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Spent Saturday cutting out stumps, leveling an 8x8-foot piece of ground in the back yard, constructing a foundation, and then building a shed with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
madmatmax. Afterwards, I quickly cleaned up and donned the most-relevant costume I could imagine: Handyman! Pretty much wore the gear I'd been wearing all day ;-)
Click the image to Mac & Mel's Flickr page. Mel sez, "Every mad scientist needs someone to build the secret lab."
Just about then, dozens of people started showing up for our Halloween Dance Party (on Friday, we moved a bunch of furniture to make most of the downstairs living area into a dance floor). Thanks to all who came over and shared your awesomeness, and thanks tochernobylred for throwing such a great party! It was great to see everyone. Oh, and for the first time in the six years I've lived in this house, a pair of little monsters came to the door looking for candy. As you can imagine, I hadn't planned for this eventuality, but thankfully I still had most of a bag of taffy. They got big ol' handfuls! I say we petition to get kids trick-or-treating again. I miss all the precious little costumes.
Spent today getting a U-Haul truck for picking up a huge SF book & model & comic collection donated to the Center for the Study of Science Fiction and AboutSF. Many thanks to Nate (a.k.a.about_sf) for going over to Kansas City with me to load the collection... which turned out to be about five times as many as the donor had estimated (total is something like 500 boxes). We filled the hell out of that U-Haul truck and Nate's car, then called on Matt once again to help unload the books into the Center's now-seriously crammed space and the comics into temporary storage. You guys ROCK. The sorting and cataloging begins this week. We still need to return to fetch another 80 or so boxes of models and collectibles :-O
And just minutes ago when I turned on teh intarwebs, I discovered that Kij Johnson has won the World Fantasy Award for 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (click to read this wonderful story online). Congratulations, Kij!
Now I'm wiped out. Later!
Chris
madmatmax. Afterwards, I quickly cleaned up and donned the most-relevant costume I could imagine: Handyman! Pretty much wore the gear I'd been wearing all day ;-)Click the image to Mac & Mel's Flickr page. Mel sez, "Every mad scientist needs someone to build the secret lab."
Just about then, dozens of people started showing up for our Halloween Dance Party (on Friday, we moved a bunch of furniture to make most of the downstairs living area into a dance floor). Thanks to all who came over and shared your awesomeness, and thanks to
chernobylred for throwing such a great party! It was great to see everyone. Oh, and for the first time in the six years I've lived in this house, a pair of little monsters came to the door looking for candy. As you can imagine, I hadn't planned for this eventuality, but thankfully I still had most of a bag of taffy. They got big ol' handfuls! I say we petition to get kids trick-or-treating again. I miss all the precious little costumes.Spent today getting a U-Haul truck for picking up a huge SF book & model & comic collection donated to the Center for the Study of Science Fiction and AboutSF. Many thanks to Nate (a.k.a.
about_sf) for going over to Kansas City with me to load the collection... which turned out to be about five times as many as the donor had estimated (total is something like 500 boxes). We filled the hell out of that U-Haul truck and Nate's car, then called on Matt once again to help unload the books into the Center's now-seriously crammed space and the comics into temporary storage. You guys ROCK. The sorting and cataloging begins this week. We still need to return to fetch another 80 or so boxes of models and collectibles :-OAnd just minutes ago when I turned on teh intarwebs, I discovered that Kij Johnson has won the World Fantasy Award for 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss (click to read this wonderful story online). Congratulations, Kij!
Now I'm wiped out. Later!
Chris
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You should come with us to our annual Trunk or Treat!
There are LOTS of costumes, and Prizes for costumes!! :)
(This is us---->) http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=30582048&id=1203144922
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I agree on trying to get more trick-or-treaters. I think I scared the two got with my enthusiasm. I loved trick-or-treating when I was a kid and it makes me sad that I don't get to experience the other side of it as a grown-up.
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I wonder how one attracts T-or-T'ers? Pumpkin? Halloweeney stuff in the windows?
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There are really not that many kids out going door-to-door. I don't know if it is laziness or the fear that we've instilled in parents to "OMG, BEWARE THE STRANGERS!!!"
Everybody either flocks down to Mass or goes to their sponsored Trunk-Or-Treat.
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Otherwise you get greedy teens with pillowcases in nothing but a mask. Ptthth.
We plan to return to downtown next year. It's fun to grab a spot near a window, preferably in an adult establishment, sup something, and enjoy all the big and little kids out doing their thing.
Or you could come to our house... we have little neighbors that come round cos we give out Good Candy. Once they're all been round, we shut off the light to avoid the greedy teens from other neighborhoods.
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Going to someone else's house who has an established neighborhood for little ones is a good idea. We'll consider it!
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Yeah, I know. Sorting will be a serious (and long-term) task, but I can't wait to discover what we got! It's like Christmas.
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K.
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Going to be HUGE and FUN auction next year for sure!
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I was also thinking about maybe running a virtual auction to remove some of these things faster, but that would be way less fun than having a huge ConQuesT auction, wouldn't it?
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About SF and a check
Our postoffice box is borked so if the address was slightly wrong and it was returned, the envelope may be lost.
Email me please, dragonet@kc.rr.com
Thanx
Paula Helm Murray