  HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! Today was a good day. I was up until 2am carving the jack-o-lantern, which sort of sounds like a solo sex device that brings enlightenment. The face was easy to carve, but the words "Trick-or-Treat" were rather difficult. The words actually shine on the wall behind the pumpkin. It looked good.
I came home early to beat traffic and took a nap with Buddy. We watched a two-part episode of "Coupling" where Steve accidently sees Sally's naked bottom. Sally is the best friend of his girlfriend, Susan. This show is so funny and so bang-on (I sound so British) in its statements about men and women. I also liked Jane's truth snake... especially when it started arguing with her. Jeff dressed up like the grim reaper of death.
He put some sort of glow stick attachment in his mouth and it made his mouth glow. It was very popular with the kids. They will probably try to imitate him with some radioactive waste that is just laying around the house and you can imagine the rest. Julie, Donald's girlfriend, came over and helped us count trick-or-treaters and hand out candy. Steve and Mark also came over. They ate candy and drank beer.
Mark was sort of trigger-happy with the fog machine. However, he was not sitting in firing range like Julie and I were. Joan came over later and we ate chili-cheese dip and toasted pumpkin seeds. The kids were fun. We had 124 trick-or-treaters, which was down from last year's 175. Julie dressed as a witch.
Mark and Steve were dressed as sailors. (I always wanted to go as a sailor. Perhaps next year....) Joan was a telecommuter in a bathrobe. I dressed comfortably and told people I was sporty spice. One kid came back to tell Jeff that he was not scared of him and told Jeff he was going to beat him down with his stick. Jeff reached out and took the stick and the kid ran off never to be seen again.
About 9pm we drove over to Six Feet Under, which is a pub and fish house across from historic Oakland Cemetery. We received a table on the roof and had a great view of the cemetery and downtown. We had fun. Jeff treated everyone to dinner. It was nice. I'm listening to Whigfield these days.
She is an ex-Danish model that began recording dance music with Italian producers. Her 1994 hit, "Saturday Night," went into the UK charts at #1 because of its popularity during the summer at Ibizia. It's throw-away pop music, but I like it. 
