I love Halloween, always have. I know you're shocked if you've read the last week or so. I'm going to devote this week to Halloween memories, or just times when I shook down strangers for candy.
My Mom used to do the best costumes for us as kids. Nothing too crazy or overproduced, although she certainly could sew with the best of them, but just really inventive and fun. My two older sisters and I were, in our youth, a variety of themes that won multiple contests at the neighborhood grocery store. I do not have pictures of these, tho they exist, they're all at my family's house. The ones that stand out were when I was still an infant, the three of us were a Grocery Checkout lady, a Shopper and I was the Butcher in my stroller. Obviously, I only know of this from pictures, I don't have memories of that time, that would be frightening. Another was a dental theme, I think someone was a Tooth, Toothpaste and Toothbrush.
The one that I'm most fond of was we all went as Pez dispensers one year. She made cardboard rectangles for each of our bodies, covered in cloth with big PEZ on the sides. We each got a different color cloth to match our mask. We then chose whatever kind of mask at the store. I was a Batman Pez Dispenser. I wasn't Batman, I was a BATMAN PEZ, how sweet is that. I'm pretty sure that's where my desire to be off center costumes began, now that I think about it. I prefer not to be "Superman", but to be Clark Kent, with a S t-shirt underneath.
Or, as you can see in today's Halloween pic, I was Bruce Banner, JUST as he's changing back to from being The Hulk. I wasn't the Hulk, and I wasn't Bruce Banner. I was that mid change look, with green shading, torn clothes, etc. Mat made me a badass professional looking nametag from Gamma Base, which I still have hanging from my fridge.
As you can see, I've been blessed enough to be surrounded by some fabulous friends, who also partake in the Halloween foolishness. Doug as the Dago Stereotype, Suzanne as some kind of Skank, me as Banner, Kerri as Pimp, her husband Steve as her Bottom Bitch, Saskia as a Cat and finally Derek, as an Overworked Proctologist. You might recognize Steve as Axl Rose from a few years ago. He actually tries to use that same wig in every costume. It's downright amazing.
MotD: Creepshow 2
File this in the completely unnecessary films of all time list. This movie brought nothing to the table. It wasn't scary. It wasn't thought provoking. It wasn't exciting. And worst of all, it wasn't good. What a piece of crap. Shame on everyone involved. Shame!
