Costume @ MindSay

I couldn't have planned it any better... Mr. Snuggles posed perfectly with me while I contemplated being a zombie. He's the quintessential black Halloween cat, isn't he? I didn't need much more than him for my costume!



I went through a lot of different ideas to come up with a practical costume for Halloween. My first idea was to be a vampire but then I wanted to be a zombie. That evolved into wanting to be a sorceress with orange-red hair. Next I played with being a sexy fat fairy queen, but that would've been too cold considering that I'd be in little more than underwear! I then picked up some horns and tried to be a silly "cow girl" or demon whore. Then I almost settled into being a whore, but the bra I wore really pushed up my boobs too high and I could see myself not breathing very well because of that. Then I fell in love with a wide brimmed black ribbon hat that I could drape lace and sheer chiffon over and be a mourner. This was the look I eventually did because it was simple and practical for trick or treating. The rest of the images are me just playing around with all the make-up. It relieved my boredom!



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Hey guys.  So for day two, I'm just going to go into and start talking about my day and my life like you all know what the fuck is actually going on with me. Bear with me if you're a little lost, mmkay?

Last night I was up all  night coughing my face off. Like literally, I have no face right now. It's not pretty. Especially since Halloween is over. So anyway, I hauled my ass out of bed at like, 10:15 for my 10:30 class, but it just wasn't going to happen. I mean, I had no face.  The problem was, I had an exam in my Experimental Research Methods class at 12:30.  Luckily, my professor has missed like three solid weeks of class, so he really has no room to chastise students for missing class due to illness.  So I e-mailed Dr. Rice and he thankfully granted me a make up test, which I will take on Thursday. 

I'm not sure what I have, but I think it could be the flu.  I never got around to getting a flu shot because the school clinic was out of vaccination the time I went by to try to get some.  I definitely had the opportunity to pick something up this weekend since I went to the doctor on Friday (for a completely unrelated reason). I didn't see anyone looking too sickly, but this time of year, you never know. Then on Saturday I went to a huge house party for Halloween where not only was I exposed to half of the population of Las Cruces in close quarters, but I was also drinking, which I'm sure was not helping my immune system out at all (excuse that run on sentence). 

I'm kind of freaking out because I cannot afford to be sick.  This week is probably the busiest yet of the semester.  I have two exams and two five page papers (neither of which I have started) along with other small assignments and duties.  As of now, I have a really sore throat, a runny nose, and a cough, but I'm not feeling too bad. I'm just concerned it's going to escalate to the point that I'm achy and feeling like complete shit. 

In other news: here's my Halloween costume.  I was a (slutty) Harry Potteresque witch. 




This is my "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" pose.


I made Michael a head shot victim.

The party was pretty fun, but it was over crowded for my taste.  A friend of mine who is very musically talented played a set with his band that I really enjoyed.  Most of the guys Michael and I usually hang out with were there and I enjoyed the times I could actually hear them. Michael went a bit deaf from the loud music (hey, he's not as young as he used to be ;))

Okay well. See you kids tomorrow. Hopefully my face will have regrown by then.

The night before last I took a Hinder CD and a Disturbed CD, hopped in the car, opened the sun roof, drove to Bel Air and blasted "Indestructible" and "Inside the Fire" among other amazing songs.  I forgot how much I loved going out at night.  Mark was at work and for some reason, I feel very uneasy being at home without him... Not super very... I'd just rather be out...  Even if it's by myself.  Which is okay. :)  Going to Kohl's was a lot of fun... I didn't get much, just a few bras that actually seem to fit me (YAY) and some pj pants and boxers for Mark.  He seems to love them, and that makes me happy. :)  I don't get out too much, unless it's going to work.  And it just seemed... free-ing.  Just going out... doing what I love to do (smart shopping at Kohl's. ;) )  and I even got to have half of a guilt-free cigarette.

That reminds me... I think someone swiped my cigs yesterday.  They're GONE!  Either that or I left them on the bench... probably the latter.  God damn it.  But I need to quit... So does Mark.  And as soon as he starts his chemo on tuesday that'll be it for me... I  need to be strong for him... and I can't wave a cigarette in front of his face when he's sick and dying to have one and he knows he can't... or just doesn't have the stomach for it but he still wants one.

I close at Target tonight... which isn't that much of a problem.  2-10:30... typical close.  Same as last night.  Hopefully tonight will be better though.  Last night was just short of insanity on the front end. hahah  It'll be fun, I think.  It should be soon as soon as it gets darker, and there will be plenty of people in costume. :)

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As my drunken blog did state, today we took a trip to Ash's BUNGASLOW. :D
It's like a one-storey house that moves at 2 miles per hour. :)

Oh, I have to make that a tradition. Every time I come back from somewhere drunk, I need to try and document it. It's so funny reading them over and decoding them when you're sober again.

Tracey was reading them - which I didn't mind - but she was reading them out loud. Most of the time it was funny - just when she read lines like "I like pussy so that makes me a lesbian" - I was just like OMGSHUTUPREALLY. :/

Ash and I didn't think that Shelly would actually end up coming, because it did get to around half 1 and there was still no sign of her - even after attempting to ring her mobile - but she did end up coming, and with her, bearing a bag of cakes and stuff left over from last night's party.

We spent the majority of the day in Ash's room, mooching through my planned script ideas I'd brought along on my memory stick. I was even wearing my newly-transferred RCP logo T-shirt. :)

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My Halloween costume came in the post today. I just had to take it along with me to see what they all thought. Naturally, it lead to everyone trying on the mask and the headpiece. :)
It's an evil jester - a half-black, half black-and-white-chequered suit with a silly jester's hat, skull trims and a skull mask. It's sooooo epic. :D

And thankfully, due to the price of it - we're not going to just use it for Halloween - we're planning on using it for some of our future music videos. It ought to work well.

We told Tracey of our problem with obtaining a dress for Ash - in effect, I told her last night when I was drunk - and she's agreed to make one for us. A pink and white gingham one, by the sounds of things. :)
I just can't imagine Ash in a dress. Imagine it with pink and white striped socks too - oh my word. :)

We're proper making her paranoid, we're not telling her what we keep talking in code about. :)
Then Tracey put her hair in plaits - oh it was SOOOO cute. :D
Ash didn't seem amused about it like - but she's SO having her hair like that for the Spieluhr video. It would go so well.

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We played a combination of Guitar Hero 5, Guitar Hero: Greatest Hits and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
Alternation on vocals - we even got Ash to do a few - as a penalty for losing a pro-face-off against Shelly, of course. Ash's skill has really decreased lately...

We played my custom Saria's Song, and we got this really weird screenshot.
I was playing on Expert bass and I don't think I missed any, but look at the score. It says 128%!



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And a photo of me with two jelly shoes up my nose.
I made the "my nose is running" joke, naturally...



And a creepy yet oddly cute photo of Ash with some wacky red-eye. :D