Every Day is Sexy Halloween

[The Newswire]

The following are the top three definitions of Halloween, as voted on by the users of Urban Dictionary:

(1) An annual excuse for girls to dress...

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[Buster Friendly]

the inclusion of 'mmmmm-bop-bop/mmmmm-bop-bop' in the lyrics is a dead give away that little alain jorgensen wrote that little diddy way back in the 80's... (he's goin' by the more manly, and politically incorrect 'al-queda' jorgensen these days....)

man, with all the black magick, and child sacraficing i do around this time of year, i don't have the time to get stressed out...

...but whoo-hoo for everyday being halloween, and all dat...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

[D'Glenn]

I don't find Hallowe'en "sort of a let-down", because a lot of the thrill for me has always been seeing others' inner selves come alive for a night -- and just grooving on all the creativity. But living as myself instead of wearing a mask 364 days a year has meant it's more difficult to come up with a costume different enough from what I wear at other times to 'count' as a costume. Whereas once upon a time coming up with a last-minute costume after procrastinating too long was merely a matter of reaching into my closet for something I already had but lacked the nerve to wear the rest of the year, now I have to actually think of something (and obtain props/materials).

(That's why I've re-used the "big baby" costume so many times -- having gotten all the props together once, it's the costume that doesn't take any new planning.)

I could just try to dress a little sexier, or for that matter go out in medieval garb (which is okay for large mundane events if a little lame, but considered Not A Costume in a gathering of my friends), but I get tired enough of people mistaking my everyday look for an early Hallowe'en costume for most of October, that I want my "in costume" look to be Obviously In Costume comma Dammit and different enough from my everyday look to a) feel special to me, and b) obviously-enough different from my everyday attire that folks seeing me in both can comprehend that what I wear other times isn't 'dress up' but is my-normal.

I'm often tempted to just put on a coat and tie for Hallowe'en and make good on the statement on a pin I sometimes wear: "No, for Hallowe'en I dress up as you!"

But all in all, I'll take everything I've described here and what you described as a fair exchange for getting to be me 364 days a year instead of just one. Your observation that it "meant that I guess I'd made the right life choices to get to be who I wanted to be all the time" really struck a chord in me. (Thank you for saying something perfect for me to use as Wednesday's quote-of-the-day.)