Samhain Anyone?

After lazing around for most of the day, I finally decided to motivate myself to prepare for that night's party. Then I remembered I had a medical checkup and chucked all the preps and got probed instead (Clean bill of health. Whew, now I can drink guilt-free.) And it started raining so hard that I had to walk to my festivities in a downpour. Ah well. Party one was at a friend's school and much to my disappointment barely a half dozen people even bothered to wear a costume. I even had to lend out a couple of my spare masks.

 I snapped a few pics of the few other costumed attendees. 

This guy was great!

 

 

That was it. I left the shindig and head over to my own shindig. I saw this outside a Pachinko on the way.

 

The party started slow, but improved as the night went on. It's a very tiny venue and at one point about 15 people were milling about. (Capacity is maybe 12?). Alex's shout out on Redditt received many responses and about 40 people replied, saying they were deterred due to the rain. (TODAY of course is a lovely day!) We also had an International mix, a German guy, a Belgian (?) and a French gal were the first to arrive and they departed once it started getting crowded. (Like the Reddittors were told to do, so we'd be able to have a steady supply of people without crashing through the floor en masse.) Later, We had a Dane, an Irishman and a Swede(?) plus a mix of Americans and Japanese and the two Canadians, Alex and myself. 

A former student of Alex's and her beau. 

 Fortunately, three people from the previous showed up to make it interesting.

 

And a couple of poker buddies rounded off the crowd.

Because I was in such a rush after my hospital checkup, I just hurriedly grabbed my Dino costume.

I provided some presents to the best costumers who were crowned at Midnight with Ghostbusters playing in the background.

An Alien for the dude who handmade his own leather gimp mask. 

 

And a Gizmo for the only gal still in the bar. (Her odds were pretty good of winning, only three gals showed up all night.)

Alex, was gussied up in a shirt so Halloweeny it lit up the room (or maybe it was the lighting effects).

And two of my favourite records.

 

I scammed a few photos that the bar owner/tender took that show off the decorations.

All in all, it was a fun night and the bartender said that maybe he'd like a Christmas party now. Due to the rain, I didn't get a chance to snap photos of passersby. Ah well.

Speaking of Gizmo, one or two new Gatcha out there. These have a fuzzy feel to them.

 

I saved my favourite Oni for last, Namahage. I've been to its hometown as seen here, Namahage, or just click on the label. 

 

 

I forgot all about showing my comics, so I think I'll save them for later. For other Halloween treats, be sure to go to the Countdown page and snoop around for more spooky blogs.

 

See ya next year!

I'll probably take a day off and then on November 3rd, I'll start frequent Godzilla posts for Govember 2025! 

Treat or Trick!

On Sunday while watching a Peter Cushingathon, I puttered around with my suitcase full of costumes. So I laundered them to get them ready for Monday's class.

 

 

I wore the above once for Halloween. Clark Kent or Superman? Can you tell the difference?

It's amazing how the removal of glasses changes a man.

In addition to this were a bunch of different tiaras and animal ears but I neglected to photograph them. Oops. I did snap my collection of masks.

Also a whole bunch of candies thanks to a bucket I bought at CostCo.

Before I started the Cushingathon, I carved a new creation. Jack o' Lantananas!

 

As you can see it's a very morose looking creature. I think it's pining for something! You should be able to watch a short video here. 

So I brought this and my Kapp o' Lantern and a suitcase full of costumes and candies to school on Monday. The gals and a guy in 1st Year had a blast and went Trick of Treating to the neighbouring classroom.

 I went in drag dragon and did the same with my 2nd Year gals. 

 

Strangely, the camera had a problem and blurred all their faces! What's up with that?

They all drew pictures for me, here is the lot for the First Year students.

She corrected the spelling later.

 

 

Who knew that Teletubbies would make a comeback?

 

All of the above are pretty darned cute. The next two, less so. 

I must admit that they only had about ten minutes to scrawl their doodles, though this gal also managed to nearly complete the Word Search. 

When asked what she wanted to be, she replied a Sister. I didn't know she meant THIS Sister!

For most of them, this was their first experience Trick or Treating. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

I'll show off the Second Year girls' pictures later, I haven't looked at them yet...

Here's an Oni for ya.

 

Kind of goofy looking for such a nasty creature.

 

There, that's better.

 

I discovered a new Gatcha-Capsule store, though there wasn't much worth scooping up. I like the looks of these guys.

 

Goblins and Orks!
 

I have to get ready for my first evening lesson with my Shichigahama crowd. There may be some new members so I should be on my best behaviour, though history dictates the opposite. Hopefully, we'll carve a pumpkin together and have a costume party!

 

I'll leave you with fellow blogger, Count Gregula, check him out. 

Ciao for now...