The Extraordinarily Ordinary » Halloween

A costumed life

jtal — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 02:00:51 +0000

I was wondering, after this year’s round of Halloween parties and subsequent photos, how many years of Halloween pictures could I collect?

19. 19 years out of 27…but some years included more than one costume, so there are in fact 21 different costumes represented. THAT’S SO MANY! You could tell a story with that many [...]

A ghoulish tour

jtal — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 02:28:04 +0000

I’ve been properly getting into the Halloween spirit over the past week and remembered my days as a local folklorist of hauntings and the paranormal. This was in my late single-digits to early teens. It was a good time. So, from the top of my head I present to you a tour of local hauntings [...]

We’re going on an adventure!

jtal — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:39:26 +0000

I love Halloween. That statement probably goes farther than any other to explain about me. I start thinking about costumes in mid-September. I have a list. I always wanted to be a hyper-realistic apple tree. But that’s another story…

This weekend, my very patient BF and I started our costume research. I’ve been circling around [...]