
What scares you?
Ghosts scare the shit out of me, even though it makes absolutely no sense that they would exist. If you want to make me cry, tell me a really good ghost story. I'm serious, I'll cry.
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I used to live in one of the last of the great crappy lofts in Chelsea. We subleased the place from the guy who designed the Woodstock poster (you know, with the bird on the guitar) for 800 bucks a month! This was in the late 90s. We had a fun Halloween party there one year. Rob Pruitt came as "brown." But really the best Halloween memories are from when I was a kid, dumping the pillowcase full of Smarties and Mr. Goodbars on the floor and checking out the goods. Kids nowadays don't get to run around the neighbourhood like we used to, which sucks. They don't even let them pick the razor blades out of their own apples anymore!What are you dressing up as this year?
I'm gonna go trick-or-treating at my white-trash neighbour's house dressed as him. I think I can steal some of his clothes— they leave the kitchen door unlocked! Plus what could be creepier than a grown man trick-or-treating by himself? Or I'll be Geoffrey Jellineck.MILANO CHOW What scares you?
Total darkness.What is the best Halloween you've ever had?
When I ate an entire pumpkin pie and barfed neon orange.What are you dressing up as this year?
Peggy Bundy.JOHNNY RYAN What scares you?
Leaving my house.What is the best Halloween you've ever had?
One of the more interesting Halloweens I've had was in the early- 90s. My roommate and I dressed up as Milli Vanilli. Now a lot of your younger readers probably don't know who Milli Vanilli were so I will tell them. Milli Vanilli were the biggest musical act in the world at that point. They were the U2 of the 90s. Anyway, my roommate and I painted our faces brown, glued black yarn to our heads, put on blazers and bike shorts, and hit the streets. We hadn't been invited to any parties, so we just drove around looking for ones to crash. Some parties were super-excited to see Milli Vanilli show up and would take pictures with us, and others just threw beer at us and played Bob Seger until we left. At the time I had a goatee, and with the brown paint on my face people said I looked like I had trench mouth.
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I'm going to buy a pair of those chop-suey glasses and go as the Virginia Tech killer.DAVID CHOE What scares you?
It used to be shitting in my pants, but I've overcome that fear because I do it all the time now. I'm over it.What is the best Halloween you've ever had?
Sophomore year of high school. It was a revenge Halloween— we planned it one year in advance. It's a really long story but basically it was time for payback on a babysitter that fucked with me when I was little. I fucked that dude up. It was a really happy ending. Koreans love revenge, we thrive on it.What are you dressing up as this year?
I'm having an episode and not feeling so festive this year, but last year I was Yoko and my girlfriend was John Lennon (she's white).
