Hallow's Eve

Halloween's coming up... tomorrow. I know we're not kids anymore, but I've never thought of dressing up as just for kids. I mean, c'mon-- it's not "socially acceptable" for me as a 23-year-old to go door-to-door and collect candy in a flowered pillowcase-- fine. But don't take away the last bastion of Halloween frivolity, the costume.

So. Whatcha gonna be?

When I started thinking about it, I knew I wanted to do something pop cultural and started Googling. Sarah Palin seems like a popular idea and is largely touted as an easy costume, but it's probably easier if you're a businesswoman who requires corrective lenses. I would have to go out and buy not only a pair of glasses but a skirt suit. I'm 23 and trying to break into the creative industry-- I've never even seen a skirt suit. So that's out. And anyway, if I were to dress as Palin, I would probably insist on being Tiny Fey-as-Palin, and that's where it just gets confusing.

I was unsuccessfully Amy Winehouse last year. Come to think of it, in the same way Palin would be an easy costume for a businesswoman to throw together, Ms. Winehouse was a really easy one for me to throw together-- I already owned a pair of contrasting wifebeaters, denim mini-skirt, leggings, messy hair and dark eyeliner. Track marks not included. In any case, the costume didn't work out so well (I was less "hot mess" and more "mess") and that's why those pictures will remain far from the internet.

My favorite pop culture Halloween costume ideas come from Doug. You remember Doug. Well, there was a costume party (a masquerade ball? No! It was something with the word "incognito" in the title, because I remember asking one of my parents what "incognito" meant and they said "I don't know"), and I think Doug was a pencil. There was a banana wandering around somewhere. My personal favorite was a girl dressed as a frosted doughnut, complete with a hole through the middle.

I've seen Quail Man done well as a costume, and that's pretty easy to put together-- a brown belt, green sweatervest, white shirt, khaki shorts, red makeshift cape and most importantly, tighty-whities worn on the outside. And come to think of it, Judy Funnie, Doug's sister, would make an easy yet somewhat recognizable girl costume.



In any case, I'll be traipsing around downtown tomorrow night decked out as Kelly Kapowski, of Saved By The Bell fame. Pictures to follow.