So I’m in the position I seem to find myself in every year where it’s down to the wire and I am ill-prepared. I have a costume party to go to tonight and I still haven’t figured out what to do about a costume (nor what I’m going to cook but that’s a whole other train of thought I’m working on).
I’m just looking around the apartment for household materials that I might put together into something that won’t reak of desperate last minute attempt. (like putting post-its all over me and being my refridgerator or something)
I had considered going as Michaelangelo’s David but it’s my sister’s party and my parents might stop by and… well, perhaps a different party on a different year
So now I’m thinking of making a tin foil hat and going as a conspiracy theorist. Perhaps I can go out and buy a white tee-shirt and write something on it like “Stop the Illuminati”. I dunno. Maybe hang a roll of duct tape from my belt?
Do any of you have any ideas on how I might convey the idea on the quick and cheap?
Got any symbols you could hang around your neck? (or maybe draw on the shirt) You know, a cross, a Star of David, a Pentacle, maybe a donkey or an elephant, money, the eye over the pyramid from the back of the dollar bill, the symbol for the UN . . . or whatever other group you can think of that a conspiracy describes.
And take a newspaper or a magazine, probably with a pad of paper and a pen, to write down clues. Maybe add a set of binoculars, if you’ve got them.
The tinfoil hat is great, of course. You might also go scrounging in your recycle bin for a bunch of newspapers. Highlight, circle, or black out random words and images, then staple the whole shebang together for easy carrying, or put in in a three ring binder with bits and pieces sticking out at random angles.
A book with a big picture of a big-headed alien on the cover would work, too.
I’d put “I Want To Believe” on my tshirt, if I was doing this costume.
Then print out a bunch of short articles and photographs about the illuminati, aliens, the Kennedy assassination, etc. and stuff your wallet full of them. Spend the evening pulling people into corners and showing them all the stuff.
I like the clippings scrapbook too, although I’d have to carry it around all night. I may just pin some newspaper clippings with certain words/letters circled John Nash-style to my shirt.
Love the camoflague pants idea and binoculars but not sure where I can get them cheaply now.
I’m gonna run out to get supplies in about a half hour so keep 'em coming!
Small helicopter, on a wire above head. Headphones, duct tape and a poly cape. Lots of spare comp wires, etc. wrapped around neck. Tinfoil hat, of course. Thanks for the last minute idea, I’ll try to post pictures tomorrow from the party tonight.
Take a TV remote control, transistor radio, or possibly even a hairdryer. Or maybe a very obiously home-made theatrical-looking antenna. Point it at people and electronic equipment, then hold it to your ear and take notes. In the case of the antenna, wire it up to headphones.
