Scary is in the Eye of the Beholder: Secret Subject Swap

Welcome a Secret Subject Swap. This month 6 brave bloggers picked a secret subject for someone else and were assigned a secret subject to interpret in their own style. Today we are all simultaneously divulging our topics and submitting our posts. Read through mine and at the bottom you’ll find links to all of today’s other Secret Subject participants.

 

My subject is: What is the scariest costume you can think of?

It was submitted by: Sarah of The Crazy Mama Llama.   

 

Ironic how words come back to haunt (pun sort of intended) you. When Sarah sent this prompt in, I laughed and told her it was an easy one, I had a one word (well, name) answer. 

Then this prompt ended up being mine and, it turns out, it's not easy, far from it. Because, as they say, one name does not a whole blog post make. Or as I say, anyway.

 

Truth is, this Halloween has me so torn. I love seeing the kids, their fun and funny and scary costumes, I smile all night (no, that smile isn't just from the candy I sneak from our goodie bowl). I really don't want to turn off our outdoor light and keep our door shut, yet I really feel like I should. In a state that never locked down and a city that had no mask mandate until September (then did nothing to ensure compliance), schools that opened normally in August (and now have multiple covid cases associated with them), it's still not safe. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do.

 

What I'll do right now though, is answer Sarah's question, but I'll expand on it a little. It may turn out that I'll only be seeing costumes in my mind this year, so I'm listing some costumes, both real and imagined. Since costumes aren't only scary, some of the best being sweet or inspirational or or funny just plain innovative, I'll start with some costumes I'd like to see (or wish I were wearing to a party) that aren't scary:

10) Ina Garten. Bearing gifts, of course.

Ginger, Pear and Pumpkin Cake

   

 

9) Bobby Flay, no need to bring me anything.

8) A time machine, set to infinity and beyond, or at the very least, set to 2021.

OR  

A transporter, "beam me up, Scotty" (and start up the impulse drive, warp 9).

7) Barack Obama's birth certificate.

6) Mrs. Peacock with a knife in the kitchen.

5) Bill DisBarr.

4) Jimmy Hoffa (with a goal post) OR Don Lewis (sans tiger).

3) The Prize Patrol.

2) The "baby Huey" orange diapered trump balloon. 

1) Ruth Bader Ginsberg, עליה השלום (A"H), someone we should all strive to resemble more.

 

And now, to (finally) answer Sarah's question, whether I end up seeing them or not, here is a list of what I'd imagine the scariest costumes would be. In descending order. But be forewarned, scary is in the eye of the beholder:

 

10) "The Real Housewives." Of pretty much anywhere.

 

9) Dr. Phil.

 

8) Billy the Puppet. Although I did once make him into a pretty cool looking cake.

 

7) Mark Zuckerberg.

 

6) President Ivanka.

 

5) Bare chested Putin on a horse.

 

4) Pennywise.

 

3) A coronavirus molecule.

 

2) Moscow Mitch.

 

1) trump. Without a mask (either kind).

The scariest thing of all, always, but this Halloween and in the next few months to come, is the threat of the loss of that which we hold most dear: equal rights, democracy, humanity, integrity, compassion. Our only weapon is a free and fair election and I'm afraid, very afraid, that may no longer be possible.

 

"Fight for the things you care about." 

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

~~ RBG ~~

 Here are links to all the sites now featuring Secret Subject Swap posts. Sit back, grab a cup, and check them all out. See you there:

Wandering Web Designer 
A 'lil HooHaa 

The Crazy Mama Llama 

Climaxed 

Part-time Working Hockey Mom 

Ginger, Pear and Pumpkin Cake

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Printable Recipe


Ingredients:

2 ripe Bartlett pears
1 box yellow cake mix
1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree
3 eggs
1/2 cup ginger ale, flat
1/4 cup canola oil
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp ground ginger

1/2 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1 TBSP ginger ale, flat

Directions:
*Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a bundt pan.
*Core, remove the skin, and chop the pears, set aside.
*Beat cake mix, pumpkin puree, eggs, 1/2 cup ginger ale, oil, cinnamon and 1/2 tsp ginger for 2 minutes. Mix in the chopped pears.
*Spread evenly into the prepared pan.
*Bake for about 45 minutes or until the center of the top springs back to the touch.
*Cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.
*Mix the powdered sugar, remaining ginger and remaining ginger ale. Drizzle over the cooled cake.