November 01, 2004
halloween 2004
Last week I spent a fair amount of time trying to decide on a Halloween costume. One of my key needs was the incorporation of my somewhat shaggy beard into the outfit. I was extremely pleased with all the ideas kicked around by friends (see an earlier blog entry). A few of those will defintely be kept in my back pocket and seriously considered in future years (Hemmingway, Bruce Villanch, Jerry Garcia, Lloyd Benson). The thing is, I woke up Thursday morning with an idea. I decided I had to be a werewolf from TEEN WOLF. At first I thought about being a generic cousin and then I realized that I was being silly. I had to be the Dad from TEEN WOLF. I spent part of Thursday lightly searching the internet looking for pictures of Mr. Howard. I couldn't find a single one! I started planning a Thursday night that involved not just buying facial hair and spirit gum, but renting a movie from the video store. To my surprise (and a sure sign that I'd picked the right outfit), TEEN WOLF aired on some Cinemax channel Thursday night at 3am. I pressed record on the DVR and figured I was all set to transform myself into the dad from TEEN WOLF.
Saturday night I arrived at Juhi's party, nervous that I'd spend a lot of time trying to explain who I was. When the front door opened, I was quickly instructed to look over at Genna's costume - she'd come dressed as TEEN WOLF!!! How bizarre can things get? How is that possible to show up at a party dressed as Teen Wolf's dad and see Teen Wolf there? It was totally unplanned, and totally thrilling!
And then things got really weird. I left the party around 1am and walked the five or six blocks to O'Connor's. I thought I'd have a night cap and see if anyone I knew arrived in costume. The place was fairly empty, but Bart was behind the bar and immediately asked if I was Teen Wolf. I had to reply that I was Teen Wolf's dad. He pointed out a guy about 3/4 of the way down the bar - a guy dressed as STILES, Teen Wolf's Best Friend!!! I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around all the coincidences involved with my Halloween costume.
(More pictures from Halloween 2004 coming soon)
Posted by marc@balgavy.com at November 1, 2004 09:34 PMI have never had occasion to type "LOL" until this very moment.
Not only is your story hysterical, the photos are fantastic. Now if only someone had come dressed as Boof...
Posted by: mas at November 2, 2004 01:25 AMabsolutely incredible! best halloween story ever.
Posted by: crispin at November 2, 2004 09:26 AMphenomenal. how does Teen Wolf's Dad do with the ladies?
Posted by: jamie at November 2, 2004 10:45 AMInsane. Clearly you were plugged in to the magic of the universe this Halloween.
Posted by: kfan at November 2, 2004 12:29 PMwow! so amazing. it was kind of like last year when there were two bad news bears. but teen wolf, teen wolf's dad and stiles is just too much. was someone teen wolf 2?
Posted by: bibimop at November 2, 2004 12:32 PMI dressed up as their buddy James, who gets freaked out by Michael J's transformation.
That t-shirt is great, it's still my favorite part of the whole movie.
Posted by: jake at November 2, 2004 01:59 PMWow, I feel like I grew up in a different universe from all of you. I think I saw Teen Wolf once, on video, but I remember nothing at all about it. Except I think there might have been a mean vice principal who had also tormented the dad. Or was that Back to the Future? I think it's both movies.
Great costume Marc. Love the photos as well. Maybe the freaky coincidence factor was somehow fueled by last week's lunar eclipse.
Posted by: Jim at November 2, 2004 04:24 PMYou look like Kenny Rogers after a liberal helping of Just for Men!
Posted by: Matt Army at November 3, 2004 06:07 PM
my fotolog