Halloween Treat

« The saddest halloween trick or treater ever. She looks like she's about to cry. »

« The younger girls look happier, even with the giant spider and the headbands with the chunky bits that look like headphones. »

« Adorable ceramic witch outside of a ceramic art shop in Iittala. »

I couldn't decide on one photo so you get all three. Think of it as a Halloween treat. :) I don't know if it's my imagination or if there really is more Halloween stuff around Helsinki this year than last. Even so, I'm happy to see it since it is my favourite holiday of the year.

My back is still acting up in spite of getting looked at earlier this week. I haven't slept well all week as well and managed to oversleep for a birthday party I really wanted to go to tonight. Now I'm feeling crappy and am awake watching CNN talking heads shovel steaming piles of election rhetoric in between showing the Bin Laden video countless times while waiting for the weekly installment of the "global" version of the Daily Show to make it all better. If only Finland could get the Comedy Channel...

I'll note that the drunks passing me on the sidewalk while I was out having a smoke are dressed up in costume this year. One in her socks without any shoes and a white student hat repurposed as a flowered old ladies hat was particularly amusing. Oh, and since I just noticed....clocks go back one hour tonight...in case anyone other than me forgot.