Why are you wearing sunglasses with your Woody costume?

Those are terrific costumes! Thanks for the pictures!

As I mentioned elsewhere, with this mustache, every costume idea I came up with ended in, "...if he were a porn star."

Yes, yes, my apologies to everyone whom I didn't invite. I promised my friend Val (who grew up in the El Mio house) I'd limit my personal invites to a dozen or so. (before she took off the U.K. for two weeks, came home sick, and thus throwing the party came down to me and my good friend Autumn - who painted all the Haunted Mansion artwork for the event ... though Val contributed the Tomb Sweet Tomb cross-stich, the last element to be completed, about a half hour into the party!)

As it was, we believe close to a hundred people attended ... or, as I like to assume .... 99 happy haunts.


And I'd also like to apologize for being somewhat less than a perfect host. Frankly, I was completely exhausted by the time the party started, and I really couldn't deal with the crush of people. So I stayed in the background for a lot of the event ... more of a ghost host really ... and then propped myself awake with booze and dope, and was completely useless.

The last guests left at 5am. I took a two hour nap, then started the many days of clean-up.


Hahahaha! I must be crazy. I hope everyone had a good time. And again, I'm sorry the party wasn't at my house ... or I would have invited far more friends. Too bad I don't live in the 1887 Victorian Mansion.

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Oh, may I add - - FANTASTIC COSTUMES!!!!!


I'd like to especially gush over everyone who came dressed as a Haunted Mansion characters. (Especially you folks who faked me out and said you were coming in warmed-over Disney costumes you inadvertently wore to the first party.)

Tee Hee, there was ultimately appropriate Cadaverous Pallor as The Bride, and my friend Larry came as the HatBox Ghost. All the others were actually Haunted Mansion portraits, hahahaha. €uro as the Man in Boxers on a Barrel of Dynamite, my friend Stephanie as The Medusa, and BOTH Not Afraid and Morrigoon as Girl on a Tight Rope. Fantastic.


I expected many more doubles, but the only other sort of double was my other friend Lisa as Jolly Holiday Mary Poppins, and GusGus as British Mary Poppins (complete with delightful servings of spoonfuls of "sugar").


The best costume winner, and single best costume entrance I'd ever seen was NirvanaMan as Walt Disney's Frozen Head. Only to be topped as best costume entrance ever a mere hour later when my friend Mike arrived as ... The Main Street Electrical Parade. Hahahahahahah!


Can't wait to see the pictures. Oi, no time for that now. Another day of clean-up!

Oddly enough, I think I only saw one Jack Sparrow.

You are correct on you assumption.

BTW, a special shout-out to GC. To make his F! shirt, he actually bought a WHITE shirt, died it yellow, and then, using a Sharpie, HAND-COLORED the big black bumble-bee stripe. The finishing touch was the F! logo printed on a clear label and affixed.

And he breaking-voice characterization was freaking hilarious!!!

Hmm... I didn't see the one.

LOVE this pic: