i remember hallowee-ee-ee-een, hallowee-ee-een, hallowee-ee-en, halloween.

halloween had a serious lull during the mid teens, didn't it? before that time, it was awesome...free candy, dressing like a ninja, authenticity of gore in the costume always was cool and not geeky. then you hit the mid teens. anyone who still went trick or treating then was a jackass. yeah, you heard me. 14-18 year olds would go door to door, and say they were "dressed as my brother" or "a secret agent...they look like everyone else". that's just pathetic. as Lrrr of the planet Omicron Persei 8 would say, "Get a job!"

then came booze in conjunction with halloween. suddenly, it was fun and meaningful again. no matter how stupid a costume is, it becomes funny by the end of the night. and, as an added bonus, the more offensive or ridiculous your costume is, the more it is appreciated. now, it takes effort to pull off a good one. you can't go as "a pirate" or "freddy kreuger" (you all knew that kid)...now you have to be "steve irwin", "terry schaivo", or "guy fucking a bear". you could also simply dress like an asshole and be a "child molester" (thanks Mart) or "Dustin Diamond". the required complexity of the costumes juxtaposed with the inherent immaturity of the social connotations surrounding said costumes shows that as our intelligence increases, so does our childishness. which is strangely comforting. (this coming from a man/boy who still enjoys shotgunning cans of PBR on a porch at 8:30am).

for these reasons, i still look forward to halloween. not only is it a time to dress like an idiot and get wasted, it is a time to be around a bunch of your friends who are doing the same...which makes it pleasantly different from the other times that i dress like an idiot and get wasted.

i'm outskies.

(by the way, if you get the misfits reference in the title, you rule...kudos)