Happy Halloween

Sometimes when you start something without exaclty knowing where you're going, it turns out great. And other times, it turns out like just that: something that looks like you had no idea where you were going. I'm still not quite sure what or who this is supposed to be, but I don't dislike it either. So there ya go :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

More Halloween Madness

Halloween has spilled over into Facebook this week! Both my personal and my blog FB pages have had a Halloween makeover. While the one for the blog page is a modification of the existing images (or to put it more simply: I zombie-fied myself!), I really had fun making the (brand new) one for my personal profile and wanted to share that one with you as well.

Here's a close-up of the girl in the profile picture, whom I affectionally dubbed "Brain Girl". 

While I still hate the whole chaotic Facebook timeline layout that Mark Zuckerberg so thoughtfully forced upon me, I will admit that the cover photo has potential for some real awesomeness if you invest some time in it. I'm gonna try and put some more effort into my blog fanpage and cook something up so that I won't gave to go back to the boring ol' picture thing once Halloween is over. Fingers crossed.

Oh, and PS: You can check and see if I make good on this promise by actually going to my Facebook page and liking me. There's also a Halloween playlist countdown going on there at the moment! The link is on the right hand side of your screen.

Bring out the pumpkins!

It's October! This means I am now allowed to go into full blown Halloween mode. Halloween is not a big deal at all in Belgium, it doesn't really get celebrated. This much to the regret of yours truely, a self professed blood & gore afficianado who loves to play dress-up. I'm the only house in our street who decorates for Halloween. We started a couple of years ago with a simple carved pumpkin in front of the door and since I haven't gotten any serious threats from neighbours yet (other then them lecturing me about how weird I am for "buying into" an "American" holiday. Which is stupid because Halloween dates way back and has pagan European roots and... wait, I'm drifting, let's get back to the sentence, shall we?).. Uhm, where was I? So yeah, decorations now involve skulls and spiders and witches (oh my!) and get more elaborate each year.

Last year my two year old niece helped carve the jack-o for the first time (she mostly watched off course) and I'm confident that I can make this a tradition and instill an unquestioning love for all things Halloween in her once she's old enough to understand the enjoyment of being scared. I'm on a mission!

Also last year, I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by a lot of like minded colleagues and we had a little Halloween party at work. I'll miss them all this year, here in Halloween solitude!