Halloween

Last night we went to our first Halloween party. Halloween is huge here - bigger than Easter. Whole shops have opened up selling just Halloween costumes and decorations. You don't have to dress as something scary like a ghost though - you can be anything. It seems more like a time to dress as your favourite sexual fantasty. Most of the costumes are nurses, school girls, S&M etc.

It was quite a dilemma what we should dress up as. First we thought of going as Americans, but as Americans really don't know how to laugh at themselves we decided this wasn't wise. We then thought of going as Vegemite as it has been recently banned in America. In the end we thought is was best to laugh at ourselves as so we went as feral Tasmanians - complete with stripy thermals. I had a lacy slip on the outside. I also added extra underarm and leg hair. I think the most well recieved part was the map of Tasmania I had stuck underneath my skirt.


Tuesday is the actual day of Halloween. We have bought lots of candy (lollies) so we'd better get lots of kids coming.


Other news this month... not a lot. Busy working. I went to Princeton University to give a talk which went really well.

We've decided that for thanksgiving we are going to Washington DC. Las Vegas is too far away for a short trip.