Happy Halloween

I would wish you a "happy half price chocolate day tomorrow" but I don't think that's happening anymore (and I did actually see one store where the fine print on the Halloween goodies said something like 'prices will not reduce after the 31st' so... *sad trombone*.

One of the aqua fit instructors earlier this week put some Halloween themed songs on their playlist and I thought that was really cute and fun.

One of those songs was Thriller (by Michael Jackson) and that night I lay in bed thinking about how much that video meant when that song came out.

I know it's hard to look back at celebrities we admired who have come to be known for bad things and Michael Jackson is one of those.  But man... I remember how amazing that video was.  (Are there still tv stations that are all about music?  I think not?). MJ looking like a ghoul/zombie... the dancing, the story, Vincent Price, the *length* of the music video, the song, just all of it.  It was one of those "stop what you're doing and watch this" kind of things and I remember it being such a big deal and so awesome in so many ways.

The instructor also played the Monster Mash which was fun and I was half waiting for something from the Rocky Horror Picture Show but that didn't happen.  All in all I thought it was fun that the instructor took some time to try to make a thematic playlist and it sure made me smile.