LITTLE ROCK — Every year there is a cliche pop culture Halloween costume.
In 2007, it was the Paris Hilton in prison. In 2008, it was Sarah Palin. In 2009, it was Kate Gosselin and company.
This year we’re positive too many people are going to try to wow - or J-Woww, as it were - with their Bumpits and bogus tans and dress up Jersey Shore style. The Snooki look is going to be so overdone, and that’s just The Situation.
But we at Spin Cycle think we all can do better ... if we choose to even attempt to. With Halloween on a Sunday, does trick-or-treating really happen that night? Or Saturday night? What? When?
Maybe we’ll choose to stay home and just swing with Mr. Goodbar, Clark, Mary Jane and Baby Ruth. After all just being a no-show is a legitimate costume for Halloween 2010. You’re just being Lindsay Lohan in rehab. Again. Or former teen heartthrob Leif Garrett in rehab. Again. Or rapper T.I. behind bars. Again.
Here are some other ideas.
What you need:
A side of beef.
Who you are:
Lady Gaga.
What you need:
A pair of Crocs. A wristwatch. And nothing else but a camera phone.
Who you are:
Minnesota Viking and alleged creep Brett Favre.
What you need
: Hair in your eyes. To sound like a girl. To (allegedly) push 12-year-olds that are too close for comfort.
Who you are:
16-year-old singer Justin Bieber, who recently was involved in a laser tag skirmish in Canada that resulted in police being called.
What you need:
A towel. A bottle of cologne. Narcissism.
Who you are:
Old Spice guy in the commercials.
What you need:
A football uniform, cheerleader outfit (extra credit: a ball to serve as a baby bump), nerd ensemble or track suit. To break out into song all night long.
Who you are:
The cast of Glee.
What you need:
Dirty work suit, hard hat and a girlfriend or two.
Who you are:
A rescued, philandering Chilean miner.
What you need:
Dirty work suit over a three-piece suit (extra credit: have a camera crew).
Who you are:
A chief executive officer on Undercover Boss.
What you need:
To cuss people out.
Who you are:
Mel Gibson.
What you need:
An entourage of 39 lawyers.
Who you are:
Mel Gibson’s ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva.
What you need:
To show up uninvited (extra credit: wearing a sari, but not acting at all sorry).
Who you are:
The White House party crashers.
Tricked-out e-mail:
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Style, Pages 57 on 10/24/2010