Once I turned 17, I have not liked Halloween.
That probably makes me a crotchety old man or something but that's just how I feel about it. Don't get me wrong; candy is awesome. It's the lifeblood of the pre-teen and how we all managed to survive, mostly because it was our main form of consumption from ages 7-12.
Basically it boils down to the fact that I hate making a costume. Hate it. Every costume I ever made was thrown together 30 minutes before I went out with stuff I found in my house. Some of the earlier costumes included:
- Hockey player: BAD idea because I had to skate everywhere and people have crappy sidewalks
- Bum: Just wore dirty clothes and had the whole bandana-on-a-stick thing.
- Halloween: Yeah, I went as Halloween. Which entailed a Jason mask, a Dennis Rodman jersey, and holding a plastic shark. I pretty much phoned that one in.
This trend continued over the last couple of years into some pretty lame costumes that some people thought were pretty cool (FAIL).
- Game show host: I wore a suit and made a microphone out of something in my house.
- Nintendo: All I did was print out a screen shot of Super Mario Brothers, as well as the game covers of some of the more memorable games, taped it to a shirt, and then looped Nintendo controllers through my belt. Then I proceeded to go up to people and be like "Oh man, I'm Nintendo. You should totally play. You can even be first player!"
- This Year: Pizza Delivery Man / Pornstar. Made up a stupid pizza place name (Pepperoni Pleasure Pizza, which I actually stole from Julia), a slogan ("A satisfying mouthful... every time!") and then got the pizza box with the whole cut out of the bottom. Yes, like the popcorn thing. Also, Shiel showed me that if you burn a wood wine cork, you can use the ash to make a temporary mustache, or sideburns... or in his roommates' case, look like Wolverine.
Maybe... I just need to plan in advance and make a badass costume. Or just go as something ridiculous (e.g. Ed as Papa Smurf). Don't get me wrong; the people who go all out and have awesome costumes make Halloween. You're walking down the street on the Saturday before and you see everything and anything. Quite a spectacle and always entertaining.
BREAK
Tuesday, I was in an earthquake. AWESOME! Well, here's the deal. Erin and I were making chili (her recipe, spicy, good) and went to the bar to let it simmer. We were there for about an hour and it all of sudden feels like the bar is made out of plywood and a rugby team just rolled in and started shaking the bar. I look around like 'What the hell?' and then some girl goes "Oh my god! It's an earthquake..."
First hit lasted like 10 seconds, then had like 5 seconds of aftershocks 15 seconds after that. It apparently was centered in the South Bay and was about a 5.6, which ain't nothing to sneeze at. All it did around us was shake some bottles and rattle some things. I was pumped and so was Erin because this was our first earthquake. Yeah, I know this is nothing for people out here but it's kinda cool to cross weather / earth phenomena that I've experienced off the list.
So, all I have left is tsunami (pass), volcano eruption (AWESOME) and tornado (cow).
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