Click Hearts Halloween
Oct 29, 2010

Halloween is only two days away and, in spirit of the holiday, we decided to ask each and every Clickster about some of their favorite Halloween memories. We asked everyone three questions:

  1. What is your favorite Halloween memory?
  2. What is your favorite Halloween Costume you’ve ever worn?
  3. What are your plans for this year’s Halloween?

Dig in and check out the answers below, and please, feel free to give us your answers in the comments. Have a spooktacular weekend!

Mac

Mac rides into town as Zorro!

  1. “Honestly, it’s not a single specific memory, but I always loved sorting my loot out at the end of the night. I was very Scrooge McDuck about it. I still do the same thing, only with Blu-rays and comic books. Just sorting piles, stacking them higher. What’s that? Why yes, I am a Scorpio.”
  2. “I’d have to say my best costume is my custom made Ash costume from Evil Dead 2. Followed by my Bill Lumberg costume. Yyyeeaaaaaah…”
  3. “Same as every year, Pinky. House parties on Saturday and now that I’m old and boring, on actual-Halloween we tend to stay home watching movies and giving trick ‘r’ treaters poisoned candy. Of course by poison I mean black licorice. That stuff is disgusting. Happy Halloween, kids! Oh, and of course I’ll be watching the East coast feed of “The Walking Dead.”

Dinah

Dinah says "Help me, Obi Wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

  1. “Halloween has been one of my favorite holidays since I was a kid, so it’s hard to choose just one memory. I do remember Halloween 1985, my mom and I threw together what turned out to be a fairly sensational Statue of Liberty ensemble. It was around the same time it was being renovated, so it was my first “topical” costume. We came up with the idea the day before I needed something for the school contest, and crafted the whole thing with stuff we found around the house at the last minute. It came out so well I won first prize in the school costume contest! Sadly, we got no pictures, but trust me – it was a great example of my mom’s crafting genius.”
  2. “Trinity from The Matrix. 2000 was the first and last time Mac and I ever did a “couples costume.” (He was Neo, of course.) Mac is a stickler for costume details, so the two of us really pulled out all the stops. The results were totally badass.”
  3. “We’ll check out a couple costume parties, but on Halloween itself, I like to stay home & pass out candy to all the neighborhood monsters. Also, we will be watching this.”

Scott

Scott, sporting a homemade pirate costume, with his mother and sister.

  1. “My favorite Halloween memories are getting engaged on the beach in Stone Harbor on Halloween weekend, and getting married a few years later… also on Halloween weekend (and, yes, we had a Corpse Bride cake topper). It’s safe to say it’s my favorite holiday.”
  2. “My favorite costume was probably also my most pathetic. When I was working at the local drug store in high school, I squeezed into this ridiculous lion costume and worked the entire day like that. I looked horrible, and none of my co-workers were dressed up, but it was fun and all the customers seemed to get a kick out of it.”
  3. “Since The Wiggle Bear had Chicken Pox last year when she wasn’t even one year old yet, we didn’t get to take her out for Halloween. We’re making up for it this year by letting her dress up as Abby Cadabby and taking her up and down my wife’s childhood street trick or treating for a few hours. I plan to take as many pictures as humanly possible. Then it’s home to try to convince my wife to watch “The Walking Dead” with me. Wish me luck!”

Scott & his little Wiggle Bear with her Chicken Pox

Jackie

Jackie stands next to Yoda.

  1. “Going through the mazes at Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios with friends who decided it would be super funny to make me go first through every single one!”
  2. “A Southern Belle dress from “North & South” that I got to borrow from the famed Western Costume Co., but I made the mistake of wearing it to class and let’s just say hoops aren’t meant for school desks or classroom doorways.”
  3. “Co-hosting the second annual Haunted Hills party for 100 people with witches brew cocktails and a kill room for the DJ dance area!”

Dre

Wonder Dre complete with her bracelets!

  1. “My mom made my brother and my costumes for the first 10 years of my life or so.”
  2. “I was a hippie one year, and got to wear my mother’s bandana and suede fringe vest from the 70’s.”
  3. “Lay low, and eat some candy with friends.”

Brigid

Brigid does her best Marilyn Monroe.

  1. “Dressing up as a sailor and wearing my grandpa’s sailor uniform.”
  2. “The I Dream of Jeannie costume my grandma made for me.”
  3. “It’s my favorite holiday so going to as many Halloween parties as possible. This year I am dressing up as Katy Perry and my boyfriend is going to be Russell Brand.”

Emily

Emily as Rainbow Bright.

  1. “Trick or treating with my cousin in his neighborhood, which had a lot more houses in it than mine. More houses = more candy.”
  2. “The Rainbow Bright costume my mom made me when I was about 6 or 7 was pretty bad ass. It even had the yarn wig and spats to go over my shoes.”
  3. “A group of friends will be dressing up as Batman villains and invading West Hollywood for the parade/contest/FUN.”

Amanda

Amanda isn't afraid of the Big Bad Wolf!

  1. “That moment of looking at all your candy before you get sick/have nightmares.”
  2. “Dead Drew Barrymore from Scream.”
  3. “If I ever settle on a costume, going to a party and trying to avoid crazy LA Halloween traffic (so avoiding West Hollywood entirely).”

Memory

Declan as Cookie Monster & Bryn as Little Red Riding Hood

  1. “Every Halloween my brother and I would fill up huge pillowcases with candy by going house to house (for hours) and then we would get home, sort it and trade with each other.”
  2. “Well, honestly I have no photos of any of my costumes growing up. I can’t even remember what I was as a kid. I do, however, remember when my sisters were only 2 (they are twins) my mom made them into a pair of dice (black leotards, cardboard boxes painted white with black dots, black dot for a hat). Super cute!”
  3. “This year we will dress up the kids and do about an hour of trick or treating and then come home and let the kids hand out candy. Bryn is going to be a chef (complete with wooden spoon) and Declan is going to be Super Why.”

Sarah

Sarah is a sassy little ladybug.

  1. “Halloween while studying overseas. People came up with costumes from their own wardrobes or borrowed from others (the guys raided all the girls’ closets). It was a really creative display.”
  2. “In 5th grade, I was a box of Honey Nut Cheerios. We painted it to look exactly like an actual box of cereal and glued Cheerios all over the front in the bowl of milk. Lots of people took pictures of me. It was fun.”
  3. “Taking the kids Trick or Treating. Russell is going to be a diver (while Daddio and Papa are sharks) and Sophie is going to be a Bumble Bee (with Mommy and Gramma). It should be lots of fun.”

Russell the Diver & Sophie the Bee

By: Scott Neumyer

Horror Stories: A Day Without Your Cell Phone
Oct 27, 2010

What would you do without your cell phone?

We live in such a technology driven society these days, where information is available at the tap of a few buttons on your iPhone. Maps can be conjured from your mobile device at will; no more driving around or stopping at sketchy gas stations rife with The Hitcher to ask for directions. You can even check into various locations around the world and let your closest 100 friends (and stalkers) know where you are at all times, just in case they were curious. In this world of technology and constant feeds of information, we have become obsessed with the need to know.

If you’re reading this, I’m going to make the assumption that you are old enough to remember a time before cell phones. Somewhere, deep in the dark corners of your mind, where you’ve banished memories that remind you of a time when, if you wanted to call a friend you had to memorize their phone number, hides the memory of life before cell service. Perhaps it’s time for a new horror genre: A Day Without Your Cell Phone. I think the title needs some work.

Well, the iPhone is no good WITHOUT SERVICE.Most people, when pressed with the experience of forgetting their phone at home or losing it, turn all Psycho “Mother” or girl from The Exorcist on the world. They begin foaming at the mouth and waiting ever so impatiently for the next unsuspecting co-worker to come by in order to unleash their Carrie-esque fury. Oh the horror! So many little niches of your day in which you rely on that little piece of plastic to keep you connected with the world. Perhaps it’s not the loving device you imagine; perhaps it is in fact Rosemary’s Baby. I dare you to find a horror movie in which a cell phone does not lead at least one character into unsuspecting (or possibly suspecting) death due to dying battery or lack of cell service. Maybe the Scream franchise should add that to their Horror Movie Rules.

  • Number 1: You can never have sex.
  • Number 2: You can never drink or do drugs.
  • Number 3: Never, ever, under any circumstances say, “I’ll be right back.”
  • Let’s add Number 4: Always charge your cell phone, and don’t drive off into the deep, dark, death-inspiring woods.

I grew up in the Northwest, a part of the country in which many horror films are set (for good reason). It’s a beautiful area with gorgeous Evergreen trees surrounding the towns. These wonderfully brilliant trees also block a lot of the cell service in the area, which causes me a forced experience of the “day without my cell phone” each time I visit. I have since discovered the 3 locations in the house where I may make and receive phone calls and texts. With these kinds of odds, one would not survive long in my house if it were the setting of a horror film.

deep in the dark woods

Our phones have become a hindrance as much as help in our lives. I don’t know about you, but I can’t remember the last time I had a meal with friends when at least one person, if not everyone in the party (myself included) didn’t check their phone at least once during the meal. Without your phone, there would be no twitter, Facebook, or texting on the go. While you’re running your errands or on your way to or from the office, perhaps you will hear your favorite song on the radio, which you otherwise would have missed because you were tweeting about the world’s worst driver cutting you off. For many people, a day without their phone is a day in Misery. For this Clickster, a day without my cell phone is a day when I’m just not myself. But tomorrow is another day, and your cell phone, well, it’ll “be right back.”

By: Emily Ronkar