How to make a Better Batman

This is not my idea, it was stolen from another website out in cyberspace...

The only raw materials that you will need are an umbrella and a hooded zippered sweatshirt. You will also need some tools and supplies: needle and thread, pins, pliers, scissors, and something to cut the umbrella ribs, such as tin snips, bolt cutters, or cutting pliers. Unscrew the top of the umbrella. Pop off the short wires that hold the ribs to the part that slides up and down the stem of the umbrella – they are like staples, and you can use your pliers as a staple remover. Then use the pliers to untwist the two wires holding the ribs to the plastic parts on the stem of the umbrella. Unthread the wires from the ribs, reserving wires for later use. (see Fig. 1)

Halloween Post 2

Ideas for when you’re late to a party and have 20 minutes:

Edgar Allen Poe: (the Raven) Buy a 1$ black bird at the dollar tree, and tape it to your shoulder. If it falls off during the night make a dead parrot joke out of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE

Bat Costume: Make a bat costume out of an umbrella, a black hoodie, and a black skirt (see how to make a bat costume).

Leaf Blower: Tape a leaf on a string to a hat with a brim. I’m a leaf blower, phhhh!.

Devil in disguise: long tan coat, mustache, and two red horns made out of construction paper. (sneak around sneakily).

Facebook: Tape a book over your face.

One direction: one way street sign on a white shirt.

Counter strike: sign that says no more counters.

Feeling under the weather: weather sign above your head taped to a stick on your back.

Halloween Post 1

Arf! You didn't think I would forget Halloween did you? To start off the fun, I found some ideas to dress up as just in case you forgot to create a costume. :) These are perfectly viable, and very easy/inexpensive ideas. And they are great for laughs.

Cat out of the bag: Wear cat ears. Hold an empty bag or pillowcase. Purr-fection!

Tickled Pink: Dress from head to toe in rose or fuchsia. Accessorize with a feather boa.

Self-Portrait: Carry a large, empty picture frame (minus the glass) and hold it in front of your face.

Buccaneer: Tape a 1$ bill to each of your ears. Now you’ve got a buck an ear.

Pumpkin Pi: Dress in orange. Cut out a pi symbol from black paper and tape it to your shirt. Look infinitely more festive.

Bottleneck: Grab an empty bottle from the recycling bin. Tie a string around it’s neck, then loop it around yours. Complain all night about “traffic on the 501”.

Split P: Cut out a large p from a piece of colored construction paper, then cut it in half. Tape it to your hoodie so that the zipper appears to slice through it.

Fork in the road: Wear black. Using white duct tape, make a line of dashes (your lane lines) that begins at one ankle and ends at your collar. Fasten a fork along the route.

Iron Chef: Wear a chef’s hat or an apron and hold an iron. Bonus points if a friend dresses as Mario batali.

Ceiling Fan: Ready? Ok! Use adhesive letters or masking tape to spell go ceiling! On a shirt. Carry pom-poms or mopheads. Short pleated skirt optional. 

Happy Halloween!

update

Well, it's been a little while, hasn't it?
It's funny how life can get in the way of life. And so on and so forth. In the minor notes category, I have been low on sleep, and a bit on edge lately. :( We have lots of things on our to-do list which take multiple steps to finish or accomplish, such as DMV visits. These are becoming a weekly thing. However, step one is finished. Hooray! we passed the DEQ checkpoint. Now on to the DMV for stickers. This reminds me, so far I have opted not to brand my new (relatively) car with any tattoos or bumper stickers. This seems to me a good Idea. However, I do have a few fun bumper stickers I am tempted to attach via magnetic strips so they are removable. Lets see, we haven't managed to meet anyone in our new town yet, short of the grocery clerks we see almost on a weekly basis. We sometimes stop to chat, but only for a moment. I'm still not sure if they recognize us yet or not. We would like to start a game night ministry at our church but have not had a chance to talk to anyone about it. Tuesday nights are the college/post college group meetings but Tuesdays have a way of slipping away from us. On the plus side, we have been going on walks, I just bought a pair of converse shoes (a birthday present from my Gma Mary, thank you!!). We have been playing games, including the new starcraft II computer game.

A brief intermission while I give a short review to Blizzard on their Starcraft II. We have been playing the campaign, which as opposed to starcraft or Warcraft III, is actually worth playing! It has a great storyline, interactive missions, side missions, lots of awards and achievements, and well put together. However, they cut off the campaign a third of the way through, and make you buy the next two thirds in installments such as the heart of the swarm. Free play, which is custom maps is set up fairly intuitively, but it can be hard to find games to play with your friends. the maps are in difficult-to-navigate lists buried under menu after menu. to find a decent tower defense for example, you have to click on arcade, then on custom, then on genre, then on tower defense, then you only see the most popular. bookmarking games, or saving them locally can be a pain in the neck.

Back to my life: the rabbits have been very quiet as of late, which is nice, I think they may be missing all the chaos of college life. :P We are usually out of town during at least one day per weekend, which makes us run down all the more, but we need people interaction and it can be hard to host parties at our place. :( In any case, this weekend should be fun, and hopefully not too busy. We are both ready for a nice long break from everything, which is coming middle of November.

Anything else? Not sure, feel free to comment questions or thoughts.

--shaggy--

Story Write

Hey, this is shaggy,

Today I will be going over a few scenes from books which may never be published. These scenes are inspired by similar works of fiction, so don’t expect them to be totally original. Some people focus on their characters, and let them tell a story. I don’t have too many voices in my head, and most of them never quite turn into characters. Don’t get me wrong, I am fascinated by different people, personalities and attitudes but I prefer to observe and appreciate rather than to find my own. Someday they will come creeping in, but I am a visual person who prefers creating scenery and scenarios. Perhaps someone can come along by with characters to fit the scenes. Alrighty, here is the first one: