Sunday, November 02, 2008

Halloween and Homecoming: Help

I came home yesterday to 101 new posts in my feedreader, and probably 98 of them were about Halloween. I'm kind of jealous!

From my time at the Hall, I've decided I love costume parties, of which there are an awful lot when you live there. On the other hand, spend a shitload of money on chocolates and lollies for other people? I'm not really a fan. So I'm kind of glad we don't really do Halloween here (and also I think putting the apostrophe in it is really obnoxious) because there's no obligation, but you will always be able to find a dress-up party happening on the night if you want one.

This year I learned what candy corn is (thanks everyone who posted photos). All this time I had a vague idea that it was that like honey popcorn stuff that I hate. Turns out it's ... what is it exactly? I know what it looks like, and I assume it tastes a lot like sugar, but I still don't know what it is precisely.

So there's that. AND: I was watching Heroes Season One, where they're all, "Save the cheerleader, save the world," all the time, and Claire's about to get killed at Homecoming. And I realised I don't know what the hell Homecoming is, either. Something to do with football ... and cheerleaders ... and a dance ... and kings and queens? I could Google it, I suppose, but I like your answers better than Google's.

4 comments:

  1. The main ingrediant in Candy corn is marshmallow. But not in a mushy form, kinda like a stale marshmallow. yucky in my personal opinion.

    Homecoming is THE BIG football game (AMerican football) of the schoolyear where the Alumni all come back and celebrate their school. There is a big formal dance for the students and a king and queen are crowned as well as their court.

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  2. Candy corn is the foulest candy ever! You aren't missing much.
    Homecoming is like a dance...with cheerleaders and kings and queens, you got it.

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  3. Candy Corn is bad, but Circus Peanuts are worse. Especially Spongebob Squarepants Banana Circus Peanuts. Five great words that do NOT go great together.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_Peanuts

    I always assumed the "Homecoming" game was a designated mid-season game that was the first "home" game after several "away" games. We used to have a big bonfire for our High School football team's Homecoming, but I must have missed it this year.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homecoming

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  4. Thanks you guys. You all rock.

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