Every once in a while it’s nice to go see a movie just to have fun. Usually when I write these reviews I have some concept in mind that I want to get across, and I have a pretty good idea of what that’s going to be from the trailer before I even go to…
Once upon a time I used to take lots and lots of pictures. It was something I really enjoyed. I still really enjoy it but I don’t have as much time anymore. Brooke came to me and said she had an idea she wanted to try though. She was looking to do some cool shots…
Way back when I started teaching my Sex, Violence and Comics class, the students actually requested a class focusing on cosplay. Then a couple days ago I asked for people’s thoughts on the homework that I’d be giving for that class. We did it on Halloween. Some people asked if I could share some of…
So, as I mentioned a few weeks ago, a couple of my students requested that we have a lesson on costumes and cosplay on Halloween. Since that’s theoretically a lot of the research I’m doing for my dissertation and because frankly it just sounded fun, I agreed. Now I’m putting together that assignment and lesson plan.…
I started the PCA/ACA paper I did last year with an anecdote about a little girl that I met at Baltimore Comicon a couple years ago. She was three years old and dressed as Harley Quinn. Here’s an excerpt from the story: In September of 2012, while attending Baltimore Comic Con, I met a three-year-old…
So the students in my Comics class asked if they could dress as their favorite characters for Halloween. I said sure, I certainly won’t make it mandatory, but whoever wants to can go for it and maybe we’d even structure a lesson around the cosplay phenomenon for that week. I have 34 students. 24 girls…
Day 1177 of 365 4 lyf. Welcome to Evaline. Pittburgh’s biggest house party. This is the first year in the last several that I didn’t have a Halloween party. There was enough other stuff going on that I just didn’t feel like bothering. Friday night, Steph and I went to Amaya’s party. Then today, Steph…
Day 1176 of 365 4 lyf. So, no one was able to guess my Halloween costume. But now, hopefully you all get it. I’m pretty pleased with this one, and I was a huge hit at the party. It wasn’t even that hard to do. It’s actually kinda nice, given how much work some of…
Day 1175 of 365 4 lyf. When I was growing up, my mother taught me two important things about Halloween. One, it’s one of the most important holidays of the year. Two, never just go into the store and buy a costume. You have to be original and make your own. This may not look…
Day 813 of 365 Again. Happy Halloween! And now you know what my secret costume was that I was working on these past couple weeks. As per tradition, Iw ear multiple costumes to my parties. This time I thought it’d be cool to wear three different versions of the same costume. Sure, I could have…
Day 435 of 365 More. And so Halloween begins, with the first costume contest of the year. This time at Liz’s (one of my model’s) houses. Had a great time, played some drinking games and it looks like I picked up another model for a future shoot. All in all it was a good day,…
Day 81 of 365 days. I don’t know what happened to the kids of today. When I was a kid we had TONS of trick or treaters coming to the house on halloween. We’d actually run out of candy sometimes. Past experience these last couple of years taught me that getting that kind of turn-out…
Day 80 of 365 days. The best part about Halloween is the candy. Ok, not really, the best part is getting to play dress up. The second best part is the candy. No wait, that’s wrong too. The very bestest part of Halloween is the parties when girls can dress like a total slut and…
Day 78 of 365 days. I’m just a little tad hungover. So today (well yesterday, by the time I posted this) was my Halloween party. Halloween Jam 2006. As with very costume party I ever throw, its my tradition to change outfits during the party and have multiple costumes. For 2006 I decided to portray…