up. P.S. I have a fear of public showers. THANKS I.T.!!! Oh, final thought: The second movie is hilarious because the main lead screams (not yells, like normal dudes) like a little bitch throughout the whole movie. So, the movie gets props fore breaking up the seriousness of it being a horror flick by this wannabe tween screaming every 15 mins.

Sleepy Hollow: When you get Tim Burton behind the twisted story of a headless horseman. It's bound to curdle your blood. Another staple to American Horror. 

The Exorcist: Another classic which has produced a shit load of other "Exorcist" movies. I.e. Emily Rose. However this movie, is where it all began. Subtitle subliminal images corse through this movie. An amazing piece of art. 

The Monster Squad: If you ever wondered what The Goonies would be like with Dracula, The Wear wolf, Frankenstein, and The Swamp monster. Then this is your movie. 

It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown: Just for the kids.

Motel Hell: A B-Movie apparently NO ONE at work knows about. Which is sad because this is where the original, yes... ORIGINAL! Pig Head is used in a horror flick before Saw came along. Mainly about a Farmer who likes to cook up some Jerky, falls in love and then it's all for not. But if it's one thing I learned from this movie. "Meat's meat, a mans gotta eat!"

The Mummy: The original might I add, not the action packed version with George of the Jungle. Anyway, same names apply... Some dude is brought to life, tries to undead a forgotten king of Egypt and uses a reincarnation as a sacrifice. All the elements of a love story staring the guy who did the Monster in Frankenstein. Pretty cool movie, however, no walking dead guy in mummy wrappings. Sorry folks. 

Night of the Living Dead - Survival of the Dead: How could I NOT mention these movies!? My good friend Matthew. After seeing Night, and Dawn of the Dead I had to see all the videos. Pretty much the movie Bible of Zombie flicks. It's the original cannon of Zombie movies and is pretty much responsible for movies like Zombieland, and the T.V. series The Walking Dead. 

Realized A Couple of Things...

8. My brother, Zach in the past year has held down a job as a Certified Health Assistant. He dropped that job and went into Welding, because it's a trade. Then he couldn't pay for classes. So, then he called me and said, "I want to be a fire fighter." I said, "Good luck." It didn't pave through as well as we all hoped. Now I'm waiting for the call with him saying, "I want to be an Astronaut." Believe me, it's not off the table of possibilities.

7. Diddly told me a year ago, "You never know when you need a multi-tool." I replied with, "Yeah, when pigs fly." Well, I went to the store and he convinced me to buy a multi-tool. It's a small one. I walk up to the counter and asked the lady if I could buy a multi-tool because the products are protected by a plastic stopper on the shelf. She said, "Oh, you mean something from the Gerber isle?" I told her, "I didn't say anything about baby food." Little did I know Gerber isn't just baby food, but also a knife/ multi-tool company. Go figure....

6. Even when working with the Government, 25 years later, I mention I'm born in a different country and I still have to prove with a born abroad certificate. Best part, the Admin people were like, "Can you prove you're an American Citizen?" I replied with, "Yeah, (You dumb bitch) I joined the NAVY. Back ground check, anybody?" Further pressing the situation, "Do you have your 'papers' on you?" Me: "Name one person who conveniently brought their birth certificate and born abroad as well on a business trip?" I promptly walked out of the room and situation. You honestly can't write that shit. And I'm now slightly offended by the word 'Papers.' Like some Gestapo just asked if I was legal. Fuck you and your "PAPERS."

5. I use to think I wanted a Wiki-page for my music project. Then I realized 90% of people on Wikipedia have done something slightly controversial. Which isn't really my thing. Thanks, but no thanks. Till I'm popular in life for some reason, this ship has sailed. I'm happy with just a website.

4. Well, this last week I logged onto uspto.com. I thought about trademarking PostOmnis and just securing my music projects name. Just to price check, come to did out the Government shutdown harkened on my interest. Yes, I'm implying the Government shutdown is fucking with my plans. 

3. Even to this day, classic Halloween movies can scare me. Something about Freddy, Michael, and Jason still freaks me the fuck out. In total this year, I've jumped in my skin about four times. Subsequently laughing right after.

2. Not surprised when I hear a nine year old snuck on a plane and traveled nearly cross country. Reason being, in New York City I got on the wrong plane. I asked multiple flight attendance and till I landed in DC, they (the flight attendant) said to me "Yeah, you're on the wrong flight." Provided in not nine years old. But, what the fuck!?

1. I hate generic Keurig coffee makers. Ya'know the insert cup, water and press blue button. I feel like 5 cups in and I'm feeling the normal hit I usually get from a normal cup of coffee from a normal coffee maker. My sister's Keurig is Way better in comparison. But holly cow, what a piece of shit machine.