Hallowe'en Approaches!

I know I've got over a month, but I'm in a very autumnal mood and am especially excited for Halloween this year as well. The Bride of Frankenstein came on tv and I decided to watch it for the first time (I was on a role since I also watched Citizen Kane for the first time, today). I really love the way Elsa Lanchester is made up in the film. The 1930s make up, the crazy fingerwave-fro with the white streaks. I'm strongly considering being her for Halloween as the costume would be easy and the look is mainly about strong make up and hair which would be super fun to experiment with (mwa ha ha ha).

See for yourself:

Halloween time!

Have been imaginary shopping somewhat furiously. The picture of Hermione Granger on my wall looks on in judgement, but comparatively, I am keeping up with my studies. Also, have been listening to my Monster Mash/Screaming Jay Hawkins Pandora station and it has introduced me to a couple AMAZING blues artists. I knew Fats Domino before but I'd heard Blueberry Hill too many times and didn't know all the other great songs he'd done. OTIS RUSH. Oh my gosh, so wonderful. How was I not familiar with this name before now? Sometimes I have nerdy thoughts like: I ALMOST want to teach so I can introduce young people to amazing, soul-quenching music. So delicious.

And as for the fantasy shopping....oh la la la la laaaaaa.... Etsy, Etsy, Etsy, you do that voodoo that you do so well.

I kind of really want to be a vintagey majorette one year.

A proper Halloween!

After two or three or possibly even four years of boring, uninspired Halloweens, I have finally done it up right, as they say. I carved a pumpkin to look like Audrey Hepburn and gave her a chopstick cigarette (I actually call her "skiing accident Audrey" because her nose is a bit askew), watched both my favorite Halloween-ish films ("It's the great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and "Young Frankenstein") aaaand dressed in a costume and went to a Party. Whaddyaknow?

I was Margot Tenenbaum although a rather shocking amount of people at the soiree had never even seen "The Royal Tenenbaums."