Halloween in Review

So I donned the old Gerry Cheevers style hockey mask last night and did the Jason thing as I passed out candy to trick or treaters. I was happy with the reactions.

"It's Jason!" screamed several kids as they approached my house. They were screams of delight, quite honestly. I must admit though, that I am a bit concerned about the number of seven and eight year olds who know who Jason is. But if I can know the character despite having never seen a single Friday the 13th movie, maybe they can too.

One child, who seemed truly afraid, said, "Please don't hurt me," as she carefully held out her Halloween bag for a piece of candy. Another young boy, obviously more a man of the world, asked plainly, "Please don't cut my head off."

"Well, since you said please," I growled in return.

A few wondered aloud if perhaps I were in fact Michael Myers. Those were the ones I thought should have their heads lopped off.

I'm thinking we had about 400 kids over two or two and a half hours. Almost all I must say were very well behaved too. It was indeed a Happy Halloween.

Halloween 2020

Well, Halloween is creeping up on us, isn't it? That means I have to put some thought into my costume.

I've went as myself many times and have been successfully scary (I saved you the joke; you're welcome). I've been the Charlie Brown ghost with all the extra eye holes. A couple of years ago I wore an old style hockey goalie mask like Jason from the Friday the 13th movies. I was actually a bit unnerved myself then because of the number of seven year olds who knew who Jason was. 

Last year I wore a goat mask while wearing a flannel shirt and farmer's overalls, sort of like the killer from (I think) the Texas Chainsaw massacre. I say I think because the horror genre is not one I'm actually up on. Oh, I know the most famous ones, Freddy Krueger, the aforementioned Jason and so on. But who doesn't, in this world of advertising and Halloween excess?

But I think I have my costume set for this year. I'll wear normal clothes but I'll walk around without a mask or a face shield. I will also violate any and all remaining social distancing guidelines. You know, get within four feet of someone rather than six. That should work.

After all, according to the mainstream media and Governor Whitmer, that makes me a monster, right?

And if you can't see the humor in what I just said, take a pill will ya?