Halloween memories.

As I've mentioned, this is the first Halloween that I've not done anything in three years. It's very strange, I wonder how many other post-uni graduates feel a slight remorse for Halloween. Hometowns never are the same as Unitowns and what about all those great friends?

Anyway, I thought I would share a selection of photos with you from the last three years. I quite like dressing up, but I'll admit the lack of imagination for last year, I was supposed to be a bat, but basically just went all out with fake blood instead.

2008

2009

2010

Please excuse me while I nostalgia over everything.

TY for the memo.

In case you hadn't noticed, it's apparently Halloween, this is not something I have an issue with in fact I enjoy Halloween as much as any post-student, but everyone seems to be getting in on the act. Maybe I'm feeling slightly bitter because all the people I would usually spend Halloween with are all over the country and I won't be doing anything.

I like scary movies and I like dressing up, I'll also stretch the Halloween theme and express my love for the colour orange, however, when it comes down to 'spooky' cocktails and popcorn, it's a bit strained. I understand that it's all fun but sometimes it's an excuse and it just looks stupid. I'm kind of glad that I'm not participating in Jack O'Lanterns this year, the gunk inside pumpkins stresses me out.

Here are some photos that I took within the space of a less than twenty-minute walk up Dorking high street.






All this talk of 'spookiness' and ghouls mainly means just one thing to me, bonfire night is soon and I will be able to enjoy fireworks.

(via HelloYou Creatives)

I'll end this with an apology for the moan, I'm all for skeleton tights, orange flowers and eating sweets, but I like my popcorn standard and drinks that aren't green, that don't contain every drop of alcohol that's on it's way out of date.

NervyB.

I really like this photo even though it doesn't fit in with any of the others from the shoot and I know my tutors will probably hate it.

© Ruth Johnston 2010.

HLLWN09

Feels like Saturday night was a bit of an end to an era in some ways. I'm glad I had a great time though.
Can't wait to get everything finished off for the project tomorrow.
So happy that I'm up to date with work in every sense.
Uni, blog, facebook (haha). From now on, I'm keeping on top of things.


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Image, Ruth Johnston, 2009 ©

Happy Halloween.

This is the first pumpkin I've ever carved.
When I was littler we used to use turnips, I guess because pumpkins don't taste that nice..

YOU ARE A WINNER!

Just come back from the worst lecture of my life to discover that the nice people at iTunes UK have given me free tickets to a Biffy Clyro acoustic session in London... so swings and roundabouts.

I don't even like Biffy Clyro that much but a chance to see them in a smaller venue where there is hardly any chance I will die will be quite nice. Plus when they're acoustic, they're lovely.
I'm going to see if I can sort out some kind of press-pass so I can use it for my project.

Project is coming along pretty well by the way, considering no one else has done anything, apparently.
These lectures are so tired though, and two out of the three have been rather irrelevant, and yet I still have to put it all in my RDB.
Oh well.

London tomorrow, I really should be squeezing every penny right now. I'm going to Brighton on Saturday as well. My loan/bank balance isn't doing as well as it should be. Plus Halloween is beginning to look expensive. I guess I'll just put £20 aside for that. Can't really afford to eat in London. I will be starving, man.


Quite looking forward to Halloween, even though Trick 'r' Treat did nearly everything it could to prevent this, it's a pretty pointless/bad film. Poor old Brian Cox.

I watched The Unborn the same night. Laughed so hard, it's so so so funny. So bad it's good. Unbelievable. My review on Lovefilm describes it better.

Poor old Gary Oldman.

Going to be carving pumpkins, something I've yet to have done in my 20 and a bit years of being alive.


Quite excited for tomorrow now, but must do work now in order to justify it. boom.x