All Hallows Eve! What's it going to be this year?

Cicero · 10-09-2007, 01:46 PM

I'm in the spirit for it this year! I'll also be celebrating dios de los muertes. I'm going to get a pumpkin after work today and carve Lj's face in it. Did I say that out loud?

(Jim O' Lantern)
Anyway....I think I'm going as this, this year:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...&ct=image&cd=2

That is Debbie from Sealab.
"So?"
"So shut up."
This is going to be really easy for me.......
My husband is going as Sparks.
What are your plans?!?

skysidhe · 10-09-2007, 04:02 PM

I don't know. I was thinking a female pirate costume would be really fun. Now I just need the time. Working two jobs dosn't leave me much time to do anything but sleep. I do have a few decorations up. They are mostly autumn themed.

Mockingbird · 10-09-2007, 04:43 PM

I'm going as the pope. Also, I'm going to be stoned. It should be fun.

jester · 10-09-2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mockingbird

Also, I'm going to be stoned. It should be fun.

Stoned, as in the "Weed" thread or as in "Rocks"

Cicero · 10-10-2007, 02:14 PM

http://www.adultswim.com/shows/sealab/

How in the hell am I going to get a bright orange suit like this?

glatt · 10-10-2007, 02:33 PM

Get a disposable tyvek painter's coveralls suit from Home Depot, and a can of orange spray paint. $15 bucks total for both.

Edit: Use a stapler if you want to make it more fitted. They are often one size fits all.

DanaC · 10-11-2007, 05:09 AM

I am guessing I will be either a) at a meeting, or b) at home watching telly with a bowl of sweets and mini-choc bars ready near the door, for when the two or three straggling groups of kids come knocking (one of which will contain my two nieces).

glatt · 10-11-2007, 11:09 AM

Anyone else notice a miserable and expensive crop of pumpkins this year? We've had a drought in this area, and the pumpkins are $7 or so for a little one.

Cicero · 10-11-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

Get a disposable tyvek painter's coveralls suit from Home Depot, and a can of orange spray paint. $15 bucks total for both.

Edit: Use a stapler if you want to make it more fitted. They are often one size fits all.

Hmm....this sounds just like something I would do. Which is why I'm not going to do it. lol!! Not only are people not going to get it....I'll look stinking awful. This costume idea has become a bust.
Because.......
I am the queen of horrible home-made costumes. One year I put black ink on a white tee shirt and went as the ink blot test.(yeah...people finally got it but still thought it was dumb) I also went as the boogie-man another year because no one knows what he looks like. I am trying to avoid the wtf comments....I need to go pro. So I'm giving up on the Sealab idea. I am completely unable to find an entirely orange scuba suit or wet suit on the internet.....All my other ideas are just about as impossible to carry off. I also want a Pink Panther suit.

So it's back to square one. Maybe I'll just give in and go to the party city outfitters....I don't know what I'm going to do....

glatt · 10-11-2007, 11:57 AM

Years ago, my wife and I went as the girl's room and the boy's room, respectively. Used some of that one line redacting tape to make a grid of 4 inch tiles on a couple white T shirts. Then spray painted one light blue and the other one light pink. Removed the tape, and it really looked like tiles. Then we got out a couple different colored sharpies, and started writing graffiti on the "walls." All of mine was genuine graffiti I remembered from all the boys rooms growing up. Based on my wife's graffiti, girls' rooms don't have the raunchy stuff boys rooms do. It was easy, and people had a fun time reading the graffiti on our shirts. Good conversation item.

Cicero · 10-11-2007, 12:19 PM

Glatt? What in god's name made you want to show up at a party as a bathroom?!? lol!!
Say, where's the bathroom? (Everyone looks at Glatt and his wife)

I think I would have tried to sign your shirt without your permission....

Yea....still sounds like something I would do. Well I think it's funny anyway...

wolf · 10-11-2007, 02:09 PM

I have a full pirate outfit.

I have a variety of renfaire costumery.

I have a delightful set of urban camo. "What are you supposed to be?" I'm a bush."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a shadow on the side of a building."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a dumpster."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a pile of boxes and bags next to an Armenian fruit vendor's stall on Pasayunk Avenue."

Instead, because Halloween is a weeknight, I will be wearing a baseball cap with the word "WITCH" embroidered on it. Wearing costumes at the nuthouse is not generally considered a good idea, although dayshift staff have been doing this over the last couple of years.

skysidhe · 10-11-2007, 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanaC

I am guessing I will be either a) at a meeting, or b) at home watching telly with a bowl of sweets and mini-choc bars ready near the door, for when the two or three straggling groups of kids come knocking (one of which will contain my two nieces).

My night might NOT be too far off from this IF I don't end up working too much that day.

At least I will be up for something by 8pm. A haunted house? Bloody people screeming at me? nah

Also, I am kinda wondering how much candy to buy. hum

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

I have a full pirate outfit.

I have a variety of renfaire costumery.

I have a delightful set of urban camo. "What are you supposed to be?" I'm a bush."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a shadow on the side of a building."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a dumpster."

"What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a pile of boxes and bags next to an Armenian fruit vendor's stall on Pasayunk Avenue."

Instead, because Halloween is a weeknight, I will be wearing a baseball cap with the word "WITCH" embroidered on it. Wearing costumes at the nuthouse is not generally considered a good idea, although dayshift staff have been doing this over the last couple of years.

I like the baseball cap idea but I am a little jealous of your pirate outfit.

Sundae · 10-11-2007, 04:01 PM

Just realised I am going to be here on my own.
As this is a very friendly street, and all the children from the area play together I have no doubt I'll be hit.

Good job I realised in time - I'll get a couple of bags of funsize bars in with next week's shop. I could hide in my room (back of the house) but that seems unfair. Cheaper than the £10 I was originally planning to spend on myself anyway

TheMercenary · 10-11-2007, 05:03 PM

Do they celebrate it differently in the UK or Down Under?

10-09-2007, 01:46 PM	#1
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	All Hallows Eve! What's it going to be this year? I'm in the spirit for it this year! I'll also be celebrating dios de los muertes. I'm going to get a pumpkin after work today and carve Lj's face in it. Did I say that out loud? (Jim O' Lantern) Anyway....I think I'm going as this, this year: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...&ct=image&cd=2 That is Debbie from Sealab. "So?" "So shut up." This is going to be really easy for me....... My husband is going as Sparks. What are your plans?!? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung Last edited by Cicero; 10-09-2007 at 02:58 PM.

10-09-2007, 04:43 PM	#3
Mockingbird Master of hand to mouth living Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Tulsa, Okla Posts: 189	I'm going as the pope. Also, I'm going to be stoned. It should be fun. __________________ When you're low it's either wave that flag or stand there empty-handed. -- Achewood

10-10-2007, 02:14 PM	#5
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	http://www.adultswim.com/shows/sealab/ How in the hell am I going to get a bright orange suit like this? __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-11-2007, 12:19 PM	#11
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Glatt? What in god's name made you want to show up at a party as a bathroom?!? lol!! Say, where's the bathroom? (Everyone looks at Glatt and his wife) I think I would have tried to sign your shirt without your permission.... Yea....still sounds like something I would do. Well I think it's funny anyway... __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

10-11-2007, 02:09 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I have a full pirate outfit. I have a variety of renfaire costumery. I have a delightful set of urban camo. "What are you supposed to be?" I'm a bush." "What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a shadow on the side of a building." "What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a dumpster." "What are you supposed to be?" "I'm a pile of boxes and bags next to an Armenian fruit vendor's stall on Pasayunk Avenue." Instead, because Halloween is a weeknight, I will be wearing a baseball cap with the word "WITCH" embroidered on it. Wearing costumes at the nuthouse is not generally considered a good idea, although dayshift staff have been doing this over the last couple of years. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-09-2007, 04:02 PM	#2
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I don't know. I was thinking a female pirate costume would be really fun. Now I just need the time. Working two jobs dosn't leave me much time to do anything but sleep. I do have a few decorations up. They are mostly autumn themed.

10-10-2007, 02:33 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Get a disposable tyvek painter's coveralls suit from Home Depot, and a can of orange spray paint. $15 bucks total for both. Edit: Use a stapler if you want to make it more fitted. They are often one size fits all.

10-11-2007, 05:09 AM	#7
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I am guessing I will be either a) at a meeting, or b) at home watching telly with a bowl of sweets and mini-choc bars ready near the door, for when the two or three straggling groups of kids come knocking (one of which will contain my two nieces).

10-11-2007, 11:09 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Anyone else notice a miserable and expensive crop of pumpkins this year? We've had a drought in this area, and the pumpkins are $7 or so for a little one.

10-11-2007, 11:57 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Years ago, my wife and I went as the girl's room and the boy's room, respectively. Used some of that one line redacting tape to make a grid of 4 inch tiles on a couple white T shirts. Then spray painted one light blue and the other one light pink. Removed the tape, and it really looked like tiles. Then we got out a couple different colored sharpies, and started writing graffiti on the "walls." All of mine was genuine graffiti I remembered from all the boys rooms growing up. Based on my wife's graffiti, girls' rooms don't have the raunchy stuff boys rooms do. It was easy, and people had a fun time reading the graffiti on our shirts. Good conversation item.

10-11-2007, 04:01 PM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Just realised I am going to be here on my own. As this is a very friendly street, and all the children from the area play together I have no doubt I'll be hit. Good job I realised in time - I'll get a couple of bags of funsize bars in with next week's shop. I could hide in my room (back of the house) but that seems unfair. Cheaper than the £10 I was originally planning to spend on myself anyway __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-11-2007, 05:03 PM	#15
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Do they celebrate it differently in the UK or Down Under? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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