so this weekend, we "celebrate" Halloween. not that it's so much a holiday that we all cherish for religious reasons (in the normal sense), but most really love it. i enjoy it quite a bit myself. it's a day (or it's surrounding days) allowing us to all have the chance to be actors! and, although i have no formal training, have been in a total of three plays, and only a few student films mainly for my college roommates, i really, really enjoy acting. i just enjoy playing music more. i've picked my poison, and now i digress.
my joy of this is probably a bit more than others as i really get into character. take this costume for instance:

(i'm the pasty white guy on the right of the frame.) i (controversially) dressed as white trash a couple of years ago. i was inspired by Robert Downey, Jr.'s character in Tropic Thunder, Joe Dirt (David Spade), and George W. Bush (himself). the most important thing that i did was stay in character, even when my friend was selling me out to people that i am really a black dude. this was when the studying of W. was really going to be important: DENY DENY DENY! this was very fun. especially when close friends (even after being told) still questioned my true identity.
last year, i decided a group thing would be fun to do with my band mates. we dressed as the Scooby Doo Gang, aka Mystery, Inc. i ended up with the role of Daphne:

yeah laugh it up. four-inch heels are NO JOKE! i didn't really get to play the character as much with this one (which might be a good thing for my sake) but i definitely looked the part.

although i know my reasons for enjoying this excuse to party, i have no reason to question anyone elses. no matter what the purpose (drunkeness, slutty girl costumes, hiding your deeds behind a mask...) it's a good night to have fun. just be safe out there.
now, i have a reputation to keep up of being a bit controversial with my costume. until then---