Happy Halloween

I was pretty positive that Halloween was going to be out of control this year, being that it was on a Friday night and all. I guess I just had no idea exactly HOW out of control it would be.

I had no desire to do anything this Halloween, because in my heart I am an elderly woman who wants nothing more than to be left alone to pour over my studies for hours.

But I was invited to a party, along with all of my friends. I was also invited to go trick or treating, but I decided against it at the last minute. Eventually it was time to get dressed up and go to the party. I borrowed a cheerleader costume my friend made ("but i'm a cheerleader"... get it) and we all went off in several carloads of people. I got a freshman to be Dd, which turned out to be one of the best decisions I've made as of late.

I won't go into the nitty gritties of the night, just some of the significant goings-on.

My first thought upon waking up this morning with the worst hangover ever: I have never kissed so many straight girls before in my life than I did last night. At one point I was dancing and a girl walked up to me, kissed me on the mouth and said "I'm gay!" It was a little surprising.

At one point last night I was hanging out in the smoking section on the front porch, when a cop car drove by. I immediately went inside and told everyone to shut up. Then about 30 people ran into the house and yelled "cops!" and the entire party ran out the back door, started jumping fences in all different directions, hiding behind sheds, etc. The cops did stop at the house, and they did ask us to keep it down and to stay inside, but that was that. Being smushed between a bunch of people trying to hide in the shadows behind a tool shed is not my idea of fun.

When we were driving back to school both of the entrances were blocked by campus police. We had to show ID in order to get back into school, luckily at the time we all had our IDs and were coherent enough to get them. It was just a little... nerve racking to have to deal with campus police right then and there.

I had a great and relatively problem free Halloween. Hope everyone else had a very safe and happy Halloween also!!

The Great Pumpkin

I feel like the last time I carved a pumpkin was probably when I lived in Hartford, just nearing on a million years ago now. I have lots of great Hartford stories, but no great pumpkin stories.

That was a great pumpkin reference for Peanuts fans. I never understood why Marcy always called Peppermint Patty "Sir." It sends me into a fit of giggles every time I think about it.

Anywho, so I carved a pumpkin tonight. The reason I haven't carved a pumpkin in so long probably has something to do with the fact that you end up with pumpkin seeds and pumpkin mush all up to your armpits. It's wicked gross, I basically ran back and forth between the bathroom and the pumpkin carving area every single time I picked a handful of mush out of the pumpkin. I can't stand that sticky gross feeling, gives me the heeby jeebies just thinking about it. I'll be smelling like pumpkins for weeks, yum. My pumpkin started out as a cat that evolved into several other things as the evening progressed and my mind wandered further and further into the gutter. I would put up a picture but I am quite ashamed as to how it turned out, and some things are better left in the gutter.

Happy pumpkin carving and apple cider drinking and corn maze wandering season!!!

Kansas She Says Is the Name of the Star

I haven't had any time recently, but it's a Friday afternoon and I'm feeling particularly lazy, so I'm just laying around doing nothing and it's wonderful.

Halloween is a week from today and unfortunately I believe this year will be the first year that I won't be going trick or treating. As in.. up until this point in my life I have always gone trick or treating. I don't know what is happening to me, it's like I'm turning into an old lady.



That's me in the lion costume ("Wonder Aslan," because someone ripped my tail off and I had to cover the gaping hole on my butt with something, so I used my wonder woman cape), and two of my best buddies as Robin and Hobo Man. We're superheroes.

I'm going to a party on Halloween (which is a Friday this year and I don't even want to speculate about the utter mayhem) but it's a costume party, so being the careful spender that I am (ppffffft) I'm just going to be wonder aslan again this year. It was a big hit last year and I got a ton of candy and everyone loved my mane. And it's good to reuse things like that anyway so it's a win win situation.

It just occured to me that I haven't posted any pictures from Newfoundland


A lighthouse

A pretty purple flower

The view of a sunset from Signal Hill

From Signal Hill

More Signal Hill

An ancient as hell lighthouse

The waves were outrageous

More waves

On the road to Cape Spear

Signal Hill

This gives you a good idea of what St. John's looks like downtown

I think this is my favourite picture