Wednesday, September 20

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:
  1. Scary
  2. Slutty
  3. Male

We would like to:
  1. utilize the fact she's a redhead and I'm auburn/brunette
  2. employ props or a gimmick
  3. not have to do lots of sewing
  4. be creative and/or humorous

Surveying our friends and random people at a bar tonight, we came up with:
  1. Queen Elizabeth & Mary, Queen of Scots (imagine us running around trying to kill each other all night)
  2. 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)
  3. Arwen & Eowyn (very, very cool for those nerds out there who need no explanation)
  4. 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?)
  5. Siamese twins (kind of gross, and I've already done the whole being-a-twin thing)
  6. Nyad & Dryad (I was a Neriad the year before last, and Gina could easily be a Dryad, Hamadryad, or Meliai)
  7. 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)
There are some ideas here, but they mostly suck and are for male/female or male/male pairs (illustrating our inherent bias against female/female couples!). That's why I'm hoping you, dear readers, will come up with clever suggestions, be it literary, musical, cinematic, or just plain ol' creative. I know there are some clever people out there, so please: have at it!

Halloween 2005
Look closely: it's a wedding cake!

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7 Comments:

At September 22, 2006 1:33 PM, Blogger M. Gants v4.0 said...

Oooh, this might slightly break your rule of being male for the evening, but you could go as the avengers. Take a peek.

 
At September 22, 2006 2:40 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I volunteer to be totally excellent.

 
At September 22, 2006 6:51 PM, Blogger Theresa said...

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?

 
At September 28, 2006 9:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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.

 
At September 28, 2006 9:29 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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.

 
At September 30, 2006 4:11 PM, Blogger Theresa said...

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...

 
At October 07, 2006 8:43 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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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