This Halloween, I'm gonna dress up as a slutty sailor cop....bunny.

Halloween has always been a pretty fantastic holiday, and like most fantastic holidays, it is ruined by people between the ages of 16 and 22. It's amusing that most "costumes" aren't really costumes at all, just odd outfits and color combinations.

So, since Halloween falls on a Wednesday (booo) this year, festivities are mostly taking place this weekend, which is why I write to you from under a very loud, bass-heaving party. No doubt they are having a seance! And resurrecting the spirits of all the people who have died in mosh pits. Let us never forget them.

Our Pre-Halloween (Pralloween?) weekend has been a rather enjoyable one. Last night, we went to FUSE, a weekly party hosted at the Vancouver Art Gallery. There was art, dance, and drink, all of which I enjoyed greatly and would very much like to experience again. The centerpiece of the evening was a performance art........performance that was two women sitting at a tabe set for a great and decadent feast that consisted of cakes and tortes, while the audience member's mouths watered over the various marzipan-colored delicacies that were spread across the banquet table. The performance itself had lasted for twelve hours, and throughout the evening the table was wrapped in cellophane until every inch of it, cake and all, was covered. Then, at the end of the evening, the artist unwrapped the table and walked away, leaving us to eat what was left of the cakes and such. There was a lot. Deciding to keep with the performative aspect of it all, we ate some cake and shoved the rest in each other's faces:







Ugh, we are all so cute. (the ladies in the pic-a-tures are Aletheia and Manda, and they are the greatest)

So then tonight was the Parade of Lost Souls, which had some entertaining aspects....but to tell you the truth, I had more fun at FUSE. There's something about the Vancouver community events or art scene events that sometimes leaves a bit more to be desired, at least in my opinion. Still, there was lots to enjoy...an interesting performance on a fire escape, dancing on stilts, dancing with fire, and lots of musicians and groups everywhere playing music. I wish we had been there to see the parade, as it was, we showed up an hour late. Oh well. Hopefully we can get a complete taste of it next year.

One last picture; the facepaint that I did this evening for the festivities:




It was supposed to look like a mask of leaves, but now I think I just looked like an owl. Huh. A girl on the bus told me that I should say I'm "Autumn".

"What are you going as this Halloween?" "Oh, I dunno. An abstract seasonal concept, maybe." "nice."