Since it is NaBloPoMo, I am going to write a blog post every day this month.
Last night was, obviously, Halloween. And I had a lovely Halloween weekend this year, but right now, I am exhausted. I spent most of the day intermittently doing Economics homework, getting bored of Economics homework and watching TV instead, and recommitting myself to Economics homework. When I was younger and my brain cells had not started dying yet, I was very capable of doing homework while watching TV. This is not really the case anymore. Or, rather, I am capable of doing homework while watching TV, but it takes about five hours longer than it should.
But back to Halloween. One difference between a Massachusetts Halloween and a Los Angeles Halloween is that there is a greater emphasis on very polished-looking, store bought costumes here that are often “Sexy Whatever.” I feel like I didn’t see as much “Sexy Whatever” in Boston because it’s very cold in Boston at around this time of year and people tend to be more interested in wearing clever costumes than sexy ones. (This isn’t a hard and fast rule. Just something I’ve noticed.)
So, I dressed as a Twilight fan this year, inspired by a woman I saw at Disneyland back in February who was wearing sweatpants that said “Twilight” on the ass. In addition to my Edward Cullen tee-shirt, pins, bracelets and body glitter (to sparkle like Edward!), I wore a very short leather skirt that is much shorter than the type of skirt I normally wear. I had no illusions about competing with the sexy fairies, nurses, pirates and whatnot out and about on a Halloween night – that’s not really my thing. But hey, it’s Halloween, and if I can’t wear a short leather skirt on Halloween, when can I wear one? Certainly not to school. Anyway, I thought that I looked about as cool as someone wearing a Twilight tee-shirt could look.
AND YET, despite my best attempts to look cool, guess what a random (very intoxicated) party guest told my friends and me while we were standing around sipping our cocktails on a Santa Monica roofdeck? “You all look SMART.”
Which is clearly code for “You look like NERDS!” This is the first impression we collectively give. Because EVEN IN COSTUMES, we will never stand out as the cool people at a party, but the people who likely spend lots of time at libraries.
