Halloweening
5:17 PM, Tuesday afternoon. Let’s see: A zombie (twice), The Grim Reaper, a pirate (a few times), an evil jester, The Phantom of the Opera, one of The Three Musketeers (as candy bars), The Crow, and a vampire of the elegantly-gothic sort. I’ve been quite a few things since I got old enough to hit the bars and start dressing-up for Halloween again.
At the moment however, I’m just me — typing away here while listening to Stone Temple Pilots go “Trippin’ On a Hole in a Paper Heart”. There, I just cranked the stereo up a bit. Now you won’t hear me whisper: “I have nothing to say…”
I’ve always loved Halloween. I can’t believe it’s only a few days away already. And I don’t have a firm idea for a costume yet! Arrgh. I’m going to have to come up with something fast — suggestions are always welcome. (You know, considering the fact that I primarily write science fiction it’s odd that I’ve never dressed-up as something, um, science fictional…)
Anyway.
My Grandmother got married on Halloween — how cool is that? My brother Joel was born on All Saints Day (the day after Halloween; a religious holiday, don’t ya know). Hmm, for that matter, my Dad was born on Valentine’s Day. Notable (at least to me) events linked with holidays.
There is no holiday that I’m aware of associated with my birthday. (What an oversight on the part of those folks in charge of making holidays!) However, I was born on the twelfth day of the twelfth month — if the year would have been 1912 that would have really been funky in a numerically significant (or maybe not) kinda way…
Double-Hmm, if you were very superstitious (and possessed a great deal of self control and perfect timing) you could have a child who was born July 7, 2007 and who’s birthdate would then be: 7/7/07. Three sevens — take that kid to Vegas!
I know: I have way too much time on my hands.
— JWR, 1997
EDITOR’S NOTE: The date on this entry (and on all of the “I Have Nothing To Say” entries) has been arbitrarily assigned to preserve the sequence that they were originally posted in. All were written in 1997 but, at that point, I was only identifying my journal’s entries by the time at which they were written.