All Hallow’s Eve, All Hell Breaks Loose |
November 15, 2011 |
This year’s Halloween was not exactly what I had expected. From Snowpocalypse 2011 to cancelled classes to some old-fashioned sans-electricity bonding time with my hallmates and friends, All Hallow’s Eve turned out to be one hell of an adventure and makes me realize that all my bitching and moaning about Halloween falling on a Monday this year was, well, stupid.
For weeks leading up to October 31, I, as I’m sure many of you, could not help but lament the unfortunate hand we had all been dealt by the gods of the Western calendar: Halloween was going to be on a Monday. Having one of the wildest, mischief-filled nights of the year at the beginning of a school (and work) week meant several things.
1) I would not be able to engage in sinful activities with my fellow Wes comrades.
2) Rather than munching on Twix bars, candy corn, and other cough “special” cough substances, many of us would instead be eating ramen and microwaved pasta in our rooms to ring in this joyous holiday.
3) While little children, dressed as adorable blood-sucking monsters and Pokémon characters, knock on strangers’ doors and beg for questionable pieces of candy, we older folks would be studying (or pretending to study)—partying it up with that chapter in the chemistry textbook on Raoult’s Law and that book covering the economic mistakes made during the Yeltsin regime.
Just number 3 was enough to make us curl into fetal position and beg the Lord for mercy.
But was it really necessary to get our panties in a bunch about something as frivolous as Halloween? I know, I know, you’re probably shaking your head at me and putting my name on the black list for saying something so blasphemous, but there was really no reason to freak out that Halloween this year would somehow be different from how it is every year. If we really wanted to party or join in on the festivities, we would find a way to. And if we really thought about it, I guess the Lord did answer our cries for help. We didn’t have class on Halloween or the day after for that matter. Many of us got to celebrate the way we wanted to—albeit it was a little dark and all. And as for me, I got to go on an impromptu—and slightly dysfunctional—Little Miss Sunshine road trip and came back with more memories than I can count.
So next time Halloween falls on a seemingly inconvenient day, take a chill pill and relax. It’s all going to work out in the end.