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What are you going to be for Halloween?
« on: October 24, 2013, 11:01:33 PM »
Come on!  Show us! :)

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2013, 11:25:19 PM »
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2013, 11:36:17 PM »
Ok, so thaaaat kind of mask.  ;D

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2013, 05:44:38 AM »
an astronomer looking at comets.....

wish I could dress up and go out, but the moon will be mostly absent from the sky that night and that's prime time in my world!

Ann- love that!!!    :)

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2013, 12:37:24 PM »
At the camera club doing a talk, Halloween is not a big deal over here

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2013, 01:26:57 PM »
I will be shooting from a Polaroid (Fuji Instant Pack Film) Photo booth setup this weekend at a Halloween party at a friend's photo studio. Lack of time has left me at a loss for a cohesive costume. Will make due with some grease paint, wig, top hat and whatever I have laying about. I'm thinking something along the lines of Screaming Lord Sutch meets Mr. Hyde meets Photographer meets Seeds era Sky Saxon. We'll see how it all turns out.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2013, 01:39:54 PM »
........trying to fathom out what the hell "trick or treat" actually means when one of the local kids shouts it at me when they knock on my door. Hallowen hasn't really caught on in the UK and, as I'm a somewhat jet-lagged and curmudgeonly old fart, I'm unlikely to be dishing out too many "treats"..... :o
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2013, 03:09:17 PM »
Traditionally trick or treat means " I've shown up in costume per custom. Please reward me with candy or risk having me come back later and do something to your home which you'd probably not enjoy."

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2013, 03:50:20 PM »
I'm going to roast neighbourhood kids on the nearest bonfire. Or should that be on 5th November? Not really an issue to start roasting early, is it?
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2013, 06:35:20 PM »
I shall be travelling between Bogota and Miami.  Perhaps I should shout "trick or treat" at the inevitably angry US Border official? 

Maybe not!

Halloween means nothing to me,  but I will be home for our annual party celebrating the Mexican Dia de los Muertos on 2 November.  Much more colourful, much more pagan and much more alcohol than a couple of snot nosed kids trying to nick jaffa cakes from OAPs!!!

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Re: Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2013, 06:52:15 PM »
I shall be travelling between Bogota and Miami.  Perhaps I should shout "trick or treat" at the inevitably angry US Border official? 

Maybe not!

Halloween means nothing to me,  but I will be home for our annual party celebrating the Mexican Dia de los Muertos on 2 November.  Much more colourful, much more pagan and much more alcohol than a couple of snot nosed kids trying to nick jaffa cakes from OAPs!!!
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2013, 09:01:57 PM »
Traditionally trick or treat means " I've shown up in costume per custom. Please reward me with candy or risk having me come back later and do something to your home which you'd probably not enjoy."
So it's a protection racket, then?
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2013, 03:40:36 AM »
So it's a protection racket, then?

Yes, and candy-wise, quite a lucrative racket.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2013, 07:59:05 AM »
I shall be standing in the middle of a circle of stones, facing west, as the life force slowly drains out of the old year ... Then east as the sun rises to bring forth  the life of the new year to come.

Halloween never caught on? Lol.

Actually, I'm not a weirdo pagan, but I like the romance of the idea. I'll probably be at home, watching EastEnders or something.
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2013, 09:55:05 AM »
To be honest, nothing. Halloween, or all hallows eve, has traditionally not been celebrated in this country. We´ve been protestants for going on 500 years. But since 10 years ago the business community started promoting the American commercialized version for all it's worth. I detest it. Just another excuse to get gullible children (and parents) to spend money on yet another pointless exercise.
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #15 on: October 26, 2013, 10:59:07 AM »
To be honest, nothing. Halloween, or all hallows eve, has traditionally not been celebrated in this country. We´ve been protestants for going on 500 years. But since 10 years ago the business community started promoting the American commercialized version for all it's worth. I detest it. Just another excuse to get gullible children (and parents) to spend money on yet another pointless exercise.

Leon / Ezzie. Yeah, I'm familiar with the Pagan stuff. I was referring to the commercialised nonsense as being that which we'd managed to avoid until more recent times  ;)
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #16 on: October 26, 2013, 03:22:37 PM »
Typically, I purchase a bag of the best mini-chocolate candy bars, put them in a bowl on the secretary next to the front door and then shut out the front porch light to discourage door bell rings so that I can keep the whole bowl for myself.  Is that so wrong? 

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2013, 04:22:08 PM »
 
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Typically, I purchase a bag of the best mini-chocolate candy bars, put them in a bowl on the secretary next to the front door and then shut out the front porch light to discourage door bell rings so that I can keep the whole bowl for myself.  Is that so wrong?

Wrong?  No, a perfect plan!  We've used the same gambit for years, but my wife will be employing it alone this year, since I'll be teaching a film photo class at the local community college.




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What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2013, 08:33:56 PM »
OK, if we can put aside Leon chillin' with the Druids for a minute ;-) I understand that for many out there it may be a recent import, primarily done to sell more shit. I get if that makes it a turn off. If I may compare, we have a fairly big Oktoberfest in my part of canada that was settled by Germans. I truly love beer but hate this Oktoberfest as it has no real tradition here. The German settlers did not bring it over hundreds of years ago, the local business community started it a few years ago as a cheesy local tourist ploy.

But I will defend Halloween ::-) Anthropologically it is what is considered a ritual of reversal - like Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras etc. - where it is topsy-turvy time. We tell the kids: "go out at nite by yourselves and do everything wrong - demand candy from strangers, obliquely threaten them if they do not comply, dress like the spawn of satan but try not to get run over." And it seems OK if the parents act like pimps: "that is all you brought home? Go out and get more because I get some of it and I don't like anything u got!" It is kind of a f#%ked up nite and that is what I like about it. The corporate world makes money off of it but it is still a little tiny bit of sugary sweet anarchi :-)


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Re: Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2013, 12:26:36 PM »
I shall be standing in the middle of a circle of stones, facing west, as the life force slowly drains out of the old year ... Then east as the sun rises to bring forth  the life of the new year to come.

Halloween never caught on? Lol.

Actually, I'm not a weirdo pagan, but I like the romance of the idea. I'll probably be at home, watching EastEnders or something.
Thats sad how can you watch Eastenders got to be the worst program ever

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2013, 12:21:34 AM »
Well, here's me, testing the lights for the Polaroid photo booth at the halloween party last night. If I'd had a longer cable release I could of actually made it into the focal plane. It was a good party, and I wound up shooting for hours, great fun.


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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #21 on: October 28, 2013, 11:35:28 AM »
That's fantastic, Adam!!

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2013, 02:35:07 PM »
Well, here's me, testing the lights for the Polaroid photo booth at the halloween party last night. If I'd had a longer cable release I could of actually made it into the focal plane. It was a good party, and I wound up shooting for hours, great fun.


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that is very cool Adam. Looks like s frame from a Sandman graphic novel or something.
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2013, 11:52:31 AM »
I'm chopping off my son's head with a chainsaw - no really

as a kid in the 70s/80s in the UK we never celebrated Halloween

ok its commercial, but some of you lot are miserable bastards - we get all the kids in the village together - perhaps the only time that happens in the whole year, they all start off at my place and we have hot dogs and pumpkin soup and then make our way to the pub via lots of the neighbours houses, who all dress up to, then we get pissed in the pub and let off some fireworks in the carpark

what's not to like?!? kind of controlled ASBO

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2013, 11:59:55 AM »
I'm chopping off my son's head with a chainsaw - no really

as a kid in the 70s/80s in the UK we never celebrated Halloween

ok its commercial, but some of you lot are miserable bastards - we get all the kids in the village together - perhaps the only time that happens in the whole year, they all start off at my place and we have hot dogs and pumpkin soup and then make our way to the pub via lots of the neighbours houses, who all dress up to, then we get pissed in the pub and let off some fireworks in the carpark

what's not to like?!? kind of controlled ASBO

That sounds great Dave. Happy Halloween!

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #25 on: October 29, 2013, 12:42:07 PM »
Halloween what's then, never heard of it? Nobody does around my way but if they did they wouldn't be knocking on my door.
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #26 on: October 30, 2013, 01:49:13 PM »
Well... there's no Halloween culture in Brazil apart from some places putting some parties just for fun... but I'll give my contribuition ;)

This place is known as "little Castle from Apa St." in downtown Sao Paulo. People say that no other family managed living there because voices and screams could be heard through the night... supposedly because three guys were found dead back in the early 30's and apparently their deaths are still a mistery.

Anyway, the place is abandoned and I'd love to buy and set up a darkroom... and maybe share with the three of them! :P

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #27 on: October 30, 2013, 09:39:06 PM »
Och in Scotland thers ollwaes bin Halloween, so ther  8)  8)  ::)   ???
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #28 on: October 31, 2013, 08:46:05 AM »
Probably slightly intoxicated  :o
And that´s about it, I also despise the shameless commercialization going on with just about everything nowadays.
Birthdays, fathers day, mom´s day, valentines days, dog´s first fart day, the canary´s first peep day, the cat´s first purr day and christmas preparations from the end of august etc. etc..  Just plain silly!

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #29 on: October 31, 2013, 09:09:02 AM »
Probably slightly intoxicated  :o
And that´s about it, I also despise the shameless commercialization going on with just about everything nowadays.
Birthdays, fathers day, mom´s day, valentines days, dog´s first fart day, the canary´s first peep day, the cat´s first purr day and christmas preparations from the end of august etc. etc..  Just plain silly!

Well that sounds rather grumpy! However, I agree 100% :D
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #30 on: October 31, 2013, 09:09:45 AM »
Well, here's me, testing the lights for the Polaroid photo booth at the halloween party last night. If I'd had a longer cable release I could of actually made it into the focal plane. It was a good party, and I wound up shooting for hours, great fun.


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First thing I thought of was Clockwork Orange. Cool shot.
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #31 on: October 31, 2013, 10:31:55 AM »
WARNING: I seem to have used italics quite a bit in my reply. Apologies for that  ;)

ok its commercial, but some of you lot are miserable bastards

 ;D ;D

Completely agree with Dave on this one. I do understand some of the sentiments being expressed here by the Brits, but come on…..stop being such a miserable, confrontational bunch!! Other perspectives are available and Ann asked a innocent enough question.

 :) :)

Personally, I still shake my head and tut away at the changing face of Halloween in the U of K and I do understand that it’s driven entirely by businesses realizing they can make money out of raising the profile of the event, but that being a given, there are still some positive things we take from it and it can be a really fun time. I suppose it of more interest if you have young kids because they’re well into it and it’s a good excuse to get together with other families and do stuff. It is possible to get involved in Halloween in a way that doesn't involve bowing to the money gods and buying loads of pointless crap and if it’s not your bag just don’t answer the door when people knock. I must admit, I tend not to.

But I think it would be wrong to dismiss it as a purely American thing and some of the modern day customs do exist outside of a commercial context (I include the word 'modern' here to avoid a history lesson on Halloween's pagan origins etc.). When I was a kid in the 1970’s and living in Germany we went trick or treating every year and it seemed like it was a big deal there despite the fact that the shops weren't bedecked with Halloween posters etc. In fact it was a surprise when I moved back to Blighty to find that it wasn't something was practiced by many. I used to absolutely love it; going round the neighbourhood in the dark with my friends, dressed up and with a couple of rubbish magic tricks prepared for when we knocked on peoples’ doors. Funnily enough, I've checked Wikipedia and the tiny entry there for German Halloween traditions contradicts my childhood experience totally, so maybe I lived in a tiny treat-or-treat-crazy pocket of that country. Maybe Urban can help me out here?

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #32 on: October 31, 2013, 01:11:20 PM »
Following on from Ed's diatribe, I have decided to get into the spirit (pun intended) of Halloween and, when on the way home from work, will purchase a couple of bags of confectionary to offer to any little urchins who knock on our door this evening.   :o
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #33 on: October 31, 2013, 01:53:02 PM »
Nope. No Halloween here in Bavaria. Devils work, etc. After all I grew up in the catholic part of Germany ;) However, all saints (the day after) is observed by going to the graves. Maybe you lived close to a US Army base and that's why you were able to do that?

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #34 on: October 31, 2013, 01:54:19 PM »
bah Humbug. I've bought a dozen eggs to pelt kids with if they knock on my door  :P
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #35 on: October 31, 2013, 02:12:41 PM »
First thing I thought of was Clockwork Orange. Cool shot.

Funny you should mention A Clockwork Orange. A friend of mine, one of the party's hosts, dressed as a Droog.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #36 on: November 01, 2013, 04:59:49 AM »
Well that sounds rather grumpy!

Lol yeah, indeed it did! :D

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #37 on: November 01, 2013, 07:31:36 PM »
The (leftover) spoils of a fun Halloween, those that the neighborhood kids did not get.


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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #38 on: November 01, 2013, 11:28:32 PM »
Adam Doe - you cleaned up good!  :D

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #39 on: November 02, 2013, 01:45:03 AM »
Adam Doe - you cleaned up good!  :D

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #40 on: November 02, 2013, 04:29:00 AM »
traditionally a western custom . here in the Philippines it is celebrated nationwide through parties for both adults and especially the kids. my son went as a jack o lantern and a cowboy. i myself was bought a top hat and some fake moustache by my wife.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #41 on: November 02, 2013, 09:12:28 PM »
The (leftover) spoils of a fun Halloween, those that the neighborhood kids did not get.


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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #42 on: November 03, 2013, 02:22:45 PM »
Halloween was pretty bad this year as it was pouring buckets.

Not that I'm a big fan of the event...
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #43 on: November 03, 2013, 02:59:33 PM »
Hallowe'en has changed here in the States. At least in the area where I grew up. It's always been somewhat commercial, but all the holidays have become more and more so. There have been Christmas decorations up in the store for a month already!

I loved Hallowe'en as a kid. The parents only came when we were very little, but as soon as we were reasonably able to take care of ourselves (and for me that was young since I had older siblings to look after me), we could go out on our own amongst the other packs of marauding children. We really could play tricks on each other as we walked around to get our treats. People would get really into it, too, and not with a bunch of pre-made decorations and massive blow-up figurines in the front yard. I remember one family that made their front rooms into a haunted house. At the end when we were at the door, she had bags of candy and we had to choose one. I remember her telling me to choose wisely or else the devil will appear. I was young enough to half believe it and I was terrified, but of course she knew that whatever bag I chose, no devil was going to appear, so every kid who went through there who half-believed her would leave thinking, "I am SO SMART! I chose the non-devil bag!" :)

These days? That woman would probably face a lawsuit. Kids don't go on their own anymore. Costumes are more elaborate and there are a lot more "rules" about what people should or shouldn't give out as treats. I remember getting a lot of apples and homemade treats, but no one does that anymore. People have gotten more fearful and paranoid. When I was young enough to be affected by this (but old enough to remember it well), there was a huge thing about cyanide in Tylenol, and after that, there were a bunch of news reports about tampered candy. Everyone was freaked out by anything that wasn't contained in a perfectly sealed package. No more apples or Rice Krispie treats after that!

As an adult, I still enjoy a good costume party or a trick (I've been known to show up to my classes wearing vampire teeth and putting fake spiders on some students' chairs) but it just doesn't feel the same, and I don't think it's all about the fact that I am now viewing the same activity as an adult instead of as a child. Everything just seems...slicker, more organized and sanitary. For example, few costumes are homemade anymore. My favorite costume was when I went as a PopTart box. Made the costume myself. Even put on an offer for a free Frisbee with 6 proofs of purchase on the back :) It was great to protect myself from the eggers, too. Just turtled in the box until they went away.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #44 on: November 03, 2013, 09:21:56 PM »
Home made treats remind me of a lady who lives a few houses down the road. We used to pass the word "don't go there or you'll get a home baked whole wheat muffin"... this was probably the most horrifying thing about Halloween even though she's a great cook and a really nice lady ;)
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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #45 on: November 03, 2013, 11:01:02 PM »
As a rule I don't dress up. However at about 6pm on Halloween we happened to be driving through Eastland, TX http://goo.gl/maps/qrudd

What a joy to see so many children and adults out dressed up and quite clearly having a great time. The elderly were sat on front porches dressed up with masses of sweets/candy in baskets waiting for the kids to arrive. It was all rather touching and turned my somewhat cynical 55 year old head to mush.

Yes, it is commercial, but, I think at its root is something quite nice.

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #46 on: November 04, 2013, 02:16:26 AM »
I found myself having to work late (or at least "late" for me) which put me driving through my neighborhood right during peak trick-or-treating.  Forced to drive at a snail's pace as man and child alike bedecked in costumes, laughing, acting giddy and bright - it was surprisingly SO magical.  Touched off such a nostalgia in me and I rolled down the windows just to feel like a part of it, if only for a little while.  :)

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Re: What are you going to be for Halloween?
« Reply #47 on: November 05, 2013, 12:37:18 AM »
Now that you mention it, I lived in the states as a kid, for a couple of years anyhow.. I remember always being dressed as a skeleton, you know the black suit with white stripes, going trick or treatin´ on the streets of Long Island..  Fond memories!