Cackles and giggles
Intermix, seep through the dark,
On All Hallows Eve.
Happy Halloween! Well, I guess now it's Rabbit Rabbit day instead, but that's almost as good.
So at 21, I'd never been a Valkyrie for Halloween before. I figured it was time, so I got together some sort of ridiculous looking pieces. Grey bikini with silver studs? Check. Fur cape? Check. Fur leg warmers? Check. Gold gauntlets? Check. Oh, and the hat. I didn't take a camera with me, and the only picture that seems to have surfaced so far of the thing is sort of silly-looking (i.e. my facial expression is sort of odd), but here you have it: me posing with Boba Fett and a mop masquerading as a spear.
My roomates kept me busy going to their shows this weekend; Patrick and Dan performed and Patrick DJed and Dan and Peri performed and Patrick performed. It was noise-tastic. :D
At the Mad Scientists' Ball (the CS/Info/CogSci/Psych/SLIS/Phil/Math Halloween party that I was on the committee for), there were slews of interesting costumes. There was also another Valkyrie... she was a folklore and ethnomusicology major or something, and she wussed out and wore a flesh-coloured body sleeve under her swimsuit stuff. I was jealous of her sword, though. I wound up beating out Marie Antoinette and a Scotsman for sexiest costume and am now the proud owner of Saw II and Treehouse of Horror on DVD.
The Bloomington Annual Zombie Walk was this weekend, as well. Roy and Jill came over. We dolled ourselves up in two kinds of fake blood: corn syrup + maraschino cherry juice + Sriracha (which combination was admittedly less than successful... sticky and foul-smelling? ew) and Elmer's glue + red glitter. We also had Twinkies, inspired by Zombieland (which you, dear reader, should certainly go see!). Unfortunately, we were a bit late for the walk, and the police had already broken it up by the time we arrived. *sigh*
The Twinkies came in handy, though. One solitary group of trick-or-treaters graced Llama School's porch, and I guess they had been jaded by visiting too many college student houses. Instead of "Trick or treat!", we were simply asked, "Is there any candy here?" Little bastards. :) We gave them Twinkies, though.
I also went to see a Haunted House that a friend of a friend had set up in his basement. It was actually not bad, and I had a lot of fun. Sadly, that activity represented a failure to go see Paranormal Activity, which made it tragic in any case, but at least it was sort of enjoyable.
Anyway, the Llamas had a good night of mischief. Chas was Gumby, Sam a caped clown, and Dan and Peri were Ponyo and Sosuke. Adorable! Patrick decided to be the grown-up and not go in costume, but I think he had fun, anyway. I guess maybe I'll be sensible and boring someday, too. (Just kidding, Patrick.)
Also, I really like this image that someone shared with me this morning. XD
