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As well as a slightly different stylized skull and crossbones!
visiting helsinki
July 08, 2017
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Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat
“Death makes sceptres and shovels equal.”

Mors vltima linea rerum
“Death, the final boundary of things.”

Divitiis flores, et maiorum nobilitate te iactas, et exsultas de pulchritudine corporis et honoribus qui tibi ab hominibus deferuntur. Respice te ipsum, quia mortalis es, et quia terra es, et in terram ibis.

“You flourish in wealth, and boast of the society of the great and powerful; you rejoice in the beauty of the body and the honours which men pay to you. Consider yourself, that you are mortal, that you are earth, and into the earth you shall go.”
the march roundup
March, 2017
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I am a kinetic learning. Each time I do a tarot reading and pull a card I'm unfamiliar with, I write down its meaning in my journal and usual even draw a picture of the card. Getting to know you, death.
the september roundup
September, 2015
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Happy October 2014! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
the october roundup
October, 2014
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...but went the extra mile this year and went full grim reaper. Including eight-inch platform boots (that made me 6'7"!) chain, hour glass hung around my neck and real scythe (not pictured).
the october roundup
October, 2014
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I started with my classic "skull face" make up....
the october roundup
October, 2014
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Hans & Ellen were having a house party for Halloween!
the october roundup
October, 2014
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I was showering on Saturday morning and noticed a pretty good soap-bubble human skull. Double vanitas memento mori!
the september roundup
September, 2014
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We are slowly turning to dust! Happy August 2014!
the august roundup
August, 2014
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Maddy took me into another nearby community garden on our walk and I admired...
the april roundup
April, 2013
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...this mosaic skull pathstone.
the april roundup
April, 2013
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I like to do "skull face" on both my face and on my pumpkins for Halloween.
the october roundup and superstorm sandy
October, 2012
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Your craniotomy isn't complete until you've securely screwed the bone flap back into place! ("Bone flap" is the most made-up-sounding actual medical term).
the august roundup
August, 2012
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You know how they have dummies at barber school and you practice cutting their hair? Well, it turns out they have something similar in brain surgery school! Proudly displayed on the living room shelf is a practice-skull where you can see some of Randy's early handiwork; practicing stitching-up the meninges. That's sure one tough mother!
the august roundup
August, 2012
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Here's to ten years of Halloweens!
halloween 2011
October 29, 2011
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...while I painted my face as a skull! Haha. This year I couldn't even be bothered to find white face paint and had to make do with just an eyeliner pencil.
halloween 2011
October 29, 2011
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House face!
the august roundup
August, 2011
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Gold-toothed memento mori.
the september roundup
September, 2010
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Painted memento mori skulls.
the august roundup
August, 2010
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...death's haunting specter did reveal. I keep it on my shelf as a reminder.
quinndepenence weekend: part two
July 04, 2010
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Mantel.
quinndepenence weekend: part one
July 02, 2010
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A real full kapala (human skull-cup of the gods) from Tibet. Wow.
quinndepenence weekend: part one
July 02, 2010
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Skull face is dying (for now).
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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...and met up wtih Niki and Karla who were dressed as matching night club "cigarette girls"
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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Me anzd Sarah roaming the crowd. A little before 2am we headed down to a party at the Bowery Hotel...
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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I like dressing up, but I don't really like all the planning and buying stuff that's involved in dressing up. So more often than not, I'll revert to a last-minute halloween costume with whatever's lying around.
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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This year I used some white face paint and a mascara pencil to go as SKULL FACE!
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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After I finished borrowing Ellen's eyeliner, she touched up her slutty 80s rocker make up!
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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Maddy had a matching skeleton outfit. Awwwww, skull guy and skeledog!
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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Best year yet!
halloween 2009
October 31, 2009
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While we were there, we asked Pirate Mike if he would mind if one of us danced on the bar. He certainly didn't! BLAMO! 10 POINTS!
andrew's scavenger hunt and ryan's surprise birthday
April 04, 2009
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Gold Bar is decorated almost entirely in, yep, you guessed it, gold! Including a wall of gold skulls that has a framed portrait of Jenny and Lauren hanging on it.
the september roundup
September, 2008
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Right when I got to the Darkroom I ran into two other dudes dressed up as Cobra Kai skullfaces! Wooooo!
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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On my way out, I ran into some little kids doing late night (12:30am!) trick or treating with their mom and they liked my make up so we stopped and took photos together. Zombie Ballerina!
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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Best. Hoodie. Evaaaaaar!
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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...threw on a hoodie and ta-dow! Instant Halloween costume!
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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After finishing the black part, I filled in the rest with some white grease paint...
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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Then I got busy whipping together my own last-minute Halloween costume! I decided to make use of the awesome Cobra Kai t-shirt (sent to me courtesy of 80sTees.com) and dress up as Sweep the Leg Johnny! I grabbed one of Meredith's eyeliners (sorry!) and got to work!
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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I made myself busy setting up all sorts of creepy/corny decorations on all the tables.
halloween 2007
October 27, 2007
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I decided to go a more traditional route and tried to draw the scariest skull face I could imagine.
the october roundup: part two
October, 2007
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Someone busted out a pen and with three simple lines, turned the toilet hinges into little skulls! Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
memorial day weekend
May 26, 2007
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The skull you see in the background is usually bone dry. Gurj told me it was crying in honor of TAKING BACK SUNDAY! So emo it hurts!
taking back great adventure
June 22, 2006
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Karen was lamenting that she didn't have any clothes that were more "piratey" (adjective of the year, BTW) so I offered to give her a piratey tattoo. Check out the bad-ass skull an' bones I managed to pull off!
the may roundup
May, 2005
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How did Megadeth manage to never write a song about this?
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003
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...before racing over to the cases and posing for pictures with the skulls of bad-ass, martyred Cretans who blew themselves up in order to take out some Turks.
european vacation part 16: scootering again.
October 29, 2003