Whitechapel - The Halloween Costume Parade

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T09:10:27-07:00

I know a fair few of you are putting together costumes for Goth Christmas (as Irene Kaoru calls it).

So let's hear your plans, and see them where possible (we'll keep this thread open past Hallowe'en for that, too).

-- W

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T09:31:40-07:00

I plan on appearing at our company Halloween party as "Attacked by a John McCain Supporter." The costume itself (black eye & backwards "J" makeup) will be dead easy. I'm working on my script now; something about being jumped by a middle-aged white guy on my way out of the bank, where I was trying to keep them from foreclosing on my mortgage. He just wanted my money, but when he noticed the Obama '08 sticker on my Prius, the guy went into a rage and drew a "J," for "McCain," on my face.
That sounds likely, doesn't it?

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T09:57:15-07:00

@pariboizi Do it better than this guy:

As a dad of a toddler — I think we'll attempt to avoid Disney Princesses this holiday. She was a puppy last time - so I'm thinking having her dress up as a cat or a Totoro.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T10:19:24-07:00

I'm in a haunted house. This year I will be playing the part of an alien butcher. (the whole thing is alien themed). I have a room that has body parts hanging from the ceiling and buzzing fly sounds. It's more of a creepy type room than a shout boo and scare the poop out of people.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T13:47:18-07:00

I'll be attending the Brighton zombie lurch as an undead scientist. All I need is some cheap slap and fake blood. LOTS of fake blood. I may also improve my lurch by drinking heavily beforehand.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T13:51:22-07:00

There's a Brighton zombie lurch? That's something of a coincidence - will be attending the same zombie party as Kernowdrunk as a zombie granny (it means I can take my knitting). When and where does the lurch commence, we might be able to join in on the way...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T13:59:17-07:00

I always go to school and teach as a zombie, here was last year's costume.
I'm planning on something similar this year, but without the huge burns, I like to vary my grossness.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T15:40:48-07:00

@Cassandra

The lurch starts at 5pm outside the train station, then heads down through Churchill square to the West Pier. Hope you can join usssss...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T19:04:52-07:00

Following AdamK's suggestion in the old Halloween thread, I'm going as John Steed (sans Mrs. Peel, alas). Will be hanging out at The Edison in Downtown L.A, people watching and drinking mightily.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-28T20:27:42-07:00

Halloween wedding celebration! Friends of mine are getting married in a club that's rented out by Wiccans - long story. So, ceremony, meal, then in come the dancing masses to celebrate this holy day. We'll be partying it up there, then possibly moving on depending on how drunk we get.

It's a Vampire Masquerade theme, and my boy got himself a Venetian Cyrano mask. I, however, got sick this week and after missing work too much certainly can't buy a fancy mask to wear once to this night, nor do I even have the time to go out and buy a cheap plastic mask, so I'll probably end up painting my face.

Pictures to follow once the big night happens and I never get photographs of myself on previous Halloweens, so here's one of my face painted up for the Dr. Sketchy's Surrealist's Salon:

Sorry about the rubbed out hitler-stache - every time I'm doing something cool, I have a cold.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T10:20:49-07:00

I shall be cheating and going as Arthur Dent - I need a low energy low effort costume - I shall be rockin the savage bed hair though.

Plus I get to go to a party in my dressing gown and slippers, I'm hoping it makes all the girls think of bed, which will narrow the field very quickly between those that act repelled and those that think its cute.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T10:57:50-07:00

@glukkake Is it the Witches Masquerade Ball you're headed to? I've been considering it but lack of company and the cost has been making me think I might not do it.

Four years ago I knew I was going to be driving for 6+ hours alone so I didn't bother with much costuming more than a little headband with purple glittery kitty ears. I may have also been wearing eyeliner.

Other than this year that is the only time I can recall not working on a full costume. I feel just awful skipping costuming this year but I *really* can't spend the money on something proper and my tiny wardrobe can't sustain much real creativity (brought about 10% with me to New York) without at least a big makeup kit. I was thinking of picking up a couple of little cheap details like something for my hair and maybe my face and just going out in what would otherwise be a typical goth nightclub getup. It'll be dressy and different enough for most people. But a nightclub dress is a little ordinary for me when it comes My Favorite Damn Holiday.

Now that I think about it I really should try and get gifts for my gothy friends some time. Something for the new year }:>

This was my costume last year:

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T10:59:40-07:00

@PyD You should do something to go the extra mile with it. Have a fish sticking out of your ear or something. Maybe soak a corner of your towel in nutrients.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T11:23:38-07:00

Going as Rorschach. Got the suit and trenchcoat, just got to assemble the mask tonight.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T12:07:20-07:00

I don't get to dress up for Halloween this year. :(

Here's the costume idea that's been banging back and forth in my head...

Sort of derived from 'Godzilla Bukkake' and a painting by Robt. Williams that I can't find to post...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T12:18:09-07:00

I've been a mummy thus far, and I shall be Rocky (RHPS) on Thursday and TwoFace on halloween. My poor sad mummy costume fell apart nearly instantly and proceeded to unravel after every adjustment (read total rewrapping). Here I am fixing it again...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T12:31:05-07:00

I will be Tank Girl. Because I am too pressed for time to be The Borg Queen. I will carry scissors about with me all night and let people who don't seem too questionable snip away. There will be pictures, I'm sure.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T13:00:10-07:00

Willow: you are a brave lady

Steve: Hmm interesting I could buy some Fimo clay and make a small fish tomorrow

Sir you have piqued my interest.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T13:04:47-07:00

I have hacked off all my hair, bought a fancy suit and a sonic screwdriver.

I'll leave the rest to you.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T15:39:35-07:00

I went as World's Greatest Halloween Mom

The night ended poorly(greatly?).

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T15:58:57-07:00

My attempt to make the perfect Shadow and Margo Lane costumes for a friend and myself was thwarted by leaking batteries. Even without light-up signal rings (the apex of my electical skillz, pre battery-leak), we looked pretty sharp. Photos eventually, assuming the friend with the camera ever emails 'em to me...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T15:59:14-07:00

That's a pretty amazing costume, Chip, but I'm really confused as to what you're putting in your mouth in that last picture.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T15:59:38-07:00

"I'm really confused as to what you're putting in your mouth in that last picture."

Me too.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T16:03:24-07:00

Chip, you fucking terrify me sometimes.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T16:12:57-07:00

FIRST ROMANCE NOVEL COVER QUOTE: ACQUIRED.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T16:30:46-07:00

My plan is to go as a sexy loser. I just quit my job, wear the same clothes four days in a row and eat uncooked spaghetti noodles.

Yeah, costume...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T17:05:32-07:00

This year will be similar to last, pictured above. Hopefully with everyone getting the fucking memo this time.

I'm the guy in the dead centre, by the way.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T17:16:35-07:00

@Annmorgan

hurray for luchardores!

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T17:20:20-07:00

Last year I went as a zombie panda, it was awesome, I'm pissed off I never got any pictures.
This year I'm a bit unprepared so will probably be a vaguely steampunk zombie, going to the record breaking zombie attempt in nottinghams old market square. Waistcoat + pva glue on face.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T17:24:03-07:00

Chip Zdarksy: The Greatest Canadian Since Louis Riel.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T17:29:40-07:00

I am a geek, I made a light up chest piece so I can be Tony Stark (from the movie, in case that wasn't pathetically obvious to all). I mounted the thing into a t-shirt, and it looks pretty cool. This has the advantage of being the most unobtrusive costume I've made in years so I should be able to drink without worrying about my costume coming apart. (Previous years I have been a ghostbuster, complete with theme-song playing, home-made proton pack, Wolverine with shiny silver claws that looked awesome but made it a bitch to drink, and the ever popular Zombie with prosthetics that did not want to stay stuck). I'm looking forward to it, pictures to follow, I'd assume (although I never have a camera so it will depend on others taking pictures of me).

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T19:05:39-07:00

Ever seen "Blazing Saddles"? Lili von Schtupp for Goth Christmas. Or at least, the fairest approximation I can get in a week.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-29T20:41:30-07:00

@Chip Zdarsky

Apparently we share a face. In other news, you look a little bit like me.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T00:28:59-07:00

@thewaltonsare
Beautiful makeup work on the burns!

My plan for Halloween is a corpse bride - generic black dress, black tiara with red bat-covered tulle for a veil, and dead flowers. Not the most original, but I'll be comfortable at least. My favorite costume ever was when I went as a mugging victim, complete with a knife going in my stomach and out my spine.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T01:29:56-07:00

I've been putting together this Robby-the-Robot crossed with the Red Robot from Diesel Sweeties costume, but it's going to require a titanic effort to get all the papier mache'ing done by Friday - only got the head done so far! Might end up doing a robot head/Bond tux mash-up..

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T02:14:57-07:00

debating weather or not to go as the child eating tree again(this time with real children) as a bonus to that costume which is actualy just a prop tree we drunkenly stole from the theater back in highschool and painted black with red eyes and cut out a mouth, seems to always scare kids enough that they will actualy throw candy at it. So whilst being "a little old for that sort of thing" I do enjoy free candy and scaring both drunk teenagers and children alike. Ill try to dig up some pics.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T02:22:04-07:00

I've been putting together a Harajuku girl costume, which is all about excessive details. It's clocking in at around 30 pieces, I think:

And I did a trial run of the makeup earlier this week:

I need more eyelash glue, but it should be neat. I'll have a picture of the whole thing after Halloween.

AND @thewaltonsare: Cheers to teaching in gore! I wish I had the mental wherewithal in the morning to get grossed-up for my kids at school!

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T06:47:39-07:00

Every time Chip Zdarsky shows up here I feel dirty, like someone has touched me in a bad place.

Last year I hand-made a kick-ass skeleton suit and painted my face. This year it was just a cape and fangs, so I'd feel ashamed posting pics here.

Then again I looked pretty fuckin' great in that cape.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T07:18:47-07:00

i'm going to be a glam rocktopus.

or, as i have to explain to people, "like david bowie but with tentacles".

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T07:23:47-07:00

This year I am attending Halloween parties as Groucho Marx, and my fiance will be going as Harpo Marx. Those are scary costumes aren't they?

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T07:51:52-07:00

Every year I come up with ridiculous ideas, but then remember I can't really sew, and have no money.

This year, I remembered these important facts BEFORE I started the costume.

Behold my trial run as Little Pete from "The Adventures of Pete and Pete"

Blondie roommate did Petunia for me, for she is a skilled and talented lady.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T08:31:06-07:00

@fiasco:

I forgot all about Petunia! That is a superb costume.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T09:04:31-07:00

@ radicaldoubt

Petunia is really what MAKES the costume. Hell - petunia is the reason I DID this costume.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T10:02:50-07:00

@fiasco that is awesome!

Here's what I'm wearing around school today (no school tomorrow)

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T10:15:20-07:00

Fiasco might be my new favorite person.

That show, god. It's impossible to explain its appeal to someone who isn't naturally inclined toward that particular breed of subtle, awkward, intelligent surreality, and it's so perfect.

...Actually, my deep and long-lived adoration of Pete & Pete probably explains a lot about me.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T10:23:08-07:00

@fiasco
That's awesome!! Hooray for Pete and Pete... I must now go watch pete & pete...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T10:27:02-07:00

fiasco just flat out wins this whole thread. YES!

One of my friends and I have also concluded that the Halloweenies episode of Pete & Pete is probably the greatest episode of any TV programme ever. EVER.

YES!

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T12:08:42-07:00

@Fiasco:

That is ultimate perfection.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T13:29:58-07:00

Well, the "Allegedly Attacked by a John McCain Supporter" went over well. It was simpler than many of the costumes, but better than a lot of the last-minute shit that people throw together (Anyone who dresses up gets an extra vacation day, which inspires a lot of half-assed efforts.) Take a look:

I didn't really get to do my bit, so I just stumbled about looking disoriented.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T13:33:19-07:00

I went to a party at a local art gallery last weekend and dressed up as Tank Girl. Like Starrah, I felt most of my costume was made up of accessories, like the smiley faced grenade hanging from my jacket and the missile-shaped headboppers. Less than five people knew who I was dressed as, and one gallery patron went so far as to ask if I was a bumblebee. I guess that's a fail?

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T14:45:47-07:00

Rob Cockerham shows us the meaning of the mysterious Halloween Candy Codes .

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2008-10-30T15:34:58-07:00

I'm going to be the Spirit tomorrow, and Jesse Custer at my houseparty on Saturday.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T16:24:53-07:00

i am uninspired. But, as i am in a somewhat conservative office, it may suffice to dress up like i was going to go to the club.

LOL

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T17:32:11-07:00

@darthsnugglebunny
and
@Starrah

Thanks! I have been teaching in gore for many years now. I have a background in theatre and I do make-up for our plays at the high school. It's the only chance I have to do the fun FX stuff that I've learned over the years. I've got a foam latex appliance of a vampire bite and I'm thinking of shredding my cheeks up using liquid latex, it should be fun. It's worth the early rising time to see the reaction of the teenagers when they see me in the halls. Last year one of my kids came in half asleep and actually screamed when I started teaching class, we all laughed, it was great. I'm so sadistic.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T18:09:06-07:00

@thewaltonsare

That's so rad. It's also the stuff that the kids will always remember. Cheers!

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T19:45:29-07:00

@ WillowBloo -

The Borg Queen is my dream Halloween costume. Well, that, or Julia from Hellraiser II, all skinless and wet wearing only an oversized white suit...

Yummmmm. Oh, the inappropriate moist sexiness.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T20:14:37-07:00

This year, I'm going 20 minutes into the future.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T22:55:42-07:00

I wish I had a sock bulge all the time... er.. not really but it was fun for an evening...

From tonight at the RHPS, my buddy Jakob is the amazing Frank riding me around the theater!

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-30T23:16:42-07:00

This year I'm a grumpy pink bunny.

Think Hank & Mike, but with cigars instead of cigarettes.

The only photos I have from the 2 parties I've been to so far are way too incriminating to share.

The Halloween day party isn't going to be any better.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T01:18:45-07:00

@Chip

a bit late but WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!? No, I probably don't want to know.

Halloween isn't big down under though.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T03:08:21-07:00

Okay, here's this year's make-up

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T04:36:51-07:00

I <3 Chip Zdarsky 4 Ebber.

I got nothin' yet, and what I will have won't be all that great, owing to time constraints. But here's what I WISH I looked like today:

YAYANOSFERATU. EEZ GONNA GITCHOO.

Happy Halloween, friends.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T06:54:25-07:00

I've got my "At The Mountains of Madness" Antarctic explorer outfit ready, complete with attacking shoggoth:

I may, in fact, enjoy Halloween a little too much.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T07:33:00-07:00

@Jared that's awesome. I think you enjoy Halloween just the right amount.

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2008-10-31T08:14:58-07:00

@jared.. Thats great! *Jealous*

Eh simple tunic boots and belt made me a commoner in norway.. Pics Later

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T08:51:34-07:00

i went to the horror ball as patrick bateman, and took some girls as my victims.

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2008-10-31T09:00:33-07:00

Dethlab+1 as post-mortem Marilyn Monroe, Jackie O and JFK

performing at Theatre Bizarre [possibly the coolest event in Detroit all year.]

props [The Jell-O brain and pills make sense with the costumes. The penis blood guns were just for fun.]

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T11:44:38-07:00

@briancj: That is an awesome Edison Carter costume. I tried to do something similar years back, but it basically amounted to walking around in a trench coat and a nametag that said "Edison Carter." No one knew who that was. Sigh.

I'm saying to hell with it and going High Goth this year. Got a new skirt from Kambriel and some fancy dreadfalls -- if I can ever figure out how to attach them to my dreads. Of course, this also means battling my nemesis liquid eyeliner again...I like the look but it usually takes a lot of trial and error (and Q-Tips) to get it right.

Pics to follow. And if anyone happens to be in Austin, apparently the Zombie Marching Band reaches Elysium around 10PM.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T12:21:09-07:00

This looks like a good thread to jump back into Whitechapel. Hi! I'm usually Maddie, but today I'm undead Marie Antoinette. With cake to distribute.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T13:06:55-07:00

cover your eyes. It's me dressed as Juno for the office

And only because it was my idea, here are my co-workers as Indy and Short Round.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T13:15:38-07:00

Threw a party last weekend, will probably revisit the costume tonight. That's me in the middle as Mr. Orange from Reservoir Dogs. Best pic I have of the costume, also best pic of the state I was in at that point in the night (though it may appear the contrary, those two are not actually holding me up!)

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-10-31T13:28:15-07:00

Well, I guess my costume from last year is a bit of dead give away, considering my name (those that know video games should at least know who I am.... those who play the good games, that is. tee hee.)

I threw it together last mintue, but I was recognized, so I guess that counts.

This is the one I just finished hand sewing for my daughter to wera tonight.

as you can see, she isnt as thrilled with it as I am. Hard to see, but there is green felt in the shape of bills sticking from the top of her bag.

I'll post my pics up from tonight after I wriggle my way into my costume.

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2008-10-31T13:30:51-07:00

@HylianHearts: Myspace behaves badly for image hosting. Try the photobuckets or flickr.

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2008-10-31T13:33:53-07:00

@blunder

as Ive realized. But I fixed it.

Thanks

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2008-10-31T15:42:24-07:00

Hey, Maddie!

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2008-10-31T19:07:14-07:00

Here's me in my mask today.

Although most people saw it like this because I flipped it to the back of my head which was infinitely more disturbing.

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2008-10-31T19:12:20-07:00

those cock guns are disturbing

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2008-10-31T19:24:39-07:00

I was a zombie in a resident evil zombie hunter t-shirt.
Obvious victim of the zombie Apocalypse.

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2008-10-31T21:33:33-07:00

I would have been weaving destruction, mayham and carnage. However, we stayed in because I'm still not feeling great.

Happy Halloween, Whitechapel.

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2008-10-31T21:53:10-07:00

Everyone at the warehouse was dressed up today. Though I did not go out, I did finally find a use for my reserve costume:

Not too different from my work clothes, frankly. The general consensus was that the hi-tops were what made the look.

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2008-10-31T22:17:15-07:00

Halloween is for kids tonight - We get the rest of the year.

I guess I'll save this for next year and think of something appropriate for wife and daughter.

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2008-10-31T22:26:15-07:00

@Spiral -- It's probably a good thing you stayed in for the night... you likely would have gotten arrested in that costume.

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2008-11-01T00:45:42-07:00

I dressed as a Dandy.

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2008-11-01T00:47:13-07:00

Super Elvis and i from the pub.
Going to a Huge party tomorrow, more pictures will follow.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T01:34:06-07:00

we dressed as ghosts , white sheets over the head, everyone thought we were the KKK and threatened us and shouted abuse before one guy thought it was intelligent to pull off my girlfriends sheet and grabbed her hair whilst calling her a 'Fucking Racist' halloween has been ruined for me. will post pics of the costumes

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T01:42:35-07:00

@Alastair Suck. does make me curious about what you were looking like tho...

Halloween was good. To drunk and exhausted to go into detail now. Will try to flesh this out later. But I did it. I did it solo and I did it in a whole new city. a city that is making me love it more every day I step out into it. fuck yeah.

Drunk on New York in Halloween. Indeed.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T01:44:18-07:00

@razangel imagine 4 people of various sizes holding signs saying BOO! with sheets over their heads and eyeholes cut out.... really no hoods points or burning crosses

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2008-11-01T01:49:00-07:00

I *WAS* going to a party themed for Shakespeare/Day Of The Dead. Had my ruff and sombrero all worked out...

Aaaaaannnndddd.....

Thanks to Kinkos being an immensely huge, useless bunch of flaming cunts I've been sat here for the last five hours trying to get 48 pages printed out for APE, tomorrow. I thought they sucked wet farts out of dead pigeons before FedEx bought them. Now they're fucking useless' corpse.

Also, big shout out to San Francisco in general not having any decent copy shops. Period.

"Hey everyone, stay at home and print out your shitty holiday snaps and stick them into scrap-books, don't go out and produce arty-type stuff whenever you get an urge to indulge... stay at home and use the internet, the internet is your friend, buy cheetos on the internet and eat them at home... get your porn on the internet... "

Actually, fuck San Francisco for not having hardly anything decent open past sun-down. Big fucking ghost-town.

Know what? I'm sober. Cold, hard fucking sober. And I'm all out of Jameson's. And the printer is not responding...

Plus side, I have two parties tomorrow. The Death Aquatic. Or something. I just have to figger out how to turn my stuffed squid into a killing machine.

Fucking Kinko's. Hope they get ghosts haunting their worthless arseholes.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T01:59:49-07:00

Papa Legba wishes you a terrible, horrible, no-good very bad Halloween.

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2008-11-01T02:39:03-07:00

Have little concrete memories of the event attended last night and seemingly no one turned the camera on me - woo hoo btw.

Here are my friends Mike and Heather looking pretty fly as a Unicorn and The Hitcher from The Mighty Boosh. I'm sure they won't mind me sharing their prettiness with the chapel.

Incidentally I made a Babel-fish

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T03:11:21-07:00

This is my costume. It took more than a couple hours to be fit for outside viewing. Only people that had met me before knew I was a girl.

more photos on my flickr

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2008-11-01T03:55:53-07:00

Great costumes, everyone! It's been a long time since I dressed up proper, buuut...

This is my favorite image of me from the evening...

Comments: Make-up on the face is perfectly comfortable until you have to itch your nose, then all bets are off. Green hairspray coloring stuff + really long hair FUCKS YOU UP. It's still not completely out, and I spent an hour pulling out hair that it killed and rinsing and shampooing and...yeah.

WAY FUN though.

And here's a familiar face...

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T06:08:30-07:00

@Alastair: Jeez dude, you alright though? This is the reason I hate people. Most of them are bastards.

It doesn't help I work at a cinema. People inherently flock there and expect you to worship them.

Halloween night was spent working a 4.30-3.00 shift. No costuming for me :(

Fantastic.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T07:33:36-07:00

Last night, I did a haunted house.

On my way home (10:00-ish) there were still quite a few trick or treaters out. Mostly middle school aged. Walking down the main street of town, I saw a trio of kids. One of the kids I have no idea what he was wearing, I didn't really pay attention to him. The other two were wearing KKK outfits. There was no mistaking them for ghosts. They had the crosses on their chests and were carrying a confederate flag. I was pretty disgusted.

The Halloween Costume Parade

2008-11-01T07:53:58-07:00

The other two were wearing KKK outfits. There was no mistaking them for ghosts. They had the crosses on their chests and were carrying a confederate flag. I was pretty disgusted.

Well, Halloween is when all the monsters come out, so it does make some sense.
In a sad and twisted way.

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2008-11-01T07:59:27-07:00

@Tedcroland

Excellent job; I'm glad you had the balls to do the costume right! :D

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2008-11-01T08:45:29-07:00

@Spiraltwist ... "Whoa. Daaaaamn. Whoa." In English that means nice costume.

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2008-11-01T08:55:30-07:00

This years costume: '80's Alan Moore!

Most Metatextual Moment of the Night.

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2008-11-01T10:24:57-07:00

holy shit, that Two-Face is hardcore! Excellent jawb!!!111

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2008-11-01T10:37:01-07:00

Me and my buddy that did my make up (He's the Nurse Joker)

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2008-11-01T10:38:27-07:00

i handed out free comics to kids at home. i wore a surgical mask...not very exciting this year, but i was tired. kids were super excited to get free comics though!

although even the shiny covers on xnation 2099 and armageddon 2099 couldnt entice them into picking those, hahah

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2008-11-01T10:45:28-07:00

going to the big super awesome party tonight. So I'll post pix from that tomorrow.. as I have created a fucking AWESOME costume for the husband.. ;)

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2008-11-01T10:59:43-07:00

@ Spiraltwist-oh my god spiral's web! beautiful,alluring,deadly! any trick would be a treat! great outfit!

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2008-11-01T11:28:35-07:00

DIY Heath Ledger Joker-in-nurse's-outfit:

Got more than a fair few "Wow that's the creepiest thing I've ever seen" Comments at the club and happily tagged (but failed to get shots of) political posters with appropriate lipstick.

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2008-11-01T12:11:00-07:00

@houseofmystery yeah we're fine just more reasons why going out on the town is becoming less and less of an option for us

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2008-11-01T12:18:33-07:00

We just ended up drinking and playing RockBand with some friends, but we couldn't help but dress the part.

The friends we spent the evening with weren't expecting us to be in costume and were gloriously surprised.

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2008-11-01T15:24:34-07:00

@keighter That was awesome! I saw about 283469732697435 Jokers last night and was wish for just one Two-face. thanks!

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2008-11-01T15:33:27-07:00

I have to throw these in here. My buddies put together some GREAT Watchmen costumes... Apologies for the shoddy picture quality.

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2008-11-01T15:35:08-07:00

wow keighter, thats awesome.

This is what happened to me last night:

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2008-11-01T15:40:13-07:00

Outfit from last night:

And recovery this morning:

Glad to survive another one. Best wishes everybody.

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2008-11-01T15:55:45-07:00

The Watchmen costumes are great, but the Comedian is particularly nicely done.

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2008-11-01T17:40:00-07:00

Got some phone cam shots of my face painting from the masquerade wedding:

Me and the boy:

He looked like Al Swarrigan from Deadwood...

And what my face paint was based on:

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2008-11-01T17:48:51-07:00

@keighter Love the Two Face, and kudos to your friend for doing the proper "Nurse and all" costume.

@St. Bernard Awesome stuff.

As for me: Engineer-ing it up

Great second level too - for those who didn't get the TF2 ref, it was still a great Bob the Builder.

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2008-11-01T19:08:06-07:00

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2008-11-01T21:42:35-07:00

i want your slimer shirt atomicsloth!

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2008-11-02T01:03:12-07:00

@miketymczyszyn very nice chest piece!

I love all the costumes!!

@glukkake that is fantastic great job!

@St.Bernard I will agree those are swanky watchmen costumes!

also everyone else I love it! I keep refreshing this thread hoping for more amazing!

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2008-11-02T01:53:44-07:00

I only have one photo of what I looked like tonight, and my friend seems to have photoshopped it a bit before posting it, have to wait till tomorrow for other people to email me pictures. Anyway, here is what I looked like doing my best Robert Downey Jr impression.

The chest piece I made from scratch and it's really glowing.

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2008-11-02T05:47:56-08:00

@keighter I love it so much. Well done!

I was a Harajuku girl.

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2008-11-02T06:28:38-08:00

Really loving the costumes you put together guys, this has been one really awesome Halloween (apart from some, bad luck Alastair, dude! and the fact I near crippled myself at work :\ ). Congrats :D

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2008-11-02T08:40:24-08:00

Sincerely awesome costumes everyone.

The only halloween event I was at was a BDSM show at a club here in town. I was camera-less, though I'm sure I was photographed about a million times by ponces with fucking strobes thanks to being near mostly naked people. I wore a suit and this mask from "Masks by Jen". When in doubt, go Cthulhu.

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2008-11-02T09:26:46-08:00

I must admit, the lack of funds lead to a very mundane costume, but It did attract attention, so I guess it was worth the wiggling and adjusting and tugging I had to do all night.

Behold.

And we had to get a family one, so here is someone or another from Slipknot and the maid that stole the loot.

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2008-11-02T11:36:16-08:00

My girl and I decided that since we had no funds and no real plans we would just throw some bits together and see what happened. It was as follows:
Me

...and with my girl

...and after a bottle of 72% French absinthe? Pirate of the Apes

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2008-11-02T12:13:52-08:00

This thread is so much fun!

I went as a variation of Tank Girl. This is the only image with anything remotely like lighting. The squinty eyes are because I have a foot about six inches from my face (just out of the frame). Went out dancing to End: the DJ at Heaven nightclub. While End is phenomenal, having fetish events in mainstream spaces means none of the usual protocol. I was repeatedly groped, stalked by Superman, and had to call on my Nerf Ninja arm candy to protect me. Interesting night.

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2008-11-02T13:49:10-08:00

Since it was an 80's zombie party myself and Kernowdrunk went as yuppie zombies

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2008-11-02T16:25:34-08:00

My Friend has a Halloween Party every year at his place.

Bat Girl and Me as a Douchebag

This is my brother wearing a bong costume i made for him. His Wife dressed up as a giant pot leaf. They won the costume contest this year as well.

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2008-11-02T16:29:03-08:00

@miketymczyszyn Kickass chestpiece, great idea with one cool piece making the whole costume. With the bonus that said piece will continue to be awesome.

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2008-11-02T17:04:58-08:00

My Friday night involved being The Spirit.
Thusly:

While Saturday night was Jesse Custer.
Thisly:

And using the Word?

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2008-11-02T17:41:38-08:00

damn... there are some mighty fine costumes here on Whitechapel!!

this is the ROBOT! costume I made for my Husband.

So he would be able to drink, I added an energy drink canister with clear tubing - Worked WONDERS! except, I had it holstered to his head.. and he had to chug the first drink before gravity took over.. (hahaha in more ways than one) so thats why it's taped to the bottom.

Even Robots need a smoke break.

The fact that the panel was detachable - was pure comedy.

I went as Kermit the Frog.

That is Mr. Daniel Plainview in the photo with me - also in the shot is the better side of Mr. Harvey Dent.

oh, and feast yer eyes on....

yesh... EVEN THE OLD ONES like to dress up for Halloween!!! The costume was all handmade by the wearer.. fucking BRILLIANT!

I'm in the process of getting them all pix I took to Flickr.. but here is the set with a ton of really great costumes.

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2008-11-02T19:51:59-08:00

Rorschach costume came through pretty well.

Complete with lowlife-choking action!

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2008-11-02T21:13:15-08:00

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2008-11-03T04:04:11-08:00

Hurm, hid the eyes more after this.

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2008-11-03T06:00:54-08:00

@orwellseyes

Those masks are excellent!

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2008-11-03T07:10:18-08:00

i don't have a picture, but I dressed in black crushed velvet wizards robes with a big black matching cloak. I had a staff and a witches cauldron full of candy.
black lipstick and makeup.

For the party I went to I didnt' really dress up but someone thought I had.
I was wearing jeans, and a black long sleeve tight sweater, with a long greyish blue jacket/coat. I had a full leather wine skin over one shoulder and a sachelbag full of candy (i like candy). Someone said he liked my costume...that it looked Anarchist...I asked for clarifycation but he ran off to scream drunkenly at some new people who showed up.
I also got to see a lingerie bunny, a giant hand made pot bud dress, and a man dressed as Zelda from LoZ.

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2008-11-03T07:20:56-08:00

not a great halloween for me, my brother-in-law had to have surgery to correct a severe case of sleep apnea so we went over to visit him in the hospital. I did get to dress up as Snoopy on 10-30 for my offices annual halloween thing where the employees can bring over their kids for a safe and fun halloween.

given the anti-dog sentiments on the board, I'll refrain from posting pictures. I'd be afraid that a large bearded man in a hat, all tweaked uo on red-bull, vodka and nicotine would come after me and start beating me down with his cane.

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2008-11-03T09:01:05-08:00

I was rather busy (working at a Rocky Horror Picture Show will do that during Halloween) so I crimped my hair, wore some clothes I already wear (just not usually in this combination) and was "80's Metal" aka lazy

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2008-11-03T09:08:20-08:00

The s.o. and I went as a Dia de los Muertos couple.

We were very lucky to have our extremely talented friend paint our faces and secured all costume details just in time. Unfortunately, my very poor vision (-8.25 and -9) meant I'd've needed rx white contacts to match his, but I was happy letting him hold most of the creepy chips.

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2008-11-03T09:19:44-08:00

@solipiae: That is a particularly brilliant costume.

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2008-11-03T09:21:54-08:00

Myself and a friend as a very (very) broad interpretation of Gotham by Gaslight Joker and Two-Face at White Mischief. Enjoyably, we had our photos taken by people with expensive cameras.

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2008-11-03T09:24:18-08:00

I punked out and just kilted out for Halloween, but my industrious wife Jane Irwin went all out and made a kickass steampunk glider pack costume which ruled!

The wings retracted and folded up against her back, and fully extended, she had a wingspan of over 7 feet!
Not too shabby, eh? That's why I married her.

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2008-11-03T09:24:46-08:00

Not especially original, but it was good for a couple of spit takes at that the party.

I am not a pretty girl.

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2008-11-03T09:33:11-08:00

@Paul Sizer Kudos to your wife that is freaking fantastic

@solipsiae You and your SigO win my mental whitechapel costume contest! That is fantastic! Both of your faces look amazing!

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2008-11-03T09:52:17-08:00

I went as a jazzed up ring mistress with a lion that I'd whipped. See, there's the whip, right there. ;P

It's really a shame you can't see the bottom half of the costume. I borrowed some black and gold boots that seriously went up to heaven and constructed a crimson victorian drape to go down the back of my gold-fringed mini-skirt.

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2008-11-03T09:56:08-08:00

Every year my friends and I pick a theme for our costumes. This year our theme was steampunk so I went as the "Rad Hatter." I made a steampunk guitar, a box that plays music from my ipod, and a hat that houses a small amp with which I played my guitar through. It all worked and sounded pretty decent as well. It was, however, very difficult to drink as I couldn't tilt my head back very far.

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2008-11-03T10:21:50-08:00

I went as a Dr Horrible Inspired Mad Scientist it was alot of fun.

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2008-11-03T10:43:35-08:00

I have only piss-poor camphone shots taken in a glaringly lit bathroom, but them's the breaks. I was Medusa. What the photos fail to demonstrate is that there were a fuck of a lot of those little snakes in my hair. Also the stuff around my eyes was scaly and iridescent and green in real life, and looks black in the pictures.

I tended bar all night, and brought extra snakes to stick in people's drinks. It was a grand old time. Patrons do not pick on the girl who looks like she slept in a nest of asps, no matter how low cut her dress.

File under: FAIL CAMERA, adventures in bartending, sartorial zoology, don't wave your twenty at me--I will turn you to stone.

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2008-11-03T12:58:00-08:00

Actually, I believe my shots are the proper definition of "piss-poor camphone shots taken in a glaringly lit bathroom"...

I was a miscellaneous intergalactic rockstar superhero, possibly a distant electrogoth cousin of Ziggy Stardust. Or, if you believe the drunken names yelled at me on the street, I was also Spider-man and Batman.

Unfortunately, I forgot to capture a profile shot in costume, so you can't see my ridiculous sideburns. But here's a shot of 'em from earlier, before I butchered my moustache...

I've sinced shaved off the weird bits in an attempt to look normalish. I can't wait for my damned beard to grow back in.

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2008-11-03T13:35:20-08:00

Here is me and the missus' MARX BROTHERS costumes that we donned on Halloween Night.

I was called "Chaplin" more times than I can count, the ignorant slogs.

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2008-11-03T13:48:18-08:00

Ran into another Doctor at work. I'm the dashing figure on the left. I had to concede defeat though, as the other guy had better props, AND managed to scrape his together from thrift store finds. Jerk.

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2008-11-03T14:22:47-08:00

Uhm. Hi, I didn't dress up. BUT - that Daniel Plainview a few posts back? Hot.

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2008-11-03T16:04:17-08:00

for what its worth - i vote two face and the steam punk glider as my faves of the night.

maybe next year ill try something...

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2008-11-03T18:00:19-08:00

I love how creative everyone here is! This was such a fun thread; everyone looked great!

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2008-11-03T18:30:47-08:00

@StudioCreations: I had the same problem when I dressed as Groucho in high school. Fucking philistines.

This year I intended to go as Tom Waits, but when I shaved my mustache off I discovered I didn't look like Tom Waits, I looked Amish. So I threw a mask on and became El Phantasmo del Gus, Luchador-to-Door, and spent the night offering to sell people jump kicks, and my special line of skin-care products that mostly involve punching (to bring out the skin's natural bruise).

I lost my fedora at 2 am breakdancing in my front yard, but bought another one off a bum for $5 at 3 am on the way to the fourth party of the night.

Lots of great costumes this year. My favorite? Sarah Palin Mauled By Wolves. That was some good shit.

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2008-11-03T19:48:30-08:00

gah - sorry - uplinks from first two sources failed; third time's the charm i hope...
if not, look here http://alumiere.multiply.com/photos/album/24/clubbing_in_la#9

the primary boy and i went as the beatiful image above which was a birthday present from my friend yuri (www.myspace.com/penandick)

eventually we'll have pics of the finished product (i'd guess in about a month)

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2008-11-03T22:23:18-08:00

My wife and I hosted a halloween party on Saturday:

Me trying to look as dark and alluring as I can in front of my linen closet

With a little dry ice, any plastic cauldron can look spooky

what's a party without Rock Band 2 and costumes?

At the end of the night with my long island iced tea to keep me company

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2008-11-04T03:08:21-08:00

its been forever since ive been back to this site. Its a bit like coming home.

Mind you, as a child when i returned from school, i was beaten with wire clothing hangers

ahhh memories.... anyways, heres my costume

that is a piece of PVC which would not conform to the shape of my forearm. So i boiled the mother fucker and bent it. take that, you multi-use plasitc

these are the painted pieces that would later be glued onto a glove. While it looked quite spiffy once completed, i was forced to glue each piece while wearing the base glove. Superglue seeped into my pores, and i saw a thousand Tim Burtons picking wild flowers

i bought this...shut up.

i spent too much time on this. My desk is covered in burns from soldering irons, its the first costume ive ever worn that required math to create, and ive never spent so much time thinking about how badly i need a girlfriend. On the plus side, i now know that 20 LEDs with built-in resistance runs 720millaAmp/Hours, and three AAA batteries is more than enough for 5 hours of power...so...thats good

The costume minus the finished glove that had the little red armor bits. The glove was completed and soon destroyed by hours of drunken dancing. I wont lie...i wear this around the house sometimes....

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2008-11-04T06:58:12-08:00

@ Zoetica - Seriously, he can drink my milkshake anytime.

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2008-11-04T07:38:15-08:00

This year, Halloween came a day early at the office, coinciding with the quarterly town hall meeting. It was essentially a day off while at work. Last year, for the cubicle-decorating contest (and costume contest), we took the idea of "Human Resources" to a more gruesome level. This year, we went a different way, and turned our area into Pee-Wee's Playhouse, with yours truly in the starring role. When I was a kid, I loved that show, and I used to run around imitating Pee-Wee Herman a lot. How my parents put up with it, I dunno. In any case, it was easy to become Pee-Wee again for this.

Here's the three of us, as Ms. Yvonne, Pee-Wee, and Cowboy Curtis.

We built Mr. Window:

Magic Screen:

Chairry:

and the door to the Playhouse, too:

There was an awful lot of screaming that day. We even had a secret word and surprised everyone -- that is, scared the shit out of everyone -- in the middle of the big meeting when one of the execs said it.

It was a good day. Didn't take that show on the road Halloween night, but meh, maybe next year.

And I won the Rock Band contest with a rather kick-ass rendition of "Paranoid"! Now if only I'd sung that using the Pee-Wee voice...

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2008-11-04T08:37:18-08:00

@Oneiros

That's amazing. I actually got to meet Gary Panter pretty recently and we talked Pee Wee for a while.

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2008-11-04T10:18:37-08:00

@MagicSword and Zoetica He can drink mine riiight up.

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2008-11-04T10:56:46-08:00

@Errol: That is some fantastic shit. Forget a girlfriend...you have an arc reactor!

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2008-11-04T11:00:29-08:00

its the first costume ive ever worn that required math to create, and ive never spent so much time thinking about how badly i need a girlfriend

I um. Hi. Hello.

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2008-11-04T19:22:46-08:00

Nowhere near as impressive as some people's posts here, and also not the best photo - you can't really see the scarred/rotting flesh on my face and neck. At the time I thought I'd overdone the gore, but as this pic proves, you can't have too much fake blood. Anyway, yes, indie rock zombie. I was DJing at a bar in North London, along with a gravedigger and the Joker. Pretty good turnout of punters in fancy dress too.

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2008-11-05T01:25:16-08:00

@ Walker James: quoting 'Boy Meets World'- "Who needs women? Im gonna study real hard. Get good grades. Become a famous scientist, AND THEN...I'll BUILD A WIFE!"

@ Willow Bl00: best. response. ever.

transhumanist ramblings are the shit. please continue taking us into the future. especially a future where everyone has blue hair and leaps from buildings...cause this walking shit bores me.

while im not a fan of destruction in general, ive decided to scrap most of what i have and redesign the arm into an actual rocket-glove. Cause...well, ive never seen one before.

dont get me wrong - i am by no means a futurist. Sometimes you just get tired of certain things not existing.

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2008-11-05T10:01:22-08:00

Ask for her damn email address or number, you fool!

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2008-11-05T15:17:00-08:00

Not the clearest of pics but this is my interpretation of the Bride of Frankenstein, shame you can't really see my stitches!

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2008-11-05T15:23:37-08:00

ERROL. A SMART PRETTY GIRL IS SAYING HELLO TO YOU.

And Misat0, the stitches are quite visible.

The rest of you appear to be quite insane.

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2008-11-05T15:32:03-08:00

@Oddcult hear hear go for it Errol

@warren ty

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2008-11-05T15:37:36-08:00

@misat0 - Warren is right about the stitches - he however forgot to add the wow. But it may have been implied. He is a professional writer after all so knows cunning tricks with words.

@errol - that's the coolest thing I'll see this year - fuck ILM you did that in your house sir

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2008-11-05T15:43:43-08:00

@misat0 - Warren is right about the stitches - he however forgot to add the wow.

Back away from the real girl now.

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2008-11-05T16:01:45-08:00

ahh real girls I remember those - they reel you in with being nice, make you emigrate by telling you how much they love you, and then crush your heart like a small squishy thing so they can go off and concentrate on science.

You may be internet jesus but I have a babel fish

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2008-11-05T16:40:08-08:00

Had to show some love and props for my boyfriend, who crafted a lovely devilbird mask for me to don the 31st. He also did his friends "suicide" make-up, as well as his own "diseased/avian flu ridden self" See below:

(last pic credit to Citizen-Times.com, from the Unknown Hinson show in Asheville)

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2008-11-05T17:42:35-08:00

@Errol Thank you for the e-mail

@Ev Those are bloody amazing.

@PyD I'm sure I don't know what you mean. Keeping up with tech has never interrupted my personal relationships.

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2008-11-05T19:09:22-08:00

Just so everyone knows

Willow Bl00 and have spoken, and she has agreed to by my wife.

we will have adorable transhumanist little babies with glowing chests who cry in bluetooth frequencies.

Warren will preside over the marrige ceremony, where he will be reading from his personal copy of azeroth's bible, which is bound in unicorn skin.

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2008-11-05T19:46:15-08:00

@Errol , @Willow Bl00 - that's great and all, but if they interfere with my wifi you'd best have made them fire retardant. Or laser-eyed.

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2008-11-05T20:08:22-08:00

@luke -
the children's eyes will be much like their mother's: warm, honest, and capable of distinguishing between targets and friendlies in low-light situations

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2008-11-05T20:37:44-08:00

This almost makes me want to consider the thought of potentially having children at some point in the distant future.

But not quite.

Wait, can I put them in hibernation mode? And Digg moods I like?

@Luke they will actually *be* wifi access points, so everyone will love them.

And I will grow them in a shoebox in the fridge because there's no way I will ever let something gestate in my body. Ew ew ew.

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2008-11-05T21:32:24-08:00

@Willow Bl00: i support your birthing plan whole heartedly. It also happens to coincide with my plan - OPERATION: PREVENT WIFE'S ASS FROM BECOMING A BALLOONING MONSTROSITY

This may indeed be a blessed union

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2008-11-05T21:36:49-08:00

AAAAAHHHH HALLOWEEN IS OVER STOP SCARING ME.

(I'm just closing the thread as we seem to be out of pictures. Feel free to continue your horrible nerdbreeding plans in private.)