I have loved Halloween since I was very young. I enjoy the idea that I
can become anyone or anything I want to be. my mom originally would dress
us up or come up with costume ideas.
But by the time I was 9 I was already
confiscating things to turn into costumes. I'd gather everything up stuff
it into a paper bag and haul it onto the bus to take to school with me.
Then I'd go the restroom before the contest and I'd put on the costume and
make-up. It paid off because I was always winning costume contests. One of
the times was as 
Raggedy Ann
in which my overly curly hair was brushed into
style, bright red lipstick cheeks and a dress stolen off of my little
sister's full-sized Raggedy Ann doll. Of course I also located red and
white socks and took the yelling from my little sister about stripping her
doll, but it was worth it.
When the comments came about how I was now "too old" to go and trick or
treat anymore, I started taking over the front porch and all duties of
handing out candy. My mom was never one to give much parental guidance so I
was always on my own for doing up the porch. Since we also didn't have a lot
of money, my decorations came from whatever I could scavenge. By the time I
was done the front porch was a really scary place to be along with sound
effect loop tapes that I would record. Many a time I would go into the
bathroom for effect and laugh maniacally or scream at full lung capacity.
Then to top it off I would dress the part for the evening. My old half-dead
witch along with warts, scars and pocks was legendary in my neighborhood. I
was also given a glow-in-the-dark (GID) plaster of Paris skull. I named her
.
She had been damaged and my mother was able to buy her on a clearance sale. Sylvia and I have not missed a Halloween together since we met. She has been given marbles for eyes, had eyelashes and make-up and also has a hairpiece. She is a true beauty in her own right.
My Halloween obsessions continued into college. I began making more
elaborate costumes and entering better contests. One of the costumes I made
was a Jawa. 
This is the small desert dwelling creature from Star Wars. My
costume covered me completely head to toe and included a black mask on my
face and the two lighted "eyes" about 6 inches from my face. This one was
always fun to wear. When I'm in costume I never break character. I had
guys coming up and asking me to dance, not knowing if I was male or female
and not even being able to see anything "human" on me. Another costume I
made was 
. This has the full head of snakes, pock marks (oozing) on
my face and lighted LED's for the eyebrows that are switch controlled. This
one is definitely scary.
Then one day I met 
. I was over at his apartment one day and I had to
get a broom out of the closet. I opened the door and there perched on the
shelf was 
, a plaster of Paris GID skull! It had to be true love...I
had Sylvia and he had George. The two of them have been together ever
since.
So now with Don, I had a partner in creating even more fun stuff for Halloween. With his talents for electronics, a lot of things could be done much better and with more effect. When we moved to where we are now which is somewhat out in the country, we realized that we would no longer have the hundreds of kids that we had at our previous house that would come trick-or-treating. There was just no one to decorate the house for anymore.
Until one day I decided that we should have a Halloween party. Since that time our parties get larger and larger. Each party is themed, and never anything resembling the scary Halloween traditional themes. The themes have been
Although she is not much for conversation, she has a definite flare for dressing up and truly becoming a part of the party scene. During the rest of the year she hangs out at my house wearing her M&M's racing cap and M&M"S halloween t-shirt.
We choose the theme and start planning the next year's party the day after the party. We not only take over the house but we also start with a walk-through on our side-yard. We have a very large backroom with a 13-foot long wall.
Each year I paint the entire wall with a
new mural. It's what I call disposable art. For "Alien Vacation" the wall
was done in GID and had the view 
of Jupiter from Europa with the star field.
I also have a costume contest. The costumes are awarded from "Best themed", "Most Creative", "Most Bizarre" and "The Lamest". In 2000, there was a total of 7 different awards.
For 2001, the party was on Saturday, October 27th 2001 at 8pm. The theme...."All Jungled Up".
In 2002, the party will be on Saturday, October 26th at 8pm. The theme....
"Pacifically Your's - An Undersea Adventure"
music
freebies....
silly stuff
More Halloween stuff.
A Jelly Bean for Halloween .
Trick~or~Treating by sign .
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