October 27, 2003

• Halloween: The Prequel

  On Saturday I went to a pumpkin-carving potluck — fun. I had never carved a pumpkin before. I made a pumpkin with big anime eyes, sticking its tongue out (which some interpreted to be a paralyzed lip). I liked Gloria’s pumpkin better, so I took hers home with me. We gave up on watching Versus, which I still want to see, and put on Beetlejuice in the background. I decided that I’m going to be Winona Ryder from Beetlejuice for Halloween.

  On Sunday I made masks with my roommate’s Yale friends. It was so much fun! The first step was to lie down and have our partner cover our face with strips. It was so peaceful, lying there in the grass with my eyes closed, enjoying the lovely stretch of weather we’ve been having lately, having cool moist strips applied to my face. After this layer hardened, we filled it with plaster, removed the plaster mold, covered any features we wanted to accentuate with clay, and covered the plaster/clay ensemble with torn-up bits of paper bags. The paper bag layer will be the actual mask. We paint our masks on Tuesday. The best part about making a Winona Ryder mask: I don’t have to give myself bangs.

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