Initiation into Blogging

HA! I have wanted a blog for forever, and now I finally have one. I really don't get Halloween. Wait--let me clarify. I think the person who thought up the idea to have kids go around to houses and receive candy is brilliant. What a holiday if you are a child, I remember Halloween rivaling Christmas for my favorite holiday. Not only did I get trick-or-treat candy, but our family always had some sort of wonderful food that lasted until weeks after Halloween. Back to what I don't get--Scary movies? Costumes full of blood? Nasty 'tricks' whether or not they received candy or not? Egging houses? Vandalism? Stealing little kids candy? Focusing on the evil horror that exists within humanity? What is the Deal?! Were is the fun in that? On a lighter note, I watched the The Monster House Halloween night with my wife, and I thought it was wonderful. Slightly creepish, but a great movie. I guess Halloween is a lot like everything else, it has as great of a potential for good or bad as the effort put into it.