it's freezing in my room

oh how i long for summer days, warm weather, and lollapaloooooza.

halloween this year wasn't too crazy, unfortunately....kim and i went to see the parade, in the hopes of being in it, but then sidestepped into a cool bar enroute to meeting our parade participant friends. it's fun when everyone's dressed up and in the spirit...it almost seems like the city unites in costume. some notable ones were Waldo, pac-man/girl, teleprompter, Juno, and just "costume/makeup" in general. people get quite crafts-y this time of year.

i went as a flower bed...more of a concept than a literal costume, but of course...haha..but i ended up wearing a tsumori chisato sleeveless dress w/a puffer flower smack on the center, covering my entire front....to accompany the flower bed idea was a bakelite-esque rose ring, rosebud earrings, and, AND, a hand-made headband adorned with fabric rosettes, courtesy of wax block prints we used for our spring 09 collection. it was a fun workday...we all sat around and ended up working on our costumes...to the sewing machine i went, sewing up rows of stitches to be pulled out for the fabric strips to gather....out came little rosettes...i knew i was onto something when my coworkers cooed over them...

the whole point of my costume was to pull out a sassy pick up line: "i'm a flower bed...want to lay on me?"

ha. dork that i am...i know. i couldn't resist. but i did attract a few fellas....

anywho, ended up at a loft party in williamsburg with my feet dying from wearing my hooker heels. i had to walk home in dan's work shoes...flat and comfy and completely oversized. konked out at 3:30am..kinda early i suppose, but then again i am getting old..sigh.

i'm suddenly sparked with an interest in lomography and diane arbus...is that random or what? am thinking of exploring this new hobby....fashion, music, photography....has a nice ring to it no? if i don't become master of one, at least i'll be a selective jack-of-trades....oh yeah, i forgot to add in karaoke....

happy november...the year is winding down, already!