Evil Charlie Brown

Here's Bert (I'm cropped out) at the Bday/Halloween costume party last night.
Poor Bert - he came all decked out in his glow-in-the dark scary skull mask and gloves, and almost made the birthday girl's little sister cry. One of TC's classmate's had a bday/costume party which was hosted by her grandparents who live a few streets up from us. Man, did they have their whole house (inside and out) decked out for this party! Anyhow, Bert's hooded robe was closed (so you couldn't see his Charlie Brown shirt) and he came in with a skulking stance and the little girl was kind of freaking out, so he took off his mask so she wouldn't be as scared. Wrong costume for the wrong crowd! He was going to wear all black, but I thought it would be funny if he wore his Charlie Brown shirt with shorts. A few years ago, he wore this black mullet wig I bought for him and went as a trashy rocker dude. One teenaged kid asked him if he was "Uncle Jesse" - we had to let that sink in for a minute before it registered in our old farty minds. The kid was referring to "Uncle Jesse" which is John Stamos' character in "Full House" (hated that show!). Well, it wasn't this Uncle Jesse from the Dukes of Hazzard!
The costumes included one pirate, one girl mummy, one Mulan, one witch (TC), one Shar Pei (from "High School Musical" - hey, dont' ask me, I don't watch or listen to that shit), one Ariel the Mermaid, and two girls wearing a 50's style outfit. The birthday girl was wearing a red cheongsam and had chopsticks in her hair. Her parents were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. The grandpa was a "tacky American tourist" complete with a loud Hawaiian shirt with nekkid chicks on it and the grandma (the mastermind of the party) was a bum. She had on a loose shirt and her "britches" were literally help up by rope. Her hair was all messy and sticking up in different directions. She really did look like she would have been at home sleeping on sidewalk in the East Village.
I came as a witch, my standard outfit for the past five years, except for last year when I went as Joe Elliott from Def Leppard, circa the "Photograph" video (I still loooove that song!). Bits and pieces of my outfit for this year are still arriving in the mail. I originally wanted to go as Angus Young of AC/DC but I procrastinated and I may have to do that one next year instead. I don't have enough time to go out and shop for boy's suits and then alter them to fit me. Plus, I'd have to buy a matching cap and tie and get an AC/DC patch. Too much work. This year, I'll be a member of the House of Slytherin (the "bad" house in Hogwarts, from the Harry Potter series).