All Hallows Aftermath

[valkryor]

The Hallowe'en party was a success last night. It was a good mix of people and some of the costumes were great. We MST3K'd "Devil Bat" starring Bela Lugosi (who is, indeed, still dead), then had a brief intermission and then watched "Rocky Horror Picture Show" sans props, but not verbal cues.

boozymatic and eniastoa brought along robertom. Well, it wasn't really robertom, but a picture of Bob Dole, his costume! I pinned it to the roman blind so he could have a good seat and a really good view of the party. It was an amusing gag, but robertom would have been better.

The Gypsy brought a kitty litter cake. It was nauseating to look at (so much so, that some of us just couldn't eat it). I am assured, though, that it tasted okay.

I went through an entire role of film (yes, I'm still analog...I can't afford to upgrade), and have at least one picture of all the guests. If any on my flist don't want to be pictorally represented in a couple of days (I still have to get the film developed), speak now and I'll respect that.

I did have some odd dreams last night. One involved Dr Frank N Furter, a shower and the cut glass pieces for a chadelier that I had bought over the summer. I don't remember being in it, but Riff Raff, Magenta and Columbia all had guest appearances.

The other one that I can recall just makes me melancholy. fuzzpsych and I were in the basement of Sears looking at doll clothes. Then we sat down and I was holding Shannon. She was in a diaper and all we had brought with us was one receiving blanket. The basement of Sears was also shared by McMaster hospital. Shannon made some weird coughing noise and then threw up into the receiving blanket. fuzzpsych proclaimed in a louder than necessary voice that Shannon had some weird disease/condition starting with "P". Then we were surrounded by a team of nurses (including Lawna, the nurse practitioner from pediatric cardiology) who were twittering about and wouldn't let us leave. I wanted to go because the baby was wet and getting hungry and I had nothing for her, but they insisted that we stay for at least half an hour while they examined her. So I sent fuzzpsych to purchase a bottle and some formula so I could feed her. There were some issues with the formula and I made him take it back. This is about the time when I woke up thinking "but it's a hospital, we could have gotten formula and a bottle and a clean diaper from one of the nurses".

I laid there for awhile afterwards remembering what it was like to hold Shannon, how she smelled after a bath and what it was like to take care of her (medications and all). Then it struck me that I'm starting to forget what it was like.

I don't want to forget.

Comments

[robertom.livejournal.com]

if you don't want to forget then you never will.

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

*hugs* In the movie Strange Days, the technology to write experiences to an external data device exists. In the film, the main character has all of these data discs with memories of his son, who has died, on them. Each night after work he sits and replays them over and over. He's a broken man. One of the characters says to him at one point, "Memories are supposed to fade. They were designed that way." You'll never forget Shannon and you'll always have some sense of what she felt like to have in your life, but they will get... soft around the edges, and in doing so, you may be able to handle them without being cut as deeply. It's a sad process, fraught with guilt, but it's necessary, and it's not a failing.

We have a spare digital camera if you folk want it.

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

We have a spare digital camera if you folk want it.

That would be awfully sweet. Thank you. :)

just curious

[robertom.livejournal.com]

do i know the people who brought me?

Re: just curious

[valkryor.livejournal.com]

I believe so. They're old friends of fuzzpsych's from Guelph. We do the "Oh. My. God." gift exchange with them every year.

Re: just curious

[robertom.livejournal.com]

good god... them! ;D

Re: just curious

[boozymatic.livejournal.com]

We have met at several of those parties at chez Fuzzpsych-Valkryor.
We thought it would be appropriate to bring you to the party - one time after one of the aforementioned social gatherings you gave me a ride back to Guelph. It completes the circle, eh? You drive me to Guelph, and I drive you back to that other place.
We knew you wouldn't be able to attend, and also knew how much you hate to miss a good party... so there you were.

Re: just curious

[robertom.livejournal.com]

thank you for that. :D shall we do lj adding things?

Re: just curious

[boozymatic.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan to me!