Backing Halloween

Halloween is tonight and i'm 3 parties down. The best by far being the Yo Gabba Gabba wrap party last night. Here are some shots from that one and the Peterson party. I found that some of the best costumes didn't require you to see the front of them....

How awesome

YES! YES!

If only Yo Gabba Gabba was around when i was a kid, or better yet, i hope it's still around when i'm an adult so this could be MY family.

brobee.blogspot.com brings joy, it's sad that filming is done for this season :(

More photos here

And originality dies....

It's no secret that young girls like to dress up sexy for Halloween. It happened when i was in high school and it is happening now. I just think that it would be a little more original to just take the word "sexy" out of these lame costumes and add a bit more fabric. Hey, i love seeing skin as much as the next guy, but when it comes to being clever i'd like it to have more thought, and Halloween is in autumn for gods sake, not summer, get some clothes on dumbasses. When someone thinks of a clever costume it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Last week i was quickly duped in a long car ride. In the car, among others, was my buddies sister Allie....

Allie: I still dont know what i am going to be for halloween. My friend is gonna be a tree!


Mikes Brain: (Oh awesome, finally these high school kids have branched off from the "sexy" theme and are making original costumes)


Allie: Yea, she is gonna wear brown booty shorts and glue leaves to her bra!

Followed by me losing all hope for todays youth

Yawn.....

Who said Halloween is only one day?

I have gotten into the habit of having multiple costumes each year due to multiple celebrations of this wonderful holiday, and the need to not be repetitive in front of my friends. I've been growing my hair out for my costume in order to buzz it all off and make the full transformation into the life of Artie the Strongest Man in the World. But with a quick glimpse at my sisters tutu for her ballerina costume, i knew exactly what i had to do. Behold, my last minute costume idea for the costume party taking place one week before Halloween.

I must say, it was a hit at the party. I personally thought that the Billy Mayes costume was quite clever as well

Artie Update

The final step for my outfit has begun. I have taped off my red turtleneck of death to ready it for its paint job. I know what you're thinking, "Mike, those look like the right colors, why not just keep the tape on and make that your costume?" I'll tell you why! Because then i would have tape on my shirt all night, and i would have a half assed costume. Plus i found some old blue paint that i dont mind using all of to paint the open area of the shirt. My next step is going through with the painting.....and then finally cutting my luscious locks in a fashion to suit Artie's inner jarhead.

Reason number 2 not to just use tape for the blue section of my shirt:
So i dont look like this jagov

Can you smell it?

Yesterday was a greeaaat day. I started it off by waking up in a house that wasn't mine and eating a grilled cheese with no hesitation. Then a nice trip to the worlds biggest thrift store with Rosenthal where i acquired  half of my halloween costume (more in a moment). Then a trip to Costco turned into a trip to Its A Grind to visit my friend, get a free drink, and THEN go get Costco hot dogs. After that i completed my hunt for my dad's birthday presents. Feeling very accomplished i then played a good show at Dipiazzas with my band, followed by a lovely party at my friend Jon's house. A very good day overall, and i must say, the smell of Fall was present the entire day and i loved it.

But back to my costume. My family takes halloween very seriously, in all aspects. I guess we just love to dress up/dress things up, i mean, my mom has won the costume contest at her work twice in a row(not specifically reserved for halloween).

Well if anyone knows me they know i am obsessed with the 90's. Mainly television in the 90's. Mainly Nickelodeon in the 90's. Anyways, as another halloween rolls by, my only choice in a costume is something from the era i love the most. In 2007 i took no hesitation to dress up as a Legends of The Hidden Temple contestant with water shoes and all. This year i felt the need to pay tribute to a show i loved none stop and only till now realize how genius the show really was in it's entirety. Pete & Pete was one of the best written shows on the Nickelodeon afternoon 90's lineup. This is why on my trip to the thrift store yesterday i had to find a red turtle neck and red sweatpants to successfully transform myself into Artie, the strongest man in the world in 30 days. Granted, i didnt find any sweat pants BUT i did find the perfect turtleneck that will be caressed with blue stripes as soon as i find the time. More updates on my progress soon to come....super detailed ones, like how long it takes till i find sweats....and how i will be posing all night on halloween.....details.

Halloweevil

If you've been to my house, you'll know that my roommate (for privacy purposes lets just call her "Mom") puts out seasonal chocolates in our bathroom. For example, during Valentines day we have hershey kisses with cherry filling, easter we have little hershey kiss eggs and so on and so forth. Well, being that it is 2 days to the first day of the month containing the wonderful holiday of Halloween, our lovely candy dish in the pooper is filled with little black and orange wrapped hershey kisses.....which got me thinking.

When i was a kid and read my 10 page books, one that i would read annually was The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat. A simple book about halloween and two carnivorous mammals who decided to go trick or treating for halloween. One thing i always noticed was the way their candy was distributed. They would always dish out handfuls of candy corn and gum balls and peppermints in no wrapper, right into the children's bag. Now i don't know about you but i was always told to be cautious about strange people handing out candy that looks like its been tampered with. Charlie Brown seemed to have this sort of shady neighborhood too. Didn't they have parents that told them not to eat these potential sugar balls of death? I know every year as a kid my dad would always have his "sifting" time with my candy. Although it usually involved him saying "oh this one might be dangerous.....*munch*......oh ok we're safe" on numerous occasions. Maybe the Berenstain Bears lived in a happy go lucky town where everyone knew each other and trusted each other and there were no razor blades in any circus peanuts or roofies in pez dispensers.

Lets go back to the good old days. I vow to only serve candy that i have bought in a bag, opened the bag, and dumped into a dish. It'll be like the sweetest complimentary peanuts you have ever had, and only for one day a year. I mean, if they do it in a cartoon it must be good for you.

PS: i always thought it was Berenstein Bears....not BerenSTAIN. I guess they are a little less jewish than i thought

Halloween

I sitting at my front door as i write this since i am handing out candy for the peeps from the neighborhood(and hawaiin gardens). There's nothing i hate more than a smart ass kid.....

(mike presses the fog machine button)

Kid dressed as Star Wars clone: Is there a button for that smoke?

Mike: Yes

Clone: where's the button?

Mike: it's a secret button

Clone: can i press it?

Mike: no its a secret

Clone: where is it?

Mike: its underground, in a coffin

Clone: no it's not

Mike:(in head) i hate you

[i am wearing my hockey mask with bullet holes and blood on it]

a second Clone asks: Why is there blood on your face?

Mike: Because im DEAD!

Clone1: no you're not

Clone2: how do you make that smoke?!

Mike:(cheering up) it's MAGIC smoke!

back to Clone1: No it's not, you can buy that in stores

Mike: (in head) fuck you

Clone: make it smoke again

Mike: i can't it has to warm up

Clone: the fog has to warm up?

Mike:......yes

Clone: well do it i want to see it

Mike: (pressing button)....it's not ready yet...oh there it goes(fog up kids face)

now the kid is just standing there....his parents are waiting at the foot of my driveway and his 3 friends already got the candy and left.

Clone: i wanna stand in the fog, i cant see anything

Clone Father: cmon (clone) lets go

kid finally leaves and i punch myself in the balls to sterilize myself.

i hope my kids arent jackasses

Doesn't it feel great

Im sitting in my garage watching a thin red piece of paper dry onto a silk screen and i couldnt be happier. This has to be the best time of the year when the shift from hot to nice and breezy comes through. I didnt work today, and i dont go to my normal job for an entire week, i have some art projects to do, im all caught up on my school work at the moment, the job that i AM going to throughout the week starts at 9 am so i can stay out late and sleep in (8:30 is sleeping in for me), and all of this put together makes me feel fucking amazing. Also since my tape deck and CD player is broken in my car i have been listening to KRTH 101 which is just the greatest radio station ever and plays songs that only add to my euphoria.

Maybe this is why i like halloween so much, it just FEELS good outside. Then comes thanksgiving, where i get to hangout with my entire family and my bands CD comes out, and then xmas which is just plain groovy. The days are on a roll.

viva la vida