Monday is Halloween. Growing up, my mother didn’t like the holiday. I think she only let us dress up so the other kids in school wouldn’t make fun of us. I know she feels differently now, I think it has something to do with seeing her granddaughters dressed in adorable fuzzy costumes. My sister-in-law is aweseome like that. Because of her dislike for the holiday, I’ve never been trick-or-treating. I hear that’s not so uncommon these days as it was 25 years ago (Please don’t do the math).
Also because of that, I’ve always wanted the perfect halloween costume. I always wanted to be the person in the amazing flowing fabrics that everyone oohed and ahhed over and I won some sort of costume contest. There are two small problems with this:
- I don’t like public attention, so I can’t rock a costume the way that’s appropriate to win a contest
- I’m a fantastic seamstress (not a humble one, but an amazing one…I can make almost any drawn costume come to life, even those impossible anime ones – this is one of my few skills I will brag about), but I’m horrible at thinking up creative ideas. And when you show up for a work costume contest dressed as an obscure character no one’s ever heard of, it doesn’t matter how much flowy fabric there is, everyone is voting for the woman dressed as the Occupy Wallstreet protester instead.
So I’ve kind of given up on the amazing costume concept. If I dress up this year, it will involve dragging a pleated plad skirt out of storage, buying white thigh-high stockings, tossing on a white shirt and cleaning the cat fur off my black flats. How well do you think my ‘sexy school girl’ costume would go over in a professional workplace, anyway? Yeah…maybe I shouldn’t.
But the awesome, amazing, fantastic thing about Halloween now that I’m older is…it’s no longer just all-hallows-eve. It’s also all-naowrimo-eve. To celebrate, I have on my NaNoWriMo tshirt today. Best. Costume. Ever. I know, it’s a few days early, but I’m excited for November.
I have my story outlined, I have my characters in my head, and I had inspiration last night about whether or not the villian dies at the end (yes, I had some trauma over this…trying to decide if it was okay for my anti-hero to kill him or not).
And I have the absolutely perfect plan for how to put myself in the right frame of mind before next Tuesday. In case you’re not the complete and total dorky fangirl(guy) I am, you may not know that ‘Captain America’ is on BluRay now. Which means I have all 5 ‘Avengers’ prequels.
So this weekend…The Hulk, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Thor, and Captain America marathon. 110% perfect way to unwind and let my imagination wander in preperation of starting my next novel.
hehehe ^_^
Do you have any plans for Halloween? Or any way you’re prepping for the start of a new month?
I have to pull together a costume for a small superhero who calls herself “Super R” (she invented her own hero who solves things with the power of spelling) and a pirate who’s mastered ARRRRR (which just sounds like wild growling). Also, the baby’s going to be a monkey because it’s warm.
Mommy costumes ’round here are supposed to be limited pretty much to witch and cat, from what I can see, but I don’t care. The Husband has a sword collection, dang it, and I’m going as one of my characters. Boo ya. Nobody will know who I am, but I don’t care, I get to wear a freakin’ broadsword up and down the neighborhood.
Halloween is my anniversary since my partner and I met at a Halloween party 14 (crap? was it that long) years ago.
But I’ve agreed to take the kids to a Halloween event in the Square. I have one vampire wizard (we just started reading Harry Potter) and a zombie truck driver.
Halloween doesn’t really work here because it’s spring and stays light until almost 9pm…