On Friday night, we decided to have invite a few people over for a last minute housewarming / Halloween party at our awesome new apartment! ˆ flyer ˆ halloween ˆ

Check out our living room all cleaned up and ready to party! ˆ 239 e 7th ˆ

Ratso and Roxy were climbing their cage in anticipation! Since getting them as pets, Meredith has sort of become obsessed with rats - which is which you probably saw this coming...

...she decided to be a rat for Halloween! Hahaha.

Check out the homemade cuteness. The costume's incomplete in this picture - her friend Mandy made her a rat-tail but hadn't brought it over yet.

We were dog-sitting Edie so we made sure we dressed her up in her best Bill Cosby sweater so she could be "Dog Cosby" for Halloween! ˆ edie ˆ dogs ˆ sweater ˆ

Usually, I wait until the day of Halloween and then I go to a costume store and concoct a costume based on whatever costume-dregs are left on the picked-clean shelves. When we decided to have a last-minute party on Friday (4 days before official Halloween), I was caught totally unprepared. I didn't feel like running to the costume store, so I instead decided to scrounge our apartment looking for things to use in my costume! I found some fake blood and decided to go as...

..."Somebody who just had a REALLY SERIOUS aneurysm!" (Worst Halloween costume EVER, I know!) But we told people that they should come in a costume and I at least had to pretend like I put in some effort after asking everyone else to dress up!) ˆ me ˆ aneurysm ˆ blood ˆ halloween ˆ

And....we're ready to party! Hahaha.

A little after 11pm, people started showing up. First guest: David Kreitman!

Then Catrinel and Sarah Harrison showed up together as chimney sweeps! SO AWESOME! ˆ catrinel ˆ sarah h ˆ chimney sweeps ˆ halloween ˆ

Mandy and Rosie opted for the symbiotic team-costume route and showed up as a "Lady Bug" and "The Plant that the Lady Bug Lives On!" Amazing! ˆ mandy o ˆ rosie ˆ halloween ˆ ladybug ˆ plant ˆ

Here's Meredith showing off her "completed" costume after Mandy Mandy pinned-on the (sequined!) rat tail she'd made for Meredith! ˆ meredith ˆ halloween ˆ rats ˆ

Julia came as a NERD... ˆ julia li ˆ halloween ˆ nerd ˆ

...complete with "Kick Me!" sign on her back. Hahah. ˆ julia li ˆ halloween ˆ nerd ˆ

Sarah and Brandon showed up with... ˆ brandon ˆ sarah ˆ

...Monkey (who was also wearing a dog sweater!) and she and Edie were thick as (dog-wrestling) thieves for the rest of the night. ˆ edie ˆ dogs ˆ monkey ˆ sweater ˆ

Sean and Ellen! ˆ ellen ˆ sean m ˆ

Aileen's wearing a white, turtleneck knit-sweater, tights, a huge silver cross necklace and a Wii hat - and for the life of me, I can't figure out what the heck her costume is! Anyone want to venture a guess? ˆ aileen ˆ halloween ˆ

Somehow I accidentally ended up getting pretty drunk and didn't take too many photos of the party. Boo! ˆ me ˆ aneurysm ˆ blood ˆ halloween ˆ

A little after 1am, I acquiesced to party-crowd requests and broke out the old school XBox so that people could play Dance Dance Revolution! ˆ julia li ˆ DDR ˆ

Aileen and Meredith: THE DANCE OFF! ˆ aileen ˆ meredith ˆ DDR ˆ

Dogs! Fighting tiny dogs! (In sweaters!) ˆ edie ˆ dogs ˆ monkey ˆ sweater ˆ

At some point during the night, Sarah discover that if you hold a cigarette out in front on Monkey, she'll take it and just hold it in her mouth like she's a smoker! Hahahaha. ˆ sarah ˆ dogs ˆ monkey ˆ smoke ˆ

This photo makes me laugh so hard. I love how Monkey looks all stiff and fake like Sarah's holding some sort of "smoking dog" novelty toy. ˆ sarah ˆ best ˆ dogs ˆ monkey ˆ smoke ˆ

Don't worry, we didn't actually light the cigarette. (Yet). ˆ sarah ˆ dogs ˆ hoodie ˆ kiss ˆ monkey ˆ

On Saturday night I went over to Apt 3a to meet Sarah and Brandon and then we headed over to... ˆ brandon ˆ sarah ˆ elevator ˆ hoodie ˆ

...MisShapes to see The Horrors play... ˆ band ˆ misshapes ˆ the horrors ˆ

...and to celebrate Geordon's birthday! ˆ birthday ˆ cake ˆ misshapes ˆ

Don Hill's was WAY too crowded and sweaty, so I spend most of the night hiding in the little secret section drinking free booze (woo!). Ilirjana and Karen. ˆ ilirjana ˆ karen ˆ misshapes ˆ

Mahsa and Jenny. ˆ jenny penny ˆ mahsa ˆ misshapes ˆ

Sarah with Ryan from the (UK band) Littl'ans ˆ ryan blagrove ˆ sarah ˆ misshapes ˆ

Blood-spattered Jenny decided to make an ugly face...which ALWAYS spawns a series of Ugly Faces! ˆ jenny penny ˆ sarah ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Sarah stepped up to the plate and delivered this pretty sweet "Zombie" ugly face! ˆ sarah ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Hehehe. ˆ me ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Mahsa. It's her first time so I'm gonna let her slide, but suffice it to say, she really needs to step her ugly-face game up. ˆ mahsa ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Same goes for you, Rutner. ˆ karen ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Ilirjana tried to make an ugly face but pretty much just ended up making a Pete Wentz face. ˆ ilirjana ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

Ryan did pretty, pretty decent for his first time! Bravo! ˆ ryan blagrove ˆ misshapes ˆ ugly face ˆ

My two favorite costumes of the night? This guy, who was like 6'5" tall and dressed like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. And... ˆ dorothy ˆ halloween ˆ misshapes ˆ

...Sophia, who was dressed up as...er, Topless Minnie Mouse? ˆ sophia lamar ˆ halloween ˆ mask ˆ minnie mouse ˆ

Tuesday night was official Halloween, but I was tired and had to get up early the next morning, so I just ended up going over to Sarah and Brandon's to hang out! My buddy Alessandro was in town staying with Meredith and I because he was playing a few CMJ shows with his side-project band Modwheelmood (I consider that band his "side project band" just because the other band he's in is Nine Inch Nails! Hahahah), so he came along! ˆ alessandro ˆ brandon ˆ sarah ˆ apt 3a ˆ

Sarah had all these creepy Lady Sov masks at her apartment that she got from work. ˆ me ˆ mask ˆ

Me as Lady Sov = CREEPY! ˆ me ˆ mask ˆ

Nine Inch Sov, UNPLUGGED! ˆ alessandro ˆ apt 3a ˆ guitar ˆ mask ˆ

I was trying to get another photo of Monkey "smoking" in this photo, but the cigarette fell out of her month (you can see it falling!) right when I snapped the picture. ˆ brandon ˆ dogs ˆ guitar ˆ monkey ˆ smoke ˆ

Take two = Perfect! There's SO much amazing stuff going on in this photo: Brandon's doing a spot-on accidental impression of his brother, Monkey's smoking (a smoking dog!) and Alle's jamming out as Lady Sov. Hahaha. Happy Halloween (and Happy Official 10 Year Anniversary of this site! Whoa!) ˆ alessandro ˆ brandon ˆ guitar ˆ mask ˆ monkey ˆ smoke ˆ