Hallowe'en Part Deux

As promised, at least one photo from our epic Hallowe'en party. This is us, the hosts, the housemates: The Hoff, Magnum PI, and Ramona.



Day 24 - Your favourite book as a child
On Beyond Zebra, by Dr. Seuss

High Tea with Alice and the White Queen

"O Looking-Glass creatures," quoth Alice, "draw near!
'Tis an honour to see me, a favour to hear:
'Tis a privilege high to have dinner and tea
Along with the Red Queen, the White Queen, and Me!"

Then fill up the glasses with treacle and ink,

Or anything else that is pleasant to drink:

Mix sand with the cider, and wool with the wine--

And welcome Queen Alice with ninety-times-nine!

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

Agreed to have a battle;

For Tweedledum said Tweedledee

Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew down a monstrous crow,

As black as a tar-barrel;

Which frightened both the heroes so,

They quite forgot their quarrel.

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

How I wonder what you're at!

Up above the world you fly,

Like a tea tray in the sky.

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

How I wonder what you're at!

On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:--

`The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day:

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!'

Day 23 - Your favourite book by a non-British author:
War and Peace

Go Epic Or Go Home

Friday night karaoke with current colleagues, former colleagues, and a visiting Aussie friend was indeed epic.



Day 22 - A book you wish was real life:
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Boston & Occupy Harvard

So work recently sent me out east to do the factory acceptance test (FAT) of our new laser that I picked out a while back. I was staying in Lowell, just outside Boston. It was really nice to be out east in the fall - I'd forgotten how pretty it truly is.

The laser stuff went alright - I was worried at the start of the week, there was a lot wrong with the software, but by the end of the week it was quite good.

We went out for Italian one night - drove in past Boston Gardens, checked out Little Italy, Paul Revere's house, John Kerry's house. Boston is a really nice little city. Friday night I met up with Randy & his girlfriend in Cambridge. We went for Indian, did some catching up, the walked past Harvard. We couldn't go in, because they'd locked the gates due to the Occupy Harvard protests that had happened earlier in the month. This is Randy's gf at the locked gates to Harvard:



Also prevented students from getting out. We could see students on campus walking up to the gate, getting confused 'cause it was locked, then having to turn back, I guess to search for some other way out.

Day 21 - The book that made you look at life in a different way:
The Alchemist

Start of Random Updates

It's been a busy month, and I have some random catch-up that I will do via random photos that I took, mostly with my camera. One bit of random awesomeness: string-quartet in the Mission District BART station.



Day 20 - The saddest or most emotive book you have read:
Things Fall Apart

Hallowe'en Part 1

I don't have any photos from my party here yet, but Dad also did an awesome costume for Hallowe'en at work. Which one is he? I don't know, I can't tell.