Happy Halloween!

[voodoolily]

I'mo dress up as The Quantum Mechanic!! Okay, it's my stand-by costume if I'm feeling uncreative. I have a set of old coveralls with a giant day-glo atom that I painted on the back. I spray silly string all over myself (get it? string theory). Maybe smear a little axel grease on my face or something.

What're you gonna be?

[WayAbvPar]

About 3/4 of my office seems to have dressed up for Halloween. I can barely dress myself in normal clothes on a Monday morning, much less put together some sort of costume. This morning was especially hideous, since I installed Civ 4 last night. Is it possible to die from lack of sleep? I am thinking that might not be a bad thing at this point.

Oh, and I made sure my wife picked up tons of candy for the trick or treaters. We didn't have any last year, so we had to eat all the candy ourselves. It was tragic.

[schild]

I'm dressing up as a Best Buy employee. Complete with service plans in my back pocket. And I'm going to work that way. At a retail store that isn't Best Buy.

[voodoolily]

I'm dressing up as a Best Buy employee. Complete with service plans in my back pocket. And I'm going to work that way. At a retail store that isn't Best Buy.

You should hand those out instead of candy as to quickly establish yourself in your neighborhood as "that mean guy". You should get one of your buddies to dress up as a Geek Squad employee and you can stand in your front yard doing the robot like on that commercial.

It's pissing outside so we'll prolly get only one or two lil' monsters.

[HaemishM]

I forget to bring my mask to work. I got this cool cloth mask that looks like a hood with black cloth covering the face so it looks like I have no face.

[Samwise]

I'm Jayne Cobb, complete with a hat that I got a friend to knit for me (it's the one in Viin's avatar).  I'll post a picture when I have it, I think the ensemble comes together pretty well.

(edit)  Here we go:

[Signe]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I'm going as a serial killer because they can look like anyone.

[stray]

I'm dressing up as a rollerblader.

Unfortunately, this has nothing to do with Halloween.

[Llava]

I didn't get to dress up this year 

Thought I was going to be working through most of the night, found out a day or two in advance that my schedule was going to change and I'd have the night off.  So I was stuck without a costume.

I did use my fangs, though.  My uncle's a dentist, and (mostly to see if he could, I guess) made some custom fangs for me that look about as real as it gets.  Plus, they're super-convenient- just slip them on over my canine and.. uh.. the next tooth, between your canines and your front teeth, I don't know what they're called... they just fit right on.

Everyone should have them for frightening children.

[Megrim]

Well, if any children had come around, they would have been mortified with fear. I spend a better part of the evening ddring - in the nude. Does this make me a bad man?

Wait, no, tell a lie. I was wearing a bicycle helmet.

 - meg

[Signe]

I just realised you people are serious.  You have pictures and everything.  Isn't this a holiday where you dress up your CHILDREN and send them out to beg for food? 

I don't even know what to say about Meg.  (who, incidentally, I though was a woman because of her name.    )

[Surlyboi]

I was a viper pilot from the new Battlestar Galactica and my girlfriend was Bettie Page.

And in New York, halloween is serious business, what with the Village halloween parade and all. We had a blockfull of zombies dancing to thriller last night. It was pretty damn awesome.

[Signe]

I don't even know who Bettie Page is. 

[Samwise]

[HaemishM]

We decorated the house and ended up getting all of 2 trick or treaters. The rest were at their goddam safe, sanitized park kid's night out party instead of walking around strange neighborhoods begging strangers for candy. Fucking kids. Bunch of pussies. I blame their parents, who were too lazy to want to drive their suger-frenzied children around for two hours.

[voodoolily]

.. uh.. the next tooth, between your canines and your front teeth, I don't know what they're called...

Premolars.

[SuperPopTart]

We decorated the house and ended up getting all of 2 trick or treaters. The rest were at their goddam safe, sanitized park kid's night out party instead of walking around strange neighborhoods begging strangers for candy. Fucking kids. Bunch of pussies. I blame their parents, who were too lazy to want to drive their suger-frenzied children around for two hours.

:( It was sadness. And we got one before you ever even got home! It was sad really, as we were packing my sister in law and our nieces and nephews into their car we heard this man yelling from down the street that he had candy and if there were any trick-or-treaters with us they should come down and get some. He was a nice man. I hope they stopped for some candy.

It's sad when you have to advertise for trick-or-treaters.

[Raging Turtle]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/30/halloween.arrests.ap/index.html
I live two blocks from where this happened.  Lucky me.

We had 100,000 people hit a one-mile street on Saturday night.  Easily my favorite holiday of the year.  Would be perfect if not for the drunken assclowns who incite the police into massive teargassing every year. 

[Sky]

Premolars.

Incisors, actually.

We had more roving bands of young thugs than kids in costumes. Everyone had to park off the street in fear of vandalism. Basically, October 31st has become Riot Lite Nite. Kind of a dry run for the real thing. Rioting, it's the new Disco.

[Signe]

 

[voodoolily]

Premolars.

Incisors, actually.

We had more roving bands of young thugs than kids in costumes. Everyone had to park off the street in fear of vandalism. Basically, October 31st has become Riot Lite Nite. Kind of a dry run for the real thing. Rioting, it's the new Disco.

I thought he was talking about the ones on the outside of the canines, until I reread the quote. Oops!

We also had a group of 13-14 year olds with no costumes, just holding garbage bags and being little dicks. I almost just emptied our ashtrays into their bags and pushed 'em down the stairs. They were really little pricks. The whole neighborhood was bugged by 'em. Little rat bastard kids make me veeeerrryy stabby.

[Signe]

Most of the kids who came to our house weren't even wearing costumes.  At least the ones over age 5 or 6.  What's that all about?  They still beg for food and, yet, they don't even attempt to amuse us?  Little bastards.  I still gave them candy, however.  As much as they wanted.  I'm afraid of them.


I hope they don't read this.

[Shockeye]

My son was Darth Vader and my daughter was a princess. Of course she's always a princess and my son is always embracing the dark side. Really Halloween was just an excuse for their exterior to match their interior.

[Signe]

I'm especially afraid of your children.

Please don't tell them I said that!

[HaemishM]

Premolars.

Incisors, actually.

We had more roving bands of young thugs than kids in costumes. Everyone had to park off the street in fear of vandalism. Basically, October 31st has become Riot Lite Nite. Kind of a dry run for the real thing. Rioting, it's the new Disco.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY GOT NOW?

DEVIL'S NIGHT GREETING CARDS.

[voodoolily]

Huh?

[Mr_PeaCH]

Ah, Halloween!  How I do love thee.  Always have.  Always will.

As Dad to a 6yr old boy and 10 yr old girl I knew this year would be a good one.  Young enough to still be all about the candy and the fun, old enough to go the distance and not puss out and head for home too soon.  Boy went as a LoTR "Black Rider", girl was a Vampire(ss).  They were part of a pack which included about 7 or 8 of their friends from the block and me and a couple of the parents rode herd.

We live on a cul-de-sac which tends to be pretty quiet but there is a large circle of houses around us and that neighborhood by and large goes in for Halloween in a big way.  Lots of bigtime decorations, several garages turned into haunted houses, very good candy typically for the kids and I can always count on at least one house to offer margaritas for the adults.  Good times.

[HaemishM]

Goddam younger generation, got no respect for fine cinema.

[voodoolily]

Oh! There was one happy occurence last night. See, there's this strange girl across the street. Her name is Keelee. She's 12, she acts wierd, she has hair that's way too long, etc. Sauced and I have been laughing at her and making fun of her since we moved into that house. Her mom's a smoker, so we see the mom on the front porch quite a bit. Whatever. The girl does stuff like dance dramatically in the living room in full view of our porch, plays with the kids in the neighborhood who are half her age, and just generally displays poor social skills. Actually, I had mentioned to Sauced once that she sorta reminded me of myself at her age. Well she comes trick-or-treating to our house last night with a friend (the first time I've ever seen her with anyone her own age) who was dressed as "dead Alice". I said, "from the video game? Have you seen that one?" And Keelee says, "McGee's Alice?" I was stunned that she knew what I was talking about and was delighted to learn she's a wee little gamer! No wonder she seems so awkward! I told her we were playing Silent Hill 4 (we were, 'cuz it's holiday appropriate) and she's all "with Eileen Galvin? Oooohhh!" and complained that her mom doesn't let her play rated-M games. She has a PS2 and a GC and I told her she can come borrow a game sometime if she wants. Yay! Cute lil' wierd neighbor girl!

[HaemishM]

You're going to be the one who gives her the copy of GTA her mother doesn't want her to have, aren't you?

[WayAbvPar]

we heard this man yelling from down the street that he had candy and if there were any trick-or-treaters with us they should come down and get some.

This is the one night a year a strange man can shout that he has candy for any kids who want to come to his house without fear of being tarred and feathered by a mob of angry parents.

We got zero customers again this year. Pity we have all this candy...I can't imagine what will become of it.

[SuperPopTart]

we heard this man yelling from down the street that he had candy and if there were any trick-or-treaters with us they should come down and get some.

This is the one night a year a strange man can shout that he has candy for any kids who want to come to his house without fear of being tarred and feathered by a mob of angry parents.

We got zero customers again this year. Pity we have all this candy...I can't imagine what will become of it.

This year's Trick or Treat to me is a Trick.

Seven hundred pounds of candy = 213213213 pounds of fat to the hips of SuperPopTart :(

Looks like you are joining the chub club, Way :( Hugs.

[voodoolily]

You're going to be the one who gives her the copy of GTA her mother doesn't want her to have, aren't you?

Heh, no, I completely respect her mom for actually parenting her kid. Sauced commented along the lines of "...now if only all parents would do this..."

But I'm sure we can blow her little mind some way or another.

[WayAbvPar]

we heard this man yelling from down the street that he had candy and if there were any trick-or-treaters with us they should come down and get some.

This is the one night a year a strange man can shout that he has candy for any kids who want to come to his house without fear of being tarred and feathered by a mob of angry parents.

We got zero customers again this year. Pity we have all this candy...I can't imagine what will become of it.

This year's Trick or Treat to me is a Trick.

Seven hundred pounds of candy = 213213213 pounds of fat to the hips of SuperPopTart :(

Looks like you are joining the chub club, Way :( Hugs.

Joining? Hell, I am a charter member! For all you younger, unmarried types- it becomes nearly impossible to watch your waistline when you A) marry a trained chef B) in your mid 30s! I need to get my ass on the treadmill, but there are so many good games to play right now! I am gonna have my own personal zip code by the time New Year's rolls around if I don't watch it 

[voodoolily]

I need to get my ass on the treadmill, but there are so many good games to play right now! I am gonna have my own personal zip code by the time New Year's rolls around if I don't watch it 

I've been giving serious thought to the feasibility of taking a handheld on a treadmill, especially since the place I go doesn't have TVs.