halloween!

feelin' spooky? i am! er...i would be, but i'm not allowed to celebrate this fine holiday here at the jewish community center. which is fine. but i was all set to be a piece of candy. i made a candy hat with construction paper, wax paper and ribbons. i must admit, it looks pretty cool for something that took me 5 minutes to make. last night, b and i dressed up in our costumes. we were marty mcfly and doctor emmett brown from 'back to the future.' people complimented us on our accuracy and attention to detail. i remembered the black suspenders, and b even wore specially designed gloves. earlier in the weekend, we were out for birthday celebrationing and imbibation.

i didn't realize all the german beers i drank would make me look like this:


my god! she's a monster!

...and look at jayce and emily...so calm. and pleasant. as if they had no idea i was about to devour their eternal souls...

(thanks again, arnie)

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my friend arnie has a blog and i can't seem to add it to my links!

paintball

our big otis paintball sunday happened yesterday. another successful year of otis domination. i think i played a little harder this year and i have the welts and bruises to prove it. also, my quadriceps kill from extreme crouching.

one of my favorite moments was in the 'jungle of doom' when after sitting in the forest for about 20 minutes and taking a couple fools down, i had to run our 'idol' (a rope) all the way back to the 'tiki' (a fake ancient ruin). i put the idol on the wrong tiki, realized it, shot two of my own teammates and then had to walk the idol about 1/4 of a mile back to the tiki with our guide following me, very ready to end the game. a little friendly fire comes with the territory, right? plus you can't see crap with those masks on.

i knew i was about done playing for the day during the 'bedlam' game (a mock abandoned city). heidi and i were in the midst of a shootout when suddenly, from behind us, we heard matt-bo enter the fake town hall. we spun around fast enough to see him, but not fast enough to escape his paint-wrath. heids and i were both hit from real close range and (after taking the assassin down with me) i howled in pain as i hobbled off the course attempting to keep my arms in the air so i didn't get re-shot.

the pic on the right of joe and i (courtesy arnie) is a pretty accurate illustration of the feeling you get after a long day of paintballing.

i'm glad we only do this once a year. i think it takes that long to recover.

i have new boots.

i have new boots. they are pink and red and fuzzy and comfy and warm and crazy-looking. i wore them this past weekend on the street and they were making people whisper and stare. i loved it.

i am a huge advocate of insane-looking (but always cute and comfortable...i don't believe in pain) footwear.

the heat is on.

well...fall is temporarily here in chicago. it's been 50ish degrees here for the past two days. however, it was also 85 degrees on tuesday. so, i'll not speak too soon. i'm happy to report though, that the heat has already kicked in/on in our lovely apartment.

i'm also happy to report we've been pee-free courtesy of our darling mitch for over one week! a visit to the vet yielded a new plan of action and (fingers crossed) it seems to be working. oh dear god, let it work...

i'm actually writing from home today and it's a bit more relaxing than work. there are fewer screaming children and there's a lot less buzzing of buttons. and i can wear my pjs. i'm wearing them right now.

it's good to be home.