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scg
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Halloween, then and now
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Oct 31 04:57 UTC 1994 |
With Halloween coming up tomorrow, I've been thinking back on past
Halloweens. I remember how it used to be such a big deal. I would have
so much fun running around in costumes and stuffing myself with candy. It
was a day I looked forward to for a long time, and would be very
disappointed when it was over.
Now that I've gotten older, that seems to have changed a bit.
For one thing, I no longer eat candy very much, and the prospect of
having a while bag of candy brings to mind more of a "what do I do with
this" type feeling than a feeling of joy. Also, running around the
neighborhood in a costume, although it does seem like it would still be
fun, just doesn't have the same allure it once did. Instead, I will
probably spend this Halloween handing out candy to whavever trick or
treaters come to my house and having lots of fun admiring their costumes.
Somehow, it won't be the sameas it used to be, but maybe Halloween is just
one of those times when it would be nicer not to have grown up. :)
How has Halloween changed for you over the years? Do you do
things differently now than you used to? Is it more enjoyable or less
enjoyable? Or is Halloween just some satanic or pagan ritual that must be
stopped at any cost?
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eeyore
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Oct 31 13:56 UTC 1994 |
i don't think that it should be stopped...but yes, there are some rituals
involved...:)
i want to go trick-or treating, but i thinjk that i am geting too old.
i remember how mad i used to get to see the older kids go, so i think i will
abstain tonight from the festivities. of course, the fact that i'm supposed
to work helps.
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anne
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response 2 of 32:
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Oct 31 15:32 UTC 1994 |
Hallowen was originally a pgan ritual, and for some of us... it still is.
Last night the pagan group I am in did a ritual for halloween. I think that
a number of people forget what it is supposed to be about. There is more to
it then kids running around getting candy.
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spyder
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response 3 of 32:
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Nov 1 06:17 UTC 1994 |
well .......I have no clue what it is supposed to be about ...but all i know is
I went to a haunted house with a girl ...boy was she scard crap-less...and was
given a peice of candy in a class today..and was wished happy Halloween once.
so I think I'm not alone in the crowd of people who do not know what it is all
about.
so tell us......anne "WHAT IS THE SPIRT OF HALLOWEEN"
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gerund
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response 4 of 32:
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Nov 1 11:42 UTC 1994 |
Happy Pumpkin Toys and a dead leaf.
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anne
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response 5 of 32:
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Nov 3 02:09 UTC 1994 |
It's a lot more then that. But since the system is going down... I'll
s'plain later...
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gerund
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response 6 of 32:
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Nov 3 11:10 UTC 1994 |
Yeah, it is, and incidently i spent about five full screens explaining
what it was to ME, but the system crashed while i was typing that in.
I'm not going to rehash it. Suffice it to say that, for me, there
is no time of year beyond or above fall, and no time in fall beyond or
above Halloween. I'd elaborate, but somehow I don't think it'd be
clear.
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carson
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response 7 of 32:
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Nov 3 11:44 UTC 1994 |
that much wasn't clear...
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anne
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response 8 of 32:
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Nov 3 17:39 UTC 1994 |
Halloween- originally - All Hollow's Eve, or Samhain to the pagans in the
crowd, is a time to honor and celebrate the dead. To thank the earth for
the summer's bounty, and prepare for the upcoming winter. Children dressed
up because their parents were protecting them. They believed that elves
would come and kidnap their children, becuse the elveschildren were hideous
and the human babies were perfect. By dressing the children up, the elves
thought they were their children, and didn't take them. (that's why kids
nowadays dress up)
This is a time for reflection, and introspection. To examine what has
happened, and what needs to be changed. This is the spirit of Halloween,
at least to me.
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gerund
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response 9 of 32:
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Nov 4 01:54 UTC 1994 |
Close enough for me, sorta.
Except it goes a bit beyond just death, but anyhow...
I can't say any more.
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anne
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response 10 of 32:
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Nov 4 04:36 UTC 1994 |
I don't understand what you mean by going beyond just death... could you
try to explain more, gerund, or maybe mail me?
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carson
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response 11 of 32:
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Nov 4 09:39 UTC 1994 |
Halloween isn't a religious experience for me. For the first few years
of my life, it was a chance to escape my identity and become something
else, if only for a day. After my parents divorced, my mother turned
into a faux-zealot and wouldn't let me go trick-or-treating anymore. I
have grown to not miss it, although I still get annoyed when some of
my friends insist upon dressing up and going out to beg for candy. I
mean, grow up, "put aside childish things", and all that. I guess
that Halloween is a part of childhood for many, and that its death as
a childhood thing is something that is dealt with differently by each
individual.
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gerund
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response 12 of 32:
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Nov 4 11:48 UTC 1994 |
I mean that Halloween 'traditionally' signifies change for me. Not solely
death. I also mean it signifies a lot of negative things, but beyond those
negative things it signifies possitive things. Perhaps this IS better
rambled about in mail. I don't feel I'd do any better with it though.
sorry
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anne
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response 13 of 32:
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Nov 8 01:42 UTC 1994 |
that's what halloween is, a time of change... I'm sorry if I wasn't clear
on that. change isn't necesarily good or bad, it just is.
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gerund
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response 14 of 32:
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Nov 8 02:04 UTC 1994 |
yeah... it just IS
how come some people see that sometimes, but not other times?
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anne
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response 15 of 32:
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Nov 9 15:33 UTC 1994 |
Cause some times they are looking, other times they don't want to see.
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gerund
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response 16 of 32:
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Nov 9 22:54 UTC 1994 |
yeah
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spyder
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response 17 of 32:
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Nov 10 01:14 UTC 1994 |
yeah
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carson
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response 18 of 32:
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Nov 10 09:42 UTC 1994 |
she loves you
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gerund
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response 19 of 32:
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Nov 10 10:44 UTC 1994 |
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
what a way to trash something wonderful, or almost so.
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dang
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response 20 of 32:
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Nov 18 18:18 UTC 1994 |
spyder: Did you get your id from Spyder Robinson?
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spyder
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response 21 of 32:
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Dec 5 22:33 UTC 1994 |
nope ...but is there a Spyder Robinson..... cause that is weird ..my real name
is Robertson who is he and what does he do.... well wait are you talking
about the skier if you are then you are correct... I'm a down hill racer and
that is where I got ythe name.. from the jacket I wore all the time... people
just started calling me spyder
w/b dang
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anne
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response 22 of 32:
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Dec 6 00:23 UTC 1994 |
actually, I think dang is referring to the author Spyder Robertson.
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spyder
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response 23 of 32:
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Dec 6 03:05 UTC 1994 |
so now there are three of us....
I know for sure that the close line called spyder was made by the skier who
went under the racing name spyder... I never knew his real name or if that was
his real name...
what knid of writer is he..... which books has he written.??
w/b
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anne
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Dec 7 15:28 UTC 1994 |
I think he writes fantasy books, I sorta remember one, but can't think of
the name off hand.
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