Think I could pull off John Cena?
As a child, I insisted to my mother that all of my Halloween costumes incorporate a cape of some kind. I went as Batman one year. A vampire another year. The Phantom of the Opera another year. (Gay.) I just really liked capes. They are dramatic and fun, and they were the closest thing to a dress I could get away with at the time.
Now I am all about wigs.
Yes, I went as fitness celebritard John Basedow for Halloween.
Strangely, I spent a lot of money on this costume. $50 for the wig. (I bought it at an actual wig shop. One man's serious attempt at concealing male-pattern baldness is another man's ironic Halloween statement!) $30 for the jogging shorts (not pictured). $25 for the large (!) Under Armour shirt. $25 for another shirt after losing the first one at Cobalt on the Saturday night before Halloween. (Long story, the details of which are vague.) But really, it was all worth it.
Of course, if I stick to my recent habit of eating an entire box of Entenmann's every two days, I'll be going as Richard Simmons next year.
Comments
You’re definitely more John Cena than prune-faced John Basedow, but I suppose going as Cena wouldn’t allow you to exercise your wig fetish. All you would need is a backwards-turned cap, a big chain and padlock around your neck and it wouldn’t even require you to “lose” another shirt at the bar.
Posted by: Aaron | November 11, 2007 09:19 AM
We had a John Basedow at my party as well, though I think yours is hotter.
Posted by: Ryan | November 11, 2007 01:57 PM
Cape, or no cape, that costumes still sounds kinda gay.
Posted by: Steven. | November 11, 2007 02:04 PM
Love the wig, I have kind of a fetish for them myself!
Posted by: Dan | November 11, 2007 02:54 PM
Um, where were you wearing this costume to, exactly? A meeting of the Promisekeepers?
It certainly was a well-lit event, wasn't it.
Posted by: d | November 11, 2007 06:11 PM
Entenmann's are worth it.
Posted by: Frontier Psychiatrist | November 12, 2007 09:49 AM
John Basedow huh? I thought that wig looked a little Sandy Duncan.
Posted by: Alfonzo | November 12, 2007 12:53 PM
your eyebrows scare me
Posted by: kim | November 15, 2007 08:03 AM
So enrobed donuts, crumb coffee cake, Bavarian coffee cake, filled chocolate chip crumb cake -- what product floats your boat, Toby?
http://entenmanns.gwbakeries.com/catsAndSubcats.cfm
TOBY SAYS: My favorite is the raspberry danish. It is so moist and delicious. I tried the cheese-filled coffee cake recently, but I felt it was too dry. And I have a box of their famous chocolate chip cookies waiting for me at home. :)
Posted by: Radardan | November 16, 2007 01:39 AM