Halloween Candy

Well, it’s Halloween. Rather, it’s Saturday. Since I didn’t really do anything from “the list” this time around, it’s really just a weekend to me. The whole month was wasted, largely due to unaccommodating weather.

I did, however, buy some Halloween candy Thursday. It was a mistake. I was just getting over a nasty cold, and the candy made me regress a bit. And it just feels gross. Sugar… ugh. I draw the line at mints. Beyond that, candy just leads to pain and regret. At least tonight we gain an hour of sleep, right?

I’m in Columbia for a get-together, a Halloween party of sorts. It’s not the wild kind of party you’re thinking. It’s a few people I knew in high school and their parents, and possibly even a couple of their relatives who are currently in high school. A time to be laid back. A time for moderation (darn stupid people, cramping my style, making me behave). I’m going to polish off a few leftover beers from my last visit: Leinenkugel’s Fireside Nut Brown, easily one of my top ten favorite beers, perhaps even in the top five, right next to Killian’s Irish Red and Sam Adams Honey Porter.

Incidentally, you might find it curious that I didn’t drink beer at all until after I finished grad school and moved back to Missouri. Thus, this “acquired taste” is only three years old for moi, so perhaps my palate isn’t that refined, but… hey, I like what I like. I first discovered Leinenkugel’s Fireside Nut Brown at Picasso’s, one of very few coffee shops that serve beer, when I was looking for cold comfort on a December night, taking solace in anonymity by candlelight, under cover of live jazz.

It’s a cozy beer. It’ll do nicely for tonight. It’ll be my Halloween candy. I can’t handle the sugar in candy anymore anyway. I don’t even really drink soda these days. I guess I’m just a bitter kind of guy (in so many ways).

Thanksgiving is about to rear its ugly head, and then Christmas is coming whether we’re ready or not. Better pace yourself. Get whatever “candy” you want to treat yourself with, stay warm, and spook it up.

Being that it’s already Saturday, the day of, you probably won’t read this until after the fact, but:

Happy Halloween!