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Halloween 2013

Discussion in 'Tilted Life and Sexuality' started by GeneticShift, Oct 25, 2013.

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  1. GeneticShift

    GeneticShift Show me your everything is okay face.

    Location:
    The land of drugs, violence, and 8 Mile Road
    Costume accessories (part 1) acquired:

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    GeneticShift, Oct 28, 2013
    #21
  2. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    I am so excited about this!!!!!
     
    ZombieSquirrel, Oct 28, 2013
    #22
  3. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Do you have the boot-knife? Also, don't forget to have your gf kiss you with heavy red lipstick. ;)
     
    Fremen, Oct 28, 2013
    #23
  4. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
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    Legit tank top. Legit TEC-9. Legit jeans. Fake mullet, sadly.
     
    Plan9, Oct 30, 2013
    #24
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  5. GeneticShift

    GeneticShift Show me your everything is okay face.

    Location:
    The land of drugs, violence, and 8 Mile Road
    Accessory 2: acquired.

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    --- merged: Oct 31, 2013 at 12:04 AM ---
    I think I found my costume for next year on Reddit just now...

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    GeneticShift, Oct 31, 2013
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  6. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
    Florida
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    mixedmedia, Oct 31, 2013
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  7. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    I completely procrastinated on costumes, so I went out last night and got a store costume. It's actually pretty cool--it was "enchantress" or "sorceress" or something, I forget what it said now. I ended up buying a witch hat as well, but the costume looks just as good without it.

    Fun story: I also tried on a Jem costume last night. It was awesome, but holy boobs, Batman. Would have been okay for a party or a bar crawl, but it was NOT work appropriate. I was telling our intern about it earlier, and he looked confused. "Who's Jem?" I explained the premise of the show, and he was like, "Oh! Like Hannah Montana!"

    *headdesk*
     
    CinnamonGirl, Oct 31, 2013
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  8. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Not to be one who carps on people's fun, but I'm ambivalent nearly to the point of loathing about what has become of Halloween in the mainstream.

    I have come to view it as big costume party fuelled by junk food (and, in many cases, booze). Widely gone—if not overwhelmed—is the spirit of the holiday's intentions: a kind of festival of the dead. Sure, trick-or-treating (a fairly recent practice) and jack o' lanterns still happen, but it's been ruined by kids running around in costumes doing more of a wish-fulfillment, gimmickry, or pop-culture worship than the supernatural personas that originated the practice.

    Jack o' lanterns are supposed to represent a farmer named Jack who faced off against the devil, not whatever clever design you can carve into the "canvas" of a pumpkin. And while many costumes today do delve into the supernatural, it's often done to look cute, sexy, or is something overdone like dressing up like a zombie (I can't believe zombies are still so hot in movie and television media).

    And what's with all those shitty cardboard and plastic decorations? (And don't get me started on those fucking inflatable lawn ornaments.)

    Halloween is supposed to mark the end of harvest season, a time when the world turns dark, cold, and dead. I guess as is the case especially in the West, we are so detached from nature that this seasonal cycle isn't nearly as significant to us anymore.

    Nearly gone from Halloween is the fear, the horror, and the discomfort we have for the unknown forces of the world, that veil between temporal life and eternal death, the curtain between safety in the known and the anxieties of the unknown.

    I haven't celebrated Halloween since I was a kid, and even then I was caught up in the commercialized practices that have only gotten worse today.

    Those who choose to maintain and support the frightful, gloomy origins of Halloween, I thank you, but if I ever celebrate Halloween again, it will be dressed up as a ghoul as I attend a bonfire in the woods with a bunch of neopagans as we partake in moonshine and tell each other horror stories.

    Anyway, as you were. Don't let this wet blanket ruin your fun.

    Candy, right?
     
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    Baraka_Guru, Oct 31, 2013
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  9. ALISTAIR

    Alistair Eurotrash

    Location:
    Reading, UK
    Ah, Samhain. Blessed Samhain. The veil thins and we can commune with those who were loved.

    A time to dress in scanty clothes and as TV and comic book characters? Well, why not? Life goes on. And off.
     
    Alistair, Oct 31, 2013
    #29
  10. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Hey, I like scanty clothes as much as the next guy, but that's best reserved for something more suitable, like Bacchanalia or the vernal equinox.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Oct 31, 2013
    #30
  11. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    *throws candy at Baraka_Guru *

    I agree with you up to a point, Baraka. But you could also say the same of Christmas/Yule, Easter/Ostara, May Day/Beltane, etc etc etc. Crass commercialization has put a huge damper on every major holiday.

    One thing that HAS always bugged me about Halloween is the "sexy" costumes. If your costume is naturally sexy, awesome. If you're "Sexy Mario" or "Sexy Snow White," that just seems silly to me. (and the DragonCon enthusiast in me is screaming, "that is not even CLOSE to being accurate, you didn't even TRY!")


    I also, personally, sort of split the holiday into two parts. Halloween is the fun, the candy, the silliness. Samhain is the more solemn nod to the year dying, and everything else you mentioned. Granted, my celebrations and observances tend to bleed into one another, but I know that isn't true for everyone.
     
    CinnamonGirl, Oct 31, 2013
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  12. Baraka_Guru

    Baraka_Guru Möderätor Staff Member

    Location:
    Toronto
    Yum!

    That's my broader point, but I kept it to Halloween because of the thread. Western society, in terms of meaning and values, has progressed like this: classical > Christian > corporate/commercial.

    Did you see this link I posted above? Jillian Tamaki Sketchblog » Blog Archive » Have a Sexy Little Halloween

    Good, good.

    I suppose overall I lament my own disconnect from life and nature. I'm ignorant to it a lot of the time, but holidays tend to remind me of it, and it often depresses me.
     
    Baraka_Guru, Oct 31, 2013
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  13. Plan9

    Plan9 Rock 'n Roll

    Location:
    Earth
    I just had an internal Newsflash! moment:

    Man, Baraka's a fuckin' nerd.

    I clearly need to party with him.

    We should do Halloween, Mr. Guru.
     
    Plan9, Oct 31, 2013
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  14. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    Yeah...very few people know the connection between the old pagan observances and today's holidays. Heck, I didn't know until I was out of high school.

    Aww :( Let's have a bonfire in the middle of the woods. We can pour whisky on the fire and burn pieces of paper representing our bad habits.
     
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    CinnamonGirl, Oct 31, 2013
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  15. mixedmedia

    mixedmedia ...

    Location:
    Florida
    I have no idea what I'm going to do tonight. Sit around here, drink red wine and watch movies, I suppose.
     
    mixedmedia, Oct 31, 2013
    #35
  16. CinnamonGirl

    CinnamonGirl The Cheat is GROUNDED!

    Location:
    Central Republic of Where-In-The-Hell
    Friendly reminder:

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    CinnamonGirl, Oct 31, 2013
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  17. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    YAY!

    ZombieBaby and I have costumes.

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    ZombieSquirrel, Oct 31, 2013
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  18. Fremen

    Fremen Allright, who stole my mustache?

    Location:
    E. Texas
    Is that image reversed? Cuz, if not, your heart's traveling.
     
    Fremen, Oct 31, 2013
    #38
  19. GeneticShift

    GeneticShift Show me your everything is okay face.

    Location:
    The land of drugs, violence, and 8 Mile Road
    I was hoping you would post a picture!
     
    GeneticShift, Oct 31, 2013
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  20. ZombieSquirrel

    ZombieSquirrel Brrrrrrrains

    Location:
    Oregon by way of "Oh-hi-ya"
    Mirror picture....

    I was going to wear something else this weekend...but I just might wear this shirt again. I want to get a lot of miles out of it!
     
    ZombieSquirrel, Oct 31, 2013
    #40
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