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My hero(ine) du Jour:  Marceline, The Vampire Queen, from Adventure Time. If you're not a fan of Adventure Time you can begin to catch up on what the fuss is about here. Cartoon Network's ADVENTURE TIME. Yesterday, as I was going over the list of items for this character's costume I asked "Anna Lily! Just who the heck is this "Marceline?" What does she even look like?" She thought about it and said, "We-ell, she's kind-of hard to describe.  Hm.  Well, she's cool and she sings.  She's kind-of like an Aimee Mann Vampire.  Mom, if you'd actually watch it I bet you'd really like her!" (She knows me so well.) I do, so here's more Marceline-love. Below's a short video clip of The Vampire Queen reading the riot act to another character with a voice I could stand to hear a LOT more of. (Hey, Adventure Time! Time to release an album, or two featuring the Mighty Marceline.  She sounds amazing!) ...

It wouldn't be Halloween unless one day before the big day at least one child, in this case, daughter, Annalily Larsen , decides they must be an obscure pop-culture reference to dress-up like. Something "we" can easily pull off a costume in a 24 hour period.  Easy! This year, uh, yesterday my 6th grader informed me she was going to be "Marceline" (a Vampire Queen?) from Adventure Time. I asked if they sold a costume for this, which she confirmed she would not need any of that.  Just one store stop, or two.  And Sharpies.  Plenty of Sharpies. Really all she needed the most was a red An Axe Bass, and a long black wig and vampire teeth.  That's all. Grumbling aside, we did pull off a some kind of ensemble overnight which may pass for the suggestion of the real thing. I struggled hard on the creation of a bass, when, naturally, the obvious thing to do when trying to figure out how to "make"...