Halloweiners

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.