I guess there is no better day to start a blog than the first day of my favorite month...October. Growing up in the southeast October always meant cooler days, changing of the leaves and my most favorite holiday of all... Halloween!
Even as a kid, I could not wait until October. I always wanted to pull out the paper skeleton and the other kiddie decorations that we saved from year-to-year in a special drawer in the fancy dresser in the upstairs guest bedroom. By the end of August, I was digging through the drawer plotting as to where everything would be placed this year. By mid-September, I was begging my mother to please let me "decorate for Halloween."
Little did I know as a child that I was already celebrating the "gay high holy day." Not only do I love the colors, textures, smells, tastes, music, candy and all the other spooky and campy traditions that come along with this "pagan" holiday but it is the one time a year we don't have to be ourselves. Whether you put on a mask, makeup and a wig or just a sailor costume, everyone can be someone else, even if just for a night.
I still have to control myself to not breakout out the skulls and jack-o-lanterns until at least October 1st or else "what will the neighbors think?" So...guess what I will be doing this weekend? Some things never change...
very well written and your the best
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