For tonight's unique posting, I have two distinct and somewhat seperate thoughts although the combination is definately an area that requires some exploration, as you will see.
The first thought is this - Halloween.
Just over a week ago, in an adhoc conversation with a girl from church, I was cordially invited to her house on the night of October 31st. My instinctive response, like many of yours would be (i assume), was (reasonably excitedly) "Oh you're having a Halloween party? Awesome! I'm coming as a Vampire!". This comment did not elicit the response i had anticipated.
To put is simply, she kindly assumed that i had been joking about the existence of a Halloween party and proceeded to tell me that a Vampire was not an appropriate choice for her gathering. As I know very few young people in this city I have recently moved into, I simply cannot afford to be turning down invites or disputing the validity of Halloween. So, before you know it I am signed up to attend an anti-halloween party. Which I later mused that I am anti-anti-Halloween parties, lol.
The party consisted of a considerable amount of glow sticks (which are awesome in all circumstances), decorating cakes and saw over 180 kids stop by to join in these festivities, which in truthfulness I missed the bulk of watching football. Anyway, I do have a point, she isn't the only one who seems to enjoy the giving side of Halloween. And I'm not just talking about Christians or Anti-Halloweeners, there seems to be a plethora of people who prepare and eagerly await TorT's.
I find this mildly Ironic, since I would suggest that well over 90% of TorT's have little or no intention of Tricking the victim's residence any longer, and halloween has evolved and transformed into a holiday (holiday seems strong since nobody in the world gets this day off) of giving and therefore by way of works, quite a christian holiday.
my second thought is not related. Taking a bath. There is something incredibly relaxing about settling down into a hot lathery tub of water. However, when one of my best friends informed me that he sits in the bath while it fills up, I was bemused (which I think is definately a word creation of bedazzled and confused), since the stepping into the hotness is nearly all of the fun. Is that only me and are the rest of the world missing out on the stepability of bathing or is just him?
Need a good bath song? try Gravity by John Mayer. You won't regret it!
In a bit. Love J.
I sit in the bath whilst it fills to slowly aclimatise to the temperature and adjust it if required as the bath fills.
ReplyDeleteThis also avoids the problem of displaced water drenching your floor when you step in a full bath.
Nuff said!