Shooting Star

Yea, I juat saw one.

Dropping the Mask....

Halloween has always been a "curious" Holiday. Each year it seems to grow a bit more in its popularity. More promotion to buy things and somehow use it as a transition to skip over "Thanksgiving" right into the Christmas Season.
At a small biker gathering I brought a bunch of candy to the home in a small black cauldron, and watched how big raw bikers selected each little candy-corn and devour it was such finesse. It was somewhat inspiring, as if memories were held in simple pieces of candy.

The next night, I attended My first Halloween party after many years of not doing anything on Halloween. Everyone that attended was dressed in costume, and what I found interesting was the "choices" that people make in choosing costumes. Its almost like an outer extension of themselves. A little glimpse into an "alter" personality.

My first costume when I was seven, I was a "ballerina" because I liked all the sequins it had on the costume. And I had a ton of make-up on My face like real ballerinas. Strangely enough, I never seemed to let go of the "sequin fetish" , if it shines from the rack then soon it will find its way into My closet. I must have not liked all the makeup though, because I loathe wearing any make-up to this day. I didn't dress up for this particular party, thinking of course "no one dresses up anymore". To My surprise, I was the only one not in costume. Usually, its the other way around, I'll show up in costume and everyone will be in street clothing drinking some strange concoction with dry ice coming off the top.

Dressing up in costumes seems to not only give a glimpse into an alter side of a person, it seems to make them "act out" what they are dressed as. There was a couple of "hippies" that danced like it was the 60's while rap themed music was on. A "Hulk Hogan" kept flexing His muscles every time he moved, and so on. Though, I wonder, about the irony of Halloween, as it seems to let is drop the masks of our guarded images on a Holiday when we are supposed to wear them.

Does Halloween give us more of a licence to act in ways that we wouldn't normally do, and allow us the freedom to go back to the things we did as children without judgement? I found this to be true while observing the Host of this party. She was an all out crazy - show your boobs- kiss all over everyone who was there. I admit. My eyes shot darts at her as I watched her. I thought she was annoying and obnoxious, and yet, I kind of wished I was having that much fun that night, instead of sitting off to the side costume less. I was an outcast amongst the outcasts.

And as the homes are adored in orange lights and big blow up Halloween ornaments, I happen to miss the simplicity of the carved pumpkin with the small candle in the window, and the small little orange "UNICEF" boxes that were handed out in grammar school.

But most of all I want to dedicate this to my "other half" who could drop his own "tough-guy mask" and chuckle at me as I was shooting darts at the host that night, as she strutted around in front of Him and being able to see right thorough my own territorial mask, teaching me sometimes we all drop our Masks.

Samatha who?

This new show on ABC is somewhat interesting to Me, I thought this was one worth writing about.

"Samantha Who?" starring Christina Applegate is a show about a Women who gets amnesia after an accident and can not remember her "past".

One of the things I found while watching this show was references to Christina's movie "The Sweetest Thing" [2002]. Applegate, uses a lot of the same nuances and phrases from that movie, even had the "Pina Colada Song" in her head after waking up and stating she doesn't know why she keeps hearing that song. In the movie the "Sweetest Thing", she and co-star Cameron Diaz sing that song on the way to a wedding.

These added little "if ya catch em" kind of things I found endearing, maybe a shout out to Diaz in some way.

But the question here is what would it be like to forget ALL of your past up until now, and have those around you inform you of the kind of person you "were". How much of that would you be willing to change?. Would it be a complete shock to have to look at pieces and events in your past that just would make you cringe that you acted in some kind of way that was "repulsive, rude or just down right wrong?" Can these things be fixed or does a leopard really not have the ability to change it's spots?

Samantha seemed to be utterly shocked that she bought so many shoes. I saw this as a part of each of us that tends to do things so impulsively, that we have no idea the accumulation of material things in our own lives. For me, personally, I don't think I could have to many shoes, but I will admit I have so many boxes that I don't know what's there. Maybe there is a part of us that just has to indulge in some simple pleasures.

And, like its predecessor "My Name is Earl" before "Samantha Who?", are we playing with the idea of laws of "Karma". Can we really make the wrongs in our lives right? And in the instance of Samantha, who is not the forgiver, but the forgiven, is there enough forgivness in those that are around her to do that? Can We really forgive the wrongs done by others when they seek to be genuinely forgiven? I think so.

"Samantha Who?" also throws in the needed skeptics, like her friends, battle their own negativity in the way they see the world and Samantha's questionable past. This particular episode had it end with Samantha's mother doing a puzzle. Perhaps letting us know that no matter what the circumstances, each piece will fall into place.

"Yes, I like Pina Coladas, and getting caught in the rain.I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne.I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, and cut through all this red tape.At a bar called O'Malley's, where we'll plan our escape."

There, now it can be in Your head too.

Late Night Finds...

Now My blog looks just like the other sites, embedded an all. Amazing what you can find during bouts of insomnia. Picture is a bit over the top. Looks like a cross between a Luis Royo and Miss Universe, but nonetheless it was interesting. Unfortunately, this new "finding" of posting glitter and such is going to be a problem, I know more will be posted to the point on annoying, and I will probably spend time looking for images. Speaking of the artist "Luis Royo" if You are not familiar with his work, I highly suggest checking him out. I think he is one of the best artists out there and an inspiration.
Here's My gratuitous link to His site:

http://www.luisroyo.com/