I wore a suit and top hat last year and went as the 1%.... This year I decided to put together a realistic police uniform, because I sometimes end up at Halloween druggy-rave parties, and thought looking like a cop might be interesting. Now I'm having second thoughts...
I went out on Saturday with face painted as a lichtenstein. Let's just say it turned out...intense. My face was basically shocking and pretty disturbing. However, I'd say about 50% of the people I came into contact with knew exactly what I was trying to represent! The other folks seemed to think I was a mime with a deadly case of the chicken pox.
Fascinating! I've been called a dork pretty consistently since the mid-seventies. Always thought it meant a generally awkward and unfashionable person. Like a nerd or geek but without any clear, socially redeemable talents.
Why would I need to? It says: Though its precise origins remain somewhat obscure, etymologists generally agree that dork — typically defined as "a stupid, foolish, or inept person" — has only been in common usage since the 1960s, and is most likely a variant of dick — which is, in fact, a slang term for penis, but not specifically that of a whale.
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2007) defines it thus:
dork noun 1 the penis US, 1961. 2 a socially inept, unfashionable, harmless person US, 1964.
Oh nice! The wig really pulls it all together. I needed a wig. I bought one, but then I put it on and my companion looked at me and just seemed SO SCARED I figured I better take the thing off. It was bright orange.
Here I am! And that's my friend, Mattie, rockin her day of the dead costume.
Today I'm dressed up as Strawberry Shortcake. The old ladies here LOVE it. I'm handing out Little Debbie cakes for the judges (you know, old fashioned bribery)...
Well that's so sweet of you guys to remember T'odd.
That's a sweet shortcake.
I was 50 Shades of Grey on Saturday night in San Francisco. It was weird. (all grey outfit, grey in hair and eyebrows, massive grey beard down to crotch). Or sometimes it was referred to as Sexy 50 Shades of Grey. Or sometimes just straight up GOD. I was working and we didn't realize that it was a big Halloween party until the last minute but my posse put together some fun cute outfits, JailBird, Tic Tac Toe A Go Go, Old Man.
Oh man! I am lukewarm about getting dressed up and doing stuff myself on Halloween, but I LOVE giving candy out to Trick or Treaters! I LOVE IT! So many jackets over costumes, teenagers looking sheepish, brazen ninjas ringing my wind chimes... It is my favorite!
Took a walk tonight. We've lived in our neighborhood for seven years, so we're pretty used to the surrounding area. It was lots of fun to see everything transformed: pumpkins lit up, spooky decorations all over, ghoulish sounds coming from cheap motion-triggered sound fx thingies, and kids running all around, literally screaming "CANDY CANDY CANDY."
I have been burned so many times, getting candy and waiting excitedly for kiddies to come to my door, that this year I was like "it's never gonna happen" and forgot about it. I was at Steve's and Katy came over and brought a big bowl of candy, all excited for kiddies. I was like "no kiddies are gonna come, mark my words." One kiddie came, a very polite princess witch sort of character, but then after that it was ONLY dumbass teens! You teens, it's not charming! Katy struck a very good note of "grudging condescension" as she let them have candy. After the second batch of salty teens we turned out the porch light. Fuck you teens!!!!!!!
How late did you trick or treat? I am somewhat ashamed to announce that I went very sincerely/non-ironically trick-or-treating FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. Every single person whose door I knocked on spent some time shaming me. I was indeed too old.
I like the teens as long as I also see some little kids. Last night we came to the final conclusion that the Halloween vibe in our neighborhood is really young Hispanic children trick or treating pretty late at night (like, after 9PM). So many cute kids, almost all of them wearing coats so I couldn't tell what their costume was. Also, I had mummy cotton strips all over my face for a while and they really altered my perception of everything. Fudge's costume was supposed to be a fruit basket, but he was mostly wearing a giant plastic bag over his head and body which freaked out some kids who were craning their neck in the doorway and asking "What is that guy doing?". There were also some black/metal records blasting for the first half of the night and after a while I felt like we were portraying ourselves as weird fucked up satanists so I changed the music. The rain brought fewer kids so we have lots of candy left.
We had an all ages livestreamed hiphop dance at HollowEarth Radio from 7 - 11. Four sets of tricker-treaters before 9 pm. Party peaked about 10pm with probably 35 revelers, 80% of whom were costumed. (The producer engineering the livestream in the booth was an uptight dick.)
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When people ask if I'm James Bond I'll say, "No. This was made in the USA."
Here's what I was after:
Not sure about the visuals. I hear maybe pockets inside out, bad hair and other such.
Also heard this bit of dork branding: A parent cheers VICTORY!
Though its precise origins remain somewhat obscure, etymologists generally agree that dork — typically defined as "a stupid, foolish, or inept person" — has only been in common usage since the 1960s, and is most likely a variant of dick — which is, in fact, a slang term for penis, but not specifically that of a whale.
The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (2007) defines it thus:
dork noun 1 the penis US, 1961. 2 a socially inept, unfashionable, harmless person US, 1964.
I was reading p***s as a p***y!
I think I did that because I thought of you as a feminist.
So.... uh... of course you'd be talking about a p***y not a p***s.
So weird. Wow.
I was like, "Really, a p***y? I've never heard that."
P***s never crossed my mind, even while reading that definition!
And now I'm like, "O yeah, whatever."
Sorry.
I'm going to meditate on my symptoms now.
Feeling outed as counter-revolutionary.
Here I am, saying something dramatic in my bubble...
Here I am! And that's my friend, Mattie, rockin her day of the dead costume.
UHX, got anymore photos??
The year uncleboatshoes went as a dog judge was the best.
I'm handing out Little Debbie cakes for the judges (you know, old fashioned bribery)...
http://photos.oregonlive.com/photo-essay/2012/10/north_portland_home_turned_int.html
That's a sweet shortcake.
I was 50 Shades of Grey on Saturday night in San Francisco. It was weird. (all grey outfit, grey in hair and eyebrows, massive grey beard down to crotch). Or sometimes it was referred to as Sexy 50 Shades of Grey. Or sometimes just straight up GOD. I was working and we didn't realize that it was a big Halloween party until the last minute but my posse put together some fun cute outfits, JailBird, Tic Tac Toe A Go Go, Old Man.
What I REALLY want is to chug beers after this LONG day at work. I got 3rd in our costume contest.
I really liked it.
How late did you trick or treat? I am somewhat ashamed to announce that I went very sincerely/non-ironically trick-or-treating FRESHMAN YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. Every single person whose door I knocked on spent some time shaming me. I was indeed too old.
:(
Last night we came to the final conclusion that the Halloween vibe in our neighborhood is really young Hispanic children trick or treating pretty late at night (like, after 9PM).
So many cute kids, almost all of them wearing coats so I couldn't tell what their costume was. Also, I had mummy cotton strips all over my face for a while and they really altered my perception of everything.
Fudge's costume was supposed to be a fruit basket, but he was mostly wearing a giant plastic bag over his head and body which freaked out some kids who were craning their neck in the doorway and asking "What is that guy doing?". There were also some black/metal records blasting for the first half of the night and after a while I felt like we were portraying ourselves as weird fucked up satanists so I changed the music.
The rain brought fewer kids so we have lots of candy left.