feliciakw: (Sweeney)
Do you recognize the eyes?

Because we didn't go to the costume party this year, I didn't costume. Which is kind of okay because the ideas I had would have taken several months at least to put together (and would need the acquisition of appropriate props. I wanted us to go as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. The other was hunters, which would also have required appropriate props. Plus only the cool kids would have gotten it).

One late costume suggestion I made for Geo and myself was going as simple sheet ghosts (or if you wanted to go as Charlie Brown, cut a lot of holes in the sheet). The dude in the above picture has the right idea. Simple. Easy. No muss, no fuss.

Actually, it reminds me of a costume my mom used to scare the livin' daylights out of me when I was a kid. I didn't know it was her, and she just sort of stood there, just outside the glow of the bonfire. Scared me silly, it did.

But it's to bed for me now.

Happy All Hallow's Eve, all.
feliciakw: (Eye of the Tiger)
As some of you know, I love doing theater. My first love is acting, but directing, ADing, SMing, and costuming work, too. As some of you also know, I worked costume and wardrobe on My Mummy, the independent movie Geo co-wrote/starred in/co-directed. The woman I worked with was amazing--I love her to pieces--and she at one point told me I'd missed my calling. I should have been a costumer. "But I prefer acting," said I. "I know," said she, "but you should have been a costumer."

Well, now not only does the fan!girl in me and the actress in me have reason to love Jensen, but the costumer in me does, too.

It's been said at previous cons--and it's in the commentary on The Inch Hero--that Jensen is the one who picked out Priestly's kilt. That, my friends, was a bold and daring move, both character appropriate and hilarious.

Now I come to learn that it was Jensen who picked out the gym shorts he wore as Coach Roth in "After School Special." Yes, my friends, he did that to himself. I cannot properly express how amused I am by that.



Which takes me back to an early con comment he made stating that he wanted some ghost hunter-type accouterments for Dean, which resulted in his amulet and his bracelet.

I love that Jensen as an actor understands his characters enough to see where the humor can be had, and how costuming choices make the character. "Clothes make the man," as the saying goes. And I love that Jensen is smart enough to play with that.

This concludes today's session of thespic enthusiasm.
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Okay, so Halloween has a lot of controversy surrounding it. But I grew up in a time where it was one of the best holidays on the calendar. The costumes, the candy, the cartoons, the scary . . . It's a good day for me.

The new job )

Trick or Treat )

Happy Halloween!

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