{"id":1302,"date":"2004-10-31T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2004-10-31T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2004-10-31T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2004-10-31T16:45:00","slug":"halloween-04-tried-and-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/31\/halloween-04-tried-and-true\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween 04. Tried and true"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, once again, the time has come to go crazy. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>First, the quick look back&#8230;<br \/>\n2000 the year of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/lordandrei\/164953.html\">scary conservative<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n2003 the year that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/lordandrei\/170640.html\">Ron Jeremy resurfaced<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And now this year. I went back to a classic.<\/p>\n<p>But first!<\/p>\n<p>Last evening I went to a wonderful, mild halloween gathering hosted by the ever awesome:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/shaktiqueen.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shaktiqueen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/giaxcomo.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">giaxcomo<\/a>, and of course <a href=\"http:\/\/i_am_lono.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">i_am_lono<\/a><br \/>\nThere were people there from last year&#8217;s. And while I didn&#8217;t have everyone&#8217;s LJ, there was a visit from <a href=\"http:\/\/dcicuto.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">dcicuto<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/stevefava.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">stevefava<\/a>. I also met <a href=\"http:\/\/beetlefuck.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">beetlefuck<\/a> who was a very fun and interesting person. Who reminded me a touch of Halfrek the vengeance demon. But we already know I&#8217;m a geek.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/shaktiqueen.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shaktiqueen<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/i_am_lono.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">i_am_lono<\/a> have been learning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livejournal.com\/users\/shaktiqueen\/295152.html\">fire dancing<\/a> with poi (sp?!?) and gave us a demo in the driveway with another friend of theirs who&#8217;s name I can&#8217;t quite remember. We watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0338526\/\">Van Helsing<\/a> (and heckled) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0072431\/\">Young Frankenstein<\/a> which <a href=\"http:\/\/shimmeringjemmy.livejournal.com\/\" class=\"lj-user\">shimmeringjemmy<\/a> had never seen. (Well we made it halfway thru the latter)<\/p>\n<p>As for costuming. I said, I went to an old standard. I decided to see if I could still do a good Gene Simmons. Yes, kids.. I shaved again to do it. So, you have 4 days to catch me in my unhaired appearance.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Take a look...-->It wasn&#8217;t my best Simmons makeup, but I did effectively turn:<br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.cc\/Halloween04\/Halloween04-Thumbnails\/0.jpg\"\/> into <img src=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.cc\/Halloween04\/Halloween04-Thumbnails\/23.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now, if you&#8217;re curious how that worked&#8230; I did a photo by photo of the process. This includes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(SFX: Woman screaming, announcer heavy echo) The Shaving of an Andrei!<\/p>\n<p>The main link is a series of thumbnails with comments. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture.<\/p>\n<p>WARNING: semi-topless photos of an Andrei. You&#8217;ve been warned! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Link to the photos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apolo.cc\/Halloween04\/\">http:\/\/www.apolo.cc\/Halloween04\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1302\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/31\/halloween-04-tried-and-true\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1302\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/31\/halloween-04-tried-and-true\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-1302\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/31\/halloween-04-tried-and-true\/?share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2004\/10\/31\/halloween-04-tried-and-true\/?share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\" ><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, once again, the time has come to go crazy. \ud83d\ude09 First, the quick look back&#8230; 2000 the year of the scary conservative&#8230; 2003 the year that Ron Jeremy resurfaced&#8230; And now this year. 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