Sogdiana: From Bukhara to Boston

Halloween

Despite all the bad things happening in the world, this particular post is just going to be about what an absolute blast I had over Halloween weekend...and by weekend, I mean Saturday night, Sunday night, and Monday night! We started out the festivities on a very ethnic note, as I went to a Persian Halloween party at MIT. I went with a good group of people, so it was fun, but the turnout was a little disappointing. In previous years, the hall was packed, but this year it was maybe half-full. Also, the music wasn't great - WAY too much Arabic, English, and cheesy Iranian "techno" as opposed to good, danceable Persian music. Anyway, I still had fun. The next night, Sunday, I actually dressed up in costume, and Ryan and I went to Avalon, which was having a huge Halloween bash. As you will see in the picture, I was Alladin and Ryan was Spiderman, and if I do say so myself, I think our costumes were pretty amazing. Avalon was an absolute blast - we spent much of the night breaking it down on top of one of the boxes, and Ryan was spraying everyone with silly string although they had no idea where it was coming from. It was great....but the fun wasn't over yet. The next day, two of our friends drove up from Providence and we all went to see Gwen Stefani and the Black-Eyed Peas at the Fleet Center. Not only am I a huge fan of both, but it was my very first American concert. It was absolutely amazing...I couldn't believe how huge it was, how many people were there, and how awesome the energy of the place was. Suffice to say, I had one of the greatest nights of my life, to top off an amazing weekend.

posted by TojikYor @ 9:45 AM