luke duke has never looked so fine.

we had our company picnic on thursday at zoo montana. i love it when they have it there...we get to see all the animals for free!!! unfortunately for the second year in a row my dinner consisted of a bun with a slice of kraft cheese and some bland potato salad, despite my scolding last year to one of the members of the committee that there needs to be some vegetartian options available. i know i live in montana, but i am NOT the only vegetarian in the whole state. meh, oh well...maybe next year?

this year they did the department poster contest again, the theme was county fair. this is what i came up with for my department...THE DUKES OF HAZZARD! it doesn't really go with the theme, but it was just too damn hilarious.















that's me on the far right, with a disturbing resemblence to ben stiller...megan (to the left of me) looks way too much like carol brady. i think our domination of the poster contest last year caused the other departments to really step it up. sadly, i don't think the dukes are going to pull out ahead this year.

it's fine, i got to see baby otters and am content with my life.

i'm strong to the finish cause i eat my spinach.

is it too early to be thinking about halloween costumes? no, i think not, especially if i'm going to sew a costume for both aj and myself. aj's suggestion for our halloween costume was a UPS man and a package (he would be the UPS man, i would be a box.) i vetoed that idea immediately and made an executive decision that we would be Popeye the Sailor Man & Olive Oyl.


















robin williams and shelley duvall did it, so i see no reason that we can't either! it's pretty perfect actually seeing as i have an uncanny resemblence to olive oyl, or so i've been told.

now, let's take a walk down halloween memory lane.

2008 - Where's Waldo
basically, it was my ingenious excuse to lurk in the background of people's pictures at the bar. it's something that i usually do unintentionally, now i had reason and purpose behind it....brilliant.















2007 - Nerd
this one was not so much of a stretch. i really just needed a reason to wear the bowtie i'd had in my sock drawer for years. i think i fit the part rather well...i personally enjoy the mystery stain on my highwaters.



















2006 - White trash
my roommates original idea was "montanans." but, i kindly explained that montanans are not white trash...well not all of us anyway. so, we moved onto the more general term, "white trash," a term italians couldn't seem to wrap their heads around. it was hilarious trying to explain to them what exactly we were, besides skanks in bad wigs. i wish this picture would show more of our outfits, but what it does show is priceless. i am clearly yelling at my baby daddy for knocking up my "sister," Angel (at the tip of my accusing finger), in more ways than one (notice the black eye, and below the picture where you cannot see, is her prego belly.) classic.















2005 - Asian Tourist
again...not a huge stretch with me being asian and all. best part of my evening by far was when i ran into one of the asian foreign exchange students at a party and she was dressed as the statue of liberty. we took a phenomenol photo, where that's located....i will never know.















2004 - Bunny Rabbit
by far the worst costume choice ever, and the first and last time i will ever think it's a good idea to dress up like a slut for halloween. i learned my lesson that night. side note: check out my BA lip ring, my one feable attempt at rebellion, sigh....

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