Picking My Halloween Costume
Julio Rodriguez is many things. He’s a tournament reporter for Card Player, News Views and Gossip expert, host of the Online Zone, die-hard Gators fan, and Mr. “I can’t be wrong about ANYTHING.” He is also going to be the gracious host for a Halloween Party on Saturday that I am SOOOO freaking excited about.
He and his wife, Paola, have been planning the party for weeks and have spent tons of money and time on decorations. All of my closest Las Vegas friends are going to be there, and I can’t think of anywhere else I’d want to be on Halloween.
I’ve come to love this holiday, but this wasn’t always the case. I used to HATE it because I never understood why I could never be what I wanted!
In elementary school, I was a HUGE Power Rangers fan. I watched it everyday and had a huge crush on Tommy, the Green Power Ranger (who would later become a White Ranger). Tommy totally had a crush on the Pink Power Ranger, super cute Kimberly Hart. In the show, she was a gymnast and so was I at the time. I thought she was just so beautiful, so obviously, when Halloween came around, I wanted to be her! Unfortunately for me, my friends wouldn’t let me.
Me: “Hey guys, let’s be Power Rangers for Halloween!”
Girl Friend: “Oh my gosh yaaaaaah!!!!! Great idea!!!”
Guy Friend: “Sweet! I’ll be the Red Ranger!”
Me: “Ok, I want to be the Pink Power Ranger!”
[silence, awkward looks]
Me: “What?”
Girl Friend: [laugh] “Kristy, you can’t be the Pink Power Ranger, silly. I should be her. You should be the Yellow Power Ranger.”
Me: “Why?”
Friends: [in unison] “Because she’s Asian.”
Maaaaaaaaaan! Of course, I end up being the Yellow Power Ranger. Then a few years later, in middle school, the remake of Charlie’s Angels was really popular.
My friends: “Let’s be Charlie’s Angels! Kristy, you would obviously be Lucy Liu.”
Uuuuuuuuuuuuh. Yeah. So I started to not really like Halloween. After that, every single year, I was either a Cat or the Devil. You think I’m kidding but I’m not. Hahha, I just alternated between the two. Actually, to be specific, I was either a “Slutty Cat” or “Slutty Devil.” Ahh, yes, I’m that girl who takes advantage of the opportunity to dress like a whore bag one day out of the freakin year and it be totally acceptable. Last year, I deviated and got a last minute costume of some Cleopatra stupid thingy. It was cute though because Andrew and I were matching.
This year, when Julio told me about the party, I decided to try not to be lame and think of a good costume. Andrew came up with a great idea of what I should be… AN ALIEN!
For those who know me, it’s a well known and made fun of fact that I am really super scared of Aliens. Ever since I was a kid, I just haaaaated them. UGH. I’ve always avoided movies and shows that have them in it. They just make me want to puke. My friends know this, and they always joke about it. Actually, Julio threatened to make his party Alien Themed. So it would have been pretty hilarious if I came as an alien, but unfortunately, I wanted to freak out just browsing through costumes and masks.
So I’ve already ordered a costume. I’m not going to say what it is, but I’ll of course have pictures from the party in a blog entry after the party.
Let me know what you guys are going to be for Halloween. Have you guys ever had experiences like mine and the Pink Power Rangers?
I hope you all are well. Thanks for reading!
