BEAUOLOGY 101: HALLOWEEN—UNFRIEND ME

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Halloween At My House-Beau Smith

by beloved Smith

I’ll get to the point. I don’t like Halloween.

I never have. Not even as a bit youngster with the lure of toting house a significant bag of sugar-packed, energy induced candy.

Never liked it. Still don’t.

My concept Of High end Cosplay

I’ve never liked dressing up in costumes, basic or elaborate. As a kid, for Halloween I would wear one of those affordable plastic masks with the string that held it on to your face. It was of whatever character was prominent at the time (for me, it was mainly Frankenstein, Wolfman, The creature From The Black Lagoon) as well as I would take the bag my parents (they were married on technique Or treat Night) provided me as well as trudge out as well as gather candy. I waited for the day when I might state “I’m not gonna do this anymore. I’m as well old.” I believe I invoked that ideal in the 6th grade.

I might never be, or preferred to be, an actor. They have to gown up in costumes everyday as well as repeat the exact same words over as well as over. The repetition alone would make me crazy. (Crazier)

Please note that I do not, as well as never have, judged others that do take pleasure in Halloween as well as dressing up in costumes. That’s your service as well as pleasure. have at it. just don’t invite me to the party. As an adult when I did go to Halloween parties, I normally dressed as a cowboy, simple to do, or a baseball player. No masks as well as I got to bring a gun or a sphere bat. Win/Win.

At conventions, I take pleasure in seeing others enjoying doing the cosplay thing. They are super-creative as well as people truly take pleasure in it. say thanks to you for not asking me to do it or judge your contests.

Halloween has gone from being someday in October to being the whole month of October. It’s anywhere you turn. Making money has a big part to make with that. service is business. They just aren’t getting mine.

THEM-Giants Ants My Kinda Monsters.

I have never been a fan of horror….stories, films, TV…I’ve always been a fan of Monsters…Universal Monsters as well as 1950s giant, radioactive produced monsters, creature From The Black Lagoon, Them, Howard Hawks The thing are three of my top ten preferred films of all time, however never the mental , supernatural, truly ill evil, serial killer type of gore horror. That just never appealed to me. Yes, as a writer, I have written horror. I do it well. It’s just not satisfying to me personally. I’ve got a writer good friend that works for both marvel as well as DC Comics that is truly prominent for their present superhero work at both companies, however reality be told, they truly dislike the superhero genre. This writer enjoys doing the stories, however the characters as well as their powers are of bit interest. They focus on the story as well as characters as a tool to much better equate the emotion of the story. We’ve talked about it lots of times as well as it’s always a extremely fascinating conversation since this writer likes doing horror above as well as beyond whatever else. So we are the yin as well as yang of the situation.

I don’t like being scared, so I don’t have the desire to pay to feel that way. I don’t like being sad, so I don’t pay to feel that method either as entertainment. Am I hiding from it? Not really. Life provides you both in ample supply. I just don’t feel the requirement to pay for it as enjoyment since for me, it’s not.

Don’t expect to find to The flying Fist Ranch on Halloween as well as discover me at the door happily handing out candy. Nope. We stop doing that when our sons grew up as well as moved out. (A long time ago.) Beth as well as I go out for a great dinner as well as come house after the chaos is all over…and no….nobody soaps my windows or eggs my house….they understand who lives there, as well as that’s scarier than anything Halloween can provide.

Again, if Halloween is your concept of fun, fine. It’s just not mine. perhaps I’m the odd one.. After all, I’ve never drank coffee as well as I discover mashed potatoes repulsive as well.

Fin Fang Foom much better not show up at Beau’s house.

So this Halloween as you’re publishing up pictures of your costumes as well as candy on Facebook as well as pricing quote dialogue from the SAW movies, don’t believe of me. I’m the person that is having dinner somewhere, enjoying hockey, as well as speaking about the story pitch for B’Wana Beast he is gonna toss at DC Comics…..yeah, perhaps I’m the odd person after all.

BOO!

Beau Smith

The flying Fist Ranch

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