Saturday, October 27, 2001

But I did stay home and finished my costume at a leisurely pace. You can see it below.

So, Friday night I was getting ready for the second party. Before heading out the door, I called one of the hosts to ask if there was anything I could pick up at the grocery on my way over. I got his nephew on the phone who had no idea where he was. My question unanswered, I debated on how to get to the shindig. A cab would be swifter and more expensive, but the CTA would be cheaper and I was hoping to see people in costume on the train. I opted for the latter, with my moth "mask" in hand, since I'd have troubles with the turnstiles and doorways if I were wearing it.

Not a soul on the train was in costume. Very disappointing.

So, I walk a chunk from the train station to the house. With written address in hand, I looked for the part.y No house labeled the address I had, one seemed right, but unlabeled. And although it was superbly decorated for the holiday, it appeared empty. Yeah, I was early-ish, 9:30 for a 8:00 start. But no life inside, no one answered the door. So, I was cold, tired and already feeling antisocial so I took a cab home. I washed of my makeup. I went online to solve the Mystery of the Missing Party, and the evite didn't hold any clues. So, I watched a movie and chalked it up as not meant to be. A friend I called much earlier called me around 11:30 pm, with a cell phone totally broken up. Can't understand a word. So, I wait for him to leave a message. A bit cryptic, but it appears that the evite address was 2 blocks off. He gets a hold of me half an hour later and confirms this suspicion. But I can't be budged from my pj's, clean face, and movie.

So that's that. No public showing of my costume, no socializing, no witnessing of inebriated masquerades. No sweat since my favorite part of Halloween is to *make* the costume. And I think I'll continue making costumes each year for the love of it, without need to debut them at parties. I'll send out my own Halloween e-greeting in costume. Those readers on in my address book - keep an eye out on 10/31.

<|:^) ||||||||||= A witch 4 U.

posted on 10/27/2001 01:02:37 PM

Thursday, October 25, 2001

Let's see - I did just come back from the Visual Practitioner's Conference in Watsonville, California. It was a good but exhausting time. 2 1/2 days was far too short, and Lynn Carruthers put it well by summing up the interactions as "wedding conversations." For the most part that's what it was. But it was a good conference, and now I've got to update the site with this year's images.

By the way, traveling out of O'Hare post-9/11 was a breeze. Traveling out of San Francisco airport was a total clusterfuck. It was truly shocking how long the security line was. You keep walking and walking, floored at the hundreds of people waiting , and the distance. Some estimated it was a mile long. Granted the line moved swiftly, but it still took a full 30 minutes to get through. I timed it. And once you get to the security checkpoint they made you take off everything but your clothing, i.e. all jewelry and watches. Plus the laptops had to come out and go into bins. None of that is unreasonable in itself, but was very poorly facilitated. There was no warning in all the time you were in line. That would have given people a chance to get all their jewelry safely into a purse or bag pocket. Instead you're standing there getting barked at by grumpy workers while all your stuff is going through the x-ray machine on pieces, mixed in with everyone else's stuff - breaking Personal Airport Security Rule #1. Like I said, a clusterfuck. I don't know how other airports are fairing, so ask around before you travel. Like I said, O'Hare was a breeze, the only big change was having your i.d. at various points with your boarding pass.

Things in Chicago have been gray, wet and quiet. I was up late working on my costume for Halloween shindigs tonight and tomorrow night. It hasn't come together yet, much more work to do.

Lots of client bits and pieces to attend to...

posted on 10/25/2001 10:28:39 AM

Friday, October 19, 2001

Still haven't figured out the Halloween costume.

Later...
posted on 10/19/2001 01:47:31 PM

Tuesday, October 16, 2001

posted on 10/16/2001 10:12:22 PM

Wednesday, October 10, 2001

I've been spending lots of quality time in the apartment, MUCH piddling around. Organizing some stuff, stir up other stuff. I'm in Law and Order bliss and watching loads of movies.

That's about it from here. More (probably much) later.

Posted on 10/10/2001 03:12:56 PM