A Yahoo Buzz article (which I cannot find) says that one of the most popular costumes this year will be Michael Jackson.

I'm gonna pop a deer slug in every little fucker I see dressed like him...

I'll gladly join in on those festivities.

You two have more in common every day. You can cuddle together afterward in a bed full of Tootsie Rolls and Butterfingers.

That sounds delightful.  Can we make it 5th Avenues instead of Butterfingers?

i would love to see dylan dressed as a 5th avenue bar this year. do it!

Not a bad idea.

i think we should have a 'pick my costume' thing. then we can post pics after halloween.

I want to be this spitfire chick from the movie El Topo since I can't be Marie Antoinette due to the fact that I will be on an airplane on Halloween.  I will fly to Japan looking like a fucking cowgirl, yee haw!

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/eastwood/311/april2004/eltop903.jpg

hip - yes please

Ian thought of a funny Halloween costume for Kyle.  The Archivist.

hell no, Kyle dresses up like a turtle with a beard and humps furniture

File an amendment to the plan with Kyle and then he can set up a meeting for you and Mosh to discuss this further.

Kyle -

Brook and Sasha agreed to make out in front of you if you
a) Dress up as a turtle with a beard for Halloween
b) Upload a video of you humping a stool in a crowded bar dressed as said turtle
c) Accompany step (b) with appropriate turtle humping noises.

Yours,

UC

Unfortunately that is not going to work, and not because I won't do it. I leave Austin at 6:45am on 10/31 and am traveling the rest of the day. So no time to play dress up or stop by a crowded bar.

But... if I do this for say the evening of 10/30 instead, I want more than just making out since it won't even be Halloween when I do it. I want making out with at least one boob from each of the ladies showing.

Oh wait a minute. You said hip and Sasha. I first read it as tricky and Sasha.

You lie!

Edited.

I'll consult with the two ladies in question - but this could be extended to humping a streetlamp in Shibuya.

The Shibuya crowd is a little different than a crowded bar.

I'll let Kyle touch my boob after you lick chocolate syrup off of it Nick. Deal?

it's a deal

Requesting photographic proof of performance of this oral contract.

Video, bitches. V-I-D-E-O!!!

That reminds me I need to buy a video camera for this trip. Does anyone else have one?

Kyle probably does, but I hope he erases any previous footage on it.

Kyle's camera is bigger than a house!

ok, who's into technology enough to research a decent video camera I could get for less than $1200

Get one that writes directly to DVD. It's very convenient. I think we have a JVC palmcorder that is pretty sweet, I think it was about $400.

what, like those little DVD's?

ok, who's into technology enough to research a decent video camera I could get for less than $1200

1)  Do you want to be able to record video in HD resolutions (ie - up to 1920x1080)?
2)  Do you want to be able to record video in outdoor, indoor, and/or low-light (ie - bar) conditions?  Any of those you would give up, for a good deal?
3)  Are there any brands in Japan which have a social stigma attached to them?
4)  That was kind of a retarded question on your part, Nick.

Indoor/Outdoor/Low-light all needed. I'm off to teh electronics store to ask the nice man tomorrow

I like the look of the Sanyo's Xacti VPC-HD2000; you'd need to purchase an additional memory card, but it should be less than $100 for 32 GB storage.  Its downside is that it apparently struggles in dark areas, but that could be video geeks being picky, since there's some argument out there around settings being able to compensate.  1080P video, though.

The VPC-WH1 is waterproof, and looks more like a traditional vidcam.  Again, feedback is that it needs good light, but I wonder if that's a valid tradeoff for being $300 and incapable of beer destruction?  30X optical zoom, to really maximize the creepy across-the-street shots.

Sanyo's VPC-CA9 is kind of a weird amalgam of the two.  looks like it uses the same CCD as the WH1, but in a form factor like the HD2000.  Maxes out @ 720P/30 for resolution, which is pretty okay for our needs I imagine.

I don't know why I'm all over Sanyo right now.  I just don't really dig on the new vidcams from other manufacturers.

i'm thinking of doing a play on either minnie mouse or betty boop for halloween. i just found this:



$25?! can't go wrong. although i still have 75% of my never-finished-never-worn rainbow brite costume from last year... can i really justify buying another costume? what a dilemma.