On Halloween night, I paraded around downtown Gainesville in search of a place to dance with my friends.
Our whole group was dressed up in Halloween costumes. We had Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg, Kick-Ass’s Hit Girl, Batman’s Poison Ivy, Adventure Time’s Finn, a traditional Dia De Los Muertos skeleton, and Audrey Hepburn, an eclectic group to say the least.
And as we ventured around downtown people would stop to take pictures with us, or we would stop people to take pictures with them. Another Heisenberg would shout at our Heisenberg, “What’s up, Walter?” Our Finn would hug other Finns.
The sense of community was great. All downtown nights would be much better if Halloween was every night (besides the overpriced club entries). But we finally found a club that actually wasn’t overpriced—shout out to The Atlantic—and that’s where we ended the night.
I realized Halloween is a fun time where people can “go all out” and be silly for a full night. Instead of people criticizing you for what you wear, most people will probably want a picture with you. If you want to dress in a pink bikini and call yourself the Energizer Bunny, who’s going to stop you? You might be a bit cold at night and get hollered at by drunken people, but hey, go ahead and keep working it!
I feel that simply, Halloween is all about what you wish you could always walk around as. Personally, there are the people who would love to strut their half-naked stuff and there are people who would love to walk around as cartoon characters.
Halloween restores my faith in humanity because I realized there are so many people out in the world that will go far lengths to communicate their inner-self with others. They will spend hours and money on costumes that they are proud to walk around in and display to others who are doing the same.
Sounds like high fashion, right?
