In honor of the Great Pumpkin holiday, here's a list of all the costumes I've used over the years of my adult life:
1995 (freshman yr of college): none - didn't really understand that adults could dress up and have fun
1996: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - our first Halloween party in our apt. Awesome.
1997: '20s Gangster
1998: Ghostbusters - Built our costumes from scratch, for $11 bucks each, using backpacks and cardboard boxes for proton packs. Then some friends showed up to our party with custom-made, authentic-looking, Internet-purchased real-life damn Ghostbusters costumes and totally showed us up. That sucked. At least there was beer.
1999: none - was in Wyoming this weekend at the Jackson Hole job fair. Missed the Mystery Men (you know who you are) jumping on a burning car, and Nate throwing a fork through Rod's hand. Ahh...the memories
2000: can't remember - was in Eau Claire, I assume we went out
2001: trucker (?) - i think this was when i lived in Whitewater (or Eau Claire), and came up to Madison to meet friends and hit up State St
2002: morpheus - from The Matrix, obviously. The face paint and black bald cap were hilarious, and I learned how to walk around with my arms crossed behind my back.
2003: Beastie Boys from Sabotage video - this one was fun, as we met two other set of Sabotage B-Boys at the Plaza and partied with them all night. Hilarious
2004: Edward Scissorhands - man, what a chore to make scissorhands out of cardboard and duct tape. Costume was a hit though
2005: Richie "The Baumer" Tannenbaum - Karl and I attended a Magnet party at the Inn on the Park, and tried to remain incognito in our sunglasses as long as possible. It worked for well over an hour, which was pretty impressive. This was probably my favorite costume of all-time. Even got shout-outs from random people on porches as we were walking to the party like, "Hey, Baumer!" Awesome.
2006: The Baumer. Again. - yeah, I know, a repeat. Tough. It was a good costume and I was growing tired of coming up with something new.
2007: Price Is Right contestants - Angela and I got half-car shirts off the internet and made authentic name tags
2008: none - just kinda gave up
2009: none - going to the football game, I'm getting too old for costumes
and so it ends.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
PWWWMTW list
That's right. It's back. The weekly Players Who Will Wrong Me This Weekend list. (If you don't already know, we're talking fantasy football here). And what I would say to them were they here.
to Calvin Johnson: C'mon, dude. You're Megatron. Suck it up and play already. I spent a 2nd round pick on you all over the place and so far you've only lived up to your reputation as a Lion. Be a man.
to Shonn Greene: So I assume since I've added you on a bunch of teams this week, you're going to be entirely mediocre the rest of the season, correct? You just wanted to tease me (and the rest of fantasyland) with your breakout performance against the lowly Black Holes.
to Jay Cutler: Jay, I have a nagging feeling you are going to lay a big, fat egg vs the Cleveland Stains this weekend. Why is that?
to Cedric Benson: How dare you take a week off.
to Matt Forte: Man, are you looking like the bust of the year. Now if you don't have a huge day against the Cleveland D that just made 2009 Ryan Grant look like
2007 Ryan Grant, I may be forced to drive to Chicago and smack you.
to Brandon Jacobs: Dude, you're huge. I don't have you on a single fantasy team, but could you do me the favor of getting hurt? You're overdue. Plus, then your backup, Ahmad (whom I DO have on several teams) will get the full load of carries he deserves.
to Andre Johnson: Not really much to say here. I guess it's perfectly understandable to not play because of a lung contusion. Wuss.
to Ricky Williams: A week after carrying me to an unlikely victory, I have a feeling you're going to have the following statline: 5 carries, 13 yards, 0 TDs, 1 big bowl of crow for me.
to Frank Gore: When Vernon "Stonehands" Davis steals your thunder, you've got a problem.
to Jonathan Stewart, Steve Smith 1.0: Eesh. Any chance you guys could do anything on offense? How bout this? Bench Delhomme, let DeAngelo take ALL the direct snaps, put the Daily Show in the backfield with him, and run the triple wing with Version 1.0. This is what those stats would look like:
Delhomme: 0 for 0, 0 yds, 0 TDs, and, most importantly, 0 turnovers
Williams: 2 for 2, 14 yds, 0 TDs; 22 carries, 109 yds, 2 TD
Stewart: 18 carries, 75 yds, 1 TD
Smith: 2 catches, 14 yds, 0 TD, 9 CARRIES, 204 YDS, 4 TD
That's right, I'm calling you out, Mr. Smith. Do it.
That's all I got right now.
to Calvin Johnson: C'mon, dude. You're Megatron. Suck it up and play already. I spent a 2nd round pick on you all over the place and so far you've only lived up to your reputation as a Lion. Be a man.
to Shonn Greene: So I assume since I've added you on a bunch of teams this week, you're going to be entirely mediocre the rest of the season, correct? You just wanted to tease me (and the rest of fantasyland) with your breakout performance against the lowly Black Holes.
to Jay Cutler: Jay, I have a nagging feeling you are going to lay a big, fat egg vs the Cleveland Stains this weekend. Why is that?
to Cedric Benson: How dare you take a week off.
to Matt Forte: Man, are you looking like the bust of the year. Now if you don't have a huge day against the Cleveland D that just made 2009 Ryan Grant look like
2007 Ryan Grant, I may be forced to drive to Chicago and smack you.
to Brandon Jacobs: Dude, you're huge. I don't have you on a single fantasy team, but could you do me the favor of getting hurt? You're overdue. Plus, then your backup, Ahmad (whom I DO have on several teams) will get the full load of carries he deserves.
to Andre Johnson: Not really much to say here. I guess it's perfectly understandable to not play because of a lung contusion. Wuss.
to Ricky Williams: A week after carrying me to an unlikely victory, I have a feeling you're going to have the following statline: 5 carries, 13 yards, 0 TDs, 1 big bowl of crow for me.
to Frank Gore: When Vernon "Stonehands" Davis steals your thunder, you've got a problem.
to Jonathan Stewart, Steve Smith 1.0: Eesh. Any chance you guys could do anything on offense? How bout this? Bench Delhomme, let DeAngelo take ALL the direct snaps, put the Daily Show in the backfield with him, and run the triple wing with Version 1.0. This is what those stats would look like:
Delhomme: 0 for 0, 0 yds, 0 TDs, and, most importantly, 0 turnovers
Williams: 2 for 2, 14 yds, 0 TDs; 22 carries, 109 yds, 2 TD
Stewart: 18 carries, 75 yds, 1 TD
Smith: 2 catches, 14 yds, 0 TD, 9 CARRIES, 204 YDS, 4 TD
That's right, I'm calling you out, Mr. Smith. Do it.
That's all I got right now.
Return at long last...
And I'm back. Just for you, Corey. Hoping for an end to the Great Ottoman Catastrophe of 2009 today. In the meantime, current listenings:
The Very Best "Warm Heart of Africa"
Joshua James "Build Me This"
Those Darlins "Those Darlins"
Monsters of Folk "Monsters of Folk"
Weezer "Live Bootleg from Philly 8/09"
Still Life Still "Girls Come Too"
Major Lazer "Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do"
and others...
Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Weezer's 'Raditude' next week, as well as Them Crooked Vultures on Nov 17th.
The Very Best "Warm Heart of Africa"
Joshua James "Build Me This"
Those Darlins "Those Darlins"
Monsters of Folk "Monsters of Folk"
Weezer "Live Bootleg from Philly 8/09"
Still Life Still "Girls Come Too"
Major Lazer "Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do"
and others...
Eagerly anticipating the arrival of Weezer's 'Raditude' next week, as well as Them Crooked Vultures on Nov 17th.
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