It’s one of my favorite times of year.
Aside from the whole the world gets cold thing.
It’s fall. Autumn. It’s…
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. It ranks right up there with Christmas. I have always been a fan of Halloween. I love dressing up. I love going to parties. I love candy. I love the smell of burning pumpkins.
No…seriously…it’s one of my favorite smells.
In fact, if you could bottle the smell of Halloween night, I would be one happy girl.
This didn’t happen on Halloween, but there was a time…almost 10 years ago (HOLY CRAP, I”M OLD!), when I went to Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia…and took part in the Guinness World Record Attempt for the most people simultaneously dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in a single location. A total of 903 dancers took part. Including my roomie (Cathy, for anyone new) and myself. She was dressed up like a nun. I was dressed up like a naughty school girl. The costumes, the variety of people, everything that went into this was amazing. And while I’m not a dancer in any way, shape or form…this was something I had an absolute blast being a part of.
Here’s a photo from a practice session that Cathy and I ended up leading…
This was about 2 years before I even started running. My hobbies were working full time and going to school part time. I was aces in Japanese! And walks. I loved my walks. I was 1 year away from having two degrees – History & Journalism. And here I was…dressed like THAT…doing this thing with complete strangers…and having a blast. I don’t know…there was just something so amazing and, dare I say, thrilling, about being part of this event at Dragon*Con. And since it’s Halloween time…and Thriller is on heavy rotation on the radio stations…it made me think of this snippet from my past.
So, if you’re super curious about the actual video…you can watch it here:
The point is…step out of your comfort zone…Halloween or anytime…and try something you normally wouldn’t do. It could be fun. And it could wind up on YouTube forever. HA!
What’s something you’ve done that is outside your comfort zone? How did it make you feel?
The Celiathlete 