Halloween 2011

Hey, Everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Last week was more or less of a constant nightmare.  So I'm not going to talk about it.  Instead, I'm going to talk about the one good day we had, which was yesterday.  We carved pumpkins:

Your reward for getting to the end of this post is seeing these babies in the dark!

I was really happy with the way everyone's pumpkins turned out this year!  We all really stepped up our games and gave it our all.  Check 'em out!

Dad's:

Mom's:

Mine (2):

Ramiro's (2):

 

And, as promised, here they all are with the lights out:

 You can click on any of the pictures to enlarge them for a better look.

As for what I did today...?

Come on, Guys!  It's Monday.  I worked.  You know I'm no fun on weekdays.

Happy Halloween!

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.com

Halloween & a Gumiho

Hey, Everyone!

I'm trying--not always successfully--to not talk about work so much. This is hard because work is pretty much all I do anymore! So that leaves very little leftover to talk about...

However, two things that don't have to do with my work! The first is:

Halloween!!

Ramiro and I had a lovely Halloween. No, we didn't dress up. No, we didn't go out. We sat around and watched "scary" movies and then went to bed early and got a full night's sleep. It was the first weekend we'd had in a long time where it actually felt like a weekend! It was great. We felt so well-rested.

The day before Halloween, we visited my parents and carved pumpkins and played Creature Features (a board game similar to Monopoly, but not as cruel).

Pumpkins!!

DAD'S:
MOM'S:
RAMIRO'S:
MINE:If you're confused as to why I have four pictures when everyone else only had two... It's because I carved two faces on my white pumpkin--one in the front and one in the back!

It was really great. We all had a lot of fun. And Ramiro and I both looked REALLY good that day, too!! I straightened Ramiro's faux/mohawk so that it was really nice and he wore really cool clothes and I was wearing a nice little black dress and I even did my make-up like Emily Deschanel so that my eyes stood out and my square jaw looked a bit more womanly. Sadly, no one took our picture. Oh well. You'll just have to take my word for it: we looked great!

The other thing that's happened that doesn't have to do with my work is that Ray (Ramiro's BFF), Ramiro, and I got hooked on watching My Girlfriend is a Gumiho (aka: My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox). It was on the Korean channel and it was amazing! We all fell in love with it and tuned in every week to watch it. Sadly, the last episode aired not too long ago and we can no longer watch it. However, unlike most Asian dramas, it actually had a [spoiler] happy ending!

Basically, it's about these two characters:A cute, yet kinda doofy guy and the girl who eventually becomes his girlfriend who is in actuality--you guessed it!--a nine-tailed fox:Spoiler?

But, the main thing you need to know about this show is this: it also stars THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD...Admit it. Man or woman, your life was just made a little bit better for having seen that picture.

From what we understand, Noh Min Woo was playing a veterinarian who is also some sort of immortal monster hunter. We all dubbed him "Doctor Beautiful." No need to ask "why." Just look at him.

But then it was looking like Doctor Beautiful might be a villain:(mainly because he kept trying to get the main guy killed and steal his girlfriend--seen here offering the hero some potion o' doom)

We were like "Oh nooooooooooooooooooo!!" How could someone so beautiful be evil? Nuuuuu!! It can't be so!!

But then everything ended up okay and he turned up at the end wearing glasses:
GLASSES!!

How cute!

Anyway, if you ever get the chance, you should watch it. It's a very sweet show with lots of humor (not always intentionally), and it has a very attractive man in it. If you do see it, stick with it. All the really great writing shows up near the end.

Well, it's late. I have to go now.

Until next time...

--Lauren*
http://littlezotz.webs.com

Halloween & Such

This is sort of a companion piece to Ramiro's wonderful LiveJournal entry about Halloween weekend. (Mostly I just wanted to show off my EC comics too...). For more details about how I spent the weekend, you can just read his entry (it has lots of pics too!).

Halloween weekend was a blast. My "little brother," Vincent, was having a show with his band Corpse Candy on the 30th and I finally got to see them perform! It was very exciting (and LOUD) and I was very proud. :3
I went to the Corpse Candy show with Ramiro (who did their amazing album cover). We got to go to IHOP after the show. Scrumptious!

(I got my hair cut a few weeks ago by Jaz at VOUS Hair...)

One of the very best things about Halloween and Halloween weekend was going to House of Secrets and Eddie Brandt's Saturday Matinee. I love those places. Especially HoS (EBSM can honestly be a bit overwhelming). If you're in the area, you simply must stop by!

At House of Secrets, Ramiro was able to add to his collection of EC comics. I was very excited by this because I'm a huge fan too. Actually, my stack of comics used to be even larger than his but I ended up giving the bulk of my collection to Vincent (of Corpse Candy) when he was a small child (obviously warping him--in the best way!--for life).

Here's what I have left of my EC horror comics:(Those Tales From The Crypt TV show DVDs were fun to watch over the weekend, too!)

I also have a few EC oddities that aren't in the horror genre:(That's right, EC Piracy comics weren't just made up by Alan Moore. They're real!).

Halloween itself was very chillaxed. Lots of trick-or-treaters at my parents' house (over 50!) and Ramiro & I came over and helped carve pumpkins...

(You can click on that to make it bigger)

And that's pretty much it. Good times.

Oh, and for those of you who are interested, I got a note from Children's Hospital today saying that they received the money I donated. :)That's all for now.

Until next time...

--Lauren*