Halfway to Halloween^2 (Aaron)

We haven't had a house party in a while, so we scrubbed the place down and invited everyone over. I'm a big fan of giving people a theme for parties, so we recycled an old idea we had a few years ago called Halfway to Halloween. From the invite time to the party is approximately halfway to Halloween, so the idea is to ask people to wear half of a costume. It's a great ice breaker to get the conversation going.

Everyone who came really put in a lot of work in their costumes and made the evening very fun. Julie and I went all out - if you're not going to do it right for a party at your own house, when will you? We were the best of both worlds, and split the girl and guy right down the middle. :) Darren, of course, bucked the trend and had a real half-assed costume, and Shac, who flew down from NorCal, was definitely in costume - he had hair!

I also enjoyed Shagma and Velgy (Scooby Doo's Shaggy and Velma, but Kelley and Zach mixed up the bottoms and Zach wore a mini skirt all night!), the Rock Band characters in real life (emo all the way!), the sign twirlers, Princess Peach and Mario, the referees, the half army guy, 60's girl, the football and basketball players, Minnie Mouse, the porn stars, and the people in various stages of undress (nice!).

Hope to see everyone again soon.