Okay, as you may know, I went as Jeff Andonuts and my brother as Ness this year. Pics forthcoming, but first, a general recap of October 31st in my neck of the woods:
For as long as I can remember, I've had a Halloween party at my grandparents' house every year, as it's much larger and closer to "town" than my own home. My brother and I carve pumpkins, set up elaborate decorations and food, organize entertainment, the like. So, anyway, this year, there was initial panic (well, more like extreme worry, or whatever the noun form of "****ed-off" is) because both my grandpa and uncle (who, as he's managing a business in town, alternates between staying in his apartment downtown and his designated bedroom in the house in question) were apparently fairly ill. The flu was presumed, and a decision on the severity of it was hard to gauge, as it was presumed my grandma didn't want our hopes crushed and was thereby downplaying the threat their conditions posed. This news--of the party being potentially called off, that is--was presented to me at about 6:00 AM on Halloween morning, so I said and thought some things about all my work probably being for naught that I didn't mean. Thankfully, it was eventually decided that we'd go through with the whole thing, but covertly sanitize the house beforehand with Lysol wipes and utilize liberal amounts of Purell.
I invited about six people; only my two (closest) friends showed up, one right around 6:30 PM (the appointed hour of arrival--time was somewhat hard to determine, as my GPs had set the clocks back already), the other a little later. The former had a blue comb-over mohawk of sorts, pink glasses, and a crazy suit, but I'm not sure it was a costume because he always dresses something like that; the latter was Dexter (not the CN one). The evening went as thus: Guitar Hero, donut-eating contest, Guitar Hero, loosely-played Cranium, then just taking turn playing the Star Performer cards from a Cranium expansion deck until everyone left.
What we learned: All you need for a great three-hour party is fake instruments and charades.
