ZhaoGao's Halloween Costume

[Dialectic]

Or actually, proposed Halloween Costume.

Four years ago (approximately), after a particularly traumatic pseudo-break-up (I say pseudo 'cause they were never really together) with this AF he now affectionately calls "Dog-Horse" (who used him repeatedly as a HUGE emotional and academic crutch, and it's both their faults), my man ZG shaved his head. There was no rational reason for doing this, he just wanted to do a badass thing, and actually, he ended up looking like a bit of a goof.

So last week, he did it again. I just saw him tonight, and some of the fuzz has grown in, and quite frankly it looks much better than if he were completely bald.

As a result of this head-shaving, he had this brilliant idea which he shared with his fortunate co-workers, as well as much of the Core 44 tonight. For Halloween, he figured the perfect costume would be to dress up as Christopher Reeves. I'm going to paraphrase him, though I could never really do him justice without a transcript:

"I'd have a shaved head and ride around in a wheelchair! Y'know, get a few straws to stick out of my neck and mouth, and I'd be wearing a SUPERMAN costume! And we could get a tapedeck and attach it to the chair and play the John Williams Superman theme song wherever I go! 'I was the Man of Steel, now I'm the Man of Wheels!'"

Yes, we do realize it's completely tasteless (me, ZG, and Lopan all LOVE comics), and Lopan, who loves and respects all things Reeve and Superman, absolutely detests him for even thinking this. But goddammit it was funny at the time. If only you could see his impressions.

Oh and a typical dialogue between someone who doesn't understand the dementia which allows ZG to say stuff like this and ZG (often initiated by his Chinese-Christian friends):

C-Cf: Why do you SAY stuff like that?!
ZG: Because I WANT to go to hell.
C-Cf: WHY?!
ZG: Because in Hell they have a sense of HUMOR.

[evil_FUX]

Hahahah sweet. Speaking of Reeves, you ever watch him in that remake of Rear Window? I know it's fucked but it's fucking hilarious towards the end.

[Dialectic]

I don't even think I ever heard of the movie.

Y'know what was sweet though? That commercial with the perfect CG where he gets out of the wheelchair and walks. Very touching shit.

[evil_FUX]

Ah, I've never seen that commercial. But yeah Rear Window is Hitchcock film, starred jimmy stewart pretty good movie. Then they made this remake with Reeves a few years ago. You must rent it, it's fucking hilarious, but i guess that's just me.

[JadeDragon]

That reminds me of last year's Halloween, when I dressed up as Go Go Yubari from Kill Bill: Volume 1. I had this really cool ball-and-chain thingy that I stole from the drama department and swung it at everyone I saw, yelling like a banshee. My friends and I later went to a club, and the bouncers were good-humoured enough to let me bring my "weapon" in. No one would dance with me, though; they were probably scared that I'd stick a dagger in their groins. :twisted:

[Dialectic]

Uh, if you had like blades or whatever on that thing, it would've taken a lot less skirt than what Go Go (and I assume you) wore to get a dude (or even gal) that close ....

[JadeDragon]

I didn't have a pleated schoolgirl skirt with me at the time, so I had to improvise with a really short pleated mini instead. Oh, and I went with a group of friends dressed as the Crazy 88s as well (and they acted their parts too well)! So, that's probably why I didn't hook up. :lol: We didn't have an O-Ren Ishii though, it would have been hard for her to dance in a kimono.

[Dialectic]

Derailing this thread, have you listened to the Kill Bill I soundtrack? I like the music of "Ode to Oren Ishii," and though RZA is a good producer, his rapping sucks. "This is an ode to Oren Ishii/ Half-Chinese, Half-Japanesey/ Oh, what a species." Damn that track needed another rapper.

[JadeDragon]

Yeah, I downloaded the tracks off a P2P network to preview before buying the album. The "Ode" was all right, I suppose, but what really stood out from the soundtrack was the "Battle Without Humanity or Honour" theme by Hotei Tomoyasu. Every time I hear it, it reminds me of the scene where O-Ren and the Crazy 88s are walking down the hallway towards the camera. My friend and I joked about getting a posse together like that and stomping down hallways to our very own theme music; it was just so cool.

[Dialectic]

ZhaoGao blasted that track EVERY time he got into the damn car for MONTHS. Now he rotates that with the O.C. soundtrack.

[JadeDragon]

I have a mash-up which juxtaposes "Battle Without Humanity or Honour" against a Fatman Scoop track (dunno which one, they all sound alike to me) and I use it as an opener for my hip-hop DJ sets. It never fails to get the crowd wild. :lol:

[evil_FUX]

ZhaoGao blasted that track EVERY time he got into the damn car for MONTHS. Now he rotates that with the O.C. soundtrack.

O.C Soundtrack? What could possibly be on that soundtrack worth blasting? Phantom Planet?

[Dialectic]

I honestly have no idea 'cause I usually don't listen to that stuff. Pop rock and some punk rock, I suppose.

[generaltojo]

I have a mash-up which juxtaposes "Battle Without Humanity or Honour" against a Fatman Scoop track (dunno which one, they all sound alike to me) and I use it as an opener for my hip-hop DJ sets. It never fails to get the crowd wild. :lol:

Check out the Spinjunkies remix of the song - excellent!

[BeTheReds]

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=creeve

Speaking of Christopher Reeve and tasetless humor

[Dialectic]

I read it a while back. While that one wasn't one of his funnier posts, the central point is legitimate: a man is being glorified for acting like a hero, and then for contributing to a cause in which he has a direct stake (and not before). There is certainly something wrong for that.

(But Christopher Reeve IS awesome. I have to say that or Lopan will ban me.)