Halloween Approaches!
Oct 17, 2005
As always, when it's Tricks or Treating season, I am excited. So far this season my Halloween activities have been or will be:
- Attended 2 haunted attractions -Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and Bates Motel in Gradyville, PA (October 1)
- Watching a bunch of horror flicks - most recently Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (by far one of my favorites)
- The good doctor and I are going to Psychic Ghost Theater on the 22nd, the rest of GMH will go the night before.
- Attending a dress up Halloween Party at Wright Manor on the 29th
- Yard haunt on H-Day
- Missing GoatMan Hollow while it is on hiatus as we build a new, bigger, scarier haunt for 2006.
I'm pretty excited about attending a real live Halloween party and it's the first time since at least 1997 that I have dressed up. My last costume (1997) was a twist on Edgar Allan Poe's Mask of the Red Death - instead of dressing as the ghoulish male Red Death, I festooned myself as the ghoulishly glamorous Madame Red Death. Most people did not understand who/what I was, but I mark that down to the crowd I was running with at the time.
There was some thought to manifesting myself as a Scorpio, but I was never very satisfied with what I found online for pre-made scorpion legs (or spider legs for that matter). My costume is a symbolic translation of who I am, especially in regard to GoatMan Hollow. Although, the costume is available in some very cheesy interpretations online, I was able to develop a costume more fitting to my tastes. The last piece of the costume is a gorgeous leather mask by renowned mask maker, Vincent Ur. I wasn't sure if there was enough time enough to get what I wanted, but I received word that I want is available and will be the piece de resistance of the entire costume.
It's time to get into the spirit of the season - what Halloween activities are you going to do? Going Trick or Treating? Dressing up if so, as what? Carving Pumpkins? Going on a hayride - haunted or otherwise? Bobbing for apples? No matter what, be sure to enjoy the festivities all month long!
