Halloween Tree(at)

For your viewing pleasure: Scans from a first edition of The Halloween Tree. Written by Ray Bradbury and Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini. It's really the only and best Halloween story ever written. The movie will be playing on the Family Channel (51) on Halloween if you wanna check it out. After all this time, Family Channel still puts on the best Halloween shows. Seriously.







So excited.

Random People on the Subway #1

Ok! So I'm going to do a little number every so often (when appropriate) about random people on public transit. I can either meet them, see them, overhear a piece of their conversation or observe something they're doing that I feel in all my good judgment is worthy of my/your interest.

Today on the subway I noticed four guys. One was looking at a page of his passport and his friend started pulling up his shirt and reaching into a little pouch I guess he had... fastened... to his torso... under his shirt. It tripped me out because where from I was sitting it looked like he was zipping open his stomach and taking something out. But, because I'm not a complete idiot I gathered there was something more to the story.

The guy took out his passport as well, they were reading over their visa's (possibly forged). Turns it out they were from Mexico. (Gathered this from the word MEXICO on their passports..) I still can't decide if they've immigrated or they're just visiting. They spoke fluent Spanish and didn't say a word of English the entire 2 minutes I turned down my music to eavesdrop. They all had copies of the day's Metro, but were literally just skimming over it... looking at the pictures maybe? ( I gathered this with my stealthy and decently creepy forced eye-contact method). I thought it was sort of cute that they were reading the Metro, like they were trying to get to know the city or something. It's something I'd do in Mexico.. which is sort of funny because earlier I had been toying with the idea of taking a Spanish course while also thinking "when the fuck am I going to have to speak Spanish?"

Also, one of them smelled like strongly of pina coladas. It was incredible.

La creatura bella azure vestita..

So my hair has been blue for about a week now. A lot of my friends-- who think they're pretty funny have been pulling out the "Smurf" card. Which is ridiculous, Smurfette is a blonde. According to that logic, We should call blondes smurfs... a dude asked if my bush was blue.. it gave me some cRaAZyYy ideas.

I've also received a number of compliments and old men attempting to show their appreciation in really lame jokes... such as a bus driver the other day who said "So, I guess you went to the hairdresser and got the blues?" I didn't know what to say to that so I responded 'Yeah, pretty much.' Old men are funny. He probably had blue hair once. PUBIC HAIR THAT IS.

What I really love about having blue hair is the deep color of it... its so tasty everytime I look at myself I want to eat it. A piece fell out during class and I had to pick it up and stare at it intensely for a long period of time. It's really way cooler than your hair. I recommend you try dying your hair your favorite color, it's sort of really awesome.

I realize it won't last forever... like all good things it will eventually turn green. But I'm loving it. Really.

The zombie walk was on Saturday and was terribly cool. I went as a grandma with knitting needles sticking through my wig, strangled with red yarn. Yep. Classic times. Biggest yet.

Of Costumes and my feet...

I just got home from my first shift at the Amazing Costume & Party Warehouse out at Islington and Evans. First of all I had a really good time... it was exhausting, and whenever I close my eyes I see costumes and my nose is filled with the smell of nylon and plastic, but I loved it no less. Halloween rules. But...

If I see any girl in that fucking stupid "Mile High" dress on Halloween, I am going to fucking stab her. I'm sorry... it's hot, it is... but I got in a fight with the box that it was in at least six times.. and almost every single girl that came in there asked for it. So it was an epic struggle every time and it's not original at all.. sorry ladies.

Most of those costumes are pretty dumb though. We have at least 7 different types of naughty nurses. Why would you want to be a nurse or a flight attendant for Halloween anyway? It's the one night to be anything you want in the world and it's like "Um...a naughty hot dog vendor!" "A naughty... gym...teacher?" I wish my gym teacher was a sexy blonde in tight shorts. She wasn't though. And you're probably in university learning how to be a graphic designer, you don't want to be a gym teacher/navy seal/flight attendant. If it wasn't a slutty outfit you'd just be a dyke in baggy pants and a Terry Fox T-shirt from 2004. Are you that easy to please!

I got one couple pilot/flight attendant costumes and pictured them walking into a party and being like yep.... we spent money on this. So sad. Make it scary! or funny! or just cool. Don't spend $75 dollars on a skimpy dress. You could just go be a flight attendant with that money. Or a prostitute.

I can't believe nobody bought the Lion Tamer outfit. WHEN ELSE COULD YOU EVER ACTUALLY BE A LION TAMER?

No seriously. My feet hurt.

Bienvenue ! Velkommen !

So, Life is disappointing? In here, Life is beautiful! The girls, are beautiful... even ze orchestra is beautiful!

Disclaimer: Blog will not hold responsibility for misleading readers into believing blog will include sexy show girls, cross dressing trombone players, small MC's or choreographed dances.

...well...there may be some dancing.