November 07, 2007
fun having breasticles
11/7/07
Someone called me out last week about dressing up for Halloweeen, demanding to see proof that I've dressed up every year and that "my joints are still elastic." Well, consider this entry as good as I can give you.
2007 - Supposed to be a lion, looked like a dog:
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2006 - Secret Service Agent on Bunny Detail:
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2005 - Member of the Strawberry Alarm Clock or The Left Banke:
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2004 - I went as my dad, a Symphony Conductor:
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2003 - Tessa was a disgruntled housewife, I was a Fat Fucking Tenor:
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2002 - I went as Tessa. I also had the flu:
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with our friend Karmen
2001 - I was a young William Henry Harrison, our 9th President, thus Tessa and I were "Tippecanoe and Mary Tyler Moore Too":
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2000 - John Lennon:
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1997-1999 are the lost years because I was depressed and living in Beachwood Canyon and decidedly un-elastic. In '98, I was a Murdered Mandolinist but no pictures exist.
1996 - John Lennon in 1964, here with Jon, Lindsay and Matt as the other Beatles in 1969 (guest-starring Dana as Yoko and Cheryl as a swamp creature!):
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1995 - Beethoven (no pictures exist, but the party invite does):
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1994 - Chapel Hill Alternative Chick. Sage (standing next to me) showed this image to her mother, who famously said "Oh! That unfortunate woman!" This pic prompted me to lose 25 lbs:
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1993 - The entire cast of "The Dukes of Hazzard" with me as Uncle Jesse. After being assaulted by some drunk freshman at Linda's, I knocked him out with Cooter's toolbox.
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Clay as Bo Duke, Matt as Luke, Jon as Waylon Jennings, me as Uncle Jesse, Shay as Daisy Duke, Frisch as Cooter, and Lindsay as Boss Hogg. Not pictured: Ted as Flash the Dog
1992 - I was The Dead Baron. Clay always loved this picture:
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1991 - The infamous Humours show, where we all showed up dressed as babies. We wore adult diapers (leading to this story) and my shirt said "Li'l Stinker". No pictures exist of this, which is in itself a national tragedy.
1990 - I was a woman, which was easy, because my hair was about two feet long. No pictures, alas.
1988-89 - Beethoven's Bastard Brother Ed:
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1988 - Heatmiser from "The Year Without a Santa Claus":
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previous to 1987 - okay, so I was another woman when I was a freshman, and before that it was high school, and then childhood, where surely I don't have to explain myself.
Do I look like a complete MORON in all these pictures? Yes, and THAT'S THE POINT. I've been looking stupid since Nixon was President, and all I've ever asked is that you all do the same.
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It's always wonderful to start the day LAUGHING OUT LOUD. :-D Brilliant, Ian.
Heatmiser rocks!
That was so much fun to look at!
You're such a good role model for Lucy! Excellent costumes, all.
Fun! Julianna as a football player!
You know, one of my law school roommates looked just like your Unfortunate Woman. Her name was Patricia, and her childhood nickname was Fatty Patty. Actually, you look better in that photo than Patty did.
you have a great sense of halloween! loved the tippecanoe/mtm shot. brilliant idea well executed. and does everyone else see lucy in that 1971 clown shot? adorable.
Man, what's ironic about this "calling out" is that you are the ONLY person who has photographic evidence (and always within easy reach) of your every Halloween costume since birth.
If anyone reading hasn't yet, click onto the comic-strip invite--it's so freakin hilarious.
Heat Miser has always been my fave here, although Uncle Jesse vies for that spot (particularly with Lindsay/Boss Hogg alongside--holy crap). And I love your Tessa With Flu costume too.
the dead baron pic is creepy
Yeah! i had that '95 invite taped to my wall for a long time - always good for a chuckle. lindsay as boss hog is f'n hi-larious. really wish we had a "lil' stinker" photo though... curses!
Awesome!!
Wow- I'm pretty sure I curled your hair in 1990. I have a psychologist friend who explained that our repressive society drives men to dress as women and women to dress as sluts when Halloween gives them the free ticket to do so. Ian, you seem a testament to this theory. I had a long streak as a Halloween slut, but after having kids it no longer seemed quite right.
These are awesome. Love the creativity over the years.
I do think if this strike continues you've got a potential new career as a drag queen. You make a good woman.
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The "Dukes of Hazzard" was inspired. I've seen far too many "Scooby Doo" gangs that think they are being clever and they should all bow down to you. I hope you won some kind of award.
Re: Joanna's comment, I think you could devote a whole blog entry as to why so many young women jump at the chance to dress like sluts on Halloween (myself included during my college years).
Ian- The comix invite is great, I may have to borrow that idea sometime. If I may impart some Halloween wisdom to your readership for all future Halloweens: resist every urge you have to be a Blue Man. As in Blue Man Group. Bad idea, really bad idea.
http://gapersblog.typepad.com/gapers_blog/2004/10/bad_halloween_c.html
xuxe and rebecca-
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I enjoy Halloween. Even after adulthood and before I had kids. And now that I have kids, it's even more fun. But what would be the point in me dressing up? Do I have to prove how "fun" I am?
(Not that I object to those who do, but should I feel pressured??)
You mean, I can write Böögie if I use umlauts? Töö Kööl!
Man, if I'd known you were going as "Chapel Hill Alternative Chick" in '94, I probably wouldn't have left town....
Halloween 1991 (of Humours's show fame) was *craptacular*. Not the Humours show itself, which I can't actually recall, but the whole evening.
I laughed out loud at least six times while scrolling down through these pics. You as Uncle Jessie is a classic, as is Clay's Bo Duke outfit. The Dead Baron shot bears a striking resemblance to Peter O'Hara c. 1989. I was in Chapel Hill for the first time in seven years this weekend, by the way. Pepper's and Schoolkids still exist, so I am content.
Your hair in '88 was EPIC!