October 26, 2004

• Go as a Lemming
• Jesus christ, that link deserves a warning about a f'in huge image that isn't worth the bandwidth.
• Last weekend, helped on the creation of a relative's costume for a pre-halloween party. She went as Alex, from the Clockwork Orange. An old pair of white jeans, an old white shirt, old pair of almost-DM black boots, suspenders, the long plastic handle of a trash squeegee with a plastic knob on the open end simulating the baton, all digged out from the closet. The only expense was in getting and painting a $0.10 styrofoam hat; the cheapest real one was $30. Final touch: instead of the eyelashes (which wouldn't look good, as she already has thick ones), painted with mascara an exagerated version. The things missing were the long-nosed eyemask and the groin protector, but still, she looked great.
• I'm going to be a COMPUTER TECH SUPPORT PERSON. *cue lightning bolt* I hate working.
• Barney.
• hehe, sorry calimehtar. I thought it shows just how quick and simple a lemmings costume would be.
• Strap about 20 cats to your body and say you are dressed as an Olympic bobsledder.
• A shower.
• Haven't decided yet - perhaps an old pervert flasher. I have a suggestion for squidranch though.
• I don't have anywhere to go on Halloween. Sigh. But if I did, I was going to do one of the following outfits: 1. "Cheney Krueger." A Freddy Krueger outfit with a Dick Cheney mask. Pro: Halloween's right before the election, so I'd be topical, which is nice. Con: Latex masks are sweaty under the best circumstances... and in Miami/Fort Lauderdale I imagine they're unbearable. 2. Bozo the Fetish Clown. A clown suit with various pieces of fetish paraphenalia. Pro: More likely to get me some action with a hot fetish-y girl than the Cheney costume. Con: I don't want to pay a shitload of money for a vinyl fetish mask, regardless of how good it would look with a clown wig and red nose. I mentioned the Bozo idea on MoFi a while, back, and user # 963 took the idea and ran with it. /MoFi crush on christophine continues unabated
• According to this page all you need for a freddy mercury costume is a wig, leotards, sparkly shoes and a leather jacket.
• I went as flasher once when I was in high school. I had clothes on underneath (I wouldn't want to explain the reason for that suspension to my mom), but rather wore a sign around my neck so that when I "exposed" myself my classmates were confronted with the words "YEAH, YOU WISH!"
• I'm going as the grumpy old guy who stays at home.
• I did a flasher costume in high school, also. But I wore no shirt, and flesh colored shorts. Out of the front of the shorts hung a nylon stocking stuffed with shirts. It hung to my knees. If you flash quick, people can't tell what they saw.
• The invisible man. I've got the suit, the fedora, the sunglasses and a large quantity of gauze. Unfortunately, I can't find any driving gloves, so I've had to replace them with even more gauze. The price we pay for Halloweenie-dom.
• dunno, probably nothing (hallowe'en isn't such a big deal here in oz), but I am going to a viking party soon... fur! beer! wenches!
• lol Mr. Knickbocker, I knew a guy who did something similar, he added softballs to his costume for added effect. I hide during hallowe'en. Turn off all the lights and wait til the kids stop hounding me for candy. Few times I've gone out to take pictures of kids in costumes but the parents these days are ultra paranoid and don't like it much.
• Big puja in the big meadow, when the signs are auspicious, when the monks come. The loaded truck is tarped and waiting. Our shovels have sharp edges. We crest waterless waves, we coast along, swaying with the currents of Tibetan time, lacking timepieces. It happens when it happens. One with the rounds of the earth and heavens one with the slow unfurling underbelly of grey cloud, the streaming mist and mizzle, the mountains ringing us, where cries of ducks and geese draw us in, ready us for long flights, wingflash with the sweeping tide, and everyone heading home.
• I have a kid block/yard party every year. It is a safe place for the kids to go and we all have lots of fun. It all started the Halloween after my youngest son was killed. My two oldest kids organized it as a tribute to their little brother. It was his favorite day of the year. It was a big hit, so I continued it every year after. I start getting calls and stopped in the stores as early as July, by kids and parents alike, to see if it is still on for Holloween. It has helped me heal, so I continue with all the scarey fun. This year I will be a ghost, not original, but fun. I glow under the blacklights, and can be seen from two blocks away.
• Holloween:Halloween
• The Crow- tight pleather pants, long sleeve tight lycra tee, long black coat, dyed black hair and the makeup. The only slight problem is that I'm your typical generic skinny guy, so I won't be managing the ripped to hell torso. Oh well.
• I'm torn between Ann Coulter and Minnie from Rosemary's Baby.
• Looove Halloween. Nowhere to go. Hard to find costume ideas for women that don't involve attempting to be sexy/pretty. So I live vicariously through making costumes for other, more photogenic folks. whee.
• beeza, if you want to take pictures of the kids, you should be handing out candy. They'll give you the biggest smiles for the best pictures that way. Plus it's a fair trade.
• My usual costume? Giant Dilbert Head. What the kids say: "French Fry!" And no, I don't know why. Crazy kids.
• I'm thinking Zombie Pimp or Zombie Swinger. Shirt unbuttoned 3 or 4 buttons, two-tone gold yin/yang pendant prominently displayed, pinky ring, martini glass, that kind of thing.
• Little Red Riding HO-micidal Maniac (you should see my scythe!)
• Adam
• The party I go to every year is themed (last year was Edgar Allen Poe), this year the theme is Your Worst Nightmare, and so I'm sewing spiders all over my clothing. Fake spiders, real ones would just squish...
• A few friends and I are going as the cast of stars from Match Game. We hope to be able to actually play a few rounds with other guests at the party we're going to.
• I'm doing a twist on Bjork's swan dress...
• I'm going as Papua New Guinea.
• I've gone as Princess Mononoke for the last two years, so I can't do that again. I was looking to trade costumes with someone, but that hasn't worked out. Maybe I will copy middleclasstool and be a zombie-ho. I certainly have the outfit for it. Thanks MCT! And if anyone if the San Francisco area is interested in a homemade Sen costume, let me know.
• a bee. possibly one of the astro killer bees if I get the felt for the number. last year: bridezilla. found a fabric dinosaur mask, fixed up a tiara and a veil. year before: adam ant. only one person knew who I was. several years prior: tinky winky.
• Homestarrunner or Mr. Clean.
• This year: Siouxsie Sioux. Last year: Tippi Hedren from The Birds. Next year: I want to dress in a serving girl/barmaid dress, add ears and a tail, and be ... a monkey wench!
• I'll be going as a nutso-yet-nice hermit in filthy pink long johns with kitties and the word 'purrrfection' on them. I'll top it off with a bright orange hunter's vest and a red-and-black checked wool hat with earflaps.