Xander ,'End of Days'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Well, techincally, Cashemere, yeah. It's all about fertility, growth and new beginnings. Samhain is technically about the death of the old year and the onset of winter, and ya know, the veils between the living and dead worlds being so thin as to allow wandering.
But it's a perfectly appropo time for Jilli and Pete. I don't think there's any "tainting" going on. After all, getting married on May Day or Midsummer's doesn't guarantee a happy marriage.
Signed, Former Pagan, Current Pragmatist.
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
I think in every walk of life, there are people who go about looking for an excuse to be offended/feel superior.
I think that every day of the year would be offensive to someone if you got married that day.
I was buying candy at 5:15 today. I figured I had my best shot at not eating it all if it wasn't here too long.
Apparently I am a Very Bad Pagan for getting married on Samhain. Pffft, whatever.
What's wrong with new beginnings on what's essentially pagan New Year?
Calli, have you ever gotten a trick-or-treater here at The Compound? Because I never have. I always thought it was because of the busy-road-no-sidewalk thing. And with the bad weather, I figured we'd definitely not get any. If we do, I'm hiding, because I don't have anything. OOPS.
Pffft, whatever.
Exactly.
This is not a trick or treating house. It's tucked behind the church, off the road. Sad now.
If I live in an apartment complex next, I'm totally going to plan a thing where people can opt in to get tick-or-treat visits from the kids in the complex.
I just got a trick-or-treater who looked older than me. He did not have any kids with him.
the poor boy from Rochester who was depressed about moving to a new school and how hard it was to make friends
He was throwing up every lunch! I think the child was clinically depressed. I am surprised that his parents didn't have him see someone. He was in really bad shape.
I've gotten 3 or 4, Amyth. The same kids who come by now and then to see my cat. I don't know if the weather will keep them home tonight, though. You're welcome to come by and nab a handful of candy if you'd like to have some on hand. I know I'll never move all of mine.
I have had about 20 kids so far. It's very slow. And I bought way too much candy!
10 kids. Our local designated time is 6-8. I bought way way too much candy. too many foreclosures around here. Too few kids. Not nearly as many as last year.