Jilly's 1st Halloween

Tonight is a special evening because for the first time I get to participate in Halloween as a distributor. It's been a long while since I've dressed up and canvassed door-to-door for candy and I don't have any little goblins of my own, so I think I've lost touch with the Halloween spirit.

Last night I carved a pumpkin and hung a few decorations in the window. My dad was over and I could see he was getting excited about it all. I got my candy ready--175 pieces. I have no idea how many kids I will get. I just had my first one a few minutes ago--a little girl. I gave her some Twizzlers and milk duds. Will she even like those? Oh, here's another one. Not much for costumes--it's hovering around 2 degrees outside with a bit of a wind--mostly warm jackets, hats and a mask or face paint.

On Saturday I attended two Halloween parties. I hadn't planned on dressing up until I was with my mom in the fabric store and she started getting excited about sewing something for me. I had it really good as a kid, my mom sewed a lot of fun costumes for my sister and me. This year we decided to go back to 1985 and revive my pink haired idol, Jem.



To research the details of her outfit, I found the old cartoons on YouTube. I've been watching the episodes everyday while eating breakfast. She was a woman before her time. Not long ago on The Hour George named her in the top 5 list of female rockers. As I watched Jem/Jerrica struggle with her relationship with her true love, Rio, I realised that everything I believe in about love and friendship I learned from watching Jem and The Princess Bride. I was four years old.

Okay, it's been an hour now and I've had about 10 kids. I was totally expecting way more. I was anticipating between 50 and 100. Dad will be happy for all the leftover Oh Henrys. The kids have been polite which makes them a little endearing I suppose.

The last group of older kids came at about 8:30. By my count, I got 22 kids. That leaves me with quite the haul of leftovers. Come on by!

a toy story

It turns out that George did not whack Monkey. He had one of his goons carry out the deed. That goon's name is Animal.

Monkey made a miraculous recovery but something had to be done. Sometime this morning before George got in, Animal was skulking around, jamming up printers, stealing files, and generally just up to no good. You can imagine his surprise though when he found himself cornered by Penguin Pete, Lil' Penguin, Hamburglar, Monkey (who was not dead) and the number 24 Dupont Chevrolet.

Penguin Pete pointed some kind of paperclip weapon at Animal. "Get'im boys," he instructed.

The boys got him alright, but they didn't really know what they were supposed to do with him. After all, they were just filled with fluff. So they put him in the back of Baby Truck and drove.

The gang ended up at a local sports bar. "Buy us drinks!" Monkey commanded Animal (even though Monkey really was not supposed to be drinking, having recently being nearly dead and all). Animal, not quite sure what to make of the gang, obliged and bought a round.

After a few, the gang mingled with some other patrons. Animal, however, continued drinking.

Feeling pretty good and spiffy, Animal decided to try to chat up a girl. Sadly though, the girls were not buying what he was selling.


Whoa, Animal, what did you say to Kelly-Marie?

OUCH!

Feeling dejected but not about to let a good night go to waste, Animal went back to drinking...

...and got pretty darn drunk. Let's hope George doesn't see him like this.

Despite being full of fluff, the gang was also now full of beer. So they did the responsible thing and took a cab home.

And while George and Jill are sworn enemies, it seems that Monkey, Hamburglar, Lil' Penguin and Animal are now the newest Get-Along-Gang. Perhaps there is hope for George and Jill yet. Perhaps.

Update: Animal didn't look so good today