halloween

In thinking about potential Halloween costumes, I fall into sort of a fear of Halloween night itself. The parties are fun, dressing up is interesting (if not fun), and seeing other people is always great. The fact of the matter is, though, Halloween is also a parade of my lack of knowledge of pop culture.
I ran into a friend at Time after Time (a vintage store in Chapel Hill) looking at clothes. Asked her what she was planning on being for Halloween, she cheerfully answered, "Lucille Ball." Upon seeing my blank expression, she elaborated: "From 'I Love Lucy'." Okay folks. The only thing I know about "I Love Lucy" is from the author bio. for "The Babysitter's Club". The author liked reruns.

In everyday life situations, I can sort of edge myself around the topic, start a new conversation, and hastily go home and Google the topic to fill myself in ('I Love Lucy' was a comedy that ran in the late '50s. ah.). Unfortunately, I have no such tool on Halloween night. It's /long/, man. A 5 to 8 hour parade of things I don't understand where I'm forced to pretend awe at the reality of the costume, how close it is to the original...eeeeedh.

So, I have no clue what I'm going to be for Halloween. My costume for last year was very fun and inventive, but not very interesting. I had a bag that I tagged "FREE PANTS," and went around asking women (and men) who were suitably under-dressed if they wanted any pants. It was terrifically fun, gave me and my group lots of laughs, and one person even accepted.