{"id":902,"date":"2020-10-30T11:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T09:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/?p=902"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:10:38","slug":"not-every-witch-is-from-salem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/2020\/10\/30\/not-every-witch-is-from-salem\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Every Witch is from Salem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Woo-hoo! Tomorrow night is Halloween!! Not really a South African holiday and we only started getting excited about the day, when sanctions against South Africa started dropping \u2013 YES, I am that<\/u><\/em><\/strong> old\u2026and grew up in a completely different environment from today\u2019s youth. Different and unique from other teenagers (Gen-X like me) in the world. We grew up conservative, religious with strict rules, enforced by stoic Boomers with extreme upright postures, due to the stick up their ass\u2026privileged and Afrikaans. I was labelled early on in life as rebellious and a troublemaker (which I definitely do not deny\u2026) and when I started visiting other churches (searching for answers and my tribe) my mother\u2019s reverend cautioned me that even though it\u2019s not exactly wrong to attend Catholic church, \u201d\u2026their beliefs are\u2026different from ours. Best not to confuse yourself Jenny.\u201d<\/em> Of course, \u201cadvice\u201d (i.e. an order in disguise) like that from any authority always turned out to be nitrogen fuel to the little flickering flame in my soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 My nickname in, Biblical Studies period used to be Malcolm-X. The teacher and I used to have heated debates about religion and why other religions are not mandatory subjects in school (yes, it was compulsory until your last year in school\u2026I am that<\/u><\/em><\/strong> old). A day celebrating dead people coming to life was just blasphemous! Everybody knew the dead will only rise again with the second coming of Christ. My Mother (and many others) used the celebration of Halloween as proof that the USA is immoral and decadent, filled with heathens who will get what they deserve in the end-times\u2026Urgh I know! A very backward mentality enforced by fear to desperately keep the conservative status quo and control. So, no\u2026sadly we never dressed up as witches, zombies, or ghosts, because that would just be satanic! IMO, I think not getting a bag full of treats was the worst part for us as children\u2026and in the back of our parents\u2019 mind, I am sure they were grateful for the same reason!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m a YouTube addict and my Television stream it all day long. I like to follow the news and subsequently see a lot about the elections in the USA now. I have my opinions, but of course not really mine to share as I am not a citizen. I am however amazed at the process. Our population is equivalent to average 11 to 12 average states in America, but we get one day to vote. No Postal voting allowed, just one day of queuing\u2026for hours in the hot South African sun\u2026No Halloween, no costumes, no trick or treating with candy as a child\u2026and now, as an adult with our own elections also approaching, I can look forward to a que in the scorching sun (it\u2019s been 30\u00b0Celsius\/86\u00b0Farenheit on average the past couple of weeks) for one day only from 7am to 9pm. Such is life, I suppose. Wishing to be born in another country, would just give me a different set of complaints\u2026 like not being able to see the Wild or Big 5 in their habitat whenever I want\u2026I would miss breathtakingly beautiful sunsets with smoky aromas wafting in the air, either from your own or someone nearby, having a braai\u2026or, after travelling to various countries in my life, the friendly, \u2018lekker\u2019 people across  the entire rainbow of our nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just yesterday, my oldest who is learning to drive, parks the car too close, to the one next to her. When the owner of the other car realizes she is busy learning, he tells me to stay seated and allow her to do it over. Friendly with a big smile, no bitching. He even stood in the front of the car, guiding her into the parking space.  Man, I love this country! But: I am still pissed (emotionally scarred\u2026) about not being allowed to be a witch, travelling on my broom from house to house, stuffing my bag with candy\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woo-hoo! Tomorrow night is Halloween!! Not really a South African holiday and we only started getting excited about the day, when sanctions against South Africa started dropping \u2013 YES, I am that old\u2026and grew up in a completely different environment from today\u2019s youth. Different and unique from other teenagers (Gen-X like me) in the world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ramblings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/2095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblingrabbit.co.za\/di\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}