It's Never Too Early For Hallowe'en
I want to go as a duo/set/pair/team for Halloween with my girlfriend Gina. We want to avoid costumes that are:
- Scary
- Slutty
- Male
We would like to:
- utilize the fact she's a redhead and I'm auburn/brunette
- employ props or a gimmick
- not have to do lots of sewing
- be creative and/or humorous
Surveying our friends and random people at a bar tonight, we came up with:
- Queen Elizabeth & Mary, Queen of Scots (imagine us running around trying to kill each other all night)
- Betty & Wilma (this could fall into the trap of being too slutty, which we have no need of doing, although it works with our hair colors)
- Arwen & Eowyn (very, very cool for those nerds out there who need no explanation)
- Princesses from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (fun, but no one would know who we are, unless we have a Bill and a Ted. Volunteers?)
- Siamese twins (kind of gross, and I've already done the whole being-a-twin thing)
- Nyad & Dryad (I was a Neriad the year before last, and Gina could easily be a Dryad, Hamadryad, or Meliai)
- Two people in a canoe (I saw this last year and it was great, except it would be hard to walk around like that the whole weekend)
Labels: Chicago
7 Comments:
Oooh, this might slightly break your rule of being male for the evening, but you could go as the avengers. Take a peek.
I volunteer to be totally excellent.
I'm listening to the soundtrack from "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and have changed my icon to an animated one showing them doing air guitars.
Can you tell what I'm leaning towards?
Here's something not terribly practical: if you have a blonde friend, you could all go as the seventies' most popular color combination -- yellow, orange and brown.
Kind of obscure, though. It might help if you all dressed in shag. And talked into CBs.
I've never been too good with Halloween.
Okay, one more:
Could you both go as the same person? I don't mean somebody famous. Just go out together and claim to have the same name, occupation and background. And don't claim the other one is an impostor -- just act like one person. When someone addresses one of you, the other should respond while the first nods in casual agreement.
Halloween is all about scaring people.
Kurt, I hope you've read the updated post I put up about going as the cast of 'Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure.' We're in need of a Rufus...
Theresa, thank you for the sweet invitation to your cool shindig. But it's a miracle if I ever make it into the city of Chicago, let alone make it into Chicago in costume.
I might think about doing Lincoln -- Lord knows I'm old enough and I speak slowly enough. (A tall hat would sure help too). But I know myself too well to say "Yes! I'll be there." The best chances of me being that organized are around 10%. But someday I will get to Chicago. This I swear.
Rory, congratulations on your promotion to Bill!
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