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Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
 
Medusa

I can't bring myself to do it ugly. I want to be pretty and feminine. I think I'll give all the men I meet the evil eye that day. [Evil]
 
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
 
Hmm...they'll all get stoned.

I think I'll go as the father of a newborn. He'll be dressed as a pumpkin.
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
Ketchup Princess chose all our costumes this year.

She is going to be Bert, HRH will be Ernie, KPC will be Cookie Monster, and I will be Oscar the Grouch.

Yeah, she's got us pegged.
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Alice - Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil.

My boyfriend is being my partner in zombie hunting. I wanted him to be a zombie, but he wasn't too keen on that.

-pH
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
I'll be... working? If I do find I have friends to go out with by then, I'm vaguely thinking of being Marty McFly. Though it's not really going with the trend I've had, last few years I've been Halloween (the holiday), Michael Jackson (in his heyday), and a ninja pirate...all realistic but slightly dark. So maybe I'll think of something else. Maybe Hatshepsut. *ponder*
 
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Bob_Scopatz:
Hmm...they'll all get stoned.

I think I'll go as the father of a newborn. He'll be dressed as a pumpkin.

What?!

Congratulations!
 
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
 
I'm going as my KOL character.
 
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
MightyCow: Won't it be difficult to get the stick-figure look down?
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
I'm going to be hurt. I still have my walking cast from when I broke my leg, and a Batman Cape from an amusement park. I'm taping a sign that says: Warning, cape does not enable wearer to fly. I'm still thinking about using my crutches.
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
Jeesh--I like.

Me, I'm going to be the Easter Bunny.
 
Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :
 
Well, I'm not sure what I'm going to be yet. I was thinking vampire, but I dunno.

My girlfriend, however, is playing on the fact that I became a witch in May and is going as my "familiar", a black cat.

[Smile]
 
Posted by pfresh85 (Member # 8085) on :
 
I'll be the poor college student staying at home. I think I'll have some candy for any kids who come by (although they rarely do).
 
Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :
 
I'll be Multitasking Mom - able to drive kids to sister's house so niece can take them trick-or-treating, visit hubby in the hospital after his knee-replacement surgery and still have time to go to work that evening. [Roll Eyes] I don't have a cape, though ... [Dont Know]
 
Posted by erosomniac (Member # 6834) on :
 
quote:
What Are You Going to Be for Halloween?
Drunk.
 
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
 
A Couch Potato
 
Posted by Swampjedi (Member # 7374) on :
 
Starfleet officer (Commander DS9/VGR).

Yeah, not very creative.
 
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
 
Chippendale's dancer, in the style of Chris Farley's SNL sketch (I weigh about 300 pounds).
 
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
 
If I can find a brown duster, I think I'll be captain Mal.
 
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
 
I've got two ideas:

1. Be one of the people in the new iPod commercials - dressed all in black, black-hairsprayed/dyed hair, face painted black - and get a cheap iPod coloured cover and put glow sticks in it, so I can swing it about all night.

2. "Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Showers" - Dress in blue, attach cotton balls in various cloud formations, and carry a squirt gun with which to shoot people randomly.

Any other creative ideas? I'm trying to top a bag of jelly beans (from last year).
 
Posted by Evie3217 (Member # 5426) on :
 
Carrie, those are some good ideas. Seriously, I'm incredibly impressed.

(And I may or may not be stealing one of your ideas [Wink] )
 
Posted by ElJay (Member # 6358) on :
 
Just be careful you don't shoot anyone in a way that will ruin their costume. (Make up runs, paper accessories, etc.) I'd be seriously annoyed if I put a lot of work into a costume and someone shot me with a squirtgun first thing at the party and I looked like crap for the rest of the evening.
 
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
 
I'm going to be a wench, my husband a pirate, and our one year old son a parrot.
 
Posted by NicholasStewart (Member # 9781) on :
 
I am looking for a hat that says, "This is my costume."
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Ok, there's some really awesome/clever ideas here, I feel lame [Smile]
 
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
 
I'm going to be the stressed out, overworked computer programmer on the brink of physical and mental collapse.

Saves me a ton of money on clothing, it's not a stretch, but I wish people would stop asking "so what are you supposed to be?"
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by divaesefani:
I'm going to be a wench, my husband a pirate, and our one year old son a parrot.

Is he one already? [Eek!] Time flies!
 
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
 
The Ghost of Doom!

OoooooOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOO!

Basically a long sheet of black velvet.
 
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
 
Lego's going to be Charlie Brown. I'm not sure if we're dressing up this year.
 
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
Me-Jadzia Dax
Matthew, 9- Spock
Olivia, 7- Dorothy
Andrew,4- Johnny Quest
 
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ElJay:
Just be careful you don't shoot anyone in a way that will ruin their costume. (Make up runs, paper accessories, etc.) I'd be seriously annoyed if I put a lot of work into a costume and someone shot me with a squirtgun first thing at the party and I looked like crap for the rest of the evening.

Oh, heavens, I wouldn't do that! I know how much time and effort costumes take. I'd aim for something more embarassing than messed-up makeup with my squirting, however... [Evil]
 
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
We are building a Bender costume. My best man, Jonesy, will be playing that part. I will be Fry, and Lindsay will be Leela.
 
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
 
I haven't even thought about it. I went all out last year, and I'm not sure what can top it. I also need to either friends and a party to go to so Matt can study for his comps that start the next week, or I need to steel myself to watch something scary.
 
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
 
I've been thinking about being Dim from A Clockwork Orange, but I can't find a good picture of just him and everyone would just think I did a bad job of dressing up as Alex. I'd also kinda like to do a couples costume w/ my lady friend, but most of the ideas we've come up with have been pretty lame. Hmm, maybe a she can be a corpse and I'll be a naughty mortician. I dunno, that just popped into my head, she probably wouldn't go for it.

I wonder how hard it would be to be Ralph from Space Balls? Anyone got any good ideas on how to work that out? Any character from that movie would be pretty cool.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
I've got my costume! Well, once I find the eyepatch. I'm gonna be Rooster Cogburn [Smile]

Now all I need is something to DO on Halloween.
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
I ordered my boyfriend's shirt. [Smile] Intramural zombie hunting team.

I'm crossing my fingers that it gets here by next Saturday, which is the big costume party down at Frenchman.

Edit: This is the shirt. He said I could put a black rinse in his hair. The only thing I'm concerned about is that the last time I used a rinse, it would drip all over the place at the smallest bit of moisture. Ideas?

-pH
 
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
 
quote:
The only thing I'm concerned about is that the last time I used a rinse, it would drip all over the place at the smallest bit of moisture.
Use the spray instead? Or spray with hairspray all over to help fix it? I think that's what my sisters used to do.
 
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
NicholasStewart - you could make one? Just get a basic cap and write, paint, sew, whatever onto it?
 
Posted by B34N (Member # 9597) on :
 
You can get one made at a lot of malls while you wait???
 
Posted by divaesefani (Member # 3763) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:
Originally posted by divaesefani:
I'm going to be a wench, my husband a pirate, and our one year old son a parrot.

Is he one already? [Eek!] Time flies!
Tell me about it, kq! Here's some pictures from his birthday party in August, if you're interested.

edited to fix the link!

[ October 21, 2006, 11:44 AM: Message edited by: divaesefani ]
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
What *great* pictures! [Smile]
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:
The only thing I'm concerned about is that the last time I used a rinse, it would drip all over the place at the smallest bit of moisture.
Use the spray instead? Or spray with hairspray all over to help fix it? I think that's what my sisters used to do.
I for some reason remember the spray smelling like...gasoline or something. Will the spray wash out for sure?

-pH
 
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
 
sidenote: divaesefani - A-dore-a-ble!!!!! I like the one of his face with the adult profile on the right. It's like he's seeing through the lens.
 
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
 
Nothing! :'( For the first time IN MY LIFE, I will not have a crazy, elaborate Halloween costume. That includes my wedding day, which was Halloween, and yes, I wore a totally sweet costume to the reception.

The reason why we're going costumeless is because we'll be spending Halloween at Knott's Scary Farm, and they don't allow guests to have costumes there, for fear of tripping and getting caught on roller coasters and all that good stuff. Alas. But we do get to shoot zombies with laser guns, so it's all good.

Anyway, a friend of mine who has extremely long hair did a pretty Medusa one year. It was amazing. She put tons of braids in her hair, then pushed wires into them, and bent the braids so they looked like writhing snakes. Then she put on one of her bellydancing costumes. It was TOO cool. You should totally go for a beautiful Medusa.
 
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Ben:
We are building a Bender costume. My best man, Jonesy, will be playing that part. I will be Fry, and Lindsay will be Leela.

You win Halloween.
 
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
 
I will be a happily drunk soccer mom for Halloween.
It is our eighth annual Drink-or-Treat Celebration. The kids trick-or-treat, and we carry along drinks in plastic coffee mugs.
 
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
 
I'm going to be a Quality Assurance Coordinator.


I know, it's not very cool, but I have to work. Since I'm working nights, I won't be home to give out candy either. And I don't leave it in a bowl by the door. Everyone knows the whole bowl just goes in the first kid's bag.
 
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
 
Carrie, I love "Partly Cloudy"!!!!

I think I'm going as a SmartiePants...
 
Posted by Jeesh (Member # 9163) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by andi330:
Everyone knows the whole bowl just goes in the first kid's bag.

Not unless a sign gives a specific amount.
 
Posted by andi330 (Member # 8572) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jeesh:
quote:
Originally posted by andi330:
Everyone knows the whole bowl just goes in the first kid's bag.

Not unless a sign gives a specific amount.
Maybe that's true for the kids whose parents go with them Jeesh, but get a few who are old enough to go on their own and it doesn't really matter if you leave a sign or not.
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
I'd like to be Eris with her golden apple, but I'll probably get sad when no one guesses who I am.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Hmm, if I saw someone with a golden apple, I'd think it was Atalanta (or, if a dude, Hippomanese or whatever his name is).
 
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
 
...hmm. Good point. Maybe I'll write "Kallisti" or "To the fairest" on it.

Then again, do I really want to carry around an apple all night?
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
This weekend I needed a quick costume. I have a long black leather trench coat, and a rumbled derby. I took a wad of fake cash that I had on hand and stuffed it in various pockets.

Then I went up to everyone at the party, shook hands, leaving some big bill in theirs, and said, "Hi, I'm Jack Abramhoff."
 
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
 
Someone teach me how to sew on a machine!

I need to do a little gathery kind of thing at the hip on one side of the dress (I just got it last night) and maybe adjust the neckline. And of course, I need to cut the asymmetrical hem.

-pH
 
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
I'm going as a punk version of myself - spike my hair all out and do it purple, black eye makeup, tattoo sleeves, black leather d-ring cuffs, spiked dog collar, extra fake ear/nose rings, black tshirt (modified and safety pinned), red tank top, black crop pants with straps and chains, black combat-style boots, red/black striped socks. [Smile]
 
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
 
Three words:


Giant. Whoopie. Cushion.
 
Posted by Allegra (Member # 6773) on :
 
Actually when I was a kid there was always candy left in those bowls left out on their own. I always only took a few even if I was without parents.
 
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
 
Aerin is going as a ladybug. Her costume is actually a ladybug tutu and I got her black tights with red, sparkly hearts. I'm going to get some kind of headgear for Andrew and myself.

We're visiting friends in Northern VA this weekend and their 4-year-old twins are going as knights.

Best last-minute costume: write "Idaho" on a piece of paper and tape it to your shirt.
 
Posted by AvidReader (Member # 6007) on :
 
Our office is doing Pirates vs Ninjas.

I'm going as Tenten from Naruto. I'll be practicing the ox horns (two buns hairstyle) this weekend to make sure I can do it.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by AvidReader:
Our office is doing Pirates vs Ninjas.

Last year I was a Ninja Pirate [Big Grin]
 
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by AvidReader:
[QB] Our office is doing Pirates vs Ninjas.


Will there be fighting with katanas and cutlasses?
 
Posted by Dobbie (Member # 3881) on :
 
I'm going as crazy egg-beater hand. I have an egg-beater for a hand. Did I mention that I'm crazy? Won't you give me some candy?
 
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
Last night we entered a costume contest with our Bender costume and won $100. I am more proud of that than anything else I've ever had a hand in building.
 
Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :
 
I went to a costume party on Friday dressed as a Catholic Schoolgirl. And St. Anthony and a priest were both there to keep me in line...

By far the best costume at the party however was Wesley from the Princess Bride. He even brought one of the ROUSs from the fire swamp, flashing red eyes and all.
 
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
 
So the costume we spent weeks on won first prize at a contest Saturday night. Hooray for Bender. Pictures here.

The guy in the Bender costume is Jonesy, my best man. Ophelia is Leela, and I am Fry (we didn't have orange hair dye)
 
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
 
Our little pumpkin
 
Posted by Mig (Member # 9284) on :
 
I was so impressed by the quality of the costumes worn by the trick or treaters in our neighborhood last night? I was reminded of costumes my brothers and I wore in the 70's. Anybody old enough to remember those plastic jump suit costumes with the character design printed on them. They had plastic masks with the little breathing slits and the eye holes you could barely see through. The masks got all sweaty (Holloween nights in Miami are often hot and muggy), and the suit always had a major tear by the end of the evening. The character design was usually an ad for a TV show or movie, think Six Million Dollar man or Planet of the Apes. What ever happened to those? Man, today's kids have it good.
 
Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :
 
quote:
Our little pumpkin
Awwww! Mine are past the age of pumpkins I'm afraid ... and I have a cute pumpkin costume that will never be used.

But, mine are pretty cute anyway.
 
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
 
Awwwwwwwwwwwww!!
 


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