Decorating for the Holidays is the new awesome
Perhaps it is the fact that my roommate was born on Halloween that makes her decorate for this holiday more than any other, but I came home the other day to find our home completely covered in black and orange witches and pumpkins and other halloween paraphernalia.
the problem? all her stuff is waaaaaay too cute to be truly halloween-y.
the witches are soft, cute and grandmotherly, with moles that look more like dimples.
the sayings adorning our every doorknob do not strike fear into the hearts of any that read them. (not to mention, the witch graphic here is nose-less. everyone knows that if you want to make something look harmless and adorable that you don't put a nose on it)
rather than appearing to be the veritable tower of terror that betsy originally had probably hoped to place in our entry-way, instead we have what appears to be a Christmas tree shaped homage to halloween, with some smiling pumpkins and some really inviting york peppermint patties to take with you as you leave our home.
the black cat does not look like it has the evil intention of causing anyone bad luck, and the red-eyed bat on its tail is flying in loops, which everyone knows is adorable.
Obviously we are having some trouble bringing the appropriate spirit of fear into our home this Halloween season. So I put up my truly frightening decoration - the famed Old Woman in a Straw Hat painting. She knows the true spirit of Halloween.
the problem? all her stuff is waaaaaay too cute to be truly halloween-y.
the witches are soft, cute and grandmotherly, with moles that look more like dimples.
the sayings adorning our every doorknob do not strike fear into the hearts of any that read them. (not to mention, the witch graphic here is nose-less. everyone knows that if you want to make something look harmless and adorable that you don't put a nose on it)
rather than appearing to be the veritable tower of terror that betsy originally had probably hoped to place in our entry-way, instead we have what appears to be a Christmas tree shaped homage to halloween, with some smiling pumpkins and some really inviting york peppermint patties to take with you as you leave our home.
the black cat does not look like it has the evil intention of causing anyone bad luck, and the red-eyed bat on its tail is flying in loops, which everyone knows is adorable.
Obviously we are having some trouble bringing the appropriate spirit of fear into our home this Halloween season. So I put up my truly frightening decoration - the famed Old Woman in a Straw Hat painting. She knows the true spirit of Halloween.
posted by bex @ 11:00 PM
10 Comments:
At 5:35 AM,
Liz Stanley said…
your painting is definitely the most festive.
At 12:51 PM,
Betsy said…
Remember how I was born on Halloween?
At 1:05 PM,
bex said…
that probably means that you are too cute for Halloween too, Betsy.
Except that you do have a nose.
I sort of want to be the Old Lady in a Straw Hat for Halloween. It would be the scariest costume ever, though I don't know how I could get my forehead wrinkles to all line up the wrong way.
At 3:50 PM,
Damian said…
with so much commercialism I fear we have forgotton the true meaning of halloween...
...serving our dark masters.
I also think we should try to make every day Halloween and dress up as scary and/or sexy characters from tv and movies.
At 4:01 PM,
Betsy said…
Remember how on Halloween women of all ages are allowed to dress up like whores and no one bats an eye?
At 5:24 PM,
bex said…
uh oh. betsy already has Fugly Betsy's Busty Bustier all ready for the big night...
Cleavage. I think that is the true meaning of Halloween
At 7:46 PM,
David said…
it looks like the relief society had its way with your apartment.
my theory on halloween is inverse to the world's aesthetics: men show as much skin as possible, and women show as little. that, makes halloween a halloween to remember.
and, g's are optional.
At 8:35 PM,
Anonymous said…
My goodness, where do you store all this nick-nack holiday stuff? Oh, that's right, I've NEVER BEEN to your SF dwelling. For all I know you have a barn-esque garage like in the SC hood.
At 12:18 PM,
jordan said…
Betsy, where did you get all of those decorations? Even if I had all the money in the world to spend on Halloween decorations, I wouldn't know where to buy those.
At 12:06 PM,
Anonymous said…
There is no way I could pee with that thing looking at me.
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