Halloween Fun 2008

My friend Michele had a Halloween party on Halloween this year. It was a lot of fun! Friends from all over came. I got a picture of each of them in their respective costumes (I insisted), as well as some group shots of everyone and situational poses - and some candid pics too. I am posting some of my favorites here.

I was a bird this year for Halloween. Also, I made the mask myself with a basic mask mold, lots of feathers, and hot glue. It turned out pretty well if I do say so myself (and I do!).

Note the orange stockings. Pretty good, huh?

So what do you think? Could we be the next Birds of Prey? I think we look ready for the job!

(For more details on Birds of Prey, see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312098/)

The whole group:

Winners of each of the three rounds of donut-eating contests.

Winners of the Trick-or-Can competition with a total of 91 cans in an hour!

Road kill - get it? Road kill? Oh, never mind. (Notice my tongue sticking out.)

My Apartment Pics

Okay, so I have been planning to post some pictures of my apartment on my blog for some time now. I actually took these pictures a few months ago, but my apartment is still basically the same. One really funny thing is that each time a new person comes to my apartment for the first time is that they always say a variation on the same thing, "Wow, this looks like a real apartment." - or a grown up apartment or adult or some such thing. The thing is, I felt ready for a real apartment. It was the first time that I had the opportunity to furnish an apartment myself and decorate it how I wanted. It was completely up to me since I didn't have a roommate at first, and then even when she moved in, she generally didn't mind what I did with it. So... here it is. I hope you enjoy. At least in the living room (which are really the only pictures in here), the colors are black, tan, and green with iron wrought accents.

I'm particularly proud of how this one turned out. I love the table and I think the effect of the candles and Family Proclamation is very nice.

I really like how the windows turned out too. I wanted to hang these curtains because we have so many windows and it gets cold and doesn't help with the utilities bill. It turned out lovely with the window scarf. I really, really like how it turned out.

These are the window open so you can let light in.

These are the windows closed to keep the warmth in on those cold winter nights. Who knew that black, tan, and green went together so well?

Bookcases and the picture in between of the Sacred Grove, right above the TV - used exclusively for movies and the Wii, of course.

Dining room area. There are actually curtains on these windows now too - black with a green scarf identical to the one on the curtains (shown above).