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[earthbelow]

As you can all see, I'm putting my extra hour of sleep to good non-sleeping use. This is because I collapsed in my bed at about 12:00 and was feeling extremely nauseous. Slept like a log. A really tired, sleepy, sick log.

And of course, the free range love-mutts like to start the morning barkfest reveille at about...uh...6am. But since time has changed, they think it's 7! So that's glee in and of itself.

The Boy has informed that he wasn't all that aware that my novel that I'm working on is available for viewing on fiction_theory. He also implied others might not be aware.

So, in case anyone is just insatiably curious about what I'm writing - go over to fiction_theory and friend the journal. The novel is being posted on a filter. Not because I don't trust people (yeah, if anyone is st000pid enough to want to steal crap that I write, let 'em!) but because if I ever decide to get brave and submit this for immediate and painful rejection publication, publishers don't want to have something that's already been available publicly on the net.

But posting it on a filter is the internet equivalent of giving a handful of your friends a copy and saying "here, tell me if you think this sucks", which I'm pretty sure publishers aren't concerned about that.

And:

I'm totally going as a witch for halloween. I'm trying to think of the least unhealthy snack to give the kids, because I'd really not rather contribute to the already pandemic problem of giving kids More Sugar Than the Human Body Needs In A Year of Life on Any Given Day. Frosted Flakes may have 1/3 less sugar, but Fruity Pebbles? Captain Crunch? Cinnamon Crunch? Fruit Loops? Still sugar-bombs.

So healthy snacks anyone? Any parental-types on the f-list - healthy snacks you'd rather people give your kids?

I'd give out apples, but I don't expect parents to trust me on that. Because dude...giving someone something that isn't prepackaged is sort of taboo at Halloween. Not that I'd ever do anything like that, not that I think anyone ever has, *but* even I know the appearance of impropriety when I see it.

Granola maybe? Peanuts?

- Meg

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[wisdomeagle]

Little packs of peanuts or granola sound good. In the Suburban Neighborhood of Love where I trick-or-treated when I was wee, evil health-food nuts gave us packs of raisins sometimes. Remember to have a stash of quarters in case some brave souls try trick-or-treating for UNICEF.

Dude, I just realized how long it's been since I went out on Halloween night. *Weird*

[latimer84.livejournal.com]

I think raisins are the standard healthy Halloween treat.

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

Yay for healthy snacks! But why can't you give out apples? *confused*

[thousandpages.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's an American thing, but there's this big drive every Halloween for parents to be extra special careful about the candy their children get, and not to accept anything that's not prepackaged or easily tamper-evident. Apples fall into this category, because well, technically I guess someone could do something nefarious with an apple, but more importantly, a parent can't see from a quick look over whether it's good, been tampered with, etc, etc.

Also, apples are kinda expensive. If I had 'em, I'd save 'em for my own self!

- Meg

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

You mean people actually DO stuff to hurt the kids?!
Man, that's just horrifying.
I guess Swedes (and myself) would just assume that nobody would ever do such a thing.
It scares me really.
Here it's so safe...maybe we think it's safe and it isn't.
I've never heard or seen anybody be afraid to let their kids go to public bathrooms alone or anything.

Also apples are cheap here. :)
And the two are completely related! *lol*

[thousandpages.livejournal.com]

Well, it's more of an urban legend than anything. The only recorded instance of a kid dying from Halloween candy was when the kids' own father put cyanide in a pixie stick.

But there's never been a reported case, AFAIK, of some stranger deliberately poisoining/tampering with candy. However, every year it's a big concern none the less.

And people here do have cause to be afraid. Mostly, kids are more in danger of accidentally being hit by a car that doesn't see them (dark costumes, lots of 'em runnin' around, inattentive drivers - equals BIG DISASTER).

But I want to give out something the kids and parents feel safe about taking and not worrying about. And apples aren't one of them.

I've never heard or seen anybody be afraid to let their kids go to public bathrooms alone or anything.

Well, depending on the kids' age, most parents aren't. Although in America, things are a bit more dangerous. Hazards of being the melting pot of the world, I guess.

- Meg

[jennixen.livejournal.com]

Well, I think America is a bit more dangerous than Sweden. Or maybe I'm naive. ;)
I'm not sure which.