Tag Archives: Candy

…I’m still here.

Been seeing a (couple of) therapist(s) for a few months. Tried Lexapro, now Zoloft. I did not do anything rash, despite the plans and opportunity, and the payoff so far is watching Alex Jones become poorer than me. So I guess some dreams do come true.

Whatever it is I’m looking for is still out of reach, but eh, I’m here and have some Halloween candy to bide my time.

I’m going to give this site another try. Maybe not daily since that feels like work. But more than never. Hope everyone else is having a great Autumn.

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…my daughters are into Halloween.

Yup, they’re both that rare type of kid that enjoys candy, who fucking knew.

More importantly, the older one loves movies and accepts any excuse to watch a bunch in a row. And the younger one loves creepy stuff and is probably going to be goth or goth-adjacent when she turns 11.

Which means I don’t have to fight too hard to get them onboard for a Halloween movie marathon this year, as we did last year, and every year. Someday we might even get to watch actual horror together.

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…I was able to find those hard candies I like.

To be more specific: plain old humdrum fruit flavored hard candies. Strawberry and orange and lemon. Just blocks of sugar with a vague fruit like subtext. Those fucking things.

I didn’t think it was going to be this hard to find them. But for literally a decade now I haven’t seen them at any grocery store, or at Target, or even at the overpriced candy store at the mall.

I’m pretty sure it’s because nobody else likes them. I’ve had the same problem finding Charleston Chews. Yes, I know I have the dessert tastes of a fucking 80 year-old. I also like Werther’s. You got a problem with that?

Anyway, turns out the new Lidl in Parole sells my old person candy, so I finally have a steady supply without having to spring for a bulk pack of nebulous origin on Amazon.

Naturally, my kids decided that NOW they like hard candy, too, so I had to buy a second bag to hide for myself. Don’t tell them.

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