It’s me, the Halloween Grinch! You know, the person who loves to take pictures of the Halloween displays in my local grocery store in September and then rant about them on Instagram so people understand the strict seasonal holiday timeline I adhere to. The one who mocks other people’s fun in the interest of being perceived as edgy and counter-culture. You’ve definitely seen my work. I write clever things on Instagram like, “Ugh… it’s only September 8, give us a break” and smart things like, “Um, fall doesn’t even technically start until the 21st!!!” Cool, right? Last week, as I…
Author: Hannah Kane
Hannah Kane
Hannah Kane is a writer, technologist, and planner of elaborate theme parties. She is trying her best.
1. “Sometimes I wish I had not woken up from a beautiful dream, because sometimes waking up is more frightening than a nightmare.” After absorbing the tragic irony that the Electoral College was originally created to prevent tyranny, Sophie found solace in this quote from surrealist painter Danny Sillada, which she puffy painted on her favorite Minnie Mouse sweatshirt. 2. “Life’s so fragile, a successful virus clinging to a speck of mud, suspended in endless nothing.” On the day Philando Castile’s killer was acquitted, Sophie furiously scrawled these words from Alan Moore’s Watchmen in her friend’s pop-up birthday card. 3. “Nothing exists; even…