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Usually around this time everyone's excited over what they chose to dress as this year... anyone come up with anything particularly creative/exciting? Pictures, descriptions? "I'm too old to dress up"s?

i was thor (http://charlotte.hoho.com/albums/oct06/PA280456.sized.jpg)! very successful costume ;)

I'm boring; I'm just waiting for the Mad King (http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/halloween2k6/default.php) tomorrow.

If you're a guy, make sure you don't shave for at least a week before Halloween. On the night of the holiday, wear a short skirt, a bra, pantyhose, high heels (the kind with thick soles), and dye your hair candy apple green. Oh, and make sure to wear black lipstick, make up your face in the classic "whore" fashion, and wear a lot of different colognes mixed together.

Yes.

are candy apples the same as toffee apples? cuz i thought they were brown.

I ended up dressed as Strawberry Shortcake when out with my friends this weekend, but the pictures blew, so use your imaginations in terms of embarrassment factor. :p

are candy apples the same as toffee apples? cuz i thought they were brown.

You basically dip an apple in a pot of hot caramel to make a caramel apple. The same applies when you're making a candy apple. Popular colors for candy apples are red and green (and the green color is really quite ugly).

Ninja. Hell yeah. Of course I have to wait till... well technically today, but the day proper before I can do ninja-ing around. I might even post pics later on if you're lucky :D

not dressing up, cuz I hate halloween.

If you're a guy, make sure you don't shave for at least a week before Halloween. On the night of the holiday, wear a short skirt, a bra, pantyhose, high heels (the kind with thick soles), and dye your hair candy apple green. Oh, and make sure to wear black lipstick, make up your face in the classic "whore" fashion, and wear a lot of different colognes mixed together.

Yes.

that's an awesome idea :p
though i think bright ruby red lipstick would work better ;)

If anybody comes to my goddamn door, they'll be out of luck because, well...

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...I forgot to buy candy...

I'm boring; I'm just waiting for the Mad King (http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/halloween2k6/default.php) tomorrow.
Yay, another GW player!

As to the OP, I'm not dressing up this year. My friends and I ended up not doing anything for Halloween, and I don't have any costumes (either bought or made from my wardrobe) that are workplace appropriate.

I love living in an apartment - no answering the damn door! :D

that's an awesome idea :p
though i think bright ruby red lipstick would work better ;)

Nah, black lipstick would definitely increase the effect. It's more garish than ruby red, when combined with the other colors... Especially the white face powder.

Yay, another GW player!

As to the OP, I'm not dressing up this year. My friends and I ended up not doing anything for Halloween, and I don't have any costumes (either bought or made from my wardrobe) that are workplace appropriate.

If you want to look for me, I'm likely going to be log in as one of the following:
- Kyrilliki Lightfoot
- Priestess Ioanna
- Aqua Vitus
- Pax Nyx

SAme goes to any other NS'ers. That way we can all converge on the same district and city!

The most evil man alive( or atleast i think he's alive) .........


Dick Cheney!

If you're a guy, make sure you don't shave for at least a week before Halloween. On the night of the holiday, wear a short skirt, a bra, pantyhose, high heels (the kind with thick soles), and dye your hair candy apple green. Oh, and make sure to wear black lipstick, make up your face in the classic "whore" fashion, and wear a lot of different colognes mixed together.

Yes.

Thats one helluva imagination you got there...!

Thats one helluva imagination you got there...!

Admit it. That's the most memorable Halloween costume ever.

i went to a party this weekend as a republican.

camo jacket, combat boots, pink fairy wings, and a tiara.

i went to a party this weekend as a republican.

camo jacket, combat boots, pink fairy wings, and a tiara.

My Manslut blows your Republicock out of the water.

+1!

This year, I will be the AWESOMEST RPG character ever! Black Mage (http://www.icybrian.com/fanart/thetimemage/timemageblackmage.jpg) 8 bit fans.

Admit it. That's the most memorable Halloween costume ever.

EW! :eek:

This year, I will be the AWESOMEST RPG character ever! Black Mage (http://www.icybrian.com/fanart/thetimemage/timemageblackmage.jpg) 8 bit fans.

Manslut is better.

My Manslut blows your Republicock out of the water.

bah, it's been done

Last time I actually went trick-or-treating, I had a costume that was the embodiment of sheer terror.

To make it, you first need a suit and tie. Put on the suit and tie.
Then get a briefcase or other bag (which will double as a candy storage). Put a piece of paper on it that says "[your last name] Legal Associates".

You are now a lawyer.:eek:

I was an emo/goth kid for a party Saturday night and I may wander around campus tomorrow dressed as Jesus. If I'm late for class, I can just sit down and be like, "It's okay--I'm Jesus." Sit up at the end of class and tell someone taking my chair, "This seat is blessed." Perhaps spout a "Dad damnit!" from time to time. Could be good fun, if I'm abitious enough to do it.

I wanted to go as a priest with zombie gore makeup, but my wife correctly pointed out that it's too hot in Hawaii to go around wearing that much makeup in already hot black wool priest garb. So, I'm going to stay home and watch zombie gore movies while I read the Bible. :D

I'm not a complete tool so i won't be.http://209.85.12.227/html/emoticons/sleep.gif

I'm going to dress up as the Red Death.:)

I'm either going to dress up as a fully functional Death Star or a Terminator.
:D

I staying in to watch the new series of Lost.

I'm boring; I'm just waiting for the Mad King (http://www.guildwars.com/events/ingame/halloween2k6/default.php) tomorrow.

not dressing up, cuz I hate halloween.

If anybody comes to my goddamn door, they'll be out of luck because, well...

...I forgot to buy candy...

I love living in an apartment - no answering the damn door! :D

I'm not a complete tool so i won't be.http://209.85.12.227/html/emoticons/sleep.gif

I staying in to watch the new series of Lost.

You're all boring, I tell you....BORING!!!

As for me, I'm dressing up as a Viking. :D

Approximation: http://www.newizv.ru/images/photos/other/20050126210812_4-VIKINGS.jpg :p

not dressing up, cuz I hate halloween.

You must be a bitter, shrivelled husk of a human being.

You must be a bitter, shrivelled husk of a human being.

He's like a pumpkin that's been left out for too long :(

He's like a pumpkin that's been left out for too long :(

http://www.culpritone.com/journal/JrnlImg/pumpkinvomit.jpg

My girlfriend and I both made awesome cardboard Robot costumes. Its great, I look like an antagonist 50s robot and she looks like the nanny from the Jetsons.

English Halloween is abysmal. Irritating screaming children deluding themselves that everyone else is enjoying it as much as they are, degenerate chavs throwing eggs to assert their masculinity, and an obligation to be unreasonably cheerful.

I might further deplore the dearth of any original costumes, party themes, or policing to preclude the little degenerates behaviour.


I really do wish I'd been born in the USA at times....

I’m dressing in a group costume as a married couple with a few friends (polygamy FTW!) where going to dress really smart and do that horrible love talk stuff as well as feed each other ect ect

If it doesn’t terrify it will certainly make people feel sick :)

My own wasn't much, but, although I regretably could not get pictures, I thought you might be entertained to know of a classmate's "Emo slut fairy on crack".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seridia/282904743/

I am ze pirate!

I was going to be your run-of-the-mill, garden-variety, stereotypical ... zombie communist. I'm sometimes scared of my blatant originality! I just don't feel like going outside, though, it's too warm (yes, 66° is warm, bah). :(

I've made my daughter a spider costume. Turned out decently well, if I do say so my self. I'm not sure how long she'll last though, since she hasn't had her nap today. And I didn't buy candy to give out, since my husband will be working, and I'll be off with the wee one. Better to recieve than to give, I say.

a grammar nazi.

I used to do original costumes (or at least ones that you didn't often see), but when two years in a row nobody recognized or understood my succubus costume or my kitsune costume, I vowed to go mainstream (I was tired of explaining what a succubus or a kitsune was).

Since then I have done: vampire (victorian gothic style), Alice in Wonderland (sexy variety), Viking, and now a pirate.

I used to do original costumes (or at least ones that you didn't often see), but when two years in a row nobody recognized or understood my succubus costume or my kitsune costume, I vowed to go mainstream (I was tired of explaining what a succubus or a kitsune was).

Since then I have done: vampire (victorian gothic style), Alice in Wonderland (sexy variety), Viking, and now a pirate.

I bet that succubus costume was awesome. :D

I'm a Clone Trooper this year. I wanted to be a twi'ilek cantina dancer but didn't have enough time to get something together. :(

I bet that succubus costume was awesome. :D

I'm a Clone Trooper this year. I wanted to be a twi'ilek cantina dancer but didn't have enough time to get something together. :(

I thought it was! Unfortunately many people don't keep up with their mythology :(

I think I saw the pic of your Clone Trooper costume. Looks good. I would absolutely love to be a twi'lek (I used to play one in Star Wars Galaxies).

If it wasn't for my lack of a bathrobe, I'd be Arthur Dent. As it is, I'm just a galactic hitchhiker. (Towel obviously included.)

If it wasn't for my lack of a bathrobe, I'd be Arthur Dent. As it is, I'm just a galactic hitchhiker. (Towel obviously included.)

my husband was that today at work, I threw together a costume for him, robe, towel, copy of the complete hitchhiker's guide and a tea cup.

I forgot to make him a mouse....

I felt like turning my misery into a costume, so:

Emo Face. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1174.jpg)
Emo Heart. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1175.jpg)
Emo Pants. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1176.jpg)
Emo TC. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1177.jpg)

I felt like turning my misery into a costume, so:

Emo Face. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1174.jpg)
Emo Heart. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1175.jpg)
Emo Pants. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1176.jpg)
Emo TC. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1177.jpg)

That's a lot of misery...what's wrong?

That's a lot of misery...what's wrong?

Nothing really, besides the obvious. I just felt like mocking another ridiculous clique found in high schools. The heart with the X through it has significance, though. Exaggerated significance, but even so...

No comments on my lawyer costume?

I took a sheet, cut two holes in it and drew a mouth on it.

Underneath, I wore a plain white tshirt with 'If you can read this, someone has stolen my crappy ghost costume' written on the back. I wore it to a huge halloween party, and after about 10 minutes I got sick of the ghost thing and started walking around with a black vivid getting anyone I could to write or draw whatever they liked on it. There were a lot of penises drawn..

I went as a dancer fairy with yellow and red streaked hair who accidentally got transported into Mexico, so had a sombraro hat on...

I also managed to scare the living shit out of a little girl who wouldn't stop staring at me. I think it was the blue lipstick that did it. *nods*

Used Tampon....

I didn't dress up, cause I was at fucking school all day.

I didn't dress up, cause I was at fucking school all day.

Though if I did, I would have dressed up as a stud.

I felt like turning my misery into a costume, so:

Emo Face. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1174.jpg)
Emo Heart. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1175.jpg)
Emo Pants. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1176.jpg)
Emo TC. (http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/TerroristCakes/pickies1177.jpg)

Not to sound creepy or anything, but you are far to attractive to be on an internet forum that regularily discusses politics, and also has fanfiction wars between nations that have never existed.

ZOMG!!11!!!11!ONE!!!1 its teh gurl!

Kidding of course.

I just wore a kilt and sash I made a year back for a high school pageant(It was a fund raiser durn it!), had a nice button up white shirt, with the top two unbuttoned to show off my Scottish(Yay Hairy heritage, I'm italian as well!) chest pelt, and carried around a golf club, talking in a heavy scottish accent calling everyone lads and lasses.

Was thinking about going as Blanka from Street Fighter II, dying my head hair and chest hair orange, and painting myself green, but I'm rather self conscious about not having a shirt on.

*shame*

I'll put up some pics in a bit, but this years best costume (due to work & different parties, I did several) was the zombie hockey player. After work, while standing on the train platform, a station attendant brought me a first aid kit not realising it was a costume.

are candy apples the same as toffee apples? cuz i thought they were brown.
You basically dip an apple in a pot of hot caramel to make a caramel apple. The same applies when you're making a candy apple. Popular colors for candy apples are red and green (and the green color is really quite ugly).

Nope those are camel apples. Candy apples are dipped in syrup heated to the "hard crack" stage. That's the stage before the sucrose molocules break down and carmelize.

Hard crack candy is usually clear and hard, basically lollipops and what I grew up calling hard candies. For candy apples, it's usually dyed red and may have cinnamon added.

Carmel is brown and soft.

5. Hard-Crack Stage
300° F–310° F
Sugar concentration: 99%

The hard-crack stage is the highest temperature you are likely to see specified in a candy recipe. At these temperatures, there is almost no water left in the syrup. Drop a little of the molten syrup in cold water and it will form hard, brittle threads that break when bent. CAUTION: To avoid burns, allow the syrup to cool in the cold water for a few moments before touching it!

Toffee, nut brittles, and lollipops are all cooked to the hard-crack stage.

Caramelizing Sugar

If you heat a sugar syrup to temperatures higher than any of the candy stages, you will be on your way to creating caramelized sugar (the brown liquid stage)—a rich addition to many desserts.

Clear-Liquid Stage
320° F
sugar concentration: 100%

At this temperature all the water has boiled away. The remaining sugar is liquid and light amber in color.

Brown-Liquid Stage
338° F
sugar concentration: 100%

Now the liquefied sugar turns brown in color due to carmelization. The sugar is beginning to break down and form many complex compounds that contribute to a richer flavor.

Caramelized sugar is used for dessert decorations and can also be used to give a candy coating to nuts.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar-stages.html

bah, it's been done

Far too often.

Not to sound creepy or anything, but you are far to attractive to be on an internet forum that regularily discusses politics, and also has fanfiction wars between nations that have never existed.

ZOMG!!11!!!11!ONE!!!1 its teh gurl!

Kidding of course.

I just wore a kilt and sash I made a year back for a high school pageant(It was a fund raiser durn it!), had a nice button up white shirt, with the top two unbuttoned to show off my Scottish(Yay Hairy heritage, I'm italian as well!) chest pelt, and carried around a golf club, talking in a heavy scottish accent calling everyone lads and lasses.

Was thinking about going as Blanka from Street Fighter II, dying my head hair and chest hair orange, and painting myself green, but I'm rather self conscious about not having a shirt on.

*shame*

Mmmmmmm, Kilted Scotsman ::homer drool:: :D

I think I saw the pic of your Clone Trooper costume. Looks good. I would absolutely love to be a twi'lek (I used to play one in Star Wars Galaxies).

I saw a great clone trooper costume but it was far too expensive. I just went as a random Sith Lord.

Oh, and Star Wars Galaxies sucks. :p

Usually around this time everyone's excited over what they chose to dress as this year... anyone come up with anything particularly creative/exciting? Pictures, descriptions? "I'm too old to dress up"s?I usually go as a fifth columnist or my twin.

Oh, and Star Wars Galaxies sucks. :p

Yes, yes it does. I started playing on opening day and quit within 2 months.

Yes, yes it does. I started playing on opening day and quit within 2 months.

I think I lasted about a week. I'll stick with Star Wars Battlefront II, thank you. :cool:

I think I lasted about a week. I'll stick with Star Wars Battlefront II, thank you. :cool:

It was my first MMORPG, so there was a certain amount of very basic stuff that I thought was super cool. I didn't actually get into realizing the lack of content until after the newness of "Look! I can SEE my character!" wore off. I had been playing MUDs for about 5 years before that.

It was my first MMORPG, so there was a certain amount of very basic stuff that I thought was super cool. I didn't actually get into realizing the lack of content until after the newness of "Look! I can SEE my character!" wore off. I had been playing MUDs for about 5 years before that.

Yeah, the character generation is really the best part of that game. After that, it goes straight downhill. I'd been playing MUDs since the mid-'90s, and it was pretty cool to see your character moving around. But you're right. That wore off pretty damn quickly.

Best costume I saw:

Last night my boyfriend and I went to a party. We saw this guy in a robe, boxers, slippers, t-shirt, with a beard and sunglasses. We were both slightly drunk and were trying to figure out who he was supposed to be...then it hit me. It was The Dude.

He got my vote for best costume. :D

Best costume I saw:

Last night my boyfriend and I went to a party. We saw this guy in a robe, boxers, slippers, t-shirt, with a beard and sunglasses. We were both slightly drunk and were trying to figure out who he was supposed to be...then it hit me. It was The Dude.

He got my vote for best costume. :D

Sweet! :D

Sweet! :D

It was pretty sweet. I bought him a White Russian.

It was pretty sweet. I bought him a White Russian.

Did she sleep with him? :p

Yes I did. :D

Yes I did. :D

http://www.simplyramona.com/rofl%20pup.jpg

I have a fascination (some would say an obsession) with the country once called Zaire. I seriously wanted to dress up as Mobutu Sese Seko, but I had neither the leopard skin toque, nor the abacost, nor the walking stick, etc. :(

A white Mobutu. That'd have been something to see. :p

http://www.simplyramona.com/rofl%20pup.jpg

Aww, puppy! He's so cute!

*chomp*

Tastes like lemur.

a grammar nazi.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m92/matthewthirlwell/grammarnazi.gif

I went to a party saturday night wearing a werewolf costume! Party rocked.

Someone turned up as a jedi and had a lightsaber (not a real one:()...so I had to better that and got my firestaff out of the car a put on a show for everyone! After that I got quite a few people talking to me which was nice cos I'm usually crap at parties, especially ones like this where I didn't really know anyone.

Playing with fire rocks!!!!!!!!

/responsible adult :p


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5QuFwiDL8 <--firestaff vid (not me)

my friend and I were bored, and went out and bought 2 coconuts. I dressed up as a king, and he carried a few backpacks and whatnot, banging the coconuts together whenever we walked around. Pretty cool. I love Monty Python.