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Yeah, there she was, like disco lemonade
Nov. 1st, 2010 05:05 pmNovember 1. This is a special day, to be sure. A day we prepare for in advance, a day of careful strategy. A day that requires both planning and passion, a day where we get off to a running start but always in careful view of the long game, a day where we focus upon something delicious and crack-like.
Oh yes, my loves, it is the day of Half Price Remaindered Holiday Candy Harvest.
The day after Halloween, most bountiful of free-candy days, and the most expansive as well! Christmas and Easter have their appeal, though both of those holidays tend to have more distinct themes to their candy. If you disdain peppermint or jellybeans or marshmallow-based creatures, you may have a difficult time with the bounties of these holidays. But Halloween is wonderfully all-inclusive—even if you run the possibility of someone giving you those weird circus peanuts candies, you can be sure there's probably also going to be a good deal of Reeses peanut butter cups, and Milky Ways, and fun-size packets of just about everything from M&Ms to Skittles.
And our dried Peeps jerky and syrupy, preserved Cadbury eggs from Easter have no doubt run low by now, so you should hie yourself to a CVS or Walmart or whatever, and grab all the bags of candy that have pumpkins and vampires and obvious holiday themed packaging, because they are cheap and will sustain you over the next month until the next great Christmas Harvest.
Also, you know, it's the start of NaNoWriMo, All Saint's Day, and the day before Election Day 2010. So, uh, get your writing on (all inclusive), get your Holy Day of Obligation on (Catholics!), and get your vote on (Americans!). I can't stress that last one enough.
( Sports are in next entry. This is reserved for a writing meme, in honor of NaNo. Several amusing excerpts from various books below the cut. )
A quiet Halloween this year, not so much with getting drunk and lost in New York. It was fun to give out candy to the kids who came by, though I had to hold back a visible wince when one tiny trick-or-treater told me he was dressed as Anakin Skywalker, and did not know who Luke was. Also, I survived my first dinner party with the neighbors. Nice folks. They still think Louise and I are a couple, so rather than deal with tedious and/or awkward explanations, I have decided to simply throw my lot in and encourage things in the other direction. Since I'm lucky enough to be getting several visitors over the next couple of months, I've decided to fan the rumor mill and to make the neighbors think I'm hosting, like, poly-amorous lesbian orgies. At least that should make the next HOA meeting more interesting.
Oh yes, my loves, it is the day of Half Price Remaindered Holiday Candy Harvest.
The day after Halloween, most bountiful of free-candy days, and the most expansive as well! Christmas and Easter have their appeal, though both of those holidays tend to have more distinct themes to their candy. If you disdain peppermint or jellybeans or marshmallow-based creatures, you may have a difficult time with the bounties of these holidays. But Halloween is wonderfully all-inclusive—even if you run the possibility of someone giving you those weird circus peanuts candies, you can be sure there's probably also going to be a good deal of Reeses peanut butter cups, and Milky Ways, and fun-size packets of just about everything from M&Ms to Skittles.
And our dried Peeps jerky and syrupy, preserved Cadbury eggs from Easter have no doubt run low by now, so you should hie yourself to a CVS or Walmart or whatever, and grab all the bags of candy that have pumpkins and vampires and obvious holiday themed packaging, because they are cheap and will sustain you over the next month until the next great Christmas Harvest.
Also, you know, it's the start of NaNoWriMo, All Saint's Day, and the day before Election Day 2010. So, uh, get your writing on (all inclusive), get your Holy Day of Obligation on (Catholics!), and get your vote on (Americans!). I can't stress that last one enough.
( Sports are in next entry. This is reserved for a writing meme, in honor of NaNo. Several amusing excerpts from various books below the cut. )
A quiet Halloween this year, not so much with getting drunk and lost in New York. It was fun to give out candy to the kids who came by, though I had to hold back a visible wince when one tiny trick-or-treater told me he was dressed as Anakin Skywalker, and did not know who Luke was. Also, I survived my first dinner party with the neighbors. Nice folks. They still think Louise and I are a couple, so rather than deal with tedious and/or awkward explanations, I have decided to simply throw my lot in and encourage things in the other direction. Since I'm lucky enough to be getting several visitors over the next couple of months, I've decided to fan the rumor mill and to make the neighbors think I'm hosting, like, poly-amorous lesbian orgies. At least that should make the next HOA meeting more interesting.
