Monday, October 31, 2005

In honor of the holiday (howl-iday?)

My top 7* Halloween costumes (in my opinion and in no particular order)

• a taco - I was like 7 or something, I won second place in a costume contest at Simon Bolivar Park in Lakewood, CA
• a pay phone - I was about 8 and the costume was better in theory than in practice, no one got it - I blame my mom, she designed it
• a Hare Krishna - my slutty high school friend, Jennifer and I decided to dress like those guys at the airport who give out flowers - she wore a bald head wig thing and I did my hair in a million little braids, we carried tambourines and wore salmon colored sheets (I got stuck with the fitted sheet, what a pain)
• a slutty nun - The year before, I had dressed up as a pregnant nun, no one found it half as funny as I did, they just thought I was a pregnant 17 year old who happened to be dressed up like a nun - the next year, I took the nun costume, cut it short, wore fishnets, combat boots, and dark lipstick and carried around handcuffs - oddly enough, I got a much better reception
• the Tooth Fairy - no one over the age of 8 got it - no, it wasn't annoying having to explain that all day
• Edward Scissorhands - white face makeup, messy hair (never a problem for me) and gloves with kid scissors sewn into them - and I lost the Halloween costume contest at work to an old lady dressed like a French maid
• Velma- I had a friend who dressed like Scooby Doo and a friend who dressed like Shaggy and I rocked the orange turtleneck, red skirt, orange knee socks, geeky glasses and freckles - before my friends got to work that day, I was mistaken for everyone from Mary Catherine Gallagher to Raggedy Ann (huh?)

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Why is it that after girls in horror movies get turned into vampires, they automatically start wearing leather bustiers and heavy eyeliner? Is sluttiness one of the side effects of vampirism?


* All I could come up with