This is Halloween

Well.  Ok, no it's not.  But, remember that backlog of projects I was talking about?  Well, it goes pretty far back.

This past October, I decided to not be so obscure with my Halloween costume and chose something that at least the majority of the 80s/90s kid crowd would recognize.  We all already know that I love The Nightmare Before Christmas, so to pay further homage to that, I figured I'd try a gender-bent Jack.

Despite the difficulty of this costume, it's been done a surprising number of times.  Turning yourself into a skeleton is a hard thing to do without dying first, which kind of puts a damper on the whole plan.  But, some people have done a remarkably good job of it.  I think this rendition by cosplayer Maho Urei is my favorite.

Given my love for second-hand and how unprofessional (read: ghetto) I get with my costume making process, I couldn't possible hope to match that.  Still, that didn't stop me from trying.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Holy balls, what happened to me?

Well, first of all, I was robbed.

Hur hur hur.  Kidding.  Actually, I spent the better part of April getting ready to move out of drrrrty jersey into my new apartment.

You never realize just how much stuff you acquire over a three year period until you have to pack it all away.

You also never realize how much electricity means to you until your new electric company insists for at least 3 days straight that your power is on, but every time you flip a switch or open the refrigerator, the electrons are doing nada.