Peacock Spirit Society

Sticking to our macabre theme, we clipped words from the Sunday newspaper obituary pages.  We also listed all of the Halloween costumes and accessories that we spotted over the weekend.  We placed them in two bowls and picked one word out of each.  We already had "bear" from our traipse through the cemetery. The result:

aviator    bear        hat

bear         hat          aviator

hat           aviator   bear

Uh-oh. Are we in trouble, or are we okay? What sentences can we generate from these words? What images? What stories? We'll work on it, but give us a little while.  In the meantime, if you have ideas let us know: We might need to steal them.

"Aviator" came from the obituaries.

"Hat" was originally "bowler hat," but I shortened it for the simplicity of three words.  It might still end up as a bowler, which is a fine type of hat indeed. Our good friend Sarah Leah dressed up as Charlie Chaplin for Halloween. She was awesome.

Costume words in the bowl that we missed out on: elf, angel wings, bats, stethoscope, balloons, surgeon, suit, eye patch, paper bag, feathers, suspenders, Pocahontas, glasses, bubbles, faun, dinosaur, tiger, wig, fur pants, peacock, bunny, pirate, cheerleader, pom pom.

Obituary words we missed out on: star, grateful, spring, hero, station, sympathy, work, hatched, society, chapel, short, sons, death, illness, friends, road, spirit, agencies, teacher, deeply, home, died, grandchildren, flowers, garden, leaf, gate, poor, football, attack, fireman, fallen, visitation, camp, club. Some of these might have been a nightmare to draw.

So "bear, hat, aviator" it is.  Help?!


Some ridiculous photos of us looking like dorks in Halloween costumes after the jump. Plus Charlie Chaplin and a bunny.