{"id":9,"date":"2008-10-31T17:35:26","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T22:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=9"},"modified":"2010-03-20T16:53:50","modified_gmt":"2010-03-20T21:53:50","slug":"happy-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/happy-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_10\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/participant_120x90_mug.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/participant_120x90_mug.png?resize=120%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"nanowrimo image\" title=\"participant_120x90_mug\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nI spent all day in a costume that shifted and shimmied as if it was hearing a tune. They thought I was &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; or poison ivy. Realistically, I was merely a forest nymph. I felt so naked.<\/p>\n<p>I was also sick, but stuck out the work day. <\/p>\n<p>At midnight I can start my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> novel. I decided that I am going to go with the concept for a novel that I came up with over 10 years ago, but never wrote. This month is the month! Tomorrow, I also want to start the running. I am full of ambition for November, but then again, it is not November yet. I also want to work on my website. We&#8217;ll see!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent all day in a costume that shifted and shimmied as if it was hearing a tune. They thought I was &#8220;Mother Earth&#8221; or poison ivy. Realistically, I was merely a forest nymph. I felt so naked. I was also sick, but stuck out the work day. At midnight I can start my NaNoWriMo&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/happy-halloween\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Halloween<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,82,81],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-generalities","tag-halloween","tag-holidays","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2008\/11\/thanks-november\/","url_meta":{"origin":9,"position":0},"title":"Thanks, November","author":"admin","date":"November 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my fall projects is sort of an extension of Thanksgiving. 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