Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Halloween and Another Earthquake


Thank you everyone for your concern about how the Solomon's weathered the earthquake on Tuesday night; it's very much appreciated. In the event you are unsure, yes, that was dripping with sarcasm.

On a serious note, that was really something. It struck at 8:00 pm while I was reading the kids a story. The Wife was in the shower and missed the whole thing but boy was that was quite the experience. While it only lasted around 10-15 seconds, it was exceptionally violent; it's hard to describe, but it felt like the house was pitching to its side. The kids did not react well at all - the girl in particular really freaked out and was inconsolable until she fell asleep. I'll say one thing: now that I've experienced two earthquakes, I don't feel any desire to experience a third. And this one at 5.6 was relatively small.

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Obviously, today was halloween. Our town really takes this holiday seriously: the day starts off with a parade at the kid's school and a little show in which each class comes up and sings a song. I hate using words like "adorable" but it really was something close to that, particularly the girl and her kindergarden crew. The Girl, by the way, was a Dragon (kind of appropriate) while the Boy was .. get ready for it .. Derek Jeter. This is a kid after my own heart.

We went to a friends house for dinner and then headed downtown. There is a three or four block radius that *really* gets into the halloween spirit: haunted houses, spooky music blaring from speakers, extensive decorations, -- the whole nine yards. Then the high school kids come out and cause all sort of craziness. All in all, it's a really good time.

One weird thing happened though: an adult -- a freaking adult -- got in the Boy's face and started spouting off about how the Yankees sucked. Yes, he was a Red Sox fan and yes, he was serious. It was kind of bizarre; he kept going on and on about how they were in disarray, and welcome to their world of suffering and blah, blah, blah. It was really weird. I said to him, dude, he's a kid, he doesn't get this stuff but it didn't really seem to resonate.

Damn Red Sox fans.

One thing I don't like about halloween -- and I do not mean to sound like a curmudgeon now -- but if you think about it, the whole candy thing is really idiotic. The last thing in the world these kids need today - mine, especially - is 14 pounds of freaking candy. Actually, make the 12; the wife just ate two pounds worth.

4 comments:

Crazymamaof6 said...

wow that guy reaming your kid sucks! and wow there was an earthquake? not your fave thing huh?
really you don't love the candy aspect of it? because it is my fave part! really the only redeeming thing about the holiday for me is the candy. not that i let my kids keep all of it. but for a couple days it won't hurt. then there is a dentist in town here doing a candy buy back (2bucks a pound.)
and he sends all of it to overseas to the troops.

Michael said...

You should have pummeled the Red Sox idiot as he and his brethren rightly deserve such treatment.

Anonymous said...

you know i would have hit the bastard.gs

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