42. The Week in Me
Some of my favorite Halloween costumes from this year!
Hello and happy belated Halloween to you all!
This year, I dressed up as Helena, from the My Chemical Romance song and video:
I am a roiling perfectionist when it comes to my costumes, so I had critiques: was the eye makeup dark enough? Could I get away with letting the sash sit at my natural waist instead of a drop waist, which I just do not have enough torso to pull off? Would anyone judge me for not adding another layer of scratchy tulle at the skirt?
But considering I temporarily dyed my hair, put in contacts for the first (and LAST) time in my life, and slept in a Crest white strip to offset how yellow the whited-out lips would make my teeth look…I did okay!
I wasn’t the only Helena this year. I adored this modest fashion take:
And I would absolutely perch this marionette in the apartment:
I wanted to make this a quick, breezy newsletter with some of my favorite costumes from this year. Happy scrolling!
I can’t stop laughing, have not stopped laughing all week, at this David Byrne dog. Look at his stupid little head:
My sweetiefriend Al who I have known since college. Flubber!!!
My angél
- I actually passed my phone around at the party I attended to show this one off:
And then she did ANOTHER perfect one:
Fran’s Labyrinth!!!!
I don’t know this person obvs but model Larsen Thompson as Carrie Bradshaw:
New Instagram friend Ellie as the Shein version of a gorgina Julia Fox ensemble:
My BELOVED
as the epitome of “raise Hell praise Dale”:
I would be remiss if I did not include this video of Kelsey’s cat Valerie, which I took Saturday:
Two Minutes to Late Night’s Jordan Olds as Glenngary Glenn Danzig. 2M2LN is actually how I got into Danzig in the first place, because of this very video1:
I hate when people assign a sinister energy to Gritty. Gritty is NICE!!!
The Alaskan Bull Worm from Spongebob.
you remember why I loved this one so much, don’t you?
Jessica, Michael, and Maya.
I am a Jax Taylor apologist and I want him to sweep House of Villains next year in a return arc so I loved this:
This cat as just the concept of tissues:
Jenn Pozner as Fran Drescher’s Anger Translator a la Key & Peele:
My girls Mel Johnston and Kim Foxen (who did backup on my song “Brass Ring”!) as ABBA:
My friends Dave and Justine and their beautiful children with an Eric Carle tribute:
My longtime pal Keith and his girlfriend Alyssa, who is one of the cuter superstar pigs I have ever seen:
Desuana as Lafawnduh…just exceptional.
Obsessed with Hazel and Rubi’s Bowie and Iman (!!!) costume:
My sweet bb angel tumblr friend Kelsey and Caitlin. Kelsey, my only note would have been to make Dolley your Wilson!!
This is literally just Simone:
This is literally just Lugosi:
Thank you Susannah for reminding me that I left off actual photos of the chickens last week! Here are some!!
Two little notes before I send you all off towards your weekend:
Matt’s grandmother, who reads this newsletter every week and is one of the most supportive people in my life, told me that I really should watch that Last Man Standing (“even though Tim Allen is a Republican”) because the one character, Mandy, “looks like me, walks like me, talks like me. She’s the slut.” She didn’t mean it that way, so she says, but oh…the three of us cackled in a hug as I wheezed into Matt’s chest. Mam, I love you so much and I can’t believe my luck in finding yet another loving, beautiful grandmother. How lucky I am.
My dear friend Jonathan told me that he was out with a friend who started recommending my blog, only for Jonathan to turn around and reveal that we have been friends for many, many years. So to Ellen, thank you so much for reading and for telling others about this newsletter! That made my week and I hope to meet you soon.
Love you bootches,
TG
Gina Gleason, the woman you are!!!
Hehehe thank you for the shoutout and the extra cat content!!!! They are so cute grooming each other that I could die and be resurrected as a happy ghost!!!!
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