Last night was the infamous Chicago House Halloween Party. Chicago House is the Oriental Institute's research center in Egypt. It's been around since the 1930s and is a very prestigious institution, with a lot of history and a great deal of clout in the Egyptology world. This means that if you are invited to the Halloween Party, you go. Ray, the director, invites all the local foreign missions as well as the Edfu team (we have to travel about two hours after a full day of work to go, everyone else is in Luxor). The foreign missions don't really understand Halloween, as its an American holiday, which means it is up to the Americans to teach everyone the true meaning of the holiday.
Team Edfu does not disappoint.
This year, we had the theme of the Ninja Turtles. Kat, Tasha, Janelle, and I were the turtles (I was Rafael), while Aaron, our Australian pottery person, was cajoled into being Shredder. It turns out that Aaron had a background in fashion design before switching to Egyptology, so he put together a pretty awesome costume out of things he found at the Suk. He totally outdid us on the awesome factor. Jonathan went as Vanilla Ice, which almost no one understood. People figured out he was Vanilla Ice pretty quickly, but couldn't fathom how he was connected to the Turtles. For those of you who didn't watch the live action TMNT movies growing up, you should watch the end of Secret of the Oooze. For some reason, Vanilla Ice is singing the Ninja Rap (Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!).
Anyways, we were a big hit. Greg was also pretty funny as Mario from Mariokart (he kept throwing bananas at Janelle).
I should also point out that Team Edfu totally brings the party to the Chicago House Halloween Party. We danced to everyone song, and we even taught everyone else the Macarena. I think someone took video of that, which I hope never, ever ends up on YouTube. We were fairly tipsy by that point. Other high points include Aaron drunkenly doing a Cossack dance, the entire Edfu team singing Livin' on a Prayer, some running man lessons, a Gungnam Style interlude, and Aaron and I doing the MC Hammer dance.
There's a reason we are always invited back each year :)
Team Edfu does not disappoint.
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| The best part is Jonathan as Vanilla Ice. |
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| Having someone throw Egyptian bananas at you is not pleasant. |
I should also point out that Team Edfu totally brings the party to the Chicago House Halloween Party. We danced to everyone song, and we even taught everyone else the Macarena. I think someone took video of that, which I hope never, ever ends up on YouTube. We were fairly tipsy by that point. Other high points include Aaron drunkenly doing a Cossack dance, the entire Edfu team singing Livin' on a Prayer, some running man lessons, a Gungnam Style interlude, and Aaron and I doing the MC Hammer dance.
There's a reason we are always invited back each year :)
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