Just what the doctor ordered

Tomorrow is Halloween and for the first time in my life I will be dipping back into the well of former costume choices. Two years ago I was at a loss for ideas and my creativity was running on empty. It was the Saturday before Halloween and there was a few parties that we planned on going to so a roommate and I went to the Salvation Army to look for any sort of idea that we could muster. We came up with nothing significant there so we went to the mall, which of course was packed with every 6 year old in the county. We had some near impulse buys, but came away from the costume store empty handed. At this point it was about 2 hours into the search and my roommate suggested that we just go to Spencer's and get a bunch of stupid stuff. I of course asked, "But what will we do when someone asks what we are? His response was, "We'll just say, "I'm having a good time. Great party." So that's what we did. We both got hats, I had an enormous link chain and a skull staff. He had a scarf, a necklace of mini penises, and we were both wearing clothes we got at the Salvation Army. Some people kept asking, but we just never gave in. Some people thought that we had to be something and they just didn't know what it was and were too embarrassed to ask. And some people absolutely loved it.

When Halloween night actually rolled around, I was in the shower preparing for another night of "I'm having a great time. This party's awesome" when a not so clever idea came to me. I decided to be Dr. Pepper. Dress as a doctor and wear my Dr. Pepper shirt. A terrible play on words, but that's what I went with. A lab coat, blue pastel pants, and a doctor's mask later and I was Dr. P.

Last year I was a makeshift Axl Rose and sure enough someone dressed as Slash was at the bar and a mini photo op ensued.



This year I'm going back to the Dr. Pepper because of my affection for the product, but this time I went out and got the doctor costume (green scrubs) and will just wear my Dr. Pepper shirt underneath (and will probably expose it somehow).

Now with all this Dr. Pepper and Guns N' Roses talk I feel that it is appropriate to mention that everyone in America can receive a free 20 oz. drink on November 23rd (23 flavors) because Guns 'N Roses will be releasing their new album "Chinese Democracy" before the end of the calendar year. Officials at Dr. Pepper challenged the band back in May with this promotion because of the long standing anticipation for the album's release.

http://www.courant.com/features/food/hc-webgunssoda.artoct31,0,7962445.story

It's good to see two things I love teaming up, but before we go any further, Chinese Democracy? Those Commie bastards have been trying to scam us for years with this People's Republic of China malarkey.

China's flag



The flag of the Soviet Union



I love how Guns 'N Roses are making a statement to the Chinese. And that message looks a little something like this.