It's that special time of year again, that time that makes every adult feel like a kid again: Hallowe'en!!
So,
Friday, I hunted through the office closet to find both boxes of
decorations, the first was directly in front of me, but it was the box
of crappy decorations; sorry, but I'm not a fan of happy lavender
spiders and kiddy crap; I need scary;
I'd even prefer shit-your-pants frightening, but, failing that, scary
will do.
Knowing that the good decorations weren't in any
of the random boxes on the closet's top shelf, I eventually had the
closet sufficiently turned inside out; boxes were everywhere; and both
cats were taking turns circling my legs trying to trip me, and burying
themselves in the nooks and crannies of the closet.
At
this point, exhausted from the weight of the week, I pulled down the
first box from the top shelf of the closet, just so I could say:
"Ha, Brain, I told you they weren't up there, you smug little prick!!"
...and there were our good decorations.
"You win this round, Brain.."
My brain said nothing, it just sat there, squishy and pink.
In the good box, were the decorations that my wife, Alex, and I
had bought together; and the little bat bow tie that our first cat,
Jasper wore last year. Also in the box were the torturous wings and
antennae that we put on our dog Misty!
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| Misty, being tortured |
We promptly applied said costumes to our pets; Misty lay down and
stared at us as if she were being punished, and Jasper kicked, clawed,
and bit to prevent an extra bit of accoutrement about his neck. Then we
realized our problem: Our newest cat, Ame (for the verbally challenged
pronounce it:
Ah-May), did not have a costume. We fixed that and got her a witch's hat; which she promptly pulled off in a fit of rage.
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| Ame, moments before cat-explody |
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What did we expect her to do? She's a cat, of course she's gonna hate it.
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| Jasper, rollin' |
Alex couldn't resist the temptation to get Jasper a new costume too.. It looks like he'll be Brisco County Jr. this Hallowe'en!
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| Misty, willing my head to implode. |
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After Ame's fit, Misty tried on the hat and was ready for Hogwarts!
(DON'T JUDGE HER!! She loves Harry Potter.)
Let the torture begin!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
