Happy Halloween!

(from "The Office")

Ryan: You look amazing.

Kelly: Inappropriate—thank you. Who are you, Larry King?

Ryan: Gordon Gekko.

Kelly: Oh, from the insurance commercials!

Another Halloween where only a handful of people knew who we were, but those that did loved our costume.  I came up with the idea the night of Tuesday, October 23rd, but Brian did not commit to it until late Wednesday night, so in our usual rushed fashion, we had only a couple days to complete the costumes before donning them Saturday night.  Even though the costumes were technically easier to make than last year's, it was still a bit of a nightmare of using permanent fabric markers (these were waterproof and didn't run which was key since there was a chance of rain on Saturday), because it took a LONG time to color each of the sections using markers that from the get-go seemed to be running low on ink and refused to saturate the shirts with color.

    

   

 

   

  

   

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Happy Halloween!

These were by far our most ambitious costumes yet...

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Happy Halloween!

"What defines a nerd? Committing to an awesome Halloween costume
with your best friend? Is that what nerds do?" - Abed, Community

Saturday, October 30, 2010

It's that time of year again!

Distracted by moving and settling in, we really gave no thought to what our Halloween costumes would be this year...but I refused to go this Halloween without one. Knowing that the day would soon be upon us, I did some brainstorming and came up with these ideas:

Tron
Hit Girl / Kick-Ass
Community mascots

But with less than a week before Halloween, there was no time to make these costumes work (and we both aren't in the best of shapes for those body-hugging ones - damn, those Tron costumes would have been pretty awesome...)

Tuesday night (10/26) rolls around, and as I'm searching movies we've seen this year, I stumble upon Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.



Seeing as how colorful the characters were in the movie, I thought, yes! we could pull this off...so after lots of online searching and express shipping, we turn into

Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers







(it wasn't until after committing to the costume that I found out that there were a zillion Ramona Flowers at the NY Comic Con not too long ago...oh well)

Brian would have been spot on with his clothes if it weren't for my quick buying skills (or lack thereof) on Amazon, not realizing until it was too late that the green Smashing Pumpkins t-shirt automatically got shipped to our old address in West Hartford - DOH!!!! With his Death Cab for Cutie tee as a backup, Brian and I fruitlessly strolled around St. Marks on Friday (10/29) to hopefully find something close. I was saddened to see that one of the larger vintage stores I went to just a mere 9-10 years earlier was no longer there, replaced by "retail space available" and/or a new restaurant (hard to tell exactly where it used to be with all the new changes). I myself forewent with the green gloves (even though I saw them at St. Mark's) and opted for the blue ones I bought just minutes before.

to be continued...

Happy Halloween! Part 2

"I hate when women use Halloween as an excuse to dress like sluts." - Britta, Community

This night could have been tons of fun - Halloween on a Saturday night!! Practically everyone in costume - awesome! BUT we could have done without the pouring rain during the parade, that plus the throngs of people... Probably could have done without the 5+ miles of walking either... [insert map, if available] but on the bright side, at least it wasn't cold!



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Happy Halloween! Part 1

"Guys, we can’t give up on Halloween! It’s a magical night where women dress slutty and drink too much. Where we can hide our bodies in bulky costumes. We’ve got to keep trying!"
- Frank, 30 Rock

Being one of our favorite movies we've seen this year (it really exceeded my expectations), we decided to be characters from the movie:





Of course, as it always ends up, not so many people could appreciate our costumes or how they were related since many hadn't seen the movie. Brian was just another cowboy, and I was just another scary clown. But other than the restraints my costume provided, I really enjoyed being a clown zombie.

I've grown to love the task of making our own costumes for Halloween, even with our troublesome sewing machine (if ours actually worked properly, it would save me SO much time...plus the outfits wouldn't have questionable seams that may rip open at any moment). And this year I made my shirt and pants. Brian made the yellow "buttons", and all the other accessories you could buy at a store or online. Brian had to convince me to use the fabric (called Monkey Love Dots) I eventually used for the shirt, and I'm glad I did, since it worked out so well.

My makeup was better the first night, as I had more time to work on it, but I wore the teeth more on the second night...



Friday, October 30th 2009:

Whalers, Punishers, Young Guns, Blazing Paddles, Screaming Monkies, HS United, Fantasy Footballers, & Friends,

You are invited to a Halloween Party on Friday, October 30th, 6:30 PM at Woods Manor.

Of course, the usual activities will be available: beer pong, darts, foosball, air hockey, pool, flip cup, etc. However, as this is a Halloween party, the following is also in order:

1) COSTUME CONTEST

Awards will be given out for:
- Scariest
- Funniest
- Prettiest
- Most Original

2) TRICK OR TREAT FEAR FACTOR

How many worms can you eat with no hands in 60 seconds? Can you identify the mystery food? Will you eat… that?

Plus more!

What to bring:
- Costume (mandatory)
- BYOB – Of course, I’ll also have many complimentary Halloween brews available.
- A Fear Factor food (optional) if you’d like to help out


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Happy Halloween! [the movies]

Friday, October 30th 2009:






Saturday, October 31st 2009:

Happy Halloween!

Yay!

A heroes/villains Halloween party, hosted by Rhea:

"Time to see who will be triumphant, good or evil. Come celebrate Halloween in your best heroes or villains outfit to find out at Transylvaniakers (also known as MAkers' house). We'll be partying all night long so take a caffeine pill and bring a trick or a treat."

Our original idea for our costumes got nixed by the writers of Heroes (we were going to be Hiro and Adam Monroe, but just two weeks out, they killed Adam - sorry for the spoiler, but you should be watching the show every week anyways). So, we went as these characters instead (my haircut worked out pretty well):







More photos are online here: Halloween 2008

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Trick or treat!