A Tale of Two Municipalities
It's NaBloPoMo time once again, for those of us who can't actually write an average of ~1700 words a day for a month straight. (Or maybe we can, but can't do it in a coherent narrative fashion such that it would constitute a novel.) I tried to do the NaBloPoMo thing last year, but it was somewhat derailed by my car accident last Thanksgiving weekend, near the end of the month. I guess I'll try again this month/year; with any luck, the month will be interesting enough to be worthy of a blog posting every day, yet free of catastrophe.
Yesterday was Halloween. Some folks at work dressed up in costume. The best costume was perhaps Mike C. as a giant whoopie cushion. In the evening, a few of us from work went out to the costume party at the Dryden Hotel. My costume was one of the guys from the Dick in a Box digital short. Since I clearly look just like Justin Timberlake, it was a natural fit! The costume, of course, was inappropriate for work, so I only wore it in the evening. The costume was mainly composed of my suit jacket and pants (I only own one suit, but I paid enough for it, so dammit, I'm going to use it!), a dress shirt (but no tie), a junk jewelry gold chain, sunglasses (or rather my sunglasses attachment to my eyeglasses), and the box. It was merely a gift box with a removable lid that attached to a belt. And while I did follow step one ("Cut a hole in the box"), I thought I'd get arrested (much like in the video!) if I followed step two and put my junk in that box. Instead, I decided to be a bit more punny, and put a picture of Dick Cheney in the box. Most people seemed very amused by the concept once step three's opening of the box was followed. (Credit to my partner-in-crime Jill for giving me the idea to use Cheney; originally, I was going to use Richard Nixon.)
The night out at the Hotel was fun. Jill had a simple witch costume. Lisa and Brian went all out with their Devil costumes, though. Lisa looked more like the Devil's mistress, but Brian's Devil was complete with a mask with horns, red makeup on his face and arms, long black wig, and glued-on black fingernails. (The last part proved problematic when he had to use the men's room, unfortunately.) At some point, we were joined by former summer intern Dennis, who wore no costume, but it was great to see him nonetheless. My costume was a hit at the bar; one dude instantly recognized it when I walked in. Others saw it and laughed as my time there went on.
Somewhat regretfully, I had to leave the Hotel to drive to Ithaca's Collegetown to join people at Pixel Lounge. There, I met up with such cohorts as Rachel, pkdan, and mhaithaca. The Ithaca SufferJets were having a little party ("Night of the Living Derby"). Strangely, there weren't a whole lot of SufferJets present, which kinda sucked. Still, it was fun. Dick in a Box went over well in Collegetown. The exception was one bitch who shouted at me, "Dick in a Box? That's so last year!" Well, fuck you very much! (Even if you're kinda right.)
I was highly entertained by the costumes pulled off by the Cornell students in Collegetown last night. Some of my favorites were the Tetris blocks, a set of Crayola crayons, a beer pong table, Cyclops and Marvel Girl of the X-Men, and not one but two distinct groups of Smurfs. Perhaps the most popular costumes of the evening, however, were Joe the Plumber for the guys and Sarah Palin for the girls. (Unsurprisingly, Cornell students are up on current events. Also unsurprisingly, they're fairly left-leaning as a whole.) There were actually quite a few Palins out there. The best, though, was probably the Palin family trio, which had Sarah, husband Todd, and pregnant teen daughter Bristol, plus dolls representing young Trig and Bristol's as-yet unborn child.
Though I hated to leave my co-workers in Dryden, and I have a huge disdain for navigating through Collegetown on a crowded Friday night (costumes or no), I was happy for having trekked to Collegetown.
I was dead tired around 12:30, so I decided to head home.
Yesterday was Halloween. Some folks at work dressed up in costume. The best costume was perhaps Mike C. as a giant whoopie cushion. In the evening, a few of us from work went out to the costume party at the Dryden Hotel. My costume was one of the guys from the Dick in a Box digital short. Since I clearly look just like Justin Timberlake, it was a natural fit! The costume, of course, was inappropriate for work, so I only wore it in the evening. The costume was mainly composed of my suit jacket and pants (I only own one suit, but I paid enough for it, so dammit, I'm going to use it!), a dress shirt (but no tie), a junk jewelry gold chain, sunglasses (or rather my sunglasses attachment to my eyeglasses), and the box. It was merely a gift box with a removable lid that attached to a belt. And while I did follow step one ("Cut a hole in the box"), I thought I'd get arrested (much like in the video!) if I followed step two and put my junk in that box. Instead, I decided to be a bit more punny, and put a picture of Dick Cheney in the box. Most people seemed very amused by the concept once step three's opening of the box was followed. (Credit to my partner-in-crime Jill for giving me the idea to use Cheney; originally, I was going to use Richard Nixon.)
The night out at the Hotel was fun. Jill had a simple witch costume. Lisa and Brian went all out with their Devil costumes, though. Lisa looked more like the Devil's mistress, but Brian's Devil was complete with a mask with horns, red makeup on his face and arms, long black wig, and glued-on black fingernails. (The last part proved problematic when he had to use the men's room, unfortunately.) At some point, we were joined by former summer intern Dennis, who wore no costume, but it was great to see him nonetheless. My costume was a hit at the bar; one dude instantly recognized it when I walked in. Others saw it and laughed as my time there went on.
Somewhat regretfully, I had to leave the Hotel to drive to Ithaca's Collegetown to join people at Pixel Lounge. There, I met up with such cohorts as Rachel, pkdan, and mhaithaca. The Ithaca SufferJets were having a little party ("Night of the Living Derby"). Strangely, there weren't a whole lot of SufferJets present, which kinda sucked. Still, it was fun. Dick in a Box went over well in Collegetown. The exception was one bitch who shouted at me, "Dick in a Box? That's so last year!" Well, fuck you very much! (Even if you're kinda right.)
I was highly entertained by the costumes pulled off by the Cornell students in Collegetown last night. Some of my favorites were the Tetris blocks, a set of Crayola crayons, a beer pong table, Cyclops and Marvel Girl of the X-Men, and not one but two distinct groups of Smurfs. Perhaps the most popular costumes of the evening, however, were Joe the Plumber for the guys and Sarah Palin for the girls. (Unsurprisingly, Cornell students are up on current events. Also unsurprisingly, they're fairly left-leaning as a whole.) There were actually quite a few Palins out there. The best, though, was probably the Palin family trio, which had Sarah, husband Todd, and pregnant teen daughter Bristol, plus dolls representing young Trig and Bristol's as-yet unborn child.
Though I hated to leave my co-workers in Dryden, and I have a huge disdain for navigating through Collegetown on a crowded Friday night (costumes or no), I was happy for having trekked to Collegetown.
I was dead tired around 12:30, so I decided to head home.