Everything looks good from here... Yes. Yes, this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... 'This Land.' I think we should call it 'your grave!' Ah, curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! Ha ha HA! Mine is an evil laugh! Now die! Oh, no, God! Oh, dear God in heaven!

Wash ,'Serenity'


Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


§ ita § - Oct 31, 2014 1:37:29 pm PDT #9380 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

steel-cut:

Marvellous kiddie costume.


Jesse - Oct 31, 2014 1:40:15 pm PDT #9381 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I wonder if people are literally only going to friends' houses, because I heard some kids screaming outside and we have decor!


JenP - Oct 31, 2014 1:42:08 pm PDT #9382 of 30000

Twelve so far. Tiny Batman is my fave so far -- he stopped on the way back to his folks to cheerfully reply "Happy Halloween!" to mine. Polite Batkid.


Steph L. - Oct 31, 2014 2:03:29 pm PDT #9383 of 30000
That which does not kill you should RUN

I don't think we've gotten any Elsas yet, but we got a mummy whose wrappings were strategically loose so you could see his sweatshirt underneath, which had a ribcage printed on it. Clever. We also got a teeny tiny Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, who seemed unclear on the concept of trick-or-treat but had a deathgrip on his candy bucket nonetheless.


Hil R. - Oct 31, 2014 2:13:30 pm PDT #9384 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

Trick or treating here was last night, and I wasn't home, so I don't get to see the costumed kids. I'm looking at all my friends photos on facebook, though. I love the ones where the costume was obviously the kid's idea -- my friend's three-year-old is "Super Girl Kitty," which seems to be a purchased Super Girl costume, red leggings, whiskers drawn on her face, and cat ears drawn on her forehead. (I have a feeling that the "Kitty" part of this costume was a last-minute addition.)


Anne W. - Oct 31, 2014 2:40:28 pm PDT #9385 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.

No trick or treaters here yet.


Jessica - Oct 31, 2014 2:44:20 pm PDT #9386 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

All the Elsas I saw had winter coats on over their costumes. But the Olafs looked nice and warm!

A couple of people mistook me for Elsa. One person recognized the Mother of Dragons, Stormborn, Queen of the Andals and the First Men. My dragon kept falling off, though. [link]

Nobody recognized Dylan as Asterix, but he looked AWESOME - the helmet and belt came out really great, I thought. [link]

I didn't get a good picture of Aeryn because she had DH carrying her all night.


aurelia - Oct 31, 2014 2:56:34 pm PDT #9387 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

In addition to LSD being swamped [link] the haunted house attraction on Navy Pier is sinking [link] . Setup for Nick Wallenda's highwire over the river continued though.


JenP - Oct 31, 2014 3:12:30 pm PDT #9388 of 30000

Seems to have topped out at a whopping 21. I have several pieces left, but not that much, actually. I'll leave the light on until 8:30p, but I kind of hope they're done - I want SOME leftovers. That's fair.


Steph L. - Oct 31, 2014 3:29:15 pm PDT #9389 of 30000
That which does not kill you should RUN

I think we got 30-ish. We went through the entire bag of snickers (which was about 18 pieces), and maybe half the bag of M&Ms. (The Milky Ways were on the bottom of the bowl, because they're my favorite, so I wanted them to go last. Yes, I am that selfish.)