I Love Halloween!

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday because it's "SciFi" in person...scary, fun, and something you actually participate in instead of watching on the Boop Tube. When my husband and I moved to Nebraska about a year ago (for "family" reasons), we figured this state to be boring with nothing much to do in it except look at the snow in the winter and the corn during the summer. BUT Lincoln does something special during the "Halloween Season" that sounds like fun and this is a Zombie Walk!! Next saturday all local "zombies" will hit the pavement by 7 p.m. and limp, groan, moan, and drag their way through the downtown streets of Lincoln (all the while obeying the traffic laws, and not not attacking lookers-on ...what good zombies we are!) Yes, I said "we" because as soon as my husband learned of this occurrance, his face lit up and there was just no going back! If there was ever a zombie enthusiast, it's my husband! Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Shawn of the Dead, Dead of the Dead (well, if they made that movie, he'd have it, too!!!)...He can quote lines from any zombie movie ever made, tell you the names of any actor who ever played in one, who was good and who was hokey, and, mind you, most of this information will be given while the movie is playing! Now I'm a Halloween enthusiast...never particularly cared for zombies even though I do like an imaginative grave stone...but I do think I know what colors of makeup are needed in order to obtain a "dead" look--blue and green being as essential as white or black. BUT as soon as I mentioned blue and green, my husband looked at me as though I had just sprouted two heads! "Are you nuts?" he scoffed. Zombies don't have colors...they're DEAD!!! "White and black...that's all you need...and BLOOD!" So I proceeded to remind him that as a retired nurse, I knew something about the color of blue being an essential element of The Look. Did you know that you cannot reason with a person who states that he has been a Zombie for years (I passed on this cheap shot) and has "watched every zombie movie ever made!" (yup...which explains why lights have to be left on in the kitchen and hallway when I leave for work at midnight five out of seven nights!!) "I'll do your makeup so you don't look rediculous!!" he said in a voice that sounded similiar to exasperation. Oh yeah...right...we're going to be going out in public dressed as ghouls but don't worry--I won't look rediculous because I won't be wearing BLUE OR GREEN!!! Wanna bet? I believe in freedom of expression even if "dead" so he can be the zombie of his dreams and I will be the zombie of mine (which, thankfully, I don't have because I don't fill my head with blood, guts, and gore. I can sleep WITHOUT lights being left on, thank you!...except for the bathroom light. After all, I don't want to trip and "fall in" if you know what I mean. And believe me, tripping is easy to do when you have an entourage of two kitties running around your feet while you're hurrying to get there!) So.......I'll let you know how the zombie night goes. Thumps, bumps, grunts, groans, moans, and "I can't believe you're wearing Blue!" Have a happy one! American Mom