Halloween Costumes

[mizarchivist]

So, I'm certain whatever I do on Saturday will involve a costume, and I'm remarkably blaise thus far.
In the hopes I come up with a clever idea, I ask you, the audience:
1. are you dressing up?
2. If yes, as what?
3. Do you have any realistic ideas for me considering I'm limited in time and money and prefer something that's street-legal.

Thoughts I've had thus far is: Wash, Harry Potter, and the old reliable psychedelic hallucination(thought up in college- extrapolate as you will). This involves temporary hair dye, a trip to get the wildest set of tights ever (maybe 2 sets), and possibly body paint.
edit: Ok, probably going w/ Hallucination because I already have all the bits- except for the tights. Has anyone seen any swirly colorful representations? I've looked at Super Socks in Downtown Crossing and the temporary Halloween shop in Davis w/ no love. My backup plan is to paint some plain ones, but that sounds like *work*.

Comments

[sweetmmeblue.livejournal.com]

I loved your Sally costume

[rhysara.livejournal.com]

I am going with my typical Hogwarts student costume (slytherin of course).

[awfief.livejournal.com]

Let's see....togas are usually really easy, but not warm.

http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm has a scarecrow that you could do -- oversized flannel shirt, blue jeans [or overalls!], stuffing.

I like their Miss America costume too -- take any formal gown, get a wide ribbon [or paper] sash that says "Miss America" on it. Tiara, too, but hey.

Their black-eyed P is cute, especially because the band is popular now.
or this one: http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=11279



Also, if you have all black, I have a spider-y long thing I got at a FFF that might work. it's a spider-web mesh, with long sleeves, no tie, and it goes to about my knees, I think.

I also have an Indian top and bottom, kinda like a belly dancer costume without the jangles. That'd be cold for going outside, since it's a halter or similar-length spaghetti-strap top, and a skirt above the knees.

You're welcome to borrow any of those.

[beowabbit]

... I'm remarkably blaise thus far.

I think a 17th-century French mathematician is an excellent costume!

[mizarchivist]

I think that's brilliant, if only I had the garb for it- I'd have to do the thing correctly, afterall with ruffs and farthingales. :)

[drwex]

I was going to make a pun along these lines, but thinking of it as a pun costume might work. If you had the right garb, yet lounged around in some obvious half-done state projecting an "i don't care" attitude, the blaise/blase' pun might work.

One of my best costumes ever was a duo I did with my first wife. We dressed in our most geekish con-gear - buttons, fen T shirts, carrying stacks of sf books and pocket programs and generally nerded up to the extreme. Whenever anyone asked what our costume was, we would kiss vociferously because we were...




osculating fans

[mizarchivist]

Isn't there a law about puns that bad?
That's right up there with EvilA. wearing his SCA armor and rigged a pair of 2 liter bottles (a la beer bong) to his helmet. He was a Teutonic (2 tonic) knight.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Given the weather, I'm probably going to choose the Jedi costume over the Classic-Trek chick one - the Jedi one's a lot warmer!

[mizarchivist]

Hah! I thought Jedi would be more ass-kicky anyway :) Get along with your bad self, young Padawan.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

w00t!

[caulay.livejournal.com]

As for dressing up, not really decided. If so, probably as my "pseudo-ren. faire guy".

Sorry, no real suggestions for you, though I like the thought that comes to mind for your "Psychedelic Hallucination" (I mean really, it involves you in tights and body paint, what's not to like?).

[weegoddess.livejournal.com]

I don't have any ideas for you but I would LOVE to cross paths with out whilst party-hopping. I'm getting my hugs ready...for YOU. ;-)

[mizarchivist]

I have a feeling we're not going to the same places, but seeing each other sometime soon- this is a good thing!

[milknut.livejournal.com]

I'm having the same dilemma. I want to dress up for work that day, but everything I have that's fun to wear is rather inappropriate for the work place. I really really wanna wear my big black boots though! Gotta put something together that'll work with them without totally blowing my cover as a mild mannered massage therapy instructor.

[samuraizergling.livejournal.com]

Blah. Turns out I have to work Saturday Night, so no costumes for me.

SZ

[arc-stormcrow.livejournal.com]

Wash's costume is easy enough to do - just takes bad Hawaiian shirt, and a couple of plastic dinosaurs. ::grins::

For the hallucination - going to have a goldfish on a leash? ;)

[mizarchivist]

(wash's costume): Yes, dear. I've got hawaiian shirts covered with avengence, however still missing some key elements that would accentuate the Wash-ness.

... goldfish on a leash? Excellent idea. purple_terror suggested that instead of body paint and whatnot, that I should just hand out acid when people asked what I was supposed to me and my response would be to say "eat this and you'll see in 45 minutes"- Snarf!

[arc-stormcrow.livejournal.com]

> however still missing some key elements that would
> accentuate the Wash-ness.

Any hints, since that's what I'm planning on doing? Other than, say, bleaching my hair and finding someone to play Zoe? ;)

[mizarchivist]

Yeah, the hair thing is an issue. I don't want to bleach mine. I was going to get one of those army caps he wears in the pilot and the vesty thing that is somewhat flyboyish. One trip to Army Navy would settle that nicely.

If you convince Gina Torres to hang out with you all night I'll have to kill you in a fit of jealous rage- just sayin'.

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

The Borghal Rantipole! *glee*