Party time! Yes, CouchCam is broadcasting the party… LIVE as we speak. Enjoy.
Category: Halloween
Things related to Halloween
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Carve a jack-o-lantern
Carve a jack-o-lantern! As I haven’t been able to locate any orange pumpkins in the city this year – David Jones has them but only for decoration, not for sale – this is as close as I’m going to get! (Link courtesy of Parker.)
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Good Things
- We finally got our television fixed, and it cost way less than we expected! Turns out that the explosion was just from the power supply, not the picture tube as we’d feared.
- My computer is finally on its way! I can’t wait to get it.
- My laptop is fixed! Adrian at AppleCentre Broadway really came through for me. The monitor’s been replaced and a new 40GB hard drive is installed. I can’t believe I now have two computers! That’s more than the Snook!
- I found my Halloween costume! God bless The Costume Shop. (And God damn ABC Costumes, none of whose dresses would even go over my arms. As Snookums later consoled me: “That’s because they were all made for drug-addled NIDA skanks.”) Now I just have to figure out how to duct-tape my boobs up near my chin.
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Halloween Bash 2004
It’s on, folks!
I decided to keep the invitation stylistically similar to last year’s. Thanks to Matt for pointing me to the gallery of makeup kits. The e-mails are still going out so if you’re in Sydney and you haven’t gotten one, just hold tight. If you don’t have one in a next few days – and you think you should – just drop me an e-mail.
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Daniel-san shower costume
I was giggling over this great Karate Kid Shower Costume for quite a while before I realized that the creator is a fellow Domer. Huh. Small world.
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Halloween
It’s bad enough that Americans get blamed for every cultural breakdown in Australia; now we’re responsible for a Halloween house egging. (Letter excerpt follows since that link will break tomorrow.) The gist is that some crotchety old fart put up a sign saying he didn’t want to participate in Halloween so a gang of teenagers egged his house. Somehow we Americans are to blame because the Australians kids were just “slavish[ly] copying … misunderstood American practices.” That ticked me off so much that I sent in my own response (which the Herald will no doubt neglect to print). It’s not my damn fault that Aussie kids don’t get the rules. I had to deal with a couple little jerks myself who A) weren’t wearing costumes, B) stole extra candy from me when I gave in to their pleas, and C) tried to run off with my pumpkin. There are bratty asshole kids everywhere. Complain about George Bush’s foreign policy if you will – heck, I’ll probably join you – but blaming every snotty Aussie kid’s behavior on American influence smacks of nothing more than xenophobia.
Letter from The Sydney Morning Herald:
Not wanting to be a part of Halloween activities, our family put up a polite sign discouraging children from trying to beg treats. Upon reading this, a group of teenagers, not a Halloween costume in sight, proceeded to throw eggs at our house.
This confirmed our conviction that slavish copying of misunderstood American practices does nothing to enhance our society.
It is bad enough that we blindly follow America into unjustified military campaigns. Must we also submit to cultural colonialism?
A. Keating, Adamstown Heights, November 2.
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Halloween photos
At long last… Our Halloween Party Photos. It’s mostly just a bunch of people we know acting goofy. 🙂
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Recovery
Still in party recovery mode. CoachCam is indeed stuck in case you’re wondering. (We had to pull up the network cable lest a drunken reveller trip on it.) Today I learned once again that sugar is not a very effective hangover cure. Forgive me, Dr. A, but that leftover candy’s not going to eat itself!
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Happy Halloween
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Buffy and Spike.
More photos forthcoming…
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BlankWallCam
Hee! CouchCam is now BlankWallCam as we’ve moved the furniture around for the party. I’m not sure yet if we’ll be broadcasting live from the festivities, as I think the Snook’s planning on pulling up our network cable (so our guests don’t trip on it). Regardless, the digital camera is ready for some action…
