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x Death cycles life.
Death is a part of life. It's not the end. If you don't respect animals as you do people, your afterlife will not be a pleasant one. You will be stuck in the after life without anyway to progress. Animals have souls and feelings like humans. This is not a proselytizing text so whoever is reading this becomes vegetarian or vegan (I am neither), but just respect the animals that you use for food, clothing, and other items.
x In the afterlife
How you treat others comes back to haunt to (or bless you) in the afterlife. This isn't just people. Animals, teh environment, too. I'm guilty of littering and so are you. It scares me to see the state of the planet if I reach old age.
x WYM??
"What the hell does this have to do with Halloween?!" --> ☆Biculturalism!☆

I have two cultures coming at me at the same time. It feels kind of dumb to bunch up both holidays together, you can't replace one with the other. It's not an attempt to do so, but more to create a bridge between them. Especially with how close they are on the calendar.

x Halloween & Day of the Dead x

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x Halloween
Favorite Movies to Watch on Halloween: Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, Monster House, Scary Godmother. Hoodwinked (but this is more early Fall than Halloween).

Favorite Specials to Watch on Halloween: The Terror Tales of the Park from Regular Show.

x Halloween
♪So it's Halloween And you feel like dancin' And you feel like shinin' And you feel like letting loose Whatcha gonna be? Babe, you better know And you better plan Better plan all day Better plan all week, better plan all month, better plan all year You're dressed up like a clown Putting on your act It's the only time all year you'll ever admit that I can see your eyes, I can see your brain, baby, nothing's changed I can see your eyes, I can see your brain, baby, nothing's changed Because you're still hiding in a mask Take your fun seriously No, don't blow this year's chance Tomorrow your mold goes back on After Halloween, after Halloween Whee! You'll go to work today You'll go to work tomorrow Shitfaced tonight You'll brag about it for months "Remember what I did, remember what I was, back on Halloween?" But what's in between Where are your ideas? You sit around and dream For next Halloween. ...♪ welcome

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x What This Means:
welcome As a person living within two cultures, the holidays of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos feels like a fork in the road. At times I don't think I can celebrate one without the other. At times,expectations of celebrating one or the other ONLY makes me upset. As a grown man, I think that I need to do away with what I see as cultural barriers and celebrate in how my heart wants to (though I am still learning.)

Do you remember coming back home from trick r treating? Or giving out the last bit of candy? And the day slows down and Halloween seems to pass by too quickly and Th*nksgiving is just around the corner? You get sad over it and 365 days feels like too much? I used to think that way. For a long, long time. And while I know you can't interchange Halloween and DDLM since they're not the same Holiday, I seem them as a bridge. Right after the last piece of candy is gone and my custome starts to feel sticky and dirty, I realize this celebration isn't technically over. A more spiritual side starts the day after and I thank my lucky starts (or deities in this case) that I have the chance to celebrate the dearly departed.

Unsurpringly, I have a sort eclectic spin to this special time of the year.



x Halloween 2025 See you Next Halloween!
welcome My favorite holiday. It's funny looking at this day as an adult. I miss how it felt being a kid and watching Halloween specials but now the gravity and responsibilities have changed it into something no longer warm. I love this day and this is one of two days I really look foward to. It is the affects of the real world that have dragged my time and appreciation for this day. I look foward to regaining the love and wonder I used to have, because I've spent too many years and appreciation for Halloween.

x Dia de los Muertos 2025 See you next time-`♡´-

Benditos Mictlantecuhtli y Mictecacihuatl

This is a day that I prefer to be alone, but the universe has other plans. I want to take time and grieve but "You must make money to survive!"... That's how things work. Also I will not watch Coco again. I did watch it, I cried a lot. It hits very close to home so I can't watch it and be composed by the end. It's a good movie but damn it. I am a wimpy man so I cry easily from watching movies, and Coco is no exception.

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x Dia de los Muertos
It this very difficult to celebrate this time as I would want to. There are no cemetaries near me and the one is closest to me closes at a specific time. Meaning, I cannot stay by my ofrendas as much as I would need. welcome



x Dia de los Muertos
In my own worship system, it is focused on the dearly departed as well as Lord Mictlantecuhtli and Lady Mictecacihuatl. Due to the influence of folk & colonial beliefs, La Santa Muerte also takes a part. While I am aware that Santisima started as an extension of Lady Mictecacihuatl and are intertwined, my devotion splits them into two holy beings. I am also a beginner devotee of Santisima so not all that I say may be entirely accurate. welcome

What's Next? x
Let's see where this year takes us. I hope by next Halloween & Day of the Dead that things get better in the world around me. Maybe next Fall I have enough money to decorate more too! Also look at these cute Xoloitzcuintlis below! welcomewelcome