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orichalcum at 08:26pm on 21/10/2008
orichalcum at 08:26pm on 21/10/2008In the past couple of days, I've had a series of very bad but amusing Halloween ideas.
Political costumes! Dress Mac up as Obama (No.) Dress Mac up as gay groom (No- and how, anyway?). Dress Mac up in his rainbow tie-dye shirt, jean shorts, a peace sign, and a flower wreath as "San Francisco Values"? Maybe. (That's for trick-or-treating; he'll go as part of a dragon-prince-princess combo for the "family costume" party at his school.)
Then I thought about encouraging my students to dress up in costumes related to our reading. It seemed like a fun idea, until I remembered what we're reading that week. The Nuremberg Trials. Yeah. No Goebbel impersonations, thanks.
In searching for 2T costumes on EBay, some more Bad Bad Ideas:
The Pooh's Hunny Pot Costume. Not Pooh, mind you. The _pot._
The Southern Belle costume for a 2-year-old.
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Amusing Mac story of the day: On the train this morning, a guy across the aisle was talking on his cell phone.
Guy: "Make sure you say hi to everybody for me!"
Mac: "Hi, Everybody!"
Guy: "I really miss you."
Mac: I Miss You!
And so on....
Also, when a guy buying his train ticket from the machine noticed how intently Mac had watched him push buttons and insert coins to buy a ticket, he turned around and tried to hand him the quarter he'd gotten as change. Mac smiled, said thank you, and grabbed for the man's train ticket.
He didn't get the quarter.
Political costumes! Dress Mac up as Obama (No.) Dress Mac up as gay groom (No- and how, anyway?). Dress Mac up in his rainbow tie-dye shirt, jean shorts, a peace sign, and a flower wreath as "San Francisco Values"? Maybe. (That's for trick-or-treating; he'll go as part of a dragon-prince-princess combo for the "family costume" party at his school.)
Then I thought about encouraging my students to dress up in costumes related to our reading. It seemed like a fun idea, until I remembered what we're reading that week. The Nuremberg Trials. Yeah. No Goebbel impersonations, thanks.
In searching for 2T costumes on EBay, some more Bad Bad Ideas:
The Pooh's Hunny Pot Costume. Not Pooh, mind you. The _pot._
The Southern Belle costume for a 2-year-old.
***
Amusing Mac story of the day: On the train this morning, a guy across the aisle was talking on his cell phone.
Guy: "Make sure you say hi to everybody for me!"
Mac: "Hi, Everybody!"
Guy: "I really miss you."
Mac: I Miss You!
And so on....
Also, when a guy buying his train ticket from the machine noticed how intently Mac had watched him push buttons and insert coins to buy a ticket, he turned around and tried to hand him the quarter he'd gotten as change. Mac smiled, said thank you, and grabbed for the man's train ticket.
He didn't get the quarter.
amused
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I *still* wish I had been able to afford the baby-sized lobster costume I saw a few years ago. I would have lent it to all my friends and then gotten it back for my own kiddo. :S
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...what.
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I suppose that costume would work immensely better with a 4-year old sibling who goes as Pooh.
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One of the best costumes I remember a kid in my neighborhood wearing was a "trash can". It was awesome. Another great one (this from high school) was a kid who had a very wide smiling face who dressed up as the Pringles can. That was also excellent.
I guess I just don't see a problem with dressing up as inanimate objects. (Frankly, I'd rather that then dressing a kid up in a political costume, although I'm not going to argue that you shouldn't.)
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Also, I feel that honey pots are inherently eyebrow-raising humorous in a way that trash cans or Pringles cans are not.
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