shanmonster | Undead, Undead....

I spent the weekend running around a very cold forest dressed in armour and falling asleep in random places: on logs, under logs, on soft cedar boughs, in piles of elves, and once, in the freezing mud beside a swamp. I do not recommend the latter. I woke up disoriented and unable to do anything more than stagger and moan like a zombie. Luckily for me, Kijs and James escorted me to a campfire where I eventually defrosted my brains and was able to rejoin the world of the living.

After my dance class tonight, I'm headed off to Toronto. I would love to make a bonfire in honour of the date, but I'm really not sure this is possible. Instead, I may end up doing karaoke, which really isn't an appropriate substitution, but when in Toronto....

Next month, I get to take another butoh workshop, and I get to see GWAR again. SCORE!

Would you like some links? I thought you might.

Toronto schools chief (mostly) defends Halloween sensitivity policy: Toronto schools don't have Hallowe'en. They have Black and Orange Day.

A Band of Orcs: I'd really like one of their tshirts. Specifically, this one. We're not misunderstood. We're evil.

Jogger runs mile with rabid fox on her arm: I can't say I've ever had that sort of thing happen to me while I was out running. I ran about 7 km today, and all I saw was a cranky swan and a shih tzu with an updo. But I once went for a walk in the ocean, and realized just how flexible and well-balanced I was when my left foot shot up straight over my head with a crab dangling from my big toe. Until then, I had no idea I could do that. I'll bet this woman never suspected she could run a mile with a fox clamped onto her arm.

Vampire Moth Discovered -- Evolution at Work: "A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. And in a twist worthy of a Halloween horror movie, entomologists say the bloodsuckers may have evolved from a purely fruit-eating species."

Kool-Ade is a Zombie: This just seems appropriate, considering my Hallowe'en weekend of undead badness.

Funeral home gets 'All Shook Up': A funeral home hosts an open house party, complete with an Elvis impersonator. "Ninety-nine percent of the time they come here, they're sad.... We're putting the first three letters back in funeral."

Teen bride: 'My wedding cost £100,000': If this is real, I am so frightened.

Dr. Steel: Nerdcore steampunk robot rock. Amazing stuff (thanks,

miami_pony).

Green Porno: This may very well be the most amazing thing I have seen all year. I love Isabella Rossellini. Now I want to have sex with her, snail-style (thanks,

tailchaser).

Cool Photo: NSFW, but well done (thanks,

f00dave).

Sky Burial: "Sky burial or ritual dissection was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut into small pieces and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. In Tibetan the practice is known as jhator (Tibetan: བྱ་གཏོར་; Wylie: bya gtor), which literally means, "giving alms to the birds."" Article contains amazing photos.

Suit Case Exhibit: A moving look at the lost denizens of an early twentieth century insane asylum.