10-22-2009, 10:00 PM
Thanks for the replies, everyone!! I'm extremely sorry to hear that so many of you feel the same way.WickedBeard, I'm not losing interest in the hobby or my favorite horror films by any means.....That's truly not what I meant. The fact is that Halloween as a celebration, holiday, and day of <i>focus</i> for all this stuff - to me - has just gotten all the more dull in the last few years. Like most of the people in this thread and exactly like "mybankey" stated, I'm VERY used to living this stuff all year long.....I live monsters 24/7. Perhaps that HAS diluted the feeling of Halloween for me in that it's not much of a departure from how I function normally.Trav, <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\"
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sad.gif\" />...That sucks about your back, dude. Now I feel REALLY bad because here I am complaining, but I have no real reason NOT to try and have fun with this stuff, unlike you in your current situation. 'Hope your Halloween still manages to be fun and interesting, regardless.Deadguy: I think your problem is that you actually GO INTO the office on Halloween... <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> I absolutely refuse to go to work on Halloween, and will take any route to prevent that from happening. If I did that, my feelings and enjoyment for Halloween would likely instantly be shattered for a very long time. Guh...Cubicles, phone calls, and idiots sitting around in 5,000 identical pirate costumes really do nothing to help my enjoyment of the day...clownnation: Holy crap!! That's the funniest thing ever! hahaha...I'd be willing to do something like that. There are a metric ton of old, dilapidated houses in this county that look insanely creepy and could easily support a "backstory"...The only problem is that most owners of those houses have "No Trespassing" signs up and will not think twice about shooting your hiney for ignoring them. heh.Spaz: No kids here. We do have a friend with a 2-year-old little girl who has started a tradition to visit us each Halloween on her trick-or-treat rounds, so that's always a plus...We give her candy and hang out for a little while, then it's off to some of her family's homes for more of the same. That always seems to remind me how fun the day can be. Maybe I can look forward to that, at least.Thanks again and cheers,Ryan
\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sad.gif\" />...That sucks about your back, dude. Now I feel REALLY bad because here I am complaining, but I have no real reason NOT to try and have fun with this stuff, unlike you in your current situation. 'Hope your Halloween still manages to be fun and interesting, regardless.Deadguy: I think your problem is that you actually GO INTO the office on Halloween... <img src=\"style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif\" style=\"vertical-align:middle\" emoid=\":laugh:\" border=\"0\" alt=\"laugh.gif\" /> I absolutely refuse to go to work on Halloween, and will take any route to prevent that from happening. If I did that, my feelings and enjoyment for Halloween would likely instantly be shattered for a very long time. Guh...Cubicles, phone calls, and idiots sitting around in 5,000 identical pirate costumes really do nothing to help my enjoyment of the day...clownnation: Holy crap!! That's the funniest thing ever! hahaha...I'd be willing to do something like that. There are a metric ton of old, dilapidated houses in this county that look insanely creepy and could easily support a "backstory"...The only problem is that most owners of those houses have "No Trespassing" signs up and will not think twice about shooting your hiney for ignoring them. heh.Spaz: No kids here. We do have a friend with a 2-year-old little girl who has started a tradition to visit us each Halloween on her trick-or-treat rounds, so that's always a plus...We give her candy and hang out for a little while, then it's off to some of her family's homes for more of the same. That always seems to remind me how fun the day can be. Maybe I can look forward to that, at least.Thanks again and cheers,Ryan