I did actually do things on actual (i.e., not-belated) Halloween. Social things, even! I originally intended to stay home alone and do a Hocus Pocus/Beetlejuice double feature, but instead my friend roped me into going to a ward Halloween party. Of course I couldn't just go to a Halloween party without a costume because that would be even lamer than watching movies alone on one of the best holidays, so I decided to dress as a secondary character from an obscure, no-longer-on-the-air TV show: Dr. Claire Saunders from Dollhouse.
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| What I was going for |
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| What I was. Fake scar tissue is hard to manipulate. |
Apart from that, the party was okay. Halloween parties are kind of like awards shows, I've decided. You don't really care about the people except for what they're wearing. I did get to revel in the lovely double standards of men's and women's costumes (e.g., how men can dress as shirtless vikings or male strippers and people think it's so clever, yet had I decided to bare my shoulders there would have probably been a riot). There were some okay snacks, but I couldn't really eat much without the scars on my lips falling off. But after the party I went home and watched the first half of Hocus Pocus, and finished it the next morning. It's definitely a movie that I have to watch alone because the scene at the end with the ghost of Thackeray Binx makes me cry.
Later that day I went to the anatomy lab and spent four hours with the cadavers, which I guess is a very Halloween-appropriate activity. Then I saw an old friend from college and watched Beetlejuice. I guess I got all of my Halloween activities checked off, though I could have done more. I think next year, when I am 30, I will go all out for Halloween. I even have an idea for a costume. Teaser: there will be blue body paint involved.
Until next year!
*If you get this reference, you are a cool person. Also, RIP "The Neighbors."
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