you know this boogie is for real

the fifth annual bizash went down well. perhaps a little smaller than past years, but we still threw down as well as we always do. good cross-section of friends, too--my undergrad friends, boston friends, mrs wintermute's grad school friends, plus some random folks (absolutely critical for any good party).

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the costume contest featured some great combos. our winners:

# 1: moe the fire hydrant

# 2: darth tucker

#3: ricardo + andria

now, i was front and center in the freakshow. mrs wintermute and i dressed up as kip and lafawnduh (adorable couple from napoleon dynamite). having never dressed in drag before, i decided that i might as well go all out. this include:

• full make-up, including foundation to hide my shadow
• earrings (well, my ears are pierced anyway, so that one was easy)
• acrylic press-on nails
• painted toe nails
• boobs
• capri pants (thanks for moe's sweet sewing skills)
• gaudy jewelry
• heels
• shaving my arms and my legs (from the knees down)
  
• phat wig from junkman's daughter

oh yeah, i did not tuck.

dressing up as a large african-american woman is not easy. i thankfully had mrs wintermute to complete my transformation. her transformation into a dude was a bit simpler.

a few pics from the pre-op to post-op:

getting the foundation and powder right

the freak is starting to show

toes and nails

"i'm pretty much 100% sure that lafawnduh is my soul mate"

i made an ugly woman.

mrs w made a cute but petite man.

the look in our friend's eyes was priceless. after some beers i kind of forgot that i looked like a complete tranny freak. however, when i would lean in to a conversation, the inevitable jump or stare reminded me of how good i looked.

happy halloween.