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So Halloween on the island turned out to be freaking hilarious!! The custom here, see, is that everyone dresses up, covering themselves fully to mask their identity, and then they all go to the pub, order drinks by pointing or writing it down (voices would give them away) and those who aren't in costume try and guess who they are. The aim is to get through the entire night without being recognized. It was pretty cool!
Melissa and I didn't dress up because I was feeling absolutely rotten that afternoon (shivering uncontrollably to the point of convulsing, even while under 2 large duvets... I think I had a chill or something) but by the time I had to go I was feeling fine, magically. It was a halloween miracle. But we didn't really have time or the effort to think of somehting really good, and I don't like to do Halloween half assed. Besides, there were a lot of people not dressed up.
I guessed a couple of people correctly, though! And there were some freaking fantastic costumes, too. These three lads dressed up as fireman with all these masks on. They were totally in character too, with exaggerated, mime-like movements. It was great! And Melissa and I kept badgering this one guy who we were positive was Chris. I hope it was, othewise we were badgering some random guy.
And then there was a ceilidh, which was just a huge drunken affair as it always is. I danced the ceilidh dance but our line kept getting obstructed by people milling around... and Melissa had to rescue me from this weird guy who kept talking about parisian women.
Haha, and because everyone orders drinks in masks and nobody knows who anybody is, this means that every minor on the island is out there in masks ordering drinks, and because they are drinking through straws and are not used to drinking they get massively pissed. Its pretty hilarious.
And, yeah. It was a good night!
Melissa and I didn't dress up because I was feeling absolutely rotten that afternoon (shivering uncontrollably to the point of convulsing, even while under 2 large duvets... I think I had a chill or something) but by the time I had to go I was feeling fine, magically. It was a halloween miracle. But we didn't really have time or the effort to think of somehting really good, and I don't like to do Halloween half assed. Besides, there were a lot of people not dressed up.
I guessed a couple of people correctly, though! And there were some freaking fantastic costumes, too. These three lads dressed up as fireman with all these masks on. They were totally in character too, with exaggerated, mime-like movements. It was great! And Melissa and I kept badgering this one guy who we were positive was Chris. I hope it was, othewise we were badgering some random guy.
And then there was a ceilidh, which was just a huge drunken affair as it always is. I danced the ceilidh dance but our line kept getting obstructed by people milling around... and Melissa had to rescue me from this weird guy who kept talking about parisian women.
Haha, and because everyone orders drinks in masks and nobody knows who anybody is, this means that every minor on the island is out there in masks ordering drinks, and because they are drinking through straws and are not used to drinking they get massively pissed. Its pretty hilarious.
And, yeah. It was a good night!