Autumn Spledor

My favorite time of year is nearing end.

It is sad when Halloween is over and October is but a memory.

I feel I missed some traditions this year but I managed to fit in a few things I have been wanting to do that I usually don't get to.

Visited Netherworld (was awesome).

I finally made it to the Little 5 points Halloween festival and thanks to the Rome Rollergirls I got to ride on a float too!

 I did not get to go to a pumpkin patch or even carve a pumpkin.

We did paint the small pumpkin Brody got from his class field trip to the pumpkin patch.

 I still have not visited AZA as planned.

And sadly only a very short hike was made so far this fall.

I did make pumpkin soup for the first time.

I did get to spend time with close friends.

I did attend my annual Halloween Bash.

I just wish October had 8 weekends in it.

Steampunk

    

Dead Man's Party 2010

Shane worked very hard on his weapons, He made everything. Including my goggles and gun.

Our friends Kathy and Joe are also very creative and talented and created their costumes as well. This has been alot of fun putting together and I think it was well recieved.

Below is a description of Steampunk for those not in the know.

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s.[1] Specifically, steampunk involves an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century and often Victorian era Britain—that incorporates prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology or futuristic innovations as Victorians may have envisioned them; in other words, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, art, etc. This technology may include such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne or real technologies like the computer but developed earlier in an alternate history.

Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" for such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage's Analytical engine.