Back in the day, a sufficient Halloween costume consisted of a cardboard guitar, glitter galore, and some Sharpie sideburns (yeah, I was Elvis!). These days, you’ve got to step your game up.
Last year, I rocked a Fortune Cookie costume, writing fortunes on the fly for people who gave me hugs. If I liked them, I’d write a “lucky number” on the back. It was actually just my phone number.
This year, I got nostalgic for the movie about the man with no memory— Memento. I thought it’d be cool to rock my Polaroid camera, and snap photos of my friends and let them tattoo my arms with “facts” to help me recreate my history.
3 responses so far ↓
1 Molly // Nov 1, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Clever idea!
2 greggggish // Nov 4, 2006 at 10:07 pm
well played, guy
3 TheMarkPike » Headphones are Stethoscopes (2006) // Jan 9, 2007 at 1:05 am
[...] Justin Timberlake- I considered dressing up as you for Halloween 2006 (disco ball attached to foot), but I thought it might be sacrilegious so instead I was the guy from Memento and then I was Google Maps. How do you dance like that? I have tried, but I just look like I’m walking barefoot on hot gravel during the summer. “My Love” was the best song of the year and it was wise of you to allow T.I. to contribute a verse. I particularly enjoyed it when he said, “People call me ‘Candle Guy’ / simply ‘cause I am on fire.” Do you refer to him as Candle Guy in private? Also, do you know if the reason he says “fans from Peru to Japan” is a not so subtle jab at the politics of former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori? I thought so. [...]
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