Saturday, November 01, 2025
Hallow's Eve
For the first time in a while, this year we did not spend Halloween with my niece and nephew. It appears they have now reached the age where they are cool and have other plans with friends. This is a true shame, as I understand there was to be a mother/daughter Wicked costume happening. I have no doubt that my sister fully committed to the green makeup (as you know Maggie ain't gonna be no Elphaba). But as we all know, I am truly selfless and only want others to be happy, so I was manifesting razorblade-free candy (is that still a thing?) in mass quantities for all involved.
We actually gave out candy for a bit this year. And by we, I mean Ian, as I went to the gym and the grocery store during those peak candy-seeking hours. When the candy ran out, we turned off the buzzer and the lights and watched a scary movie. Specifically, Longlegs. Which I felt was kind of absurd. It kind of felt like they threw Silence of the Lambs and Nicolas Cage into a blender and just waited to see what emerged. There was no real logic to it, just that Satanism explains everything, so in that way I guess it was an interesting throwback to the '80s. And of course I was happy to see Rejected Hallmark Actress Alicia Witt working again. Anything that keeps her from recording another album is good for America.
I will say, though, that last week we watched Weapons and I actually thought it was really good. Incredibly well paced, scary in places but mostly kind of mysterious, and an interesting tonal range. And yes, a fair amount of gore, but one can always look at one's phone during those segments. I am really killing it at the Candy Crush these days.
