September 25, 2006:  I decided to dress up as Kaylee from the pilot of Firefly for Halloween this year. Using
Maggie's invaluable
research, I have started putting together my costume.  So far I have the four items pictured
below, all of which I purchased over the Internet.  Both the boiler suit and shoes came from ebay sellers, but the bear
patch and Chinese parasol are from sites that Maggie recommended.  
November 1, 2006:  Well I got my costume done in time for Halloween!  Of course, I was up until 1:30 that morning
painting the umbrella, but oh well.  It's done.  And I have pictures!  Oh, the jacket and the shirt I wore under it were
both given to me by my former roommate, who is awesome.  Thanks Kit!  
10-29-07:  New pictures!  Well, these are from June, but I am just now getting them up.  They're from the
Serenity screening for Equality Now that I went to in Des Moines.  I entered the costume contest and won
second place!  Here is me with the other contestants:  
Little River is the cutest!  
The first one is from lunch, and the
second one is from that evening, after I
had spent four hours working in the scene
shop and gotten hydraulic oil on myself,
which just made it more authentic!