I am not trivializing anyone's beliefs and I realize some cultures have carried the original ancient Celtic meaning thru the years, and that's fine. But for most folks Halloween is simply a harmless expression of fun, creativity, booooo and a big sugar high. Nothing evil. Monica says it's about taking lemons and making lemonade.
Anyway, Nolen and Aisha and little Nolen Jr. (NJ), and Marcellus joined our friends James and Marilyn and little Betty (who officially became our God child at a beautiful baptism ceremony Sunday morning) for a fun Halloween party.
Monica and I went as spider women, which was really sweat shirts that I attached some stretchy white webbing and spiders to. Spiders in our hair and some black nail polish and there ya go. Nolen and Aisha theatened to go as Flava Flav and one of
his ummm girls. It would be an easy costume.. a viking hat and a big stupid clock pendant. But, no amount of makeup could transform Nolen into a Flava lookalike. Has anyone seen that VH1 show with despicable Flav and women who actually let him touch them? YUCK! I watched the Flava and Brigette Nielsen affair..it was so weird I couldn't stop. But now OMG!
NJ (age 2) is a lion this year. My sister made his costume from scratch. She crocheted a variegated brown and blond yarn mane, attached a tail to some khakis, and a fur dickey and shoe coverings for paws. CUTE!
But wearing that mane NJ looked more like Tina Turner. Of course, I immediately wanted to go with that. NJ is quite a dancer and a Big ham. Little fishnet stockings....it would've been hysterical. Maybe next year.
Marcellus was a good looking (store bought) Batman. So of course, (after all that needle work) when NJ saw Batman, he said "don't want lion, want Batman"!
The party was fun, lots of scary and sweet costumes including Marie Antoinette (Batman really liked her) and our little Betty Bumble Bee. My favorite though was adult chuch member Diane as Dorothy complete of course with ruby slippers, basket and Toto. She looked adorable.
So after playing a murder game that required a lot of theatrical dying, Ann Marie (Rev. Coleman) blessed the food and all the various witches and monsters and sweet peas. I told a joke that got me ridiculed something awful along with taking pictures with my slr camera that actually uses FILM. Do you have to take it to Walgreens? You can't see your pictures first? Do you still have a pager too? Do you take your clothes down to the creek and beat them with a rock? Are you still listening to 8 tracks? Moni tried to defend me but they turned on her.
It is wonderful to be with family and friends. I feel so loved. : )
Happy Halloween!
For some great spOOky movie pictures check Alexandra's site.
The joke is below. Thanks Stephen!
A man is walking home alone late one foggy Halloween night, when behind him he hears:
BUMP...
BUMP..
BUMP...
Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
Terrified, the man begins to run toward his home, the casket bouncing quickly behind him
FASTER...
FASTER...
BUMP...
BUMP...
BUMP...
He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, slams and locks the door behind him.
However, the casket crashes through his door, with the lid of the casket clapping
Clappity-BUMP...
Clappity-BUMP...
Clappity-BUMP...
On his heels as the terrified man runs.
Rushing upstairs to the bathroom, he locks himself in. His heart is pounding; his head is reeling; his breath is coming in sobbing gasps.
With a loud CRASH the casket breaks down the door.
Bumping and clapping toward him.
The man screams and reaches for something, anything, but all he can find is a bottle of cough syrup!
Desperate, he throws the cough syrup at the casket...
And,
(hopefully you're ready for this!!!)
The coffin stops........
1 comment:
I am so glad you had a fun Halloween. It sounds like your church made the evenng a lot of fun! The lion/Tina Turner mane costume sounds hilarious!
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