I’m sure that y’all know about our huge event with Chuck Palahniuk coming up on Thursday, October 20 at Hal and Mal’s! We are so excited to have Chuck in town and to celebrate Lemuria’s 36th year of business in Jackson. We are going to have some great bands, great drinks and great food but what I am really thrilled about is the opportunity to wear a costume.  I love dressing up and Jackson does not really have many opportunities to do so.

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I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT COSTUMES SHOULD ONLY BE WORN ON HALLOWEEN!!!

I love dressing in costume because I can be whoever I would like to be if only for a few hours.  Through the years I have worn many costumes to many events.  I am a firm believer that anything can be a costume, in fact, some of my favorites I have worn were just clothes from my closet and a wig.  The dress was actually a sequined dress I wore for my debutante party and a hot pink wig…I wasn’t anything specific just glamorous!  Another time, I put an all black outfit on, a blue wig and had an invisible dog leash.  People would ask who I was and my answer was ‘the crazy blue haired lady from next door who walks her invisible dog”.  Masks are great things to have on hand…you just slide it over your head and BAM!!…you are a butterfly!

I have already started working on my costume for DAMNED NIGHT.  The base of this costume is right out of my closet but what is going to make this one fantastic are the accessories.  I have completely taken over the dining room table and there is an orange extension cord spread across the den floor so I can have my glue gun plugged in. (I’m telling you a glue gun is an essential tool in the costume creative process especially if anything has to be embellished.)  One of my #1 rules in the costume process is comfort…Never wear something you will be miserable in.  From head to toe, you must be comfortable or you will not have fun.  I march in the St. Paddy’s Day parade with The Green Ladies so I bought a pair of cheap but comfortable sneakers, painted them green and stenciled the ‘mud flap girl’ on the sides…I am good to go for the entire parade route.

I do not have a problem with store bought costumes at all.  In fact some of my pieces are store bought and I just am putting a little pizazz on them.  I like to shop at Party City on County Line Road because it it locally owned and open all year not just in the Halloween season.  Through out the year though I am looking for things that can be used for a costume.  I especially love things like hats, tights, and costume jewelry.  Just like in real life a good costume like a good outfit is nothing without good accessories!



While I am dressing as a character from Damned I do realize that not everyone has read it.  YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DRESS AS A PALAHNIUK CHARACTER! I want you to be who or whatever you want to be but I have taken the liberty to give you a few suggestions from Damned and his other books.

1. Demons or anything hellish

2. Porn Star (Male or Female)

3. Beauty Queen (disfigured or not)

4. Exchange Student

5. Bloody guy with black eye (remember the first rule of Fight Club)

I have talked to a few folks who have to work, or have class and are going to be coming straight to the party so they cannot wear a costume.  PSHAW!!  If you plan well you can do it!  I want you to go home look in your closet, check your assorted accessories and all that make-up under the sink.  Wear a base to work or class and put the rest on in the car!  It is easy and I promise you will have a great time.  I hope y’all will come to the party and that I don’t recognize you right away! HA!

JX//RX

Chuck’s Damned Book Night is Thursday, October 20th!

Not Halloween.

Costumes are encouraged but not required.

Get the details for the event here–this goes to our website.

Check in on our Facebook Event page.

See all of our Damned Blogs for the Chuck Palahniuk event.

Follow the Chuck Palahniuk Event on Twitter: @LemuriaBooks

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