I drank at home. And got high. I always think it’s funny when people choose to do mushrooms on Halloween, Dude— that is NOT the day for that. You don’t do mushrooms on Halloween, you do NOT do mushrooms before getting a haircut.
We live in the country and haven’t had anyone come out our house in years. Any families with kids that live out here go to a nearby town instead. We did the same when our boys were young because so few people put their lights on for trick or treating. Trick or treating is one parenting thing I don’t really miss. Honestly I don’t really care for Halloween in general.
Same. We have one neighbor that will make sure to have some candy to give our kid, and they have started bringing their grandchild to our house to ToT. But they close the street down in town and all the families go get candy from businesses or other people that want to pass out candy. We rode through some neighborhoods after the town event, and nothing, people just don't participate in house to house trick or treating anymore.
Our final count is 497 trick or treaters, a lot more counting their other family members etc. Half the people we had drove in from other parts of town. it was warm and nice last night, which was weather long overdue for Halloween. We had a LOT of people.
I have lived in both the high traffic area's, where people drive in to drop there kids off at. That would roughly be what we have if we gave out candy. Wife works afternoons, and i take the kids out.
That is peak America right there. When I was younger we had to call the fire dept (volunteer at the time) for a fireplace fire that started leaking through the other side of the chimney on the old house. Precautionary, mainly. They showed up, did their thing, and all had a round of beer before leaving.
We ended up having a lot of kids. A guy I know from high school must have moved near by he came up and said high. He probably had the stiffest drink I’d seen on a weeknight since college. I could smell the booze 5 feet away. Having kids that bad?
Happy Day of the Dead. I had high hopes for the night that ended up getting hurled into a toilet at a Mexican restaurant. Happy Saturday to all ye idiots.
This right here. Some of the parents we encountered at our sons' school I wanted nothing to do with. I'm sure they thought I was a standoffish prick because, well, I was.
Drove to Waterloo to meet family from Toronto. Had a nice lunch, but then spent 2 hours playing VR games with my cousins and their sons. It was a big studio or small warehouse where 6 of us could move around in various games. It was a fucking blast. The kids had no idea I do that shit for a living, and I kicked their asses. At least in the non-archery games. The space alien shooting shit? I dominated by a LOT. lol
Not sure if it was the same game or not, but I played a tower defense game where you're an archer on the rampart and you have to shoot the hordes coming to break down your gate. It got really good when I realized I could reach behind myself to put the tip of the arrow in a torch before firing, and it turned it into a flaming arrow that would light your enemies on fire.
Different game, but similar. This had a moving platform that you could shoot from looking down into a castle and courtyard to protect a magical tree from magical enemies, from warriors to giant spiders to orcs. You got to select the type of arrows you could shoot (fire, explosive, lightning, etc) that would level up as you went along. Very cool 3d immersion.
20 mile race today. This time last year it was the litmus test to see if I could even complete my first marathon. Today I took it easy, shit weather so nice little jog just to enjoy the scenery and shake out the legs a bit. Stopped and chatted at the aid stations, tried not to kill myself. Got two marathons this year as training runs for my first ultra (50k). Anyway, still managed to take 30 minutes off last year's time. Race director was at the turnaround aid station drinking whiskey, at like 9 am. These folks know how to party.
When our sons bought his first Oculus, one of the games was a shooter game where you’re a cop. I got so into it I went to lean on the hood of “my squad car” and almost ate the corner of our floor to ceiling book case.