Halloween Post

So I realize that I am the world's worst blogger and that I have left you languishing for a month and a half, starved for news of my travels. Okay, I doubt that, but some of you have mentioned I haven't posted in a while. I have been really busy at school lately and I really haven't done much that I consider blog-worthy, so perhaps that has something to do with it. Still, I have a lot of good pictures from Halloween, so it would be a shame to let them go to waste.

First of all, there are two places in Paraguay that celebrate Halloween: Discos looking to exploit a holiday that emphasizes drunkenness and provocative dress in the 18-30 crowd and the American School of Asuncion. As a part of the later, I was one of a small contingent of people in this country searching for costumes and planning festivities. While I was prepping for my house Halloween party, the parents of ASA were turning campus into one giant halloween decoration. I have realized that there is no such thing as "low key" when ASA parents are involved. They had to postpone the after school festivities for the elementary kids this year due to rain, but there will be a parade of little kids in costume as well as some games run by the high schoolers after school on Monday.

The Big House, my place of residence, is the traditional host of the big non-school function halloween party (read: the fun party). This year being no different, we decked ourselves out (boys as pirates, girls as gypsies) and had a grand old time. If you're my facebook friend, I posted a lot of pictures that I think turned out pretty well, but otherwise I've included one here for your viewing pleasure.