i go to college: halloween

Halloween on campus rules. There has yet to be a costume as great as the indiana jones guy last year who carried his own theme music....but here are a few others seen today...

Winnie the Pooh (because why wouldn't a 20-something guy want to dress as winnie the pooh?)

I can only assume this person is dressed as someone who doesn't own actual shoes...or pants (yes, I took this while walking by them..hence the great shot)

Teenage mutant ninja turtle.

man as a nun (thanks Morgan for the photo)

hard to see guy dressed as an inflatable duck (courtesy of alyson)

hopefully more to come....

Wordizzle from Baby J: Yoda

"Much to learn you still have...my old padawan." ... "This is just the beginning!"

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?

Oh wait..

no, really...

this thing just broke...hey...can I get a little help over here?

Anyone???

Damn light saber...

Always two there are, no more, no less: a master and an apprentice.


Okay guys, this really isn't working for me...what if I kept the light saber...but was...

BATMAN!!!!


these are just pajamas?

lame.

something unexpected...

So, what was the most unexpected thing to happen to me today?

Ah, yes, getting flowers from my husband for no reason would be a good guess....

(seriously, they are really pretty) and probably would have taken the title for the most unexpected...but alas, no. Other guesses??

If you guessed that I would have a box of live crickets sitting on my table for most of the day...

You'd be right. I agreed to accept packages for the entomology department for two days while their office windows were being replaced. yea. Do you know what you get for trying to be nice?

A BOX OF LIVE CRICKETS SITTING NEXT TO YOU FOR 6 HOURS.

if you think you can imagine how annoying and distracting chirping crickets all day might be.

multiply it by 12,000 and you'd be getting close.

I can hear them moving.

can I just say I love my friends?

This is for Justine, who is in desperate need of some entertainment at work:

So we are planning a trip to a local pumpkin patch to get pumpkins, then carve them then have dinner...what better way to plan such an event than a mass group email. Keep in mind that each time it is a separate email to the group.

It is just too funny not to share. (proceed with caution....it is possible that it is only hilarious to me)

Dalton: I found three different pumpkin patches... The lazy T looks like their hours may work the best.
(proceeds to list descriptions of pumpkin patches)

Sandy: Any are fine with me...I think Andy had seen one up north as well...SO EXCITED.

Megan: Do llamas spit? We can pet them at the Lazy T Ranch...

Megan: I vote Lazy T. There is a Cowboy Cafe where we can have tasty concessons.

Sandy: will it be awkward if i go dressed as a giant pumpkin?

Megan: Someone might try to buy you.

David: Andy will have to call you all those pumpkin pet names: "Pumpkin" "Sweety" "Pumpkin Pie", ect

and then you two could have an argument, in public at Lazy T, where Andy yells "I've told you a hundred times, that shirt DOES NOT MAKE YOU LOOK LIKE AN EFFING PUMPKIN!"

Then, you'll need so greenery dragging behind you. A couple feet of vineage.

Ask if any of the products at the Cafe contains pumpkin...and then act concerned about pumpkin seeds because "the problem isn't isolated to watermelons"

You should also have a bag of candy corn and offer it to kids. you can also spill them leaving a trail of candy corns.

And then, you have to make comments like "well, we better get home before i turn into a pumpkin"

Sandy: don't be ridiculous....a shirt? uh, no....i was thinking more like: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=pumpkin+costumes&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=3693024479835103033&sa=X&ei=aTegTqGlBqyqsAKXhZmmBQ&ved=0CKgBEPMCMAQ

David: I THINK YOU ALL SHOULD WEAR ONE! Get 4 of them!

Megan: It has a battery operated fan. I'm speechless.

Andy: Umm… make that three. I may or may not have been a giant pumpkin for Halloween, multiple times.

Sandy: ahhhhhh ha ha ha ha haha. that is hilarious.

but seriously, can I borrow your old costume.

And can I just point out that Dalton has yet to rejoin the conversation....it's almost like it went off track somewhere and he is choosing to ignore it all. oh wait! he just responded:

Dalton: This is what I miss when I don't stay close to gmail.

I don't have a pumpkin costume anywhere...but I was a rock for halloween once. I'm thinking we could just spray paint it orange.


Okay, I will stop wasting your time. It just keeps getting funnier..but I'll spare you the details.

Wordizzle from Baby J: stickshifts and safetybelts

Check me out in my fly ride...

the best part of chillin' in uncle andizzle's truck...

THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY I COULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE IT WORSE THAT IT ALREADY IS.

although, it is hard to reach the clutch..

two questions...

1. Who put this in our yard?

2. What is it?

i go to college: rent

Yes, a hammock, randomly placed on campus.

I'm guessing they spent their rent money on beer.

This was as close as I could get without the person in it seeing me...

Wordizzle from baby J: work it.

Waazzzuuppp Wildcat fans.....

How bout them cats, yo. I didn't go to the K-State game this weekend...Aunt Sandy kindly offered to hang out with me while my mom and dad were at the game (go cats!)

Although, secretly I think she just wanted me to do chores for her...

First she had me get all the rocks from under the car...

Then she sent me to do the laundry, yea I know, Uncle Andrew wanted to help carry the basket...

Then they made me rake the yard...

FINALLY they fed me.

and let me rest..

Radioactive

Have you ever been cleaning out your Grandparents house and thought....

"Hey, I wonder if there is any radiation around here."

I know, I know, haven't we all been there?

So, PHEW, boy were we relieved to find TWO geiger counters in the basement there.  Ya know...just in case.

(yes, this is what a professional...uh geiger counter-er? looks like)

Shockingly, we didn't find any radiation. There were however several other good finds....check back soon to see more of the uncovered treasures!

Behold your future.

I had a meeting on Saturday morning in which we were all joking about the number of purple pens in our lives...when one friend discovered...count them:

That's right SIX DIFFERENT PURPLE PENS in her purse..and multiples of some which are not pictured.  We all had a good laugh and moved about our day.

Then comes Sunday.  (dun dun dun) When Andy and I were assisting in the cleaning our of my grandparent's house....

where we discovered (among many, many, many other collections not pictured) a box full of wheels and castors:

A huge overflowing box of ....paint sticks?

and...

wait for it...

not 1.

not 2.

but THREE BOXES of pinecones.

 (yes, pine cones.)

hey, at least their labeled.
< I love things that are labeled.eek.>

So needless to say, as I was looking back at the purple pen picture...it suddenly struck me that it was less funny...and more...let's say more of a gateway drug to a larger problem.

Jackie - behold your future. :)

and probably mine too.

Arnold cousins -- I can't wait for Christmas.  You'll never guess what you're getting!!!

more to come on the house cleaning treasure finds.