Happy Halloween! (and a makeover)

Who am I going as this Halloween?



THAT'S RIGHT! Steampunk Dr. Barlow!* (alternately, when people look too confused, I have also gone with Alexia Tarabotti or a weird variation on Irene Adler (when she's not dressed like a dude).

This was not at all an excuse to wear my tophat.

Aaanywaaaaay, moving right along... I have REDECORATED! The blog. In case you didn't notice. I finally got sick of the weird free-source template recoding all my photos into strange triangle-esque shapes, and not understanding how to code "left," "right" and "center." Plus I felt like simplification was in order.

In other news, I spent my lunch hour today making a pumpkin man! Because my office rocks.



... yes, he is ceramic. Do you really think they would trust us with KNIVES?! In this... office...?



Here's everyone else's pumpkins! We're going to vote on the winner this afternoon.



No, my office is not adult daycare... We are professionals! And very grown-up! ... Now if you'll excuse me, I have some work to finish before I go trick-or-treating, grab ingredients for Halloween punch, and settle in to watch Nightmare Before Christmas. Because tomorrow, I will not have time for fun and games! Tomorrow, NaNo begins... Gulp.**

* this blog is literally the only place where anyone might maybe possibly know who that refers to. cause none of my real friends do. if you don't get it, google it, and then pretend you do, for my sake? ;)

** and in honor of my writing beginning on All Hallow's Eve (at the stroke of midnight, of course), my next project will be a horror! wooOooOooo....***

*** okay, that's not really why, but it sounded very organized of me to claim... don't I plan ahead my projects so well?!