Mr.Duck on 2/11/2010 at 17:51

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To celebrate Dia de los Muertos!

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That's right boys and girls and boys-who-want-to-be-girls and girls-who-are-halfway-to-being-boys, it's Ducky's annual Day of the Dead celebration thread, just for you, ya silly soon-to-be-stiffs! :D

First, I dedicate a small calavera to the forums (a calavera is a poem, written for the Day of the Dead but intended to humorously criticize the living, but in this case, to just have a ball with you guys ;)), mind you, I'll probably break some the rhytm and metric, but shush:

My beloved TTLG peeps
Now you've really sunk deep
The thin lady has come once more
To take you to here and nevermore
Since you were mean to n00bs
Merely treating them like dupes
Goddammit dethtoll it had to be
Now I have no spare time to pee
I hope the thin lady comes for you all
So we can have an Undead Masqued Ball!

:D

And now, for some lovely DotD pictures, tyvm:

A nice tattoo, that way you'll always carry the dead with you, eh?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2582880268_8a72941c55.jpg

Anybody care to take a bite?, it's cool, it's no one we knew!
http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/pics/17sugarart/TolucaSugar5C.jpg

Let us now take a nice slice of bread of the dead, since we know it won't contain a zombie within....or will it!?
http://0.tqn.com/d/mexicanfood/1/0/M/4/Pandemuerto.jpg

I dedicate this altar of the Dead to the TTLG forums, may they rest in peace...or is that pieces?
http://www.americanoanahuac.edu.mx/imagenes/cougarnews/200911252_altar%20d%20muertos%20%284%29.JPG

And let us not forget the good lady herself, la Catrina comes to the feast, want to dance with her?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2OereGvmfMw/SbhtifwPkRI/AAAAAAAABMQ/Zza53h9zLz0/s400/Final-CATRINA-Tattoo.jpg

Don't forget to pay your respects to your honored dearly departed, lest they rise from the grave and suck your brains with a straw stuck inside your ear!
http://www.noticiasdetoluca.com.mx/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/cache/2166_thumbzoom.jpg

And finally, I leave you with this -wonderful- Mexican claymation which has a very Day of the Dead vibe to it, I hope you enjoy it, sorry for the song being in Spanish, but I think you will still appreciate the singer's voice:

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And finally, let me just wish you again, once more, a happy Day of the Dead, but also, to leave you with this brief reflection: DotD is not just some exotic holiday to eat sugar skulls and bread of dead and make fancy altars to take pictures too. It's also a time of deep reflection and remembrance of those dearly departed, to pay respects to them and remember them, more than we usually do in our daily lives, for the one day (3 days if you really do the -whole- DotD). Cherish your loved ones that are still with you, and never forget those that have gone beyond.

Cheers :)

SubJeff on 2/11/2010 at 18:32

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Ducky, would this be a good time of year to visit Mexico, hypothetically speaking? I find this Day of the Dead thing strangely fascinating and I've always wanted to visit Mexico. Perhaps this time next year.

Fingernail on 2/11/2010 at 18:35

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I plan to celebrate this festival only.... AFTER.... I die :ebil:

Haplo on 2/11/2010 at 21:44

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¡Feliz Dia de los Muertos che! El calavera no chilla.

Mr.Duck on 3/11/2010 at 00:31

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http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/221/177782-manny_calavera_large.jpg

Manny Calavera approves, señor.

:)

Y'all go out there to find some Mexican store or whatever and buy a candy skull :D

Cheers!