What with it being Thursday, last night there was a party...
It was the school Halloween party. Held at the St. Pauli clubhouse, like the last one was, it was well-decorated with the orange and black spooky motif. I was impressed, since Halloween is not nearly as entrenched in Europe as it is in the US. But people largely got into it and most showed up in costume. For my part, I bought some white first-aid adhesive tape and taped "bones" onto a black shirt and pants. Then I got some bandages, stained them with red nailpolish, and tied them around my neck and wrists, since those parts were obviously not flayed.
On the other hand, it's a little weird seeing Halloween and all its ghoulishness become popular around here. In the US its ambience is sort of a form of fictional escapism. The horrors that we imagine and decorate ourselves and our houses with have rarely been seen on America's shores. But in Europe, with its plentiful history of torture, war, and disease, it all seems a bit too real to celebrate.