I'm a demonic rock star!

I had to go to the embassy today for language class and to pay a couple bills. When I went into the office, one of the girls saw me and said "I loved your costume!". And then the three other girls were all like "Hey you're the costume guy!" and "That was awesome!". They asked me all sorts of questions about it. But the funny part is, none of those people were actually at the party. So apparently the 800+ photos that everyone took at the party have already circulated.

Hellraiser

The halloween party was at the marine house last night, and it was the best ever! There's nothing like spending halloween with a bunch of drunken marines and crazy Polish people. There weren't as many people as last year, but that's ok cuz we could barely move at that party. It took two hours to apply the costume, not including the many hours I spent turning toothpicks into nails and a wooden cube into the Lament Configuration. Everybody loved the costume, so it was worth it. I had people I've never met before coming up to me all night to get pictures with them. And I won the best costume award. They gave me a little plastic trophy and 100 zloty, which I think just about covers the cost of the entire costume, so that's cool. When we got home I took a few photos for the flickr page, go check 'em out.

And for anyone who doesn't know, I was Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies. The Lament Configuration is a wooden puzzle box that opens a gateway to hell. Whoever solves the puzzle gets their soul dragged to hell by Pinhead. And they usually get ripped apart by hooks and chains. The pic above is from one of the movies.

3 Towns, 10 Days

My mom was here for 10 days, and since both her and Kim LOVE the Polish pottery, we went on a shopping spree. We stayed in Wroclaw for 4 days, with one of those days being an hour and a half trip to Boleslawiec, the factory town where all the pottery is actually made. We were just barely able to fit it all in the car. I can't even fathom a guess at how many pieces they made off with. I got a mug.

I also took my mom to Torun for 2 days. It's a nice little town that takes less than 3 hours by train. It is famous for it's gingerbread, which I've never been that into, but this stuff is pretty damn good. It's also famous for being the birthplace of Copernicus, which is pretty cool.

I put up some pics from Wroclaw on the Flickr page, and I'll be going through the Torun shots soon.