Day in the Life of an Idiot

..Cuz Shawn and I are off for a "couples massage" at Sactuary Spa! Should be fun (and probably a little weird), but I bought Shawn this package for Christmas last year and we've finally gotten around to scheduling it. Speaking of fat and happy, we're probably going to be going out to breakfast beforehand and everything. (Breakfast out is my all time favorite luxury.)

Tonight we're going to carve pumpkins, and finish any last minute Halloween prep. Mason has abandoned the idea of going as Medusa this year (bummer, I had it all planned out and everything), in favor of DARTH VADER. He's really excited to be Darth, however. He finally watched all of "Empire Strikes Back" and decided it wasn't too scary after all. "Return of the Jedi" still seems a little spooky, though, so he's been waiting on that.

Halloween should be fun. Our plan is to his Sargeant Avenue in St. Paul again. If you haven't heard of this, you should check it out. There's one block of Sargeant just east of Cretin where every house on the block goes all out for Halloween. It's fairly awesome. Last year Mason loved it (and ended up getting his picture in the paper, as you might remember.)

Class last night was fun. We ended up doing a writing excercise suggested by Zach, one of my students. I posted the results over at Tate's blog. I think I'd like to write the stories that go with the lines: "Her boyfriend had an "in" with the guys at the organ market; she could get hearts for cheap," and "He realized there was a problem when his mother, glazed eyes, crumbled dried worms into the children's salads." Though, not in the same story, as they end up here.

Happy almost Halloween. Since I won't blog on the day: Happy Samhain.