The witching hour is close at hand...
This weekend was so fun, and so exhausting.
Friday night was a game of Dread run by Mabry. If you're not familiar with it, it's a freeform RPG which, instead of dice, has Jenga. If the tower collapses, horrible things happen. It's pretty intense. I was a government agent (modeled after Agent Superball from Sam & Max) dealing with vampires in Albania.
Next morning was chessboard auditions. Good to see everybody there. I got cast as Ector this year - a smaller role than I've had lately, but that's cool; a slow year wouldn't be a bad thing, at all.
Had about two hours downtime, then it was time for the anime club's Halloween party. I went as Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion; Nate was a Japanese ghost again (and developed adapted memes "DO NOT HAUNT" "DO HAUNT" "NOT SURE IF HAUNT"); Daniel wore the ghost headband again, but was specifically the Ghost of RoninCon; Brandon was the 11th Doctor; Logan was Pirate Mobster Jesus (which won him funniest costume). There was lots of yummy creepy-themed food, bobbing for apples, makeshift danceclub in the garage, costume contest, piñatas, ghost stories, karaoke, on-the-spot pumpkin decorating contest, and boffer sword fighting competition. I teamed up with Nate and Brandon for the pumpkin decorating. We gave it a funny face and Brandon's fez and called it the 12th Doctor. We won first prize. :D Then at the ghost stories, I did Rabbit from No Shame Theater and won a prize for the performance. XD The party was planned by Kim, our old club president, who came back from out of town just to run it; even if she hadn't made it an amazing party, it was good to see her. Daniel, Nate, Logan, Brandon and I were some of the last people out. Kim was trying to stay up all night, so I figured sticking around to help her stay awake was probably a good idea (at least until I started to crap out). After way too much Lady Gaga karaoke through the rest of the night ("Just PANTS!"), Daniel and I got up with our usual humor songs: The Toronto Song by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and Title of the Song by Da Vinci's Notebook. Then came the LRR Christmas Caroling on Halloween and a couple episodes of Simpsons Halloween specials before I was about ready to pass out. Got home a little after 3:00.
Next day, woke up a little before noon so I could gather folks to go to lunch with Kim before she had to catch her flight back home. We'd originally wanted to go to Tokyo up on the north side, but it turned out they were closed on Sunday for lunch. :( Left with Daniel, picked up Logan, then Kim, settled on Chelino's in Bricktown, swung by Midwest City to pick up Brandon, and headed foodward. Got a little lost in downtown OKC (it's so confusing, augh), but eventually made it and had a good meal. Took a little longer than expected, though, so had to hurry to get Kim to the airport after that. All kinds of nerdly conversation the whole time, was a very fun outing.
After that, had about an hour until the party at J and Jenny's. Their porch decorations were pretty sweet. Chris and Dejah looked awesome dressed as a steampunk Mad Hatter and Dormouse, and Jenny's Caterpillar was pretty cool, too. J was a high-school dropout (dressed in his old Sonic uniform), Tanya was autumn (lots of brown and leaves), Brendan was Dresden, Mabry was a naiad, and Sarah was J. Tanya made scones, which were yummy; I didn't eat much else, though, because I was still full from Chelino's. After the food, we played Witch Hunt (exactly the same as Mafia, just themed differently). Then there was bobbing for apples, and after that, Sleepy Hollow. I was getting pretty headachy by then, though, so I called it a night.
Today, some pretty cool costumes in the office: Ray's dressed as Tinky-Winky, Gerry's dressed as Gerald from Hey Arnold!, and Saurav's got a Halliburton jumpsuit on. Got some good work done so far today, and tonight...well, I'm not sure. Some friends are going to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight; I've never been to an actual showing of it, but I don't really want to go to one without a costume (and me showing up in briefs is a very bad idea)...
Friday night was a game of Dread run by Mabry. If you're not familiar with it, it's a freeform RPG which, instead of dice, has Jenga. If the tower collapses, horrible things happen. It's pretty intense. I was a government agent (modeled after Agent Superball from Sam & Max) dealing with vampires in Albania.
Next morning was chessboard auditions. Good to see everybody there. I got cast as Ector this year - a smaller role than I've had lately, but that's cool; a slow year wouldn't be a bad thing, at all.
Had about two hours downtime, then it was time for the anime club's Halloween party. I went as Kaji from Neon Genesis Evangelion; Nate was a Japanese ghost again (and developed adapted memes "DO NOT HAUNT" "DO HAUNT" "NOT SURE IF HAUNT"); Daniel wore the ghost headband again, but was specifically the Ghost of RoninCon; Brandon was the 11th Doctor; Logan was Pirate Mobster Jesus (which won him funniest costume). There was lots of yummy creepy-themed food, bobbing for apples, makeshift danceclub in the garage, costume contest, piñatas, ghost stories, karaoke, on-the-spot pumpkin decorating contest, and boffer sword fighting competition. I teamed up with Nate and Brandon for the pumpkin decorating. We gave it a funny face and Brandon's fez and called it the 12th Doctor. We won first prize. :D Then at the ghost stories, I did Rabbit from No Shame Theater and won a prize for the performance. XD The party was planned by Kim, our old club president, who came back from out of town just to run it; even if she hadn't made it an amazing party, it was good to see her. Daniel, Nate, Logan, Brandon and I were some of the last people out. Kim was trying to stay up all night, so I figured sticking around to help her stay awake was probably a good idea (at least until I started to crap out). After way too much Lady Gaga karaoke through the rest of the night ("Just PANTS!"), Daniel and I got up with our usual humor songs: The Toronto Song by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie and Title of the Song by Da Vinci's Notebook. Then came the LRR Christmas Caroling on Halloween and a couple episodes of Simpsons Halloween specials before I was about ready to pass out. Got home a little after 3:00.
Next day, woke up a little before noon so I could gather folks to go to lunch with Kim before she had to catch her flight back home. We'd originally wanted to go to Tokyo up on the north side, but it turned out they were closed on Sunday for lunch. :( Left with Daniel, picked up Logan, then Kim, settled on Chelino's in Bricktown, swung by Midwest City to pick up Brandon, and headed foodward. Got a little lost in downtown OKC (it's so confusing, augh), but eventually made it and had a good meal. Took a little longer than expected, though, so had to hurry to get Kim to the airport after that. All kinds of nerdly conversation the whole time, was a very fun outing.
After that, had about an hour until the party at J and Jenny's. Their porch decorations were pretty sweet. Chris and Dejah looked awesome dressed as a steampunk Mad Hatter and Dormouse, and Jenny's Caterpillar was pretty cool, too. J was a high-school dropout (dressed in his old Sonic uniform), Tanya was autumn (lots of brown and leaves), Brendan was Dresden, Mabry was a naiad, and Sarah was J. Tanya made scones, which were yummy; I didn't eat much else, though, because I was still full from Chelino's. After the food, we played Witch Hunt (exactly the same as Mafia, just themed differently). Then there was bobbing for apples, and after that, Sleepy Hollow. I was getting pretty headachy by then, though, so I called it a night.
Today, some pretty cool costumes in the office: Ray's dressed as Tinky-Winky, Gerry's dressed as Gerald from Hey Arnold!, and Saurav's got a Halliburton jumpsuit on. Got some good work done so far today, and tonight...well, I'm not sure. Some friends are going to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show tonight; I've never been to an actual showing of it, but I don't really want to go to one without a costume (and me showing up in briefs is a very bad idea)...