So, I went a bit burko this semester. One of the reasons for this was the essay I wrote on AElfric's homily on Judith.¹ It was less fun than Anglo-Saxon essays usually are, and goblinpaladin and the Wife had to nurse me through it.
As some warped sort of celebration, I decided to go to iremos's Halloween party dressed as Judith herself.

Accordingly, I decked myself out with gold and purple, although more of the latter than the former. AElfric assures us that all of this dressing-up was for no galnesse, a lovely word which means anything from silliness to lust. I can assure you that I was not at all lustful, although possibly those looking at me were (snot my fault the dress has a slit higher than an anglo-catholic liturgy). AElfric may have Disapproved. Possibly my intention to wear this dress was responsible for my fevered dreams about AElfrician chastity.



also featuring in this photo are goblinpaladin and iremos, both looking rather silly and unaware that the photo was being taken.
I did have a balloon, which i decorated ineptly as the Head of Holofernes, but I lost him.

1. That link will take you to S.D. Lee's online edition. Much good may it do you, since no translation is available. Awesome, I believe, is working on one.