I Don't Even Like Tootsie Rolls.

Thank God it's October because I HATE SEPTEMBER.  I've never fully understood why but I do have a few thoughts.  It might be some innate hatred for the beginning of school that I possessed since I was a wee little one but who knows.  It could also be that I just am not a big fan of fall in general, and September marks the start of the season.  I have less of a problem with October and I actually love November with a passion.  I think November for me means fall is almost over and Christmas is coming.  Like, if I made it to November then the fall season can officially suck it.  I'm not crazy about Halloween.  We had a wise orange, large cat named Pumpkin (the name product of a family whose creativity level reaches new heights) when I was young and one Halloween he was on the front porch and a kid stepped on him.  My brothers always made me think Tootsie Rolls and mints were better than Snickers and Reese's and wouldn't tell me that's obviously not true until I traded away all my mini candy bars for little hard pieces of shit candy.  I would be pushin' 60 Tootsie Rolls by the time we tallied candies.
 I'd rather carve into my face than into a pumpkin, and it would probably look better (dramatic but you get the picture).  And pulling those nasty squishy groups of seeds out of the middle always makes me uncomfortable.  Even hayrides.  Does everyone just ignore the fact the whole event smells like farm animal fecal matter?  Maybe it's just me.  I'm now realizing it would make more sense that I hate October more than September, but I don't.  I'm clearly full of surprises.  And complaints.

I DO enjoy haunted houses and scary movies.  And they have some great ones in Ohio.  Getting scared makes me feel alive, you know.  Seriously.  Things popping out or making sudden movements freak me out though.  I took a very long way around the aisles in CVS to get to the vitamins because they had one of those life size hooded skeletons standing near the aisle I needed.  I swear to God if I walked in front of that thing and it had a motion detector and did something I would have shrieked.  There is no reason to draw that type of attention to yourself in a drugstore.

HOW DOES THIS PROMOTE BUSINESS?

Current events:  There is a huge peanut butter recall list that just keeps growing.  I am getting increasingly nervous.  If you consume the main brands like choosy moms you should be OK because Jif and Skippy are cleared.  If you're a health freak (relax I don't really think that) and buy your pb from Trader Joe's or Whole Foods then be careful because they're on the list.  I don't know what else to tell you besides be careful because I don't work for the FDA.  Don't eat it?

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