Halloween and such

Our door bell has been ringing continuously tonight, trick-or-treat kids of all sizes and ages (I suspect some of them were university students). Maybe a little bit childish, but I wanted to have some fun too. So I borrowed a scary mask from little boy. And I was wearing one of my metal T-shits, as usual, with sculls and scary stuff ... muuhaaahaaah!

Every time the door bell rang I put on the mask. Then, with the mask on, I opened the the door with a quick move, and screaming out the most horrifying growl I could make. I thought that would scare the shit out of the kids ... but they just laughed at me.

It's not easy to scare the kids anymore.

The picture has nothing to do with Halloween, but I thought this might be a suitable day to post it. I took it this summer, on a black metal concert on town square with one of my favorite bands, Mayhem.

Black metal fans have Halloween every day >:)))

Cleaning up after the summer

I've been working in the yard this weekend. Boring, but necessary to do. The snow we got couple of weeks ago is gone. October-snow never stays.

I've taken down the kids trampoline and put it to winter storage, and removed the leaves on the ground. The different species of trees drop their leaves at different times, so this goes on continuously, from September to December. I was shaking the damn plum tree, but it still refuses to give up it's leaves (the plums were good though, eaten in September).

My old lady has been gone most of the time, on a sewing weekend with her friends. I've been able to make some progress on my novel too. She thinks my writing is just a big waste of time. If I sit down to write, it means I'm idle, having nothing useful to do, and available for doing all kind of jobs she invents. So, I mostly write in secret.

Today is Halloween. We don't have a tradition for celebrating it. First time I experienced Halloween was when we lived in Colorado some 10 years ago. But last few years it has become bigger and bigger here too. The stores have found another opportunity to sell all kinds of crap. Little boy is going to a Halloween party with friends tonight (older boy and his friends had Halloween party yesterday; that's because they drink beer, even though they're under age).

Now the trick-or-treat gangs are coming soon. I need to find the candy and make it ready. Then I think I'll watch the Antichrist movie by Lars von Trier, bought the DVD couple of weeks ago.

Enjoy your Halloween >:)