Halloween '08

Happy belated Halloween, guys! This is such a great holiday. The energy around this holiday is always really high, and I don't think it's due solely to the sugar rush. There's tons of stuff to do and lots to laugh at.

Because of the rules associated with a lab, we aren't able to have food of any kind in our work area. Our company decided to host a trick-or-treat where each section was to make a candy container and they were to be displayed in one of the conference rooms. The kids would then come around and trick-or-treat from the containers. We had a contest to see which section created the scariest, most creative and funniest container. Here are the winners:

Hospital Reprocessing received the scariest prize with this hands and skull work of art.
VTS' commentary: LAME.
Pharmaceuticals got the funniest prize for this paper mache head of our lab director.
VTS' commentary: LAME.

QA Auditors got the prize for most creative with this skeleton bride in a casket.
VTS' commentary: LAME. Fine, it isn't lame. But what the crap? A frickin' casket! Sorry that the rest of us weren't out grave robbing that night in order to win a gift certificate for breakfast at Gandolfo's.

No one in my section had any interest in participating in this tomfoolery. I decided at the last minute to head up this project. This is what emerged:

It's AWESOME, I know! It's a haunted sharps/biohazard container. It's funny because you're NEVER supposed to put your hand in one of those. Totally off limits. Dry ice was put in the bottom and then a shelf was made for the middle of the container to put the candy on. You had the reach through the fog to get your candy. It should've won. Probably in all three categories. But whatever. Those judges wouldn't have recognized creative genius if it walked up to them and kicked 'em in the chucks. But I don't care because you all know that I'm not very competitive. Still, it should've won. (grumble, grumble)

We had a great activity for young women's on Wednesday night. Kristin really put together an awesome evening. We had dinner, bobbed for apples, ate donuts off of a string, played rock band (I sang Sabotage for yet another audience) and made this awesome Halloween decoration.

This is my favorite decoration of all time! Mostly because it is made out of a toilet paper roll and because it took about 45 seconds from start to finish to make this craft. Seriously, this is my kind of project. And it's hilarious! I'm going to display it all year. Thanks Kristin, for adding the 6th home decor item to my residence.

And now the moment you've all been waiting for........................

The Garth Algar Costume!!!

Can you tell which is the real Garth and which is the poseur? I didn't think so.

Tragically I wasn't feeling well for most of the day so no one at work saw me in all my glory. But I was heavily persuaded to go out partying that night. So I did. You can't keep me away from a good party. We went up to the avenues to a friend of a friend's party. I was accompanied by an adorable Alice in Wonderland, a Keebler elf, Cookie Monster, a flapper, a mad scientist, and a s'more. I forgot my camera or else I would've had some awesome pictures. Anyway, it was pretty fun except for the fact that I felt ill the whole time, that I was dressed as a dude and that I was really starting to feel my age. I swear to you that I was the only girl that was not scantily clad in a sexy something-or-other. We were dancing and some of the guys were looking at me and I could tell that they were wondering whether I was a guy or a girl. It was dark! And strobe lights were flashing! My gender is typically not ambiguous in a normal day to day situation. Anyway, I like what I come up with for Halloween. A few years ago I was part of Team Zissou from the movie The Life Aquatic. It was funny to me, but not too many people have seen this hilarious movie and therefore didn't get my costume. Not too many below the age of 25 have seen Wayne's World either. There were quite a few people who didn't really get who I was at the party. And then I started thinking, "I'm 30 years old. What am I doing here?" Yikes.

Well, next year I resolved to be something cute and sassy to reflect my cute and sassy self, as you can see in this next picture..........




Ooops. Not that one. I meant this one.....


Damnit, I'm downright adorable. Say it!