Costumes

Here are some of the costumes I saw today:
- witch
- luffa
- Mario
- Luigi
- fairy
- Bananas in Pyjamas
- mime
- Edward Cullen (it was kind of scary how good of a costume it was. He looked like RobPattz, had shimmer stuff all over his face and dark circles around his eyes. He had a grey dress shirt and jeans on and he carried an apple around all day. He even kept this pained expression on his face!)
- Captain Crunch
- mermaid (the daughter of one of the employees of Renison)
- scarecrow
- gypsy
- cat
- angel
- Isabella from Phineas and Ferb
And me, as Mary Poppins! I am pretty happy with how my costume turned out. (Even thought it ended up costing me way more than I thought it would).

My floor also decorated:

It was hard to take picture because it was so dark. But here's what we did: we covered the walls and doors with garbage bags, hung cobwebs, a scary ghoul thing that moves when you open the door, bats, little ghost guys, bones on the floor, etc. We covered the lights with red tissue paper so everything glows red. Then we took red paint and put handprints on the garbage bags. My favourite part is we got cards that make sound and put them in the door hinges, so now when you open the door, you get sound effects! One screams and makes the duh-duh-duuuuh sound. The other one is the Harry Potter theme song, which I'm not really sure how that's related, but whatever. Oh, and we have a motion activated talking pumpkin :)

Happy Halloween!!!

Also,

I'm really craving a milkshake right now. Which reminds me, I forgot to mention something from my sushi outing. I HAD DEEP FRIED ICE CREAM. And I have NO regrets at all. It was delicious. SOOOO good. Seriously, you should try it. It was warm on the outside, cold on the inside :)

Marching Bands

My ARBUS professor showed this at the beginning of class today. I always knew that US universities went all out on marching bands, but this blew me away. Imagine playing an instrument, most likely a wind instrument (so you are constantly blowing) but ALSO walking around, AS WELL as having to know where you are supposed to me at any given moment. All at once. I would not be able to do that.

Doctor Who

I just took a test to figure out what Doctor Who character I am. I am an Ood.

I'm not too sure about the appearance, but I like the Ood. At least, when they're not possessed/evil:

This is the description it gave me:
You are quiet, exceptionally bright, with an innate love of music. Like the telepathic Ood, you've always been attuned to the needs and desires of others, and you have a caring disposition. Rather than filling your life with "things" you prefer to live a humble existence within a calm, peaceful community of friends.
Beware - your passive nature can make you vulnerable to manipulation!

I think it's a pretty accurate description!

McDonald's Monopoly

If any of you have Ventnor Avenue of the yellow colour block, we should pool our resources and win the $10,000.  (I also have St James Place and Illinois Avenue, if you were looking for either of those).

Full Night

A few days ago, I overheard some people talking in the caf about a game involving zombies. I assumed it was some sort of video game. However, near the end of their conversation, they started mentioning buildings on campus, calling them safe zones. It was then that I realized that they were talking about a real life game that they were planning on playing. And they’re playing it alright. Right now. They have been, all day. There are people running around the entire campus with bandanas tied around their limbs. Guns strapped to their backs. And long strings of socks hanging from their hands...? From what I’ve seen and overheard, there are humans and zombies. I would assume that if you get caught by a zombie, you become one. It was funny because you hear all these people casually talking about all the zombies around campus. :)

Some friends and I went out for sushi for dinner. We were going to go to this one place, but when we arrived, we discovered that it was going through renovations. Luckily, there was another sushi place down the road. So we went there. Now, I don’t know how the rest of you handle all-you-can-eat sushi situations, but when my friends (from home) and I go out, this is how we do it: we all kind of say what we want to order, then when it comes, we just eat whatever. However, when my friends (from university) and I went, I employed the same order a bunch of stuff for everyone. However, two of my friends only ate what they ordered. They practically refused to eat anything else. So I was stuffing my face to avoid the you-didn’t-eat-everything-you-ordered charges because I had ordered for everyone. Also, we had a time constraint because we were going to see a movie afterwards. So while it was good, not the most pleasant sushi outing I’ve ever had. I saw the Fifth Estate. Mainly I was seeing it because Benedict Cumberbatch was in it. I enjoyed the movie. It is definitely a “smart” movie. You needed to pay attention. I think I would have enjoyed and followed it better had I a greater knowledge and understanding of WikiLeaks. I was really tired when I got back to res, and was planning on going to bed, despite it only being 10:30. But then my friend asked if I wanted to watch Iron Man 3, and I couldn’t very well turn that down, now could I?