Letters & Opinion
High Five: Halloween
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Greetings boils, ghouls and all my special fiends! Yes, it’s that most devilish time of year this week, and Steve has some very special goodies for you for your tricks and treats. But before we get to that I’d like to send out my thanks to all of you who have offered me your vehicles or offered tips on where to get a good deal on a new automobile of my own. You’re all a class act, and I mean that. The search to replace the Golf continues, but progress is being made! With any luck I’ll be mobile on my own in no time!
With tomorrow officially being Halloween, I know one thing is on the minds of a great many of you. You’re in that desperate mad rush to figure out that fabulous costume idea so you won’t be stuck throwing on your blaze orange again and saying you’re a hunter. I’m sorry, friends, but that is capitally LAME. Don’t worry, Steve is coming to the rescue again. I’ve got some top notch costumes that may just impress and increase your chances with that cute ghost or goblin on All Hallow’s Eve.
How could I have such magnificent ideas just bouncing around inside my brain? It’s easy friends. All you need is a theme. I’m choosing an early 1990s theme this year. Why? Because it’s so easy to be hip while dressed like you party like it’s 1992!
Here’s an idea for you to try on for size. Take your pants and your shirt (a shirt with buttons preferably) and put them on backwards! Who are you? Obviously you’re either Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly or Chris “Daddy Mac” Smith, better known as everyone’s favorite underaged hip-hop duo Kriss Kross! If you really want to get authentic, wear your hat backwards, too. Not too tough, right?
If donning your slacks backwards isn’t for you, how about putting on your favorite acid-wash jeans and an ESPIRIT t-shirt? I’m sure both can be found at nearly any thrift store!
All right, here’s one for a group of five guys that can only be explained in five magical words: New Kids on the Block. Think about it, guys! This one is easy! To save you time, I’ll tell you how to split yourselves up. The most badass one of you (no fighting over this one) is clearly Donnie Wahlberg. No lighting the carpet on fire! You’ll just need to dress like you’re on the fringe of hip-hop culture. The guy in your group who looks the most like he’s on steroids will need to dress approximately like a pimp in a bad 70’s movie, and he shall be Danny Wood. Vests, more acid-wash jeans and loafers will be required for the two of you designated to be the brotherly duo of Jordan and Jonathan Knight. And either the member of your posse who looks the most like a 12-year-old boy or the one you simply like the least will be designated Joey McIntire. Just dress like a 12-year-old. It’s timeless! A bonus of adopting this idea is that Avra will probably fall madly in love with all five of you. She’s a huge NKOTB fan. She’s borderline fanatical.
I hope those three ideas really help to jumpstart your imaginations. I’m sure you have plenty of good ideas, and there are so many more from the early 1990s. It was like the 80s, only a little more silly. This year I hope we have the best costumes this campus has ever seen and for one very special reason: the first annual Pointer High Five Costume Contest!
What? What is the prize? How does one enter the contest? What is the deadline? Why hasn’t this been done before? Take a deep breath, reader. I’m about to answer all of your questions.
First of all, the prize is fabulous. The winner of this year’s contest will get to go on a romantic and fun-filled date to the Dreyfus University Center with a staff member of The Pointer! What could possibly be better than that? So here’s how to enter this fabulous contest, friends. You’ll need to send a picture of you wearing your costume and the name of the staff member you’re seeking a date with to my campus e-mail by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. Judging will be done by yours truly, and the winner will be announced in next week’s column! The excitement is almost too much to bear! I look forward to seeing all of your fabulous costumes!
Also, my friends don’t forget that next Tuesday is Election Day and responsible adults like us really need to exercise our right to vote. It doesn’t matter who you vote for, but please get out to the polls and do your civic duty. And remember, friends don’t let friends vote Republican!
