Little Boy Blue and his scary mask

Jason was John McCain for Halloween, and last night at our Ginfest 2008 party Ethan decided to scare us all by wearing the mask. I laughed so hard I almost was incontinent. I couldn't find my camera last night, so today Ethan put the mask on again. He shows his party colors in his blue apparel.

Arrrr, matey!

As I said, last night was Ginfest 2008, an annual (so it seems) party where Jason gets to finally use all the gin he owns and make tasters of different drinks without having to consume them all himself. He found many friends willing to be guin...er, tasters for this event. I was not one of them. Instead, my sister Lisa and I watched a Bollywood movie upstairs. This was probably the best party of ours we've ever had (or was that merely because I abstained from hostessing it and hid from all the people??? er....) 

Anyway, I found the movie, Kal Ho Naa Ho, at a local Indian store. The shop keeper said I could buy the original or a copy. I chose the copy, and it was probably a mistake. For one, it was a pirated copy, so bad me for eluding copyright laws. Also, the subtitles were HORRIBLE: white on white and delayed at least one line from what the current actor was saying. Anyway, I told the kids I bought a pirated movie, and Ethan insisted on watching it with us. I let him, for some reason probably to do with the path of least resistance. Surprisingly he watched the whole thing, all 2.5 hr+ of it (and he only had one time out for sticking Lisa with a paper yo-yo). Afterwards he commented, "There were no pirates in that." Well yes, duh. Lots of scenery chewing, cheesiness, and songs, but alas, no pirates. Perhaps that would have taken the movie from 2.5 stars to 3. Or not... Today, perhaps inspired by the movie, Ethan says he wants to be a pirate next year for Halloween. Only 363 shopping days left to buy his costume...