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<\/a>This was one of those same-as-we-started-with nights.<\/p>\nMaybe a dozen kids crawling the neighborhood trying to look scary.<\/p>\n
When I was a kid it was big deal to go demand candy from people.<\/p>\n
We were out with our flashlights measuring success by the weight of our bags.<\/p>\n
Then we all sat on the garage floor swapping stuff we didn’t like for stuff we did.<\/p>\n
Now, it’s mostly teenagers with a tie-dye t-shirt and a $3 mask from Longs.
\nMaybe they’re hoping for a 6-pack of Bud.<\/p>\n
What few kids are out are escorted by the parents because they never know what monster is answering the door and what is being given to a young child.<\/p>\n
A lot of adults end up in Waikiki and my cop friends call it one of the worst night’s of the year for people acting badly.<\/p>\n
I’ve been to a couple of them and it’s like Mardi Gras on steroids.
\nIt’s amazing what some folks do when they’re all liquored up and trying to be cool.<\/p>\n
Masks are wonderful things to hide behind.<\/p>\n
The wife loads up on Costco candy – she never knows how much to get.<\/p>\n
Sometimes we can get twenty or thirty kids, sometimes two or three.<\/p>\n
She doesn’t want me to eat any of it.<\/p>\n
Silly woman, I do as soon as her back is turned.<\/p>\n
In an effort to some have left for the kids she waits until a day or two before Halloween before hitting the store.<\/p>\n
The problem with that is all the good stuff is sold out and she comes home with junk.<\/p>\n
There’s only so much Snickers one can eat without turning into a grumpy peanut with high sugar.<\/p>\n
This is a serious problem because I like chocolate more than anyone in the world.<\/p>\n
Now she’s going to take all this leftover candy to her work and let the friends pig out.<\/p>\n
I sit home with nothing and get grumpy.<\/p>\n