Halloween 2007

We had fun. The theme was (2) 007. I don't really own a "Bond girl" dress, and didn't want to spend a fortune to buy one. So I went as a sort of random Austin Powers' slut. My friend went as a '60's girl too, but less slutty. She looked great. We worked for hours to get our hair and makeup right. Eventually we had to just admit our hair doesn't do what the '60's girls' hair did. But I think we still looked good!

OK sorry K but I have to come clean here. I got her hair into this fab '60's do. Flipped up at the bottom, with this great "bump" in the crown. But it freaked her out so much that she had to redo it.

I didn't mind. Much. :)

The car is an Astin Martin that the party hosts brought for the occasion. I told him it was "cute" before I understood what I was dealing with.

More Buffett Photos

People brought all kinds of stuff to this thing.

The first photo is me in one of the several inflatable pools that people brought. They somehow brought enough water to actually fill these things. The water felt great on such a hot day.

The second photo is of a cooler/scooter. Seriously. The guy sat on a cooler and rode it around like a scooter. Weird, but pretty cool nonetheless.

The last photo is of me and a portable blender, owned by the couple parked next to our tent. You make it run by turning the knob I am touching, just like you would a motorcycle. It made a revving sound too. Very cool.

I tried to interview him on video, but we had technical difficulties and couldn't finish the interview.

More on Buffett

There is a real carnival feeling at the pre-concert tailgating. Lots of people dressed up in costumes. Leis, grass skirts, coconut bras, and funny hats. These are just a few of my favorite characters.

A Sad Day

I just found out that a friend died on Monday, apparently of natural causes. I'd never met him. He was an online friend. A good one. And a good man, full of fun and full of life. That is how I'll remember him. Quick with a joke, insightful, and above all else, kind.

I'll raise a glass to him tonight. I think he'd like that.

My condolences to all his other friends, and to his family. He will be greatly missed.

The art is Picasso's Blue Nude, 1902.

Too Sexy for My Plane

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/20638479/?GT1=10357

When I read this story I was shocked. Southwest Airlines almost threw her off a plane because she was dressed "too provocative" for their "family airline." Of course, there is no dress code for the airline. Someone complained and the male flight attendant just decided to tell her she couldn't fly in that outfit. He eventually said it was OK if she pulled the top of her sweater together and pulled down her skirt as far as she could. She was humiliated.

If that is the case then no college student in Boston should be able to fly.

What do you think? Too sexy to fly?

Jimmy Buffett

Yes, I went to my first Jimmy Buffett concert on Saturday night. It was so much fun I could hardly stand it. I think I liked the tailgating as much or more than the actual concert.

The picture is the two hot babes I went with, and me. R, on the left, was also a Buffett virgin. M, in the middle, has been before and has it all down to a science. She supplied the leis, and even brought blueberry vodka, which I wasted no time enjoying.

More on the concert to come.

Free Food in the Conference Room!

Why is that when food is free we have to have some? When there are clients in, and there is leftover lunch, why do we become starving orphans who MUST storm the conference room and have the leftover pizza and pasta salad? Even if we just ate our own lunch?

Even if we ordinarily don't eat potato chips, or cookies, or whatever, if it is free we scarf it up like starving dogs.

Or is it just me?

The art is English painter Edith Corbet's A Bacchante.