Many people suggested that for Halloween I should dress up as a pirate with a real peg leg. It is a good idea, but I feel pirates are overrepresented. Instead, I went as a shark attack victim.
The costume cost me less than $20. The biggest expense was a bloody fake foot from a costume shop. I told people I fought off the shark and tore the foot from its jaws. No one noticed that it was a right foot rather than left.
I also cut up two old shirts: one with bites taken out of it, and another to make the bandage around my leg. I doused both in fake blood made from corn syrup and food coloring. I completely emptied the red bottle and used a splash of the blue to make the blood darker.
I met a group of CS friends on Green Street, the main entertainment strip near campus. I got some amazing reactions while crutching down the sidewalk. One guy did a double-take and yelled "Oh my god!" while nudging his friends to look. Another had to wave his hand under my leg to convince himself that my foot wasn't there. The best reaction by far, though, occurred when a group of girls asked if they could take a picture with me:
We spent most of the evening in two bars, admiring the parade of costumes. The second bar had a costume contest. Everyone was convinced that I would win, but the judges were so disorganized that they never announced the winners.
It was a fun evening. More pictures can be found here and here.
Mr. Charlie Says:
You are one crazy motherfucker, Brett. I love you, man.