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Halloween Party

Evil Witch 2

For Halloween, I had an american manager, from work ,who invited me to the annual Halloween Fest. He’s American / Swedish, and has two 10 year old daughters who he really goes all out to encourage the tradition of Halloween. I love the fact that he’s so creative. Bonus points to MM who not only invited all of us to the official “costume Manditory” Halloween Fete and carved “extreme pumpkins”, but also provided a great “altar” complete with Virgin Sacrifice for dinner.

Photos at: Halloween 2009 Set on Flickr

Extreme Pumpkin 1 - the Suicide
Suicide Pumpkin

Extreme Pumpkin 2 - the Barbie Killer
The Barbie Killer

Extreme Pumpkin #3 - The Baby Killer
The Baby Killer

The Sacrificial Altar
The Sacrificial Altar

Bowing at the Altar
Bowing at the Alter, before the Virgin Sacrifice

The Virgin Sacrifice
The Virgin’s dead, Dig in Folks! She’s made of mexican food and girls clothing. As you dug in, you found plastic bones and pieces of random clothing. LOL!!

As far as costumes go, I’d like to give kudos to “Dick Cheney” who dropped by on the way to a Haliburton Dinner Party; “George Bush Jr” who popped in with a beer and his copy of the shreadded constitution; and “Sarah Palin” who brought her binoculars to make sure she never lost sight of Russia. They were by far the scariest Halloween Costumes Ever!

Dick Cheney Dropped by

George Bush JR & the US constitution

Bat Girl, Corpse Bride, Sarah Palin
(Mrs. Palin is here posing with the Corpse Bride and Bat girl)

So, here I am, on Sunday – after dressing as Zandramas (David Eddings Character) for Halloween –

Zandramas (or the dark witch)


A bit tired, but glad to have not wound up like this lady – being the “life” of the Party!

The Virgin Sacrifice

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Lost in Translation (take 5)

Today’s lost in Translation is brought to you by the Japanese.
Check out the article at:
The jist of the article is really amusing. Basically, they have less that 7% of the crime of the USA , but the Japanese sensationalist media has made it so that the Japanese are afraid of everything. (Gee.. sounds like what our government is trying to do to us…but another day…) As a result, there are new “edgy” fashion designers creating purses that look like manhole covers (afraid of getting stolen? put it on the street – the crook will NEVER notice..) , sheets that if a woman is being followed she can “throw over her head” to look like a vending machine (now there’s a hideout for ya ), a backpack that expands in to the fire hydrant look (for children being followed) and other really amusing creations.
Even if you don’t want to read the article, it’s worth looking just for the pictures of people “wearing” their hiding place. (Say, why does that coke machine have feet, anyhow?!?)
As an American who has been trained to fight back (where as the Japanese simply would rather not create a scene) this is one of those things that qualifies as….
Lost in Translation.
** All Photos used here are property of the AP and NOT taken by me. I have no claim on them whatsoever, and fully reccomend you read the article and view the slide show. **
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