Fall, Autumn, potato, potatto. Does anyone actually say “potatto”? I didn’t even realize it was fall until it was time to start dating all of my assignments as October and not September. What they say about Florida is true: the only months here are summer and spring. That’s cool and all during the winter months but fall is all about foliage, football, and the start of the holidays. Obviously Florida has football and Halloween/Thanksgiving but it’s as if those things just kinda happen here. Halloween is the one thing I will admit is better for warmer weather because of the costume possibilities. Get your head out of the gutter, I’m referring to anyone. Going out trick-or-treating as a kid in the cold sucked. Not that it mattered because I was too excited to get my candy to notice, but as you get older cold weather just becomes one of those things that can be an inconvenience at times.
My costume choices throughout college have been interesting to say the least. Most people my age use the holiday as an excuse to show off (that goes for girls and guys). I’ve been a sailor, a retro 80’s dancer, 12, and Rihanna. The excuse “I lost a bet” applies to that last one. And before you search my name on Google Images, no, there aren’t any pictures on the internet of me in any of these costumes. I made sure of that. Also, I genuinely forget to take pictures of good times I’m having. Personally, my favorite was when I was dressed as the 12 year old. Partly because I got to wear jorts, and partly because I got to wear one of those helicopter hats. I’ve wanted one since I was about five. There was a costume party at one of the local bars that night, with a prize going to the best costume, so that’s initially what got me stoked. The prize was $100, cash. In addition to my jean shorts and helicopter hat, I wore suspenders, tall white tube socks, sneakers, and red/white striped American Eagle shirt. To say the least it was a conversation starter that night; for the better or worse I’ll never know. Inside the bar you saw the usual girls dressed as bunnies or cats, dudes dressed in the first sleeveless costume they came across at the store. My one friend proposed we take a shot for every girl we saw in an animal costume. Terrible idea. That game ended after five minutes maximum. For good reason. I’m the type of person to fully embrace whatever I do, so I was loving the attention I was getting from the hat alone. It was time for the contest and by this point the bar had filled up quite a bit so there was more diversity in the costumes cycling through the bar. As we approached the stage I noticed one kid dressed in a transformer costume he seemingly made himself. “This guy is gonna win for sure,” I thought to myself. He won. If someone put that much effort into their costume you just have to respect it at that point. He wasn’t even going for functionality around the bar, he solely came out to win. The rest of the night carried on as a typical night at the bar would. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that fall is great. Maybe my favorite season. Halloween is awesome. You get to be someone else for a day. Life is too short to take everyday seriously.
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