Hey what are you gonna be for Halloween?

[elpollodiablo]

Maybe you could get that sentiment on a bumper sticker or a t-shirt.

O WAIT YOU CAN

http://www.cafepress.com/+voting_tshirt,424604890

[Thermofusion]

So a disinterest in having strangers showing up on your doorstep or calling your phone to interrupt you with some limp, canned talking points and then adding your name to a list which you have no control over the use of...equals apathy toward voting?

Maybe you can cafepress yourself a "Lulz I Conflate Things" mousepad.

[elpollodiablo]

I just think it's pretty silly to be dismissive of get-out-the-vote efforts because there's the potential you might be caught in your underwear playing Halo and eating Froot Loops, I guess

[elpollodiablo]

Anyway: I still wanna do this

but there's little chance of it this year, sadly.

[Ignatius]

The fact that canvassing annoys people does not mean it doesn't have any impact on close elections. So it's still probably a more productive activity than going to a rally.

I am often taken by the desire to walk around town with a rum & coke and make a late 90s goatee on my face, but for some reason that feels more like a lifestyle change than a Halloween costume.

[clare]

Halloween is still something we're a bit non-committal about. The big boy's birthday is around that time, and was going to have a themed party this year, but his dad flaked on him. He and the bloke went trick or treating last year, but it's always a bit odd here as people are so unaware of it/unwilling to participate. E is almost big enough to enjoy it, but next year will be more the thing. There are about a million children on our street though, so it would be fun to get them all together for some trick and treating...

[mixed cats]

I'm thinking about being Finn from Adventure Time, making the hat and backpack and stuff. Or I might be a volcano.

[Thermofusion]

I just think it's pretty silly to be dismissive of get-out-the-vote efforts because there's the potential you might be caught in your underwear playing Halo and eating Froot Loops, I guess

I think it's pretty cool you're out there eking the vote out of the ever-elusive strawman demographic

Though seriously, I wouldn't dismiss canvassing as valueless. I'm sure it's effective for certain segments of the population. Mainly I just, personally, find traditional canvassing strategies incredibly annoying. And pretty outmoded considering the technologies available now for getting one's message out to the broadest audience possible.

[morgan]

Audrey Horne!

[FreddyKnuckles]

Nice one!

[RoyBiggins]

Look, I know I said yesterday I wanted to revitalize LPTJ, but I ddn't mean we had to ruin the halloween thread with political shit. 

My plan thus far for this year, by the way, has just been to go as Perry the Platypus.

[G.C.R]

Morgan, you would be a perfect Audrey Horne.

[jm]

I am often taken by the desire to walk around town with a rum & coke and make a late 90s goatee on my face, but for some reason that feels more like a lifestyle change than a Halloween costume.

Julian?

[FreddyKnuckles]

Morgan, you would be a perfect Audrey Horne.

It's kind of a tough costume though.  It's all in the 'tude

[jm]

Also, you gotta do the dance.  The dance that is basically nothing like dancing, just rhythmlessly swaying in a daze to microtonal jazz.  "God I love this music.  Isn't it too dreamy?"

[morgan]

Morgan, you would be a perfect Audrey Horne.

Thank you! I bought saddle shoes and everything.

Oh, I will be doing the dance.

[DanielBurns11]

Look, I know I said yesterday I wanted to revitalize LPTJ, but I ddn't mean we had to ruin the halloween thread with political shit. 

My plan thus far for this year, by the way, has just been to go as Perry the Platypus.

Dude. Best costume ever if you do this.

[kyle]

Currently recruiting for this.

[Ignatius]

zod looks GI-esque in his facial hair

[RoyBiggins]

That is very true.  Does he still post?

[YojimboMonkey]

oh man I could probably be a pretty bitchin Non, I'd need platform boots or some shit though.  And I'd need to make my hair darker, naturally.

[FreddyKnuckles]

Halloween 05.  Few men can make a 40 of mickeys look as small as I can...

[ellaguru]

I know this makes me not only old but also very sappy, but I like giving out Halloween candy to the trick or treaters, and I'm slightly sad that my new apartment has its entrance at the rear of the house, so I likely won't get to do that this year. I'd have to hijack my landlord's porch or something, and I expect she likes giving candy out more than I do.

[mixed cats]

I never lived anywhere that gor trick or treaters until we moved here. Now we get like 15 kids and it's great. Haha

[ellaguru]

Everyone has kids around where I live. Last year (like, four blocks north) I got, like, 80 kids. I bought a pack of 100 mini chocolate bars and had exactly the right number left over for myself.