Continued Wait

I'm sick of apologising for not updating. That doesn't mean I'm not sorry.

But I should be coming to the end of my dry patch. And I need to make an update because so much has happened.

November has started. That means that Hallowe'en was yesterday. It means that I had a chance to enjoy Hallowe'en properly for the first time. Previously, my Hallowe'en parties had consisted of putting a costume on, and doing very little. This year, Emma planned an amazing Hallowe'en party, and implemented it perfectly to be what I regard as the best party I have ever been to.

I had a use for my party peripherals, such as my smoke machine, my strobe lights, and my colour changing light. I used them all, to amazing effect. The smoke machine was modified so that instead of just pumping out smoke, it piped into the back o Housei's carved pumpkin, and his scary, terrifying face poured out a wonderful volume of smoke, that flavoured the evening perfectly. Almost everyone we invited turned up, as well as Genki, who we didn't expect.

Ki had suggested that we dress as droogs from Clockwork Orange, and after a mad dash on Saturday morning, I had everything, save actual braces and a broom handle for a stick. But I used masking tape for braces, and it worked. Ki did my one eye make up, and she came dressed as one as well, making us a rather terrifying pair. Emma bought enough gauze and bandage to make a horrific mummy, and Housei used the same masking tape as earlier to make a somewhat lacklustre but amusing skeleton. Mizuki was a witch, Dan was a vampire, it was all very uniform. Ultimately, it ended in everyone dancing in a line in a dance that Emma and I had perfected earlier. There was no television, and there was good music until very late. I gave Laura a lift home, and when I came back, some of us watched Alien, though we didn't finish.

I can't describe the perfection that the party had, and I just hope that one day I can recreate it, hopefully with the help of Emma. There was so much dancing, and I really will remember it.

The day after, we watched the rest of Alien, then Aliens, then the second half of Gremlins 2, then Austin Powers Goldmember, then Audition. It was a day of movies. Kiana came over to watch Audition with us, and after the film, when everyone else went to bed, we started chatting, and we didn't stop until 9:45 the next morning. It was the first time that I've had to send someone home because I was too tired. I'd have thought that it wouldn't happen, but it did, and she shamed me with her stamina. Maybe it's the diet.

Anyhow, I have a JCS meeting tonight, and dinner afterwards, I need to go and get ready.