Post: #1

do you dress up or no?in a bit of a dilemma here,because i normally dress really nicely(expensive dress shirts,jeans) and i dont do hats etc as i look better without 'em.thing is though,if you have a really creative costume it could be a good conversation starter and will make you more noticeable..any thoughts?

Post: #2

It doesn't have to be creative at all. A basic zorro costume will get you plenty of attention.

I'm going as jesus. Been growing a beard for a month. Can't wait to trim it after next weekend.

Post: #3

Anyone have any good ideas? I can't think of many. My fave last year that I saw at a party was a dude dressed up as Julius Caesar, *post-assassination.* Gordon Gekko and Borat in that lime green thong also deserve honorable mentions. There was also a very cute girl dressed as Audrey Hepburn, but clearly, she had much of the costume before she put on the black dress.

Any other cool edgy costumes? Anything that's available for sale is probably tacky and cliche.

Post: #4

(10-27-2008 08:05 AM)basilransom Wrote:  Any other cool edgy costumes? Anything that's available for sale is probably tacky and cliche.

Wear all white, and paint your face white, with a white string tied to the top of your hair to droop down around your shoulders. If anyone asks what you are reply, "I'm a tampon."

Post: #5

That'll get you laid.

Post: #6

I get to go as a cop, lol.... this will be one of the first years in a long time I'll be disappointed to work though. I'm not in our entertainment district, so I'll miss out on being able to flirt with all the HB's wearing the sexiest, sluttiest costumes. I have a "top secret" line that works wonders on them too... Damn it!

Post: #7

im thinking about going as a wizard...im sure i could think of a whole host of lines to go along with it.

oh,and another question...i went to the bar last night with my 2 friends who are dating and a girl who im sure is(or was) interested in me...i met her through them.thing is,i got in a fight(and would've won had his bitch of a buddy not broken it up while i was on top of 'em)...is that a turn on for women???from my experience chicks dig guys that'll stand up for themselves...we were out for a smoke and for whatever reason the guy just started "Trying" to rip on me..one of his attempts at an insult was "i bet you've never gotten laid before" to which i responded "i bet i've gotten laid more times then you've gotten a makeout". he ended up just getting on my nerves so i cracked him in the jaw and after a 15 second scruffle i was on top of 'em lol.

Post: #8

Where is good to go out to in DC?? In LA there was sunset where hundreds of thousands of people came out onto the streets to party... anything like that here (I'm assuming with far fewer people)

Post: #9

Georgetown and M-Street are supposed to be good

Post: #10

Best custome I've heard of was a dude who dressed up as a gift-box. When people asked what he was he'd say: "I'm god's gift to women."

Post: #11

My first idea wasn't going to work out this year (need more advance planning), so I think I'm going with Homeless Investment Banker. Put on my nice suit, no shaving in a while, messy hair, dirt on my face, etc. like I haven't showered, Will Work For Food sign, Bear Stearns stock certificates, baggie with my remaining personal stash of blow, ask guys for spare change, ask girls whether they want to come back to my cardboard box and do a line with me.

Post: #12

(10-29-2008 07:29 PM)zorgon Wrote:  My first idea wasn't going to work out this year (need more advance planning), so I think I'm going with Homeless Investment Banker. Put on my nice suit, no shaving in a while, messy hair, dirt on my face, etc. like I haven't showered, Will Work For Food sign, Bear Stearns stock certificates, baggie with my remaining personal stash of blow, ask guys for spare change, ask girls whether they want to come back to my cardboard box and do a line with me.

lmao thats a classic.

Post: #13

(10-28-2008 11:39 AM)broken Wrote:  Georgetown and M-Street are supposed to be good

It's crowded and fun to look at the costumes, but everyone is hopping around and in transit.

Post: #14

(10-29-2008 07:29 PM)zorgon Wrote:  My first idea wasn't going to work out this year (need more advance planning), so I think I'm going with Homeless Investment Banker. Put on my nice suit, no shaving in a while, messy hair, dirt on my face, etc. like I haven't showered, Will Work For Food sign, Bear Stearns stock certificates, baggie with my remaining personal stash of blow, ask guys for spare change, ask girls whether they want to come back to my cardboard box and do a line with me.

Awesome, how'd it go?

Halloween's still fresh, and there are still some more costume parties tonight. Some thoughts:
Full costumes bought from stores suck. If they don't, you're paying too much.
Dress like you're gonna fuck a bitch. You don't want to not make out with a girl because you're the joker, makeup and all. You don't want to wear a 4 foot wide cardboard box that prevents you from grinding with chicks.
Sprezzatura, seeming to put in little effort while still looking awesome, if you can work it, is great.
Lots of guys costumes are funny but not cool. I saw a couple cross-dressing dudes, a dude dressed as a shower, one ketchup, one mustard (with matching girls). all seemed kinda retarded.

I went as a boxer, with a white hooded bathrobe, boxing wraps that I already had, gym shorts and white tennis shoes. I did run into 3 other boxers, 2 of 'em girls, the other a serious boxer with a legit everlast robe and shorts.

The only other costume I liked was a dude dressed up as a 50's Greaser. My friend went as Venom, the black Spiderman, which was cool, but the costume was a little too half-assed looking.

Post: #15

Homeless Investment Banker was great! It gave me the perfect excuse to go up to EVERYONE, especially the hottest girls. I just had to walk around saying "Spare change? Spare change?" Then, regardless of who they were with, I went up to every single attractive girl I could and asked "You wanna come back to my cardboard box and do a line?" in my best attempt at a New York accent, and just in case they didn't hear I would put the baggie in their face. Some would ignore me, some would say "go away", some would laugh and keep moving (I heard some "oh my god, did that guy just say that???" kind of stuff), some would start talking and get into it a bit. I had a whole routine: "This is the good shit! I lost everything on Wall Street -- this is all I got left! C'mon, it'll be good times!" If they started getting testy: "I came all the way from Manhattan and this is how you treat me?" And then I could move on to their friend: "How 'bout you? Whaddya say?" If a guy in the group volunteered "I'll do it!" I'd blow him off: "I wasn't askin' you, I was askin' her!"

Dumbest guess at what my costume was: Barack Obama. Several people guessed this. WTF???

For those not familiar with Austin: 6th Street was jam-packed with people. I mean, the entire street. You could barely move at times with so many people walking around. Every costume you can imagine. I'm actually hoping it will be less busy tonight, because it was more of a "check out the spectacle" vibe than anything else. There was no point in even trying to get inside the bars. People on the street were generally in a hurry to keep moving to see and be seen. I'm hoping for a slightly more normal vibe tonight.

I got a total of $3.40 in spare change. I got 1 kiss from a fairly hot girl who then immediately ran off with her friend. No numbers.

No matter what happens, this is great practice for me. I must have done over 200 approaches with my cardboard box line.

Post: #16

(11-01-2008 01:31 PM)zorgon Wrote:  Homeless Investment Banker was great! It gave me the perfect excuse to go up to EVERYONE, especially the hottest girls. I just had to walk around saying "Spare change? Spare change?" Then, regardless of who they were with, I went up to every single attractive girl I could and asked "You wanna come back to my cardboard box and do a line?" in my best attempt at a New York accent, and just in case they didn't hear I would put the baggie in their face. Some would ignore me, some would say "go away", some would laugh and keep moving (I heard some "oh my god, did that guy just say that???" kind of stuff), some would start talking and get into it a bit. I had a whole routine: "This is the good shit! I lost everything on Wall Street -- this is all I got left! C'mon, it'll be good times!" If they started getting testy: "I came all the way from Manhattan and this is how you treat me?" And then I could move on to their friend: "How 'bout you? Whaddya say?" If a guy in the group volunteered "I'll do it!" I'd blow him off: "I wasn't askin' you, I was askin' her!"

Dumbest guess at what my costume was: Barack Obama. Several people guessed this. WTF???

For those not familiar with Austin: 6th Street was jam-packed with people. I mean, the entire street. You could barely move at times with so many people walking around. Every costume you can imagine. I'm actually hoping it will be less busy tonight, because it was more of a "check out the spectacle" vibe than anything else. There was no point in even trying to get inside the bars. People on the street were generally in a hurry to keep moving to see and be seen. I'm hoping for a slightly more normal vibe tonight.

I got a total of $3.40 in spare change. I got 1 kiss from a fairly hot girl who then immediately ran off with her friend. No numbers.

No matter what happens, this is great practice for me. I must have done over 200 approaches with my cardboard box line.

Imagine 6th street with all of the crowd pushed onto the sidewalk, held in by fences, with traffic running through.

That was M Street/Georgetown. At the Wisconsin/M-Street intersection, it was really bad and dangerous.

Sigh, I miss ATX.