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!