Went to the gym this morning and couldn’t understand what kind of idiot would work out in a floor-length dress. Then she came near me, and I realized she was a staffer in costume. (She was a princess.)
Oh. Right. NOW I get it.
The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
When I went to the market today, there were several zombies running around.
The fact that they were running is a dead giveaway [snicker] that they were fake zombies.
Adults dressing up in costume right out in public is not a good sign, Meryl. It is a signifier of the increasing adolescentization (if that’s not a word it should be) of our society. Halloween used to be considered something for children.
I first noticed ostensibly grown-up people who were not teachers or salespeople walking around in costumes when in the early eighties I lived in the Los Angeles area. This is yet more confirmation of my theory that any social trend that starts in California is bad.