Halloween Etc.

5 dollar bills - Mr. Zhou “Put this towards your life savings”     Water - Skop “Candy ruins your mind. I went to Pomona, I would know.”     *Lights off* - Mr E. …crickets…     Jumbo Candy Bars (via email) - Ms. Cutler “Did you see my email?”     Full Costume with Assorted Aussie B...

- At Target, underwear shopping, when you run into your history teacher - A public pool full of unreliably potty-trained toddlers - Florida - The “waiting for the host to let you in” Zoom page - The PAC bathroom - Texas - The 110 on-ramp near Highland Park - The picked-over Halloween candy aisle in Rite-Aid - Anywhere without a steady WiFi connection - Alabama ...

Out: The two students that dress up as the twins from the shining and win “scariest costume” every year – EVEN THOUGH THERE’S TWO OF THEM SO TECHNICALLY IT DOESN’T COUNT   In: Halloween ending at 11pm. Last year I went trick-or-treating with my friends at 9:30 and all the houses were out of candy.   Out: HALLOWEEN BEING ON A MONDAY??? And we still have school the day after… even ...

Anxiety begins to rise after you ring the doorbell. To mask the difference between your voice and the high-pitched voices of the 5-year-old children surrounding you, you meekly yell out “Trick-or-Treat”. The door swings open and a 7-year-old boy looks you up and down in disbelief that a teenager more than twice his age is trick-or-treating. Yes, to give you comfort, this situation hasn’t just ha...

Mr. Raines and Harrison Eleven and Mike   Skop Ballerina (with a frilly pink tutu)   Ms. Wei Olivia Rodrigo   Mr. E The grim reaper   Mr. Zhou Captain America, wearing a fake muscle suit   Ms. Surin Alice in Wonderland   Mr. Wood Harry Styles   Ms. Yurchak Flower Bouquet (with the flower smell, too, of course) &n...