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You know it's pretty cool this "trick or treat" gig for kids.
The only time of year they go crazy with candies, chocolates and tooth decay.
Though recently, you don't see kids dressed up as classic ghosts, ghouls and monsters.
Nope...no more Dracula...Frankenstein...or the Prime Minister.
They all dress up as their favorite Disney character...or a Tele Tubbie..
or some sailor from the moon.
I don't know....seems like something went wrong somewhere.

But what do I know...I grew up with no Halloween.
There are no walking around in scary costumes asking for candies in the Philippines
(coz that would be every saturday night).
I totally do not know how excited a kid can be this time of year.

Buuuutttt..let me tell you what we do on halloween back home.

All the kids go together singing "Soul" songs.
I am not talking about "Aretha Franklin gut belting Soul tunes".
I mean... Soul of the dead songs.
One that goes,
"The soul of the dead are coming..they walk the streets...they would enter your homes...
scare the hell out of you...empty your fridge..and use your bathroom".

No it doesn't really go that way...but it would have been more fun if it did.

Anyways..as I was saying...
We go from house to house..singing songs of the dead....
and they...and I mean they..give us MONEY!!!

Oh yeah!...
By the time we circle the whole block,
we have enough money to wipe out the nearest convenience store of their "The Bar Gin and Tonic" drink.

See?..who needs all those candies and seeing costumed people walk the streets...
by the 3rd bottle ...everybody looked funny and scary already.

Oh..to be a kid again...

I just read that last rant I did...
What in Hell's Bathroom am I whining about??
Suck it up you freak!!! You sound like a country song!

Anyways.....
Allow me to introduce our family's newest member.

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Name: Nimbus
Born: Aug. 23, 2001
Breed: Bichon - Shih Tzu
Likes: following us around, constant touching, non stop licking.
Dislikes: water, being left alone.
Number of times being stepped on: 3
Number of baths: 1
Number of business done in the house: 10 12
Number of business done outside: 0
Roll of paper towel used for cleaning up after his business: 1

Makes you smile after a hard days work.....PRICELESS

I do not understand how this world is so unfair.
Hate and anger lurks inside my heart.
Lord sweet Jesus....please help me...one of these days....I do not know what to do.

I do not understand.

There are so many things to be done that you can't do.
Things you want but you can't have.
Time that you need but you do not have enough.
Time that you have but you can't spend.
Songs that you can't sing.
Music that you can't play.
Knowledge that you can't learn.
Food you can't eat.
Clothes you can't wear.
Words you can't swear.
People who won't accept you.
Things you have to go through.
The more you try, the more it's not enough.
The more you think you are brave, you realize how scared you are.
The more smart you think you are, the more stupid you know you look.
Sunrise and sunsets you haven't seen.
Grass you haven't walked barefoot on.
Butterflies you can't catch.
Flowers you haven't smelled.
Places you haven't been.
Movies you haven't seen.
Nights you haven't slept.
Tears you haven't wept.
Rain you haven't bathed in.
Words you wished you said but you didn't.
Thoughts you have you wish would leave.
Friends you have are a million miles away.
People you love actually hates you.
People you haven't met.
Sometimes you wish you never did.
Laughter that dies before it leaves your breath.
Anger that won't come out.
Headaches you can't bear.
Books you haven't read.
Prayers you haven't said.

I do not understand this cruel world we live in. Why is the glass half empty?
Why me? Why now? Why?

It all seems so stupid it makes me want to give up,
but why should I give up when it all seems so stupid. - Depeche Mode

Yeah you know what I am talking about!

Tonight we went out and saw one of Tracy's co-workers perform at a pub.
"Mary's Tripping" is a definite acoustic entertainment in Ottawa.

Along with a great stage presence, they perform a whole variety of covers,
all the way from renditions of Bryan Adams to Sarah Mclachlan
to Gloria Gaynor to 4 Non Blondes. (even a great catchy version of AC/DC's You Shook Me All Night Long).

Marie, the voice, will lead you to a journey of a wide range of melodies.
She has the softness of Jewel, the stand of Allanah Myles and the power of Pat Benatar.

Eric, the guitar, enriches the ambience with catchy rythm beats and familiar tunes.
They also sang one of their original songs, a blues-y tune entitled "You'll Go".
It was a delight watching them perform.

"Post it" on your calendar, every Tuesday night,
see them at the Crimson Clover in downtown Ottawa.

Check out their web site at marystripping.com

I think that is "Marys tripping" and not "mary Stripping."

Tracy and I had a really great time, (she proved it to me when we got home)
....anyways....
More power to you guys.