October 23, 2002
20 minute photoshop silliness
Another Halloween is about to pass and I’m going to go through another year without a costume. My costumelessness is reaching a new level of personal embarrassment. I tried last year, I really did. I was all set to go to a party on a Saturday night and I realized I had to find a costume. I remember that Saturday clearly. I walked all over Brooklyn trying to find foam padding. I was still at the height of my plant obsession (see previous entry) and I wanted to be a pachypodium. I was going to find green foam and cut it into the shape of leaves. I checked a carpet warehouse and Home Depot without any luck. I ended up going to the party without a costume. I was kind of bummed.
About a month ago I went to a foam shop on Canal Street. I thought I’d do this year’s Halloween costume planning in advance and get everything taken care of so I wouldn't worry if I had to go to a last minute party. The woman in the store had no idea what I was looking for. When I asked for the kind of foam those Statue of Liberty headgear things are made out of she looked at me kind of funny and suggested that those things weren’t even made out of foam. I gave up my search. I won’t be dressing as a plant this year. But if photographic evidence is to be believed, I had a great costume in elementary school! I was the Canadian province of Manitoba!
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