Halloween Has Become Too Scary For Me
I’ve never liked ghost stories. I will not watch horror movies or visit a haunted house. But once upon a time, Halloween was still fun. Who doesn’t love chocolate and a bit of fantasy right?
But now, it’s getting to the point where I don’t even want to walk my dog in the dark.
In the continuing trend of decorating the heck out of everything for as long as possible, all things orange start going up on October 1. And man has the decor changed from when I was a kid. There are still pumpkins and door-hang skeletons, but it is just as likely that I will walk by a realistic graveyard, a vulture in a tree, or a motion-activated porch ghoul.
There are even those with fog machines.
When I’m taking the dog out on his nightly walk, I do not want unidentifiable lumps in yards. I don’t want mysteriously moving things yelling at me in the dark. And I definitely do not want anything jumping out at me.
How do kids cope with all of this when it has become a bit too freaky for me?
sigh. Where’s the Christian right when you need them?<-joke
Ah, once upon a time, I would settle in at the beginning of Oct with a horror novel and slowly read it all month. Trying finish right before Halloween. Alas those days are gone.
2 years ago, I went to a site near me that is listed as one of the most haunted spots in America, and well, let’s just say I had an “experience”.
But ultimately I had no fear: Demons, Ghosts, Shadowpeople.
They all pale in comparison to the Horror that is 8 a.m. on the first workday of the week.
CubeWarrior, I hope you the best of luck on beating the day-job grind. I’ve been able to tackle my work challenges so far but I worry that a zombie attack will be another story altogether.
Oh, a sweet zombie attack…to have my brain eaten slowly instead of turned to mush by mindless Project managers…Oh if only zombies would attack….
Oddly, Halloween is my favorite holiday. not because it’s also my anniversary. But because it’s a holiday with no real ‘significance’. We can decorate, party, dress up – and there doesn’t have to be any deep meaning or symbolism in what we’re doing. The fact that my husband enjoys trying to scare the kids, and I like to see him enjoy himself, may also have something to do with it. And I’m much more afraid of the current economy than any artificial attempts at horror.
Wow, it’s really saying something when reality seems scarier than any movie these days. I don’t know if I’ll ever get to the point of considering ghosts, goblins, and monsters fun though.