clyde-park's 30 Day Meme For Adult Males, Day 1

[countblastula]

clyde-park has come up with a "30 Day Meme For Men" in response to the other 30 day meme that's going around that presumes everyone on LJ is a 12 year old girl. I have news for you LJ - it's not 2003 anymore. Your former core constituency gave up on you long ago. Only old people still use the archaic "complete sentences" or even have the slightest interest

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[clyde_park]

Halloween costumes? Really, Clyde? That's your first question?

I had to start somewhere. Especially since all the guys I know aren't exactly the typical American "guy" stereotype. Coming up with topics hasn't been as easy as I thought.

[countblastula]

Turned out to be a pretty good question actually.

[annarama]

I wonder why so many people confuse Frankenstein with his monster? Do you think they are confusing the story of Dr. Frankenstein with the story of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde? Hmm.

Also, the picture on the front of the suit thing! I had a Snoopy costume like that! My brother was Charlie Brown.

[clyde_park]

Probably because the book and movie are called, "FRANKENSTEIN" and they usually have a picture of the monster on the front cover. Or people just assume that because the monster is the focus of the story that he is Frankenstein.

[countblastula]

Wikipedia says:

"The name of the creator - Frankenstein - soon came to be used to name the creation. That happened within the first decade after the novel was published, but it became cast in concrete after the story was popularized in the famous 1930s Universal film series starring Boris Karloff. The film was based largely on a play by Peggy Webling, performed in London in 1927.[3] Webling's Frankenstein actually does give his creature his name. The Universal film treated the Monster's identity in a manner that reflects its resemblance to Mary Shelley's novel: the name of the actor, not the character, is hidden by a question mark. Nevertheless, the creature soon enough became best known in the popular imagination as "Frankenstein"."

Blame Peggy Webling.

[annarama]

*shakes fist at Peggy Webling*

[vovat]

I've never understood the appeal of Devil's Night (which kids in my non-Michigan area called by the somewhat more benign name of "Mischief Night"). But then, I've never thought destruction of other people's stuff was cool.