Tricks & Treats

Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

I've dressed up a bunch so far, and am going to the theater departmeent's annual Halloween show tonight. (Elicia wrote a script for the show, so double excitement.) And of course, when I can I have been a History Channel/PBS junkie and have been devouring their Halloween-related specials like mad. Mmmm, yummy.

Anyway, here's some fun Halloween-related stuff for ya in honor of one of my fave holidays of the year:

:: Pumpkin Carvings ::

These make me smile; I love clever pumpkin carvings.

:: BabyLondonStar Shines Bright ::

You know my bishies? Well, the above DeviantArtist does bishies too for fun, except they makes actual plushies! And what with it beign Hallow'e Eve and all, how can I resist mentioning Halloweentown Sora from Kingdom Hearts? (I'm not going to do a joke about how anyone who doesn't find him cute is "Heartless," because that would be L-A-M-E; but I couldn't resist mentioning the temptation.) I wanted Elicia do make plushies like these for our AB's, but she refused to, because she is L-A-Z-Y, so I will have to settle for pillows. But I'm glad someone somewhere is making the world a happier, plushier place.

:: Nightmarishly Cover-liscious NBC CD ::

I would love to be playing the new Nightmare Before Christmas special edition CD, but can't afford it until the earliest tomorrow, because that's when I get paid. So I will have to listen to the snippets at itunes of Panic! at the Disco, Fiona Apple, and She Wants Revenge, to name a few, doing covers of my beloved Danny Elfman songs for now.

:: I'm too Sexy for My. . . Costume???? ::

How sexy is too sexy for a Halloween costume? These articles allow you to weigh some of the intriguing opinions out there. Lots of people are commenting in op/eds and the forums at USA Today's site, with wildly different takes on the subject.

Personally, I think having a costume that is creative is much more important that one that is sexy. Too many of the sexy costumes out there—nurse, witch, maid—have been done to death, and frankly I find that boring. And I think people of every age can go too far—when you are over the legal age but are slapping on some saran wrap or teeny squares of fake fur and calling that a costume (I'm looking at YOU, attendees of our local university's Halloween bash), you cross the line from sexy to tastless, and Halloween should be all about the fun, not the skin. Young girls and guys buy the same costumes as us older folks, so while people should be allowed to have fun with their costumes, we need to think about what examples our costumes set. Mean Girls parodied it well. If someone's feelings of sexiness and worth are dependant on wearing revealing clothing, then they have huge self-esteem probs that should be worked out AFTER the Holiday.