Features 8Oct. 20, 2010

All dressed upIt’s almost time to get wasted

and dress up in ridiculous cos-tumes again. Or, if you like to play it safe, go around and collect candy from strangers.

Halloween is less than a cou-ple of weeks away, which means you should have an idea of what costume you want to scare/get scared in.

If not, then luckily for you here is a brief costume compen-dium of dress-up dos and don’ts in this year’s Halloween guide.

Kal’Falnl who?You want something cool,

but not overdone. Face it; there will be more than enough Lady Gagas, Jokers, Hunter S. Thomp-sons, and Waldos this year, but, who knows, it could be fun hang-ing out with 10 other people dressed like you.

If you’re trying to avoid that though don’t come up with some-thing too obscure. Obscure as in: everybody asks who you are, gives a confused look when you tell them, and then walks away when you’re explaining the spe-cifics of the Star Wars deleted scene your character’s from.

Putting the functional in funAlong with walking that edge

between obscure and cliché, there is another edge costumers need to walk. And you can’t walk that edge when you can’t walk at all. If your costume requires 8” stilettos or scuba gear flippers then you’re probably not going to have a very fun time.

But then again don’t push the absurdity back too far, because Halloween is not about making sense.

So make sure your costume lets you move and walk around without slowing you down. And, most importantly, that it doesn’t hinder your ability to drink.

Don’tthink,drink!

RED RUMINGREDIENTS:

2 oz. white rum, 1 oz. grenadine syrup, crushed ice, 2.5 oz. orange juice, maraschino cherry, orange or lemon slice

PREPARATION:Mix rum and grenadine together. Pour into glass

over crushed ice and orange juice. Garnish with maraschino cherry and orange or lemon slice, and serve.

ELVIRAINGREDIENTS:

2 oz. black vodka, 1/2 oz. grenadine, ice, lemon-lime soda, maraschino cherry

PREPARATION:Pour vodka and grenadine

into ice-filled glass. Fill with soda. Garnish with cherry.

THE EXORCISTINGREDIENTS:

2 oz. silver tequila, 1 oz. lime juice, 1 oz. water, 1 oz. simple syrup, 1/4 medium avocado, salt, ice

PREPARATION:Blend tequila, lime juice, water, syrup, and av-

ocado in blender. Rim glass with syrup and salt. In shaker, shake blended ingredients with ice, then strain into glass.

Nowhere to go?

McMenamins - Old St. Francis School, Saturday, Oct. 30

9 p.m.: Hallow-een DJ - Free - 21 & over, 10 p.m.: Mos-ley Wotta & Friends - Free - 21 & over

Seven Nightclub, Sunday, Oct. 31

6 p.m.: Cabaret party, contest, and two year anniversa-ry - Free - 21 & over

The Summit, Sat-urday, Oct. 30

9 p.m.: Hallow-een Bash with DJ Steel - Free - 21 & over

COCC - Pence Pinckney Audito-rium, Friday, Oct. 29

8 p.m.: The Rocky Horror Picture Show - $2 recommended donation

byTobey Veenstra

Greenwood Play-house, Wednesday -Sunday, Oct. 15 - 31

7:30 p.m. (Wed - Sat),

2:00 p.m. (Sun) $20 (Students $12)

2nd Street The-ater, Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 1 through Oct. 30

8 p.m.: Evil Dead the Musical - $20, (Students $18)

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