Amanuensis ([info]amanuensis1) wrote,
2005-10-27 18:16:00
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  • Mood: over-creative
  • Music: Fairport Convention

I love Halloween...

You know what would be the coolest Halloween costume? You go as Janet from the "Tam Lin" ballad--since the key action takes place on Halloween--and you dress in a bodice-y gown but you dress pregnant and go carrying a stuffed dummy that's this sewn-together combo of lion/dragon/python/man, and make a point of not putting the dummy down all evening.

Damn, I'll never get that together by Monday.
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[info]ellid

October 28 2005, 01:34:22 UTC 6 years ago

Not a chance...but maybe carry around a few stuffed toys and look spacey? It might just work...

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 13:18:49 UTC 6 years ago

Of course, I'd have to hang around people who GET it, but, why worry about details. ^_^

[info]ellid

6 years ago

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[info]amanuensis1

6 years ago

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[info]ellid

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[info]ohruby

October 28 2005, 01:37:37 UTC 6 years ago

That seriously would be freakin' awesome.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 13:44:44 UTC 6 years ago

I would love to do it and hang around with people who know what I'm talking about!

[info]jacquez

October 28 2005, 01:44:55 UTC 6 years ago

AWESOME.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 13:45:21 UTC 6 years ago

Ooh, love your icon!

[info]jacquez

6 years ago

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[info]melata_fic

October 28 2005, 01:46:48 UTC 6 years ago

*giggles a lot* Best costume I've heard of.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 13:46:57 UTC 6 years ago

(Romana icon love!) I always get envious of these people who come up with the coolest costume ideas and I'd love to do this one, y'know?

[info]melata_fic

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[info]revena

October 28 2005, 02:49:52 UTC 6 years ago

1) That would be AWESOME
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2) Why not? Go to Target or WalMart or something, buy some cheap plush animals, get out the scissors and thread... It could totally work.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:15:18 UTC 6 years ago

I suppose I could give it a shot...maybe Salvation Army, too?

[info]atalantapendrag

October 28 2005, 02:59:09 UTC 6 years ago

Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

That would be cool like a very cool thing. (Did I mention I collect recordings of various versions of Tam Lin? If there's one you need I can probably YSI it to you.)

Don't forget the green mantle, and a blonde wig if possible. And two roses (fake?) in your hair!

Hey! You could use the fake pregnobelly as a place to carry all the critters you aren't currently using!

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:19:00 UTC 6 years ago

Re: Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

I love different versions of Tam Lin--I just got a few off an audiography link, too! The Fairport Convention one has long been a favorite, and I just got versions by Mediaeval Baebes, Bill Jones, Anne Briggs, and Pete Morton. Have you any others?

[info]atalantapendrag

6 years ago

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[info]amanuensis1

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[info]tekalynn

October 28 2005, 03:15:07 UTC 6 years ago

ROTFL!

That's just brilliant. Have you ever read...uh, memory's failing, but if I'm right...Pamela Dean's _Tam Lin_?

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:19:33 UTC 6 years ago

God, yes. An awesome book, one of my all-time faves!

[info]laurelwood

October 28 2005, 05:03:06 UTC 6 years ago

It always hurts a little to discover yet another gap in my education, but I've had a fun time researching the whys and wherefores of this Tam Lin ballad, and have even downloaded myself a version of it off iTunes.

Great costume idea! But yeah, kinda hard to whip up by Monday.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:21:31 UTC 6 years ago

I've got a thing for ballads and folk songs--grew up on 'em, and then was introduced to Steeleye Span and life was goooooood.

[info]paper_tzipporah

October 28 2005, 06:18:15 UTC 6 years ago

OMG AMAZING. I now wish I hadn't promised to be the Dorothy in a Wizard of Oz group, because this costume sounds easier than finding a Dorothy dress at the last minute.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:22:35 UTC 6 years ago

Oh, someone's got to have a Dorothy dress! Some costume shop must. Only problem is, you may end up spending premium for it, crud.

[info]paper_tzipporah

6 years ago

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[info]amanuensis1

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[info]_hannelore

October 28 2005, 06:35:25 UTC 6 years ago

Yes! Every Halloween I want to go somewhere/do something where I can dress up as the best thing ever. :)

For some bizarre reason, this reminds me that I had a fantastic idea for people dressing up for the GoF premiere. Everyone dresses in the frilly gown or bad tux of their dreams in honor of the movie's Yule Ball...

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:23:46 UTC 6 years ago

That would be so much fun! I'd probably get even weirder looks than if I came in full quidditch gear, though, heh.

[info]vassilissa

October 28 2005, 08:04:40 UTC 6 years ago

and make a point of not putting the dummy down all evening.

...even when someone sets it on fire.

He turns into a burning brand at one point, I thought.

*seconds the recommendation of [info]pameladean's Tam Lin. Published by Tor. Set in a liberal arts college. It's stuffed with quotation and allusion - if you're the Dorothy L. Sayers type, you'll probably like this too. It's one of my two favourite books ever.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:24:29 UTC 6 years ago

I love, love, love, LOVE that Dean book. Now, you know, I do have to ask--what's the other favorite book?

[info]vassilissa

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[info]mereol

October 28 2005, 12:41:12 UTC 6 years ago

I'm already pregnant. You make the dummy and I'll do it. Will even take pictures and spam fandom with them.

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:25:09 UTC 6 years ago

Damn it, we could be such a team!!

[info]mereol

6 years ago

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[info]cathybites

October 28 2005, 21:02:01 UTC 6 years ago

I'm totally stealing this idea for next Halloween. :P

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:25:52 UTC 6 years ago

Totally do it! I would so love to see people doing it!

[info]rantipole_

October 29 2005, 00:46:29 UTC 6 years ago

Damn, I'll never get that together by Monday.

*sporfles tea*
*laughing for real*

(...or if you could just get your favorite person to dress in a lion/dragon/python/man costume, and then make a point of not letting go of him/her all evening...)

[info]amanuensis1

October 29 2005, 14:27:08 UTC 6 years ago

And then he has to go to the bathroom and I say, "Come back here, you dolt, you wanna stay in thrall to the Faerie Queen forever?" and he says, "But I have to go!" XD

[info]rantipole_

6 years ago

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