HAPPY HALLOWEEN
	Darkness falls across the land The midnite hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood And terrorize your neighbourhood The foulest stench is in the air The smell of death is everywhere And grizzy ghouls from every tomb Are closing in to seal your doom And though you fight to stay alive You know that you will not survive For no mere mortal can resist The evil of the REAPER!!

* Poem based on Micheal Jackson's "Thriller"

"Little early for Halloween isn't it, Murdoc?"

Anyway, happy Halloween already, have great weekend, y'all.

Halloween has never really taken off in Australia ~ despite the continuing best efforts by those businesses selling Halloween decorations and novelties.

From down here, it always seems a largely American celebration..

And yet another reason to party hard...

yeah it's the same in NZ too. Doesn't help that at this time of year the sun shines until 8pm and it isn't dark until 8:30. But I think the biggest problem is that we simply don't have the heritage of Halloween. Up until 15 years ago no-one had ever seen Halloween except in American movies and TV shows; then suddenly out of nowhere we had Halloween stuff in the stores, so some people started trick or treating, but no-one understands the subtleties of how it works, i.e. only go to houses with front light on or decorations.

It's seen by most people purely as a money making scheme for the stores and companies that sell the Halloween stuff.