The Boogieman, or something far less scary...

[wednes]

Occasionally, I do not dress up scary for Halloween. This is one of those times. Here is a rather grainy pic of me in this years costume, which is really a louder version of the way I dress normally:



I'm also pretty sparkly, which you can't tell from this picture.

Of course it is also a religious holiday for me, the festival of Samhain (pronounced SOW-en for you gringos out there) and is the day we honor the dead. Actually, there are zillions of ways to celebrate Samhain, but that is mine. Like so many pagan holidays, I will celebrate alone because I don't know any local witches cool enough to actually festival with.

That said, I have to go to work for five hours today. Then I will come home and watch scary movies until I can no longer keep my eyes open. I watched The Mist, and my Simpsons Treehouse of Horror collection, and Night of the Living Dead in the past week. Now I think I'll watch Salem's Lot, Misery, and maybe Citizen X.

If you haven't heard the music from Nightmare Before Christmas Revisited, I highly recommend it. smarbaby hipped me to it, and I've been downloading it like crazy. Fine stuff!

Comments

[ladybutterfly74.livejournal.com]

So what do you do to celebrate? Anything special? I know it says the day we honor the dead...but...well....how?

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I generally light a candle and watch it burn while meditating on those who have left us and what remains of them.
Sometimes I do a full out ritual, but not this year.

[ladybutterfly74.livejournal.com]

Wow...that's interesting, I always wondered. (no sarcasam intended) Thank you for sharing that with me.

=)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Of course! :-]