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 Happy Halloween, all! The highlight of my Halloween so far is winning 2nd place in the pumpkin carving contest. Other than that, it's probably my least fun Halloween in recent years. First, as a technogeek, I'm obliged to be devastated that my digital camera has developed stuck pixels. Every photo has a pleasant 2x2 block of green squares just below-right of center. Unlike a sticky door or zoom troubles, stuck pixels can't really be worked around - they're going to be on every picture this camera takes, no matter what I do. Replacing the camera isn't exactly something I can afford to do right now, so I'll have to make due with my little point-n-shoot digital. Yeah, boohoo, Derek's gotta use his second-string camera, while most people haen't got ONE good digital camera to use. Oh well, it's the life I live!The second downer about today is that it's the first Halloween that I don't have Destiny for the evening. The timing of the calendar puts Halloween on a visitation day with her mother. It's the first in the 5 years we've been separated, so I can't complain too much, but I'll miss taking her around, door to door, recieving candy from strangers.
Fab pumpkin!
Howdy from across the pond... --Abi, 11/3/2003 03:17:02
Hey Yeah--- that's a great
sneer and the knife left in
leads to a very believable
lobotomy effect.///
I've come to the conclusion
that Halloween is our closest
holiday to the practice of
Buddhism: Zen monks patiently
make elaborate designs in
colored sand that is almost
immediately swept away. Same
with carved pumpkins;
jackolanterns are are a way to
celebrate the impermanence of
daily life..... hey don't get
too attached to your art, it
all rots and fades away.&&&
Trick or treaters are like
Buddhist monks relying on the
kindness of strangers for
their sustenance. One carries
a rice bowl, the other a
plastic bag. Both were
distinctive uniforms.&&&
Nice to see Ms. Cakes checking
in from the land of the Union
Jack (o-lantern) --busmun, 11/3/2003 10:39:35
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