Scaredy Pants!

Ok why did I totally forget it was Halloween today, lol lol, but it actually kinda saved me because I was bereft of thought for this morning. Now I have to turn out all the lights and become a prisoner in my own home, because we don't celebrate Halloween and now I live in a subdivision where I"m sure some kids are gonna come out. I think I'll put a sign on the door that says "Be Safe and God Bless" that should get my house effectively egged, lol lol

I do have a fond if not sick and crazy memory of Halloween. My mom had taken us to see the movie Halloween - you know it wasn't the same back then, you went to see alot of stuff you probably shouldn't have, lol and was no more worse for wear. Anyhoo - I, of course, was petrified. I didn't want to go to bed or anything but finally I did. I remember swinging my legs out the bed in order to go to the bathroom and the hands shooting out and grabbing my ankles, but the rest was a blurr because I fainted. My Brother had positioned himself under my bed and lay in wait for the perfect opportunity to scare the bejeeeze out of me! Sick so and so!

Now being the sorta Gangsta Muslim (as CAUN calls me) that doesn't mean that we didn't get our candy on! We had tons of candy from school and from our friends looking out for us. We had such unique friendships - kids knew we didn't do certain stuff, but made sure we participated on some level with them. So yea my best friend would always make me a bag.

As a teenager, Halloween meant "Fright Night" at Six Flags! What freaking fun! My most prominent memory was going in the scary house. Well I have never been one to do scary houses and I was drug in the one I was in. I got maybe 3 feet if that much and something jumped out the shadows and I distinctly remember starting to fight and then being escorted screaming out the damn place and hypervenitaliting and from that day forward I have never been back in a scary house.

As a young adult, I have memories of going to the Halloween parade in Philly as well. What fun! Hanging out down South Street, eating fries from Snickerdoodles and looking at all the folks coming out for All Hallow's Eve.

This has made me think about what exactly am I scared of as an adult. You know it ain't even all that philosophically deep:

• Snakes


• Haunted Houses


• Free Falling Amusement Rides


• My Momma Dying


• Losing another Husband to death


• Waking up in the game Jumanji


• Amityville Horror - that movie scared the shit out of me
  
• A Final Destination Moment

That's all I can think of right now - but that's a damn nuff. So folks, be SAFE, Watch your kids, Watch that candy and don't stop by my house cause you gets NADA!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!