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Pumpkin Head

Remember that time I promised I'd post photos of me in a weird Pumpkin Head costume?  You probably don't, as it was way back in 2010 (that's an insane amount of time in Internet Years [and Dog Years]).

Well, the original post is below (italicized to show age):

Back when I was 17, with the help of a paper mache pumpkin, orange makeup, and hot knox gelatin to seal the seam, I dressed as a pumpkin-headed scarecrow to hand out candy on Halloween night. It was inspired by Jonathan Winters' pumpkin head on that famous Disney special. I made the face hole too low and the neck hole too far back and had to stuff the empty space between the back of my head and the back of the pumpkin with towels to keep the pumpkin pushed tightly against my face. Two giant beach towels. Imagine sitting with your head in a vulture position with a few pounds of towel behind your head. For five hours. Handing out candy to kids who kept asking "Where's Michael Myers?" (my usual costume for handing out candy). I pretty much looked like Jonathan Winters. I was in pain and miserable. 

One of these days I'll be brave enough to post those photos. I look completely hateful in every shot due to the pain. 

"Where's Michael Myers?" 

"He's dead. Shut up."

I honestly can't believe I did a post back then about the costume and never posted a photo.  Sorry about that.

So there I was, misunderstood and in excruciating pain.  And looking like Michael Jackson from THE WIZ:

I wish I could say that time has dulled the memories of that evening of pain, but I'd be lying.  And I wish I could tell a story of someone who came up and said it was the neatest costume they had ever seen, but I'd be lying again.  I suppose it was just a classic example of a Costume Fail, long before the internet existed.  

Here I am in all of my Pumpkin Headed glory.  Sorry I dumped you, Michael Myers [costume]!  Never again!

Pondering why I didn't have a date for the Prom.