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October 31, 2004

days of the dead

So today I am an undead, if not in costume, in spirits, and although the real celebrations will only take place tomorrow, with half-priced candies sold in bulk, the days of the dead have already begun. All the clocks have been set back, and at dawn, I will storm the bakery. Or maybe I could just join the troups of children descending the streets… drunk on sugar, all senses sharpened, gathering enough supplies to last the long winter.

Dark times are here again. (Landscapes slip past vistas and windows open nowhere) Dark times are here again. The undead are speaking to us through the television, vampires in golden rags! DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM.

Boo! I still haven’t decided on my Halloween costume, and I fear there is no party left. Well I am a living corpse; it’s not brain science. Isn’t that enough? People humor me. I think the costume gene just runs poorly in the family. As a kid, I pretty much always went trick-or-treating as a punk. I remember a couple years where I accompanied my brother, who was costumed as a one-arm-missing man. He just tucked his arm under his coat, which is stupid but I think I will remember it until death. Perhaps the candy donators in Quebec are less demanding when it comes to the trick-or-treaters costumes, as we are all pretty much covered in snowsuits anyway.

Boo! I like being surprised, like when someone runs up behind me to scare me, I may sometimes react a little promptly and look mad, but I love the gasp, the exhale. It feels like I am always holding my breath for something or other, for curses to be broken, or new spells being casted. Yet today I celebrate again, for renewed luck and vigour and the end of barbary, as exemplified by a friend’s new job, or my cat’s easy sleep… I went all out and get out the champagne-strawberry jam, so please excuse the sticky mess just typed out! Chomp.

Posted by nathalie at October 31, 2004 1:24 PM

Comments

this is my picture of halloween in canada:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1098655185981_2/?hub=Canada

Posted by: chris on October 31, 2004 2:46 PM

canada is counting its dead this morning. post-halloween is always very sad, and the polar bear debate polar-izes (!!) everyone. one one side, you get the animal lovers protesting the bear jails, but we just can’t possibly deprive the kids from their halloween fun… no matter the cost in children lives.

Posted by: nathalie on November 1, 2004 10:00 AM

hello dad? I’M IN BEAR JAIL! best news story ever.

Posted by: chris on November 1, 2004 1:30 PM