Halloween!!!

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by soveryfragile

I vote for the spooky snacks and video games!!! But you gotta add in some horror movies as well.

Aye, I'd gladly watch some of that, only I suspect my friends would be more inclined to button-mashing, and they outnumber my vote =p Though the horror films won't be neglected, if I find the time.

[thedoll]

Originally Posted by MollyMac

The Morrigan was less a proto Celtic Death Goddess than one of the triple aspect more aligned with war than with death. try Cerrwidden, instead.

Why are you such a badass?

[Stormtrooper of Death]

Not only is Samhain a holliday, but an EXCELLENT band. My band will be playing at a friend's house. We sound like The Sex Pistols on speed mixed with The Misfits and a pinch of Black Flag.

[MollyMac]

Originally Posted by thedoll

Why are you such a badass?

I'm one bad muthaf....

(shut yo mouth)


SHAFT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NachtSorcier]

I actually hate trick or treating. When I was 13 my stepdad said I had to give it up and I was happy to do it. It's too much work, there are too many annoying children about and it's easier to just buy a big bag of candy. Besides, my little brother and sister share with me and I take the stuff I really like that I can never find anywhere, like Bottle Caps. Halloween and Christmas are actually the only days of the year when I eat candy. I'm not really crazy for it.

[DarkGentleman]

Originally Posted by kimaru

I'm kinda tempted to be an anime character this year, but I'd have to work really hard to make it in time seeing as my mom threw the sewing machine away and shes not getting another one anytime soon.

SHE WHAT?!!! She's a quitter?!!

Thank god I own 3 and a serger. Even though one of them is a very old one that needs a new motor, other then that, I'm happy with my machines.

[kimaru]

I'm going to some trift shops this weekend to try and find parts for my costume, so while I'm there I'm going to try and find a second hand sewing machine thats not in too bad of shape. I can't afford a decent new one and because my mom doesn't want one I have to buy it myself....

Does anyone know of a anime character that has bangs?

[Abyssmal]

Originally Posted by MollyMac

The Morrigan was less a proto Celtic Death Goddess than one of the triple aspect more aligned with war than with death. try Cerrwidden, instead.

Cerrwidden, eh? I'll try.

[Cyntrox]

I'm going to have a The Exorcist marathon =P

[Corpsey]

I'm going to the NZCOPA Halloween party. Nobody in New Zealand celebrates it so we're gonna be the odd ones. I shall dress as a Japanese Punk with the red hair and everything and force everyone to listen to the song "Halloween" by Dead Kennedys at least once. It's a perfect crazy dance song for everyone to let loose to.

At NZCOPA, no costume = no entry.

[shinobi98]

Me and my friends are going to school dressed as Naruto characters. The headbands irritate our principal. I'm either going as Haku or I'm borrowing my friends Negi costume. He has a Sasuke costume too that he is wearing. In addition, we have people going as Hinata, Naruto, Gaara, and Kakashi. It's funny because I've never dressed up as a male character before. We're also going trick or treating and then going to the school's Halloween party to stage battles in the courtyard. It is going to be a blast.

[Mrs_Valo]

My friend is having a party, I'm going to that.
Im probably going to pick a band & copy corpsepaint. Halloween is a good excuse to wear it during the day lol.

[crucifix]

I like halloween, but after a certain extent I start to feel like it is cheesy with all the plastic masks and such. I mean, it is really fun, but hard core christians who say it is evil need to get a life. It isn't evil, it is just some good ol' cheesy fun

[ForgetThisLostLenore]

Well, everyone else left our Alice thing, so I said screw it, and dyed my hair. So now I don't know what I'm going to be now.

[Anarasha]

"This is Halloween, this is Halloween, pumpkins scream in the dead of night!"
I am going to my first ever Halloween party this year
In Denmark, Halloween isn't popular as such and not everyone celebrates it <.<
Closest thing I have ever come to true Halloween is being stubborn and carving pumpkins every year.
This year, my first ever Halloween party, I am wearing Erik, The Phantom of the Opera.

[Linen]

Okay, I've decided on my costume. I'm going to be an EVIL DOLL. I'll wear a poofy skirt & frilly-doll-like top, my knee-high Docs, some black & white tights, put my hair in two ponytails, make my face really pale like porcelain, and wear girly makeup & and carry a large MACHETTI covered in "blood" that I bought at Wal-Mart. Mwuhaha.

Anyone have ideas for a necklace and earrings that might look like something an evil doll would wear? (girly yet spooky)

[StasisInDarkness]

H'okay, so, for the past few years, all of my Halloween costumes have had the adjective "dead" before them: dead Miss America, dead Juliet, (un)dead vampire, etc.

Why deviate from such a wonderful pattern!?

Methinks, this year, I shall be Ophelia...after she drowned. I'm taking my inspiration from the John Everett Millais painting, you know, with the flowers everywhere, and the toussled hair, and the blue, blue lips.

[Corpsey]

Things an evil doll would wear?

A Cross or an Ankh, but they're not really out of the ordinary..

Meh, maybe a row of cork-tops made into a necklace...

Still working on my costume...

[gothicusmaximus]

I usually dress up as a normal person on Halloween.

[StasisInDarkness]

Originally Posted by gothicusmaximus

I usually dress up as a normal person on Halloween.

But what sort of normal person?! And what's more, isn't normal a subjective concept?

[gothicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by StasisInDarkness

But what sort of normal person?! And what's more, isn't normal a subjective concept?

No, normal isn't a subjective term- the norm is determined by the practices and behaivors of the majority.
In saying that I dress as would a normal person on Halloween, I'm stating that I clothe myself in accordance with the norm, that I dress as most people do.

[StasisInDarkness]

Yes, the norm is objective, and determined by the majority, but methinks that your perception of "normal" is subjective, like all internal cognitions. So, yes, we can agree on what the "norm" is, but that's because the norm is synonymous with the average, which is to say that normality is on a continuum. My "normal" and your "normal" almost certainly overlap at certain points, but from there, they may diverge, based on one's different socio-economic, gender, racial, and religious determinants.

[gothicusmaximus]

Originally Posted by StasisInDarkness

Yes, the norm is objective, and determined by the majority, but methinks that your perception of "normal" is subjective, like all internal cognitions. So, yes, we can agree on what the "norm" is, but that's because the norm is synonymous with the average, which is to say that normality is on a continuum. My "normal" and your "normal" almost certainly overlap at certain points, but from there, they may diverge, based on one's different socio-economic, gender, racial, and religious determinants.

I was referring, explicitly and exclusively, to the conventions of contemporary fashion, which are a social construct, their nature dictated by the majority, and are therefore not subject to individual biases. You're right, the term normal operates on two disparate levels- when employed in the qualification of some development within the microcosm of an individual's existence, its definition is dependent upon the perceptions of that individual, but when implemented on a broader scale, as it was by me, its meaning is determined by those practices and behaivors which are most popular, which are the average, the norm.
You're correct in asserting that context modifies the connotations of the word 'normal' considerably (sandals would be 'normal' in washington square park, but not at a formal party), but given that I provided no specific context, I judged that the reader of my statement, which I believed was quite clear and basic, would assume that, on Halloween, I dress in a manner in response to which the average individual does not think, "Oh, he's dressed eccentrically" or "oh, he's a goth" as such an individual would most likely think should he encounter me on a typical day, but instead fails to note any peculiar aspect of my wardrobe whatsoever, unconciously assessing me to be dressed to be 'normally'.

[darkbird]

My boyfriend is going to Dracula's Ball without me

So I have to think of something awesome to do Halloween. I don't have many friends anymore, so it's going to be hard.

[HellforgedX]

Why the HELL is he going WITHOUT you?!? ASSHOLE!