You’ll notice I haven’t done a big "halloween party! woo!" post or a "happy halloween!" shout out. That is because, like most holidays, I hate halloween.

Not even just for the same reason that I hate all other holidays (the consumerist base) or for the same reasons that christians hate it (satans day… apparently, *eye roll*) but for a few other reasons….

1. Its just weird that we’re all celebrating a pagan holiday. It’s bad enough that we’ve trivialized a ton of Christian holidays, but now we’re also normalizing pagan traditions and death and darkness.
2. The kids say "trick or treat" and if you don’t give them the treat they get pissed and are extremely unappreciative of the trick, but they seem to forget that they gave me an option.
3. Halloween parties are sort of annoying. Not only do you not recognize 1/2 the people that expect you to recognize them, you won’t know what the people you meet actually look like when you run into them on any other day… So then you’re a jerk for not remembering them. Not to mention, thinking of a non-generic yet awesome costume is harder than hell. (Props to this guy Pat who went as a ship wrecked guy and put seaweed all over himself.)
4. As soon as you’re older than 16, it’s no long just trick or treating that the holiday is about. Its about a slut competition between the girls… to see who can be the sexiest Marilyn Monroe, devil, angel, bunny or fairy. It’s not hallosex.
5. People think that because it is halloween, it is perfectly acceptable to scare little children. It’s not.
6. Insert giant post about christian hypocrisy here.
7. 4 words: Rocky Horror Picture Show. There are 8 different viewings in Victoria alone. Its not *that* good!
8. There was goth music on the radio almost all day. … Goth music isn’t good. It doesn’t sound like anything. Infact, its annoying. I just don’t like it.
9. I hate any day that gives first years an excuse to get drunk before 9 pm and run around the Student Union Building like fucking twats.

One reason I *do* like halloween?? (get ready for the objectification of the male body…) the sexy guy (who i refer to as "sexy guy") in my poli sci class dressed up as the main guy from a clock work orange… and so he had his package all bundled up and visable and the pants he worse gripped his butt just right. He can dress up every day of the year and I won’t mind at all.