Oct 29, 2010 - Halloween at Radiant

The goal: Jack Skellington from the Nightmare before Christmas.

Here's me (sans gloves).

Ella watched me get into make-up, then put on the coat and bat-collar, but she was NOT amused.

Much like when she saw Gaby in Mad Hatter attire,

Ella was beside herself.

So, off to work.

We had a costume contest. They broke us into groups - Scary, Funny, Original, and Best Ensemble.

Here are some of the best ones by category.

SCARY

(me)

Patrick Watson as 'the roadkill zombie' from "Plants vs. Zombies".
(I'd never heard of it, either. Sounds like a terrible movie. We are a technology company.)

Dennis, our security guard, as a dead boxer

I forgot who as a Mad Scientist.

I don't know as 'dead hockey player'

FUNNY

I don't know as "Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire"

Jack Dugan (real name) as a child molester, I guess. Officially, his costume was titled "Nice Legs."

Someone from marketing as Richard Simmons.

Someone from accounting(?) as a Sitting Duck.

Matt Hortin as Fred Flintstone

James Metzger as "Hilde, wife of Haggar the Horrible"

Denise Mendelsen as "60-year-old Snookie (who still likes pickles)"

Kevin Sapough as Luigi

ORIGINAL

Gustavo Trelles as a roman soldier

Gulf shore tar ball clean-up dude.

Lady Gaga

Erin Bennett as a bumblebee

Art Curtis revives the 80's Rocker outfit.

"The Perimeter"

Elliot (from E.T.)

Sara Ellis as an astronaut

Cowgirl

Travelocity Gnome

Rich DeLuca as a pirate.

Beth Atchison as a "Dev Cut"
(Notice she has logs. Did I mention we're a technology company?)

Jeff Parker as Marty McFly (from "Back to the Future")

Lutz Johnson as a Pittsburgh Steelers Garden Gnome

BEST ENSEMBLE

The executive team as the rescued Chilean miners.

The Stadiums & Arenas group as "Stadium Stuff" or "things from a ballpark"

The Data Security team as... well... "Data Security."



The winners:
Scary: me (yay! Thanks, Gaby!)
Funny: James Metzger as Hilde
Original: the Perimeter
Best Ensemble: "Stadium Stuff"


Best Overall (most votes): Richard Simmons