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10-06-2007, 04:27 PM
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Moderator
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Dress up for Halloween (again)!
To borrow the ultra fabulous post made by Dark Aevin last year…
Yes, it's that time of year again. Halloween's just around the corner, so why not dress up early for the occasion? Show your spirit with Halloween avatars! Alter your own in paint or another program, or find something completely new. Let's turn this forum into a party filled with ghoulies and ... um ... ghosties, spiders, snakes and demons!
MWAHAHAHA!!! 
If nothing else, I'll turn all of you into unwilling vampires. So you might as well join the party on your own!
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10-07-2007, 04:19 AM
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Penguin-in-Chief
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Aevin was just ripping me off anyway. |
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10-07-2007, 07:13 AM
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Mentor
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Excellent idea, staffers.
Geesh... orange doesn't go well with purple.
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10-07-2007, 08:49 PM
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Profound Writer
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Boo
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10-07-2007, 10:26 PM
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Adept Writer
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Oh, why the hell not?
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10-08-2007, 07:04 AM
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Profound Writer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lost in Some Story
Oh, why the hell not?
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lmao, dude, I would leave that avatar all year long! |
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10-08-2007, 11:15 AM
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I am thinking about begin a black cat with a wip...  Hehe...That is because of my husband...Anyways I cant wait either...I am 21 and still enjoy Halloween...
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10-08-2007, 02:51 PM
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Prolific Writer
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Devil moo's everywhere, ahhh they are following me.
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CTRL ALT DELETE.
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Damn it, I need to reboot my grill.
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10-09-2007, 12:49 AM
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Wordsmith
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I think all that Halloween stuff is silly nonsense. But don't forget us south of the border types, either.
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10-09-2007, 10:06 AM
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Moderator
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Humbug.
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10-10-2007, 03:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lin
I think all that Halloween stuff is silly nonsense. But don't forget us south of the border types, either.
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Dia de los muertas?
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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.
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10-10-2007, 06:28 AM
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Mentor
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It's "muertos"... I think.
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10-10-2007, 06:58 AM
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Ink Slinger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shawn
It's "muertos"... I think.
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los muertos or las muertas. I screwed up somewhere.
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"Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons wait for you down there. Little pets they are, little little little pets. Cute little things, they say. Don't you believe it. No man ever saw them and walked away alive. You won't either. That's the final dash, flash. That's the utter clobber, cobber." --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrillia.
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10-10-2007, 08:38 AM
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Manager
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Trick or Treat.
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10-10-2007, 11:08 AM
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Wordsmith
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It's only muertas in Ciudad Juarez, where they only kill women. 
I think the contrast between Halloween and Dia de los muertos is culturally interesting. Many Americans see DdelM as being a Mexican equivalent to Halloween, which it decidedly is not.
The muertos represented by the little skulls and coffins and candles are family members. Who return on that day to eat with their living descendents and relatives. It's a long tough trip from the netherworld, but they do it because family is family and a Mexican family is most powerfully expressed when it's sitting around a table eating.
In other words, the Dead are invited into the home and accepted. There are little altars to them in the entryways of homes and businesses.
As opposed to be something to be afraid of.
Last edited by lin : 10-10-2007 at 11:14 AM.
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