Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, just behind my birthday and Jesus’s birthday. There’s nothing better than having people expect that you dress up and pretend to be someone or something else for an entire day.
My costume, year in and year out, is set — if I want to take the easy way out. However, I like to mix it up; sometimes I feel like wearing a banana costume. If I’m feeling festive I might even wear my taco costume. Either way, Halloween rocks.
The best part about this holiday — trick-or-treating — will take place tomorrow night, and I thought I could do some Boston University athletes a service by suggesting costume ideas, just in case they are still scrambling to put together the perfect outfit.
Kevin Keilt — Professor Charles Francis Xavier, X-Men’s Professor X. The resemblance is uncanny — be it that Kevin is actually bald or he just loves looking totally BA, he could easily pull off Professor X as a costume. All he really needs is a fresh suit and wheelchair.
Colin Wilson — I would suggest Colin considers going as another Wilson — Owen Wilson, post-suicide attempt. Bandage the face, maybe get touched up with some fake blood, and he’d be in business.
Karson Gillespie — a sieve. This costume wouldn’t really require much. All Karson would have to do is wear his pads. It’s a shame I have to even suggest this outfit for him, but much like a Steve Irwin costume last year, it’s too timely not to suggest.
Nick Bonino — Legolas of Lord of the Rings. Nick, I’m not calling you an elf, because you’re not. You should go out as Legolas because your footwork is as nimble as his. You can probably walk on snow without leaving tracks, just like Legolas. Plus, I know you’d love rocking those green tights.
Boomer Ewing — Chuckie. Whenever a redhead asks me for costume advice I immediately think of Chuckie. Not the scary puppet Chucky from Child’s Play — I’m talking about Charles Crandal Finster II from Rugrats. What’s great about this costume, Boomer, you can poop your pants and get away with it because you’re pretending to be two years old, and you’ll get all the sympathy/cute points with the ladies. How could you say no to that?
Eric Gryba — Is there any question here? The Incredible Hulk. Gryba, all you would have to do is rip your shirt (probably an easy task for you) dip your body in green paint and punch a lot of people and things. That actually sounds like a normal Friday night for you anyway. I would be scared of that costume.
Luke Popko — Luke Skywalker, only because you are the one Jedi on this Terrier hockey team.
Jason Lawrence — Tom Morrow. But let’s be serious — Jason tries to be Tom Morrow every game, so him going as Tom Morrow is like me going out as a hot dog. Before I reveal what Jason should actually be I have to give him a little bit of credit for netting half of BU’s goals in Michigan. Good job Jason. However, when Tom Morrow scored, he made sure they counted — he got wins in every game he scored. Show me you can do the same, Jason. Anyway, you should dress as C3PO from Star Wars. It would go perfectly with Luke Popko’s costume and you’d take less criticism from me by not trying to be Tom Morrow one night.
Colby Cohen — Eric Gryba. Not only would I like to see Colby try to be Gryba tomorrow while he’s trick-or-treating, I would love to see him try to be Gryba every game. What does this entail? Mass poundings, reckless hits, a consistent pissed-off look and at least one game misconduct each month.
Scott Britain and Brian Strait — before I even started to write this, Scott had already picked out his costume, as I found out this weekend: Superman. Let’s be serious here, they both are, so why even bother dressing up? Canadian Superman and American Superman, there’s nothing better.
Valdas Sirutis — Only because I hear he has hairy feet, Valdas should go as Frodo Baggins, Keeper of the Ring. I know the height thing doesn’t really work out for him, but with the right amount of makeup on the ears and by going barefoot, Valdas, you would rake in more candy than a determined seven-year-old.
Tunde Agboola — Master Chief from Halo. Tunde is nasty at Halo 3. I know because I’ve played with him. He also talks more smack than anyone I’ve ever played with. Yeah, Tunde. Anyway, a full-body Master Chief commands attention and respect — there’s nothing you need more than that.
I hope we can all rake in a healthily unhealthy amount of candy, and I hope this great holiday can motivate our Terrier hockey squad to get a win the next day in Providence. Happy trick-or-treating, everybody.
Brian Fadem, a sophomore in the College of Communication, is a weekly columnist for The Daily Free Press. He can be reached at [email protected].