Slog - Comments on Costume Mania http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania My husband and no doubt countless of you are still in need of a great Halloween costume. I'll trade you four of my easiest ideas for one of yours... Bird Nut: Take an old jacket or sweatshirt and spill white and gray paint down the shoulders and arms to resemble bird crap. Get various fake birds from the craft store and staple them to the shoulders of the jacket. Save one to wire to a headband or hat. Wear mismatched layers and put binoculars around your neck. Fill your pockets with birdseed and sprinkle some in your hair. Talk to... Copyright 2008 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:58:06 -0800 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:05:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Am I the only one getting Internal Server Error 500 on this and every other Blogspot blog?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482125 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:49:23 -0800 Comment by Levislade My friend came up with a good one a while ago: Wrap a white cloth around your head (top of head to jaw), tie it with a big knot on the top, and go as "guy (or gal) with a toothache."

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482132 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:56:09 -0800 Comment by charles fnarf: nope. pagers are beeping up a storm in a data center somewhere, that is for sure.

]]> charles http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482135 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482135 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:02:02 -0800 Comment by John Duffell I was thinking of dressing up as the protagonist from the wonderful children's book "Caps For Sale." Any hangers-on can dress as monkeys.

]]> John Duffell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482141 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482141 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:07:20 -0800 Comment by J Of course everybody wants to look like Savage but Blogger was down for an hour's maintenance. They're back now. Download! Download!

]]> J http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482159 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:31:17 -0800 Comment by Gloria I loved "Caps for Sale."

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482161 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:33:11 -0800 Comment by Nay One year a friend of mine found a few large black trash bags and attached bits and pieces of garbage (real and fake - clean, of course) to them. She made a trash can lid out of a large round of card board and tin foiled the shape of a lid around that.

You could also build upon this to be Oscar....

Or you could die a bunch of mops blue in the tub and then carry around a tube of tollhouse dough.

]]> Nay http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482168 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:45:53 -0800 Comment by konstantconsumer i'm going as a republican. pleated and cuffed khaki pants, a blue blazer with brass buttons, and ugly tie, button down, and tassled loafers. i stole a GWB button from a co-worker. i was thinking of getting a Bible and hollowing out a spot for my flask, but that seems a little sacraligious, even for me.

]]> konstantconsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482169 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482169 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:46:56 -0800 Comment by Yeti Here's one that requires little forethought or expense. Obtain a box of cereal and a hammer and you can be a "Serial Killer"! Yes, people will just look at you shake their heads all night, but hey, it's easy...

]]> Yeti http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482188 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 16:47:01 -0800 Comment by costume
I was at a party ten years ago that had:

1. A guy in a black outfit with tiny rubber chickens attached to him (chick magnet)

2. Guy who wore all black with a sign around his neck that changed throughout the night (stage hand, shadow, Neo, burgler, et) He even had a Sharpie attached to the sign so people could add more.

3. Some guys dressed up as the Operation game, complete with light-up nose.

4. guy with scrubs with a bloody spoon in the pocket: bad surgeon

I went as a librarian.

]]> costume http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482201 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:13:22 -0800 Comment by James27 Black Sports coat, striped botton down shirt, glasses, silver your hair,and you ARE Tim Gunn!

"Make it work, Bitches."

]]> James27 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482206 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:24:04 -0800 Comment by Joe Went to a Wahrol party at Seattle Center years ago where they had 'The Incredibel Edible Man'. He was covered with fresh fruit and you were allowed to eat any piece you wanted until he was nekked. Sort of. He was wearing bikini underwear underneath. It was Seattle after all. So I was thinking, with that Dan Savage mask and some fruit.....

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482221 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:46:41 -0800 Comment by you_gotta_be_kidding_me Put on a slip with Freud written across it (cut out felt letters and stitch them on), you’re a Freudian slip!

]]> you_gotta_be_kidding_me http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482254 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:47:07 -0800 Comment by him But is that a SEXY Bird Nut outfit?

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482281 Life Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:59:51 -0800 Comment by monkey khaki pants, pastel or bright colored (cheap) polo shirt, mascara and dark hair, carry around a doll with curly blonde hair... John Michael Karr (if you are a couple then one can dress as JonBenet, yes this is a repeat from another thread BUT IT'S A DAMN GOOD IDEA)

I'm going as Steve Irwin. No one try to copy me or I'll cut you bitches. CRIKEY!

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482405 Life Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:24:18 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I'm going as a stingray. I hope we're at the same party, Monkey.

I was going to wrap my entire lower extremities in duct tape and go as a Sexy Mermaid, and just flop around on the floor all night, gasping for bourbon, but now that I know Irwin's out there I changed my mind.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482439 Life Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:04:00 -0800 Comment by bill Going dressed as a Savage is not unprecedented: four or five years ago, twelve or thirteen of my regular customers at my bar gig, theatre students one and all, came in as me. Cubs hat, jeans, beer t-shirt, beards, towel in back pocket, flashlight. Scared the living shit out of everyone else all night as they aggressively carded anyone coming in the door. They called it "Billoween." In the photos, it's actually hard to pick me out.

]]> bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482449 Life Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:17:05 -0800 Comment by brandon Some of these aren't bad..

http://nymag.com/guides/halloween/articles/dresslikeaceleb/

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482561 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c482561 Life Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:41:03 -0800 Comment by Nicolas Trammell A musical about the witches from The Wizard of Oz breaks West End box office records, its producers say...

]]> Nicolas Trammell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c493508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/costume_mania#c493508 Life Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:05:33 -0800