Post Modern Holiday

As i got my haircut on Sunday,
My youth sponsor who so generously cuts my hair said this:
"Halloween isn't much,
IF You don't make a big deal out of it."
She said a lot.
IF we don't experience Halloween, What's left?
Ironically, death (ironic because Halloween has routs in celebrating death).
October is buried along with nature.
It does not commemorate
a person (ie. Columbus Day, which also celebrates death).
or event (some would argue the end of summer,
but I'm not convinced because summer ends at the Autumnal Equinox
[September 23rd this year]. Notably, before October.)
or relationship.
It is simply,
your experience that makes this holiday.
Strip away:
the costumes, candy, pumpkins, and colors
and you are left baron of all but the birth of November.
But, because of it's postmodern aspect,
Halloween has its heyday.
Creating costumes, inventing identities,
We live in the experience of Halloween.
Why? because happiness is summer vacation
and change occurs with the New Year and October is the in between.
So, our malcontent lives on, yearning for another season of life
disguising itself in the dress of experience.
Halloween is what we want to experience.
Reality is what we do experience.
So, why celebrate a holiday about experience?
Instead, actually create an experience.

Guilty Pleasures

Here's a list of my guilty pleasures:

1. Any Taylor Swift song.
There's something soothing about a country acoustic guitar
And a teen girl singing about love
That she probably hasn't experienced
But communicates so well.

2. An overly bold cup of coffee
But with milk in it.
Bitterness and calcium is an awesome combination.

3. Reading about technology
I like reading about the newest gadgets.
So i can talk about them like i own them,
to people who actually own them.

4. Things that your expectations completely miss
Example: The Notebook.
Expectation: Really bad sappy chick flick.
Result: Really awesome sappy chick flick.

Example 2: The Chicago Cubs
Expectation: Win the World Series every year.
Result: Lose the World Series every year.

Example 3: Cooking Dinner
Expectation: When i throw a bunch of things in a pan,
it will be bad.
Result: What i call, "Spanish Pork." It is awesome.

5. Using phrases
But,
Using them in instances that
completely revolutionize the way you use said phrases.
Example: Saying "Rest in peace" after a promotional period ends.