November 4, 2008 : Not A Good Time To Have Six Fingers On Your Right Hand
My concern for coming up with a Halloween costume this year was detailed in a previous post. I figured I would share this year’s final product (in case anyone was interested):
I, of course, was Inigo Montoya – the Spanish swordsman from The Princess Bride. As I have done the last few years, this costume was done in cooperation with other people – which made the Princess Bride theme stand out that much more.
A decent amount of people recognized us – however Wesley (aka The Dread Pirate Roberts) was often confused for Zorro. A somewhat understandable mistake…until people saw me next to him as well as his blond mustache.
Speaking of which, one thing that was a huge pain was the mustache. Applying the glue and ensuring it stayed on throughout the night was no easy task – it makes wearing a wig a walk in the park. I have a feeling that I will try to steer clear of them with future costumes.
posted by Pi Visuals at 2:13 pm
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August 20, 2008 : Nothing. Nothing? Nothing!
Halloween is a great time. It allows people who are truly into the holiday to be really creative – it also allows women an excuse to dress up rather scantily (Jim Gaffigan’s bit on this is funny).
With this wonderful excuse to play dress up on the horizon, a brief recap of the past few costumes is in order. It should be noted that a wedding in 2006 preempted any sort of Halloween plans that year – the wedding was a blast, though.
2004 – Spike Spiegel. The always cool main character from Cowboy Bebop (still my favorite anime series).
How many people can say they have a picture of Spike, Samurai Jack, and Chas Tenenbaum all in one glorious shot? Not many…there’s probably a reason for that, though.
This one was a blast to do, and as expected, very few people recognized the costume. Had I found somebody dressed up as Faye Valentine, I am sure I would have proposed on the spot (yes, Spike and Faye weren’t together…but dressing up as Julia would have been even more obscure and unrecognizable than Spike).
In addition to the outfit, the costume also required green hair. Not one to half-ass it, I went all out:
It should be pointed out that this was done with semi-permanent hair dye. Traces of the color remained for well over a week. Don’t think people at the office didn’t stare.
2005 – Hansel. The up-and-coming male model displacing Derek Zoolander.
While not in the picture, a scooter was present during the night – which was definitely the icing for the costume. Most people actually got this costume. It didn’t hurt that Zoolander was hanging out next to me for the bulk of the night.
Needless to say, many people repeatedly said, “that Hansel…he’s so hot right now.†The number of times somebody said it and how badly the line was butchered was directly proportional to the amount of alcohol consumed.
And no…unfortunately there was no walk-off that night. Definitely a regret of Hansel’s and Zoolander’s.
2006
As previously mentioned, a wedding trumped any Halloween plans in 2006. In fact, I had three weddings alone in the month of October that year. Oh well – all were a blast.
2007 – Hank Venture. One of the titular brothers in the hit show, Venture Bros.
This pose was duplicated many of times during the night – and always accompanied with the “Go Team Venture!†catchphrase. Even with the Venture Bros being chaperoned by Dr. Girlfriend, few people got the costume. Again, not much of a surprise since it is a show on basic cable.
In case you were wondering, SpongeBob SquarePants watches were sported in lieu of the Venture Communicators. FYI, the title of this post was a reference to an episode of Venture Bros.
While it is always fun to review Halloweens of year’s past, this exercise did have a point. All of these costumes required a decent amount of work, creativity, and most importantly, planning.
Each one was unique. Not trendy or cliché or overdone. Therefore it requires a decent amount of thought; and even though Halloween is two months away, by now a few ideas should have already been brainstormed. Unfortunately, I am drawing a blank. With nothing currently in mind right now, things look grim for the Halloween O’ 2008.
posted by Pi Visuals at 11:43 am
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