victim of the crime

it's cold. seriously. i guess there is no more denying that winter is running at us but i was hoping for a little more of a fall to be quite honest. oh well. gotta have a positive outlook. maybe it will be a mild winter still.

it's nice to know that some traditions i knew as a kid are still around. sunday easy lane drivin'. take out your nicest car, polish her up and cruise around in the bright sun. always a pleasure to see the old men in their finest vehicles looking happy as a clam. :)

was talking to shawn last night about how once a year my aunt would take me and my cousin out (and sometimes the grandparents-parents) to drive around and look at christmas lights around various neighborhoods. i remember how many people used to put up lights and what a great tradition it was to look at them with family. i also remember when we stopped going because hardly anyone was putting any effort into the decorations anymore. so sad, but it's often the case that instead of putting up a bunch of lights, fighting to find some original decorations and whatnot, now all you see are the same cardboard cut outs hanging on their front doors and the huge inflated santa in the front yard. usually slightly deflated. such a sad sight. i will not let my home be like that.

on a related note, people are decorating more and more for halloween. i like this. i think it's a very under-rated holiday. gets a lot of negative attention and rap. i think it's fun to be a little scared sometimes. and the idea of dressing up and going door to door getting candy from people is definitely unique. it's the only holiday i can really think of where you venture outside of your extended family blanket and include others in a celebration like that. idk, it's obviously my favorite holiday so i may be a little biased. who knows.

all that mentioned, i'd still rather see more christmas lights up than halloween lights. i'm ok with myself liking halloween more than christmas but when the majority of people seem to feel the same way it worries me about the morale of this town/area/people in general. maybe i'm just reading too much into it...