NYC Halloween Parade 2005

This year I went as the Prince of All Cosmos from Katamari Damaci. My costume was simple, but effective: I either got blank stares or giddy recognition. No indifferent shrugs for me. Check out all the clutter on my katamari!


Jessica totally outdid me on her costume. She's the guy from the David Lynch movie Eraserhead. She made that horrifying baby/monster out of clay. Jessica's costume was equally polarizing; she got a million "hey Don King" shouts, but a dozen film nerds were excited to see her. Oh, the dozen make it all worthwhile.


The best part of the parade is the huge mass of people waiting to start walking up 6th avenue. They all crowd around Spring street, and it's the perfect opportunity to check out everyone else's costumes.


There were some other people with Katamari Damaci costumes. But where were their katamaris!? I ask you that!


This baby's mother clearly ate too much mercury-tainted tuna while carrying him. Either that, or his parents forgot to get him immunized against eeeee-vul.


What can I say? I'm a sucker for zombie costumes: brilliant every time.


Only in New York are sanitation workers capable of cleaning up the funk of forty thousand years.


This is Blackwolf, the Dragonmaster. You might recognize this guy from his appearance on the Conan O'Brien bit where Triumph insults the people waiting for Star Wars Episode I. He showed up and taunted the Star Wars kids for not respecting Lord of the Rings. He later appeared on the Triumph comedy album. Does this count as a celebrity sighting? Maybe I'll contact US Weekly.