Chicagoist: Halloween Raver or Halloween Hater?

fremo

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:36:10 -0600

PRO: Cool pumpkin carvings. CON: Those same pumpkins smashed all over the sidewalk/street the next morning, or... CON: Carved pumpkins sitting out well past Halloween, either melting into a puddle of goo or rotting completely and stinking up the joint.

Stealth

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:01:17 -0600

PRO: Seeing all the drunk sexy ______S stumbling around in high heels. CON: If it's your mom.

smussy

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:13:48 -0600

every single close friend i've ever had lists halloween as "their favorite holiday." i'm throwing a party this year, cause i like to have parties. but honestly, i don't like halloween. 1. i hate being scared. i'd never go to a haunted house. 2. i hate being scared. i don't watch horror movies. 3. SAW V or VI or whatever the fuck. those movies are disgusting and i don't know what people get out of them. 4. while most people are surprised to hear i don't like halloween -- they figure i'll love to dress up -- the thing is, i'm a lazy perfectionist. i hate that i have to try and come up with something clever or whatever ...i want my costume to be something people fawn over. yet, i'm a lazy ass who normally whips something up the day of. 5. the only time that i've ever planned an outfit (this year, the joker. way cliche, but i'm obsessed), i've been worrying about getting all the right parts since. 6. candy corn. that shit is awful, yet i try and convince myself once a year that it *might* be different this time. and it never is. one time, when i was dosing with some friends, we decided that each piece of candy corn has 1,000 witches souls in it. 'nuff said. 7. sexy/slutty _______. let's be honest, if i had the body, i'd probably wear something a *little* more exciting. but i don't, and i'm bummed (realize it's my own fault). 8. i always feel guilty that i don't stay home and hand out candy to the neighborhood kids. i think that suffices. but really, i love for other people to get whipped up about it. to an extent. cause 9. i can't stand it when my friends are asking "what are you going to be for halloween" in august. seriously?

happyfunball

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:07:39 -0600

CON: Teaching children to beg.

Mucky Fingers

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:06:10 -0600

PRO ~ Halloween haunted houses. Even if the show is produced by high school kids, it's still fun to see and get scared....Old horror movies through the month of October on TCM....and kids coming to trick-or-treat and looking cute even when they're dressed up as something scary. CON ~ Slutty costumes: nurses, french maids, belly dancers, cops ("I'm Miss Demeanor!"), schoolgirls, etc. These skanks have got to go. Halloween is like New Year's Eve for women with low self-esteem.

Ingrid

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:42:12 -0600

I love the Halloween "Roseanne" shows. Lots of people around where I live put up some pretty awesome Halloween displays. I'm too lazy...it's always fun to put up, but too much of a hassle to take down.

bibliogrrl

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:38:54 -0600

I've always loved Halloween. But then again, my birthday is the next day. I mean, when you are a kid, and one day you get to wear a costume and get candy, and the next you get cake and presents, you will totally love both your whole life.

Jacy Wojcik

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:27 -0600

Hahahaha. Amy, we LURVE Halloween Jail!

Amy Mikel

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:52:10 -0600

PRO: Halloween jail. Sitting in a cell next to a boozy SpongeBob. CON: If it's you.

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:52:00 -0600

Halloween is hot like fire, so all the haters step to the left.

Jacy Wojcik

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:47:34 -0600

PRO: All the Halloween "walk-of-shames" the morning of November 1st. There's nothing funnier than seeing an embarrassed, beer-soaked, messy-haired "Sexy _______" trying to get a cab at 8am. CON: If it's you.