Since our church currently meets in a renovated building which happens to be an old Ponderosa restaurant, the theme for the evening was "Ponderosa". We were encouraged to dress ourselves and our vehicles up in keeping with that theme.
There were country/western/cowboy/farmer/hobo-looking folk aplenty, as well as quite a few people who dressed up in random traditional Halloween gear that didn't have anything to do with anything Ponderosa-ish. But there were a couple particularly interesting costumes which reflected a more liberal interpretation of the somewhat vague theme suggestion.
This fellow here had been seemingly quiet and reserved heretofore. Though we have gotten to know him a little better recently in our small group and seen that he has some "flare" if you will, we were shocked and greatly amused to see his inner rockstar unleashed. He came as a member of the fictitious 80's hairband, Ponderosa. Given my love for this era and genre, and my interest in the unusual, I found it difficult to avert my eyes from this sight all night. Somewhat like the fascination of a car wreck, only a little less morbid, of course.
Our pastor chose to come as a T-bone steak, because what could be more Ponderosa than a steak? He was unable to convince Mrs. Pastor to come as a bottle of A-1.
Our family was a mixed bag of makeshift cowboys and cats. Oh, and my mom was there too.
A good time was had by all.
3 comments:
Thank you for this. I found myself laughing out loud at your interpretation of the evening.
~Loven
Wunderbar! (I posted below on the leaping competition, by the by).
re: your comment - I triiiiiiiiied windeeeeeeeeeex! But I think at that point, ( last night) I had already tried so many other things that I had worsened the swelling and aggravated the situation. I had no idea such a thing could be so durn painful. I'll wait til this evening when hopefully the swelling will have receded a bit and try again...Thanks for the tip though...
SEVEN WEEKS to go! ( Dec 22 )
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