I hate Halloween. 2011 Edition.

Re: I hate Halloween.

Porch light off is the international symbol for "TP the shit out of my house."

"Beware of Pit Bull" is the sign for "No Candy."

 

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Have no idea how many TorTers rang the ball tonight --- I took my mom to the ER at 7 a.m. and ended up spending most of the day at the hospital. Went to my favorite cafe for dinner --- realized the waitresses on staff tonight are all mediocre and skipped it. Tried my favorite deli --- they were so inundated with TorTers (the deli's in a shopping mall) that none of the staff noticed me for 15 minutes, when I gave up and left. Third choice for dinner had me dining in the bar with my thoughts drowned out by some too-loud 50ish drunk chick.

Fuckabuncha Hallowe'en 2007. The only way there's a saving grace to this day is if my numbers come up in the lottery tonight.

 

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TTI... ya know...

 

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No one came to this apartment all night, and I'm finishing the stellar evening with Slap Shot and Tuna Helper.

 

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Can't wait to see what happens when I get home. I've been out of town all day and Ms. Slappy set the candy bowl out before heading to a party with her niece. We didnt get a lot last year, but am guessing the bags of Milk Duds, Junior Mints and white chocolate Reese's will be gone.

 

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There you go, Rosie. Saying something to the kids is shooting the messenger.

 

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7th Ave. in NYC = pure insanity. As one of my co-workers said: Hudson St. is like a gay Dawn of the Dead.

 

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Parade was on Sixth Ave., actually. It was good fun once everything actually got started... an hour late.

I was way up front, with the skeleton puppets, Lucky Cheng's "girls" and impossibly loud radio station-sponsored floats. I'm curious what neat costumes I missed farther back in the crowd.

I'll have to check out the local news and various websites in the morning. I doubt I made the cut for anything except random tourists' home videos though.

Now, on to the half-off candy sales! ;D

 

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I just walked over to Westside Market on Seventh and didn't bother looking further east. I'm just glad I don't have to go into the Village.

But at least I got flashed! And it was by a real woman, too! ;D

 

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Is your favorite cafe Hooters? How much difference does the wait staff make? A meal's a meal.

 

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Wasn't quite sure what to expect as far as trick or treaters since this is our first Halloween here.

Where we lived before (colder climate), kids, especially little ones, started coming in the afternoon around 4 pm.

Here we didn't get our first trick or treater until around 6:30, just as it was getting dark.

Wasn't really keeping note of how many kids. I'm guessing around 40-50.

We had gotten 4 bags of candy originally. At one point it looked like we were going to run out, so I sent the spouse out for more. I'd guestimate we've gone through about 5 or 6 bags.

It's about 8:30 local time now, and I think we're about done for the night.

 

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I got a 9-year-old dressed up like a whore. On the bright side, I also got a kid dressed up like '77-era Dr. J, complete with afro.

A bunch of sororiety girls showed up at my door collecting eyeglasses for charity. My 4-year-old son said, "those girls are pretty, dad."