Trick or Treat

By Paula Matter

I'm not a fan of scary stuff. I don't watch scary movies; I don't read scary novels. Well, not the gory horror ones. Suspense, yes. Thrillers, yes. But all of those Halloween/scary ass dolls/chainsaw movies? Nope. You'll never catch me watching one of them. I took baths for weeks after watching Psycho.

About the only thing I like about Halloween is I get to buy an assortment of candy. I also like seeing the neighborhood kids dressed in their costumes come to the door. Y'know, the ones who will get the so-so candy we bought while we keep the good stuff. And by we of course I mean I.

Otherwise, forget it. I do not like scary, spooky stuff.

This is my way of saying I couldn't come up with a single story that goes with our theme. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

No ghosts, human or animal. No visions of any kind. Oh, sure, there have been a couple of instances where I've had funny feelings--premonitions, I guess. And there have been times when I felt the presence of a lost loved one.


But everyone has those. Right?

In order to be a good sport and follow our theme, I pored over the Internet searching for some fun, not-too-scary videos, or games, or quizzes. I finally found one that I liked:

http://www.moviedownloadmatrix.com/a_beautiful_video_of_driving_through_the_countryside.html

Now, that was funny.