Best Costume Ever, Honest
A few years ago I bought a Halloween mask, in the hopes that I could use that for the rest of my Halloween celebrating days. This year, my festivities went beyond the normal college age party, so I needed to step it up. Some of you may have seen that I am now sporting an Amish beard (basically I shave my neck and around my mouth), and I wanted to incorporate the new facial hair into my costume. That really left me with only a few options, either dress up as an Amish farmer, or be Abraham Lincoln. I considered getting/making a top-hat, but then I remembered that Honest Abe is also on the US penny, so my creative juices got flowing.

Not all of the youth understood who I was, or why I was wearing cardboard on my head, but I was quite impressed with the cleverness of it all. Even though most of the kids thought I looked like a loser (that's the essence of our relationship, I embrace my loserishness, and they respect me for it), I won an award for the "Most Original Costume", as voted by a committee of youth. The chocolate bar I got as a prize was much appreciated. All my creative efforts paid off.

   [ posted by William @ 11:12 PM ]