Halloween '08

star fleet commander and her trusty lego
Originally uploaded by with an eye

After such build-up, it's true. I failed. Due to some unfortunate camera malfunctions I was only able to get one picture from the entire evening. Even more unfortunate, the friend who took it for me barely managed to get my costume in the photo. So here you have it, a poor attempt to show off my costume as a red lego piece. I should point out that my friend in the picture with me is a Star Fleet Commander from Star Trek, and she made her costume on Halloween at school in between meetings. And, it was quite amazing!

assembly near completion

assembly near completion
Originally uploaded by with an eye

Here's a great idea for next halloween, gather a bunch of random materials, photograph them, and ask your friends to guess what you're going to be - you'll get a lot of great ideas that way. So far, from my last picture I've gotten some great guesses:
mailbox
baseball
robot with hot red-cupped breasts
ketchup bottle
voting receptacle
bike pump

Only one person guessed correctly, but she had prior knowledge that totally gave it away. Here we are near completion, and after today's data blitz brilliance, I might be allowed a weekend.

troglodyte

accoutrement
Originally uploaded by with an eye

I went across the street today to grab lunch, and I ran into a friend of mine. We stopped to chat, but it didn't last long. She quickly asked if I was ok, and as I stood their squinting in the unbearbly bright sun and overwhelmed by the sidewalk full of people, I thought, "no, I'm not". I've been living in my cave of an office for the past few days, rarely seeing the sunlight. I was ill-prepared.

Depending on the outcome of tonights data-blitz, I may similarly be stuck inside for much of the hallowed weekend. But, should I be allowed an escape, these materials will eventually become a costume!