I had a happy Halloween with fireworks and fun, but I got attacked by an barred owl twice.
Barred Owl
The first time it grabbed my hair and almost hit my friend, the second time when it came I ducked. That dosen’t happen much in a civil community. I didn’t see it at all so I didn’t even have time to get freaked out.
What else happened? I got lost in my own neighbourhood. But in the mean time, I saw some pretty cool decorated houses. The most common is Airblown animatronics. I like animatronics because they can move around, and they look really real. I think the best examples of this technology is used by Disney. In Disney parks lifelike creatures move and talk like the real thing, but in truth they are controlled by computers. The Imagineers of Walt Disney really had some cool ideas. You can make homemade animatronics at instructables.com.
Another cool element is screens and videos. If it is used properly, it can create the effect of monsters behind the curtains, or a fire monster in the fire place. Halloween really changed over the years, now we have state of the art technology that can recreate almost anything. Computers, microchips, and all the other cool tech gadgets really changed our lives.
With costumes, it used to be ghosts and ghouls, witches and the undead; but now it could be anywhere between a bunny rabbit to Justin Bieber. The meaning of Halloween is now replaced by pure fun. I guess as the world changes, the holidays change with it too.
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