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| Halloween party reenactment |
We've already established that Halloween is on the List. And it goes without saying that putting hours of painstaking construction into building, like, a suit of armor from Halo and hanging outside the comic book store is a little bit much. Better off spending that time making a time machine and going back to a year when you weren't so hopelessly alone. *
But even worse than that is the half-assed Halloween guy rocking some last-minute high concept meta costume that he has to explain to everyone at the party. (Going to a party). You can't just strap a cell phone on your dad jeans and walk around all night looking self-satisfied and say your costume is a Baby Boomer. You can't wear your waiter apron and walk around asking anyone if you can get them another drink and say you're going as a liberal arts major.
There's a pretty simple rule at work here: If you don't want to do something, don't do it. It just makes you look like you caved in to peer pressure at the last second and decided maybe your firm stand against dressing up isn't so bad ass after all. Your whimsical Target employee name tag and shopping bag ensemble don't make you look like a devil-may-care rogue deigning to play along with the proles on their silly holiday, you look like this guy I sat next to at a wedding recently rocking a Pittsburgh Steelers tie. You dressed up in order to say (to some invisible panel of judges who float through the clouds) that you dressed up, but you didn't really dress up. In fact you look even worse than if you hadn't done anything in the first place. Same idea behind the wrinkly khakis and blue oxford you wear to your business casual office. That's the half-assed costume of life. The one where you show up to work every day pretending to be a dude who isn't counting the hours until the sweet, merciful release of the big sleep.
Actually that's a pretty good costume idea: a dead guy. I've got a gun you can borrow if you need one.
*Because people who read comic books and play video games are nerds amirite?
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Lady Gaga costumes. Balloon boy costumes. Dead Michael Jackson costumes.
It seems like comic book stores have been hovering around the list for a while but haven't quite made it to the dance.
Well, comic book stores are on the List, but it's kind of like making gay jokes or racist jokes or whatever -- you have to be on the inside to be able to make them. I'm a comic book douche. Plus some of my best friends read comic books, so, you know, it's cool for me to do.
I knew it! We can smell our own.
Halloween Grinch represent.
My costume is a boring blogger.
Luke: This might not be the right forum for this but there is a certain zombie show on tonight and I need my fix. We need to do a super secret trade sooner rather than later. I found this book Shade the Changing man with pictures in it that will blow your mind. Come to ZuZu for an old guy whiskey martini thing (or whatever they are called) this week!
I'd say this is the perfect forum for this. I will do this week. Was just looking at your Invincibles. I need the next couple if you have. You want the next few WDs?
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