Don't Run Away...It's Only Me

My Halloween costume in all its glory - thought you'd like to see what I came up with for "Thriller."

Krissie was a huge help with this costume. She helped me get started with the process of distressing the dress, and she did the makeup - vair vair scary, no?


I found Matt at the dance lab and we danced a lot - so fun. I almost didn't recognize him when he came bopping on over.

I think the socks are my favorite part of the costume.
The dance was a HUGE success. You would not believe the reaction we got when they all realized that we were actually going to dance to "Thriller," especially after the very traditional cha cha that came right before us. We all came zombie-ing out of the audience and then hit our half moons with spin, and they were ours, especially when we broke into the actual Thriller dance. It was a blast - definitely one of the best Halloweens for awhile.
Also, the playlist got used a lot today, and I declare it a success as well.
Happy Halloween.

Random/Disorganized Thoughts/Updates

Good news. I survived.
I finished my giant paper that was due at 4:00 at 4:00 (I was just putting the last touches on the works cited page) and got it in about 10 minutes late. Dr. Dean didn't care, so all was well. I must say that any paper that I wrote in two days should probably not be impossible to staple (13 pages plus drafts and grade sheets) but what are you going to do? Many thanks to Brad and Jonathan for saving me from throwing my neck and back out with stress.
I pretty much did nothing for the rest of the weekend - I so needed it. We had an amazing ward party on Saturday which I didn't dress up for, but I enjoyed everyone else's costumes. (I went to DI looking for costume ideas that morning, but although I got a great idea, I'm not quite there yet. Krissie is helping me today.) Surely only in Utah at a ward party could someone be a Catholic priest for Halloween? And carry an inspired version of the Bible? Because that was incredible.
We also had an awesome family Halloween party - I'm hoping that someone in my family sends me pictures soon, because my nephews and niece were adorable. I think the highlight was when Cooper was actually scared of Jake in his costume. (Jake is Dracula and pulls it off really well for a 4 year old.) There was chili and justice for all, and Mom outdid herself as usual.
I'm pretty excited for FHE tonight, mostly because it will afford some fabulous photo opportunities. We're having a California snowball fight (we're chucking flour balls at each other) and I am way more excited than I would have expected. Maybe it was because it was a socially fulfilling weekend and I'm enjoying feeling like I'm actually a part of the ward now, but I can't wait to peg and be pegged with cooking supplies.
I'm feeling much less crazy than I did last week. The playlist and the social interaction and some moments of dwelling in reality writing papers are making me feel less stupid. I look forward to at least a few days of sanity. I'm pretty excited about those days, because I don't have quite as much on my plate this week and I can't wait for the Thriller dance and the extravagantic Dracula book club meeting (oh my gosh that book is TERRIFYING), actually being able to go to institute, the choir concert on Friday (anyone want to go?), Doug's photography class, the football game, the ballet . . . Lots of stuff to keep me in the realm of the sane and busy without quite as much school stress.
Clearly I have nothing more to say (and I didn't really to begin with) so I'm going to go and buy batteries for my camera so that I can post some amazing pictures of flour covered people tomorrow. Have a lovely week, one and all.

Halloweenhead

You knew it was coming. (dun du da!)
The 2007 Megan Winegar Halloween playlist!! It will probably get updated throughout October, but I thought I'd let you get started on the collection. The first 18 or so will be the official "I can burn this to a CD" list, and then there are a bunch of alternates and extras. Ready go.

• "Goodnight Socialite" - The Brobecks
• "Shankill Butchers" - The Decemberists
• "Thriller" - Michael Jackson
• "Moon Over Bourbon Street" - Sting
• "Darkshines" - Muse
• "Mr. Raven" - MC Lars
• "The Boogie Monster" - Gnarls Barkley
• "Werewolves of London" - Warren Zevon
  
• "Creep (Second Version)" - Radiohead
• "Dead Man's Party" (or "No One Lives Forever" - jury's still out on this one) - Oingo Boingo
• "Haunted" - Evanescence
• "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." - Sufjan Stevens
• "Red Right Hand" - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• "Same Ghost Every Night" - Wolf Parade
• "Long Black Veil" - Johnny Cash (I realize this isn't actually a Halloween song, but it always creeped me out.)
• "The Fear" - Travis
• "Sleep" - My Chemical Romance

And now the alternates and bonus tracks:

• "Halloweenhead" - Ryan Adams (Great song, but the second time I listened to it I heard some language I missed the first time.)
• "They Are Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!" - Sufjan Stevens (I know, you'd think this would be on the real list, but trust me, the other song by Sufjan is much scarier.)
• "No One Lives Forever" (or "Dead Man's Party") - Oingo Boingo
• The following songs by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
  

1. "The Carny"
2. "Where the Wild Roses Grow"
3. "Lovely Creature"

• "Danse Macabre" - Camille Saint-Saëns
• "Erlkonig" - Schubert
• "This is Halloween" - Danny Elfman (from The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• "The Monster Mash" (because I suppose it must be there.)

Happy ghouling!