Memory Lane Monday: And Then Gotham Stormed Gotham. Sort of...

There are few groups of people I know of who love Halloween more than children. The two groups I'm thinking of are actors and nerds. I happen to belong to both groups. Actors love slipping on a different skin and becoming someone else for a short period of time; it's why we act. Nerds love becoming a character we admire, look up to, or want to emulate because we are so passionate in our love for said character, and sometimes we do it as an escape/coping mechanism because being a nerd is tough sometimes. But there is nothing more fun than a giant group of people coming together for a single nerdy cause/idea and making it awesome. That's what we did on Halloween this year.

My buddy, Vash is a big comic book geek and a pretty kick-ass seamstress. He has a passion for making costumes.  He's never had any formal teaching, he can just look at a picture of something and say, "I can make that" and then he does. It's impressive. 

 Every year, Vash chooses to make a group of costumes all along the same theme (Avengers, X-Men, etc) and then he gets a bunch of his friends together and they all go to Time Square on Halloween and rock out some awesomness. This year the theme was the DC universe. Villians and heroes all in classic comic-book garb were going to storm Gotham. Then a little storm blew in and shut down the city and put a little damper on our plans.

We did it anyway. We didn't go to Times Square since the subways were shut down and even if we could get into Manhattan from Queens, no one would be there to care. No matter! WE walked to a bar and had a blast there instead. All 25 of us. Yes. 25. Vash made over 25 costumes and they all looked awesome.

Group photo taken by someone who doesn't understand the concept of zoom.

I was Catwoman, Boyfriend was The Riddler, and Vash was Batman, of course. Sandy may have literally rained on our parade, but we still had a fantastic time anyway. Take THAT Sandy.

I had to explain to some creepy Portuguese guys who I was dressed up as AFTER they asked to take a picture with me. Creepos.

Riddle me this...

And then the villains met with Mitt Romney

 Halloween is the best.