This is an image-heavy post, so I hid that part behind the "more" link.
Last year, I did a little "by the numbers" thing for the party that worked pretty well, so I'm going to plagiarize myself and do it again!
Number of attendees: 56
Bloggers/friends & family of bloggers: 11
Lawyers/professionals/respectable people: 8
Comic book/computer/movie/tv/other geeks and friends & family: 30
My friends from high school or earlier: 4
Other miscellaneous random people: 6
Partygoers who showed up early to help set up: 4 (thanks Rick, Dave, James, and Gene!)
Average temperature while we decorated: 145 degrees
Gallons of sweat during set up: 72
Showers I took on the day of the party: 3
Farthest distance someone traveled for the party: 3,043 miles
Smallest distance someone traveled for the party: .5 miles
Largest distance my penis moved during the party: 6.75 inches
Time of first arrival: 7:55 PM
Time of last departure: 10:45 AM
Time of last departure from someone who didn't stay the night: 3:15 AM
Number of overnight guests: 3
Nipples shown: 1
Nipples shown to me: 0
Crotch shots or butt shots: 12
Crotch shots or butt shots that were inadvertent: 8
Applications requested for Camp Avitable: 6
Phone calls I made to FBI after the party: 6
Age of consent in Florida: 16
Karaoke songs performed: 43
Karaoke songs performed well: 3
Karaoke rap songs butchered by me: 1
Obscure costumes: 1
Really fucking obscure costumes: 2
Perverted costumes: 3
Racial stereotypes perpetuated: 3
Sexy costumes: 6
Sexy costumes that actually looked good: 6!
Total cost of party: $11,000
Cost of liquor: $1,000
Cost of food: $1,100
Cost of decorations: $1,800
Cost of hookers: $3,500
Cost of blow: $2,500
Cost of donkey for donkey show: $1,100
Falls: 0
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Number of people who will return next year: hopefully 100%!
For the pictures, I originally had this brilliant idea that I'd take photos of everyone and put them in these little pulp horror settings so that it would be different from everyone else's post. I started out with a good head of steam, but after a while, had to resort to stealing Bossy's technique for her photoblogging instead. So, that's why they're so inconsistent. Some of the photos are after the jump, and you can see all 300 of the photos, in an unsorted, jumbled mess, on Flickr.
And that's it. Although, I do have a couple of videos of people doing karaoke that I might be able to be persuaded to post . . .
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That rainbow randolph costume is awesome. Where does one get a jacket like that?
Comments by Amanda
for real, it looks like you throw one heck of a party
Comments by Amanda
Number of jester's upset they couldn't make it: 1.
Comments by jester
*wait. why IS my name on the list?
*how did you get the pool red?
*I forget your dogs name
also.
inside I am crying becuase I could not be there
Comments by bluepaintred
WAIT!
It's Jigsaw
Comments by bluepaintred
Looks awesome,how will you get that color out of the pool?
Comments by Michael
What can I say but WOW!
Comments by Carolyn
Is it safe to assume you'll be cleaning up the aftermath until Christmas?
The pictures of Amy are awesome! I love the lighting and the pictures in the background.
Comments by Girl, Dislocated
*doing the cabbage patch*
I made the list!! Am I dead or just lost?
You did mean me, right?
I'm totally fucking coming next year.
Comments by Peggy
The decorations are very impressive indeed, I'm jealous that I don't have a swimming pool to dye red. I'll have to settle for putting food coloring in the toilet cistern.
Comments by Dan
I love the pictures!! You threw one hell of a party, and I'm really sorry that we couldn't make it. I'll plan in advance for next year.
Also, our wife looks freaky in the lighting that you took those pictures in. I'd be afraid. :) Plus, I think jigsaw could totally take the zombie, and she's a lot cuter than the zombie!
Comments by Angel
I'll tell you what, anyone who sees those pictures and doesn't want to come next year is a moron.
You fucker. Did you wait until I was gone to sing karaoke?
Comments by Mr. Fabulous
Yay I made the list! Sh*t, am I dead?
I'm really sad I couldn't go now. I'll keep watching the slideshow over and over today... ;-)
Comments by Mike
WoW! Great job! I love the pool!
Comments by Aunt Robin
You throw one hell of a party!!
Puuhhlleeeze post the videos!!
Comments by Turnbaby
No Country Music!!!??????
Aw, c'mon. Just kidding. I don't sing so much as squawk like a do do bird.
But, way to rub it in...
Comments by ADW
Great party!
Amanda, you watch Death to Smoochy more times than any human should and then get ahold of a leisure suit, airbrush, and hundreds of rhinestones.
Comments by Clown
AWESOME! I love the decorating skills of a depraved mind! I bow to the genius of Avitable!!
Comments by metalmom
I don't remember most of those decorations...
Comments by Miss Britt
WOW. This post fucking blew my mind away.
Amy is scaring me.
My name is not on the list.
I'm showing up next year, dammit. But I need to stay over. I'll be drunk.
Comments by Poppy
damn, bubba, you sure do go all out for a party. somehow i think next year you will wind up with 200+ at the party.
love what you did to the pool. fucken awesome decorations all the way around. great job!
so, did you notice the orbs in the one food / kitchen photo? i can easily see at least 3. you have ghosts you didn't invite to the party?
Comments by hellohahanarf
Those have got to be some of the best Halloween shots EVAH!
Do you normally get a lot of commenter's? I seem to be distracted by the bouncing boobies and walking ass. Some of your male commenter's may never get past the "click for smilies" page.
Comments by Jennifer
Those are some awesome decorations!!!
The costumes are great!!
The food looks damn good too!
Comments by NYCWD
The food was AWESOME! That fucking brie was what made my cock so hard!
Comments by Mr. Fabulous
That is amazing! Looks like a great party!
Comments by RockDog
You have to post the videos!
Please?
For those of us that couldn't make it??
Comments by Tug
Wow, this is a SERIOUS Halloween party! So sorry that I didn't even know about it, let alone missing it.
Comments by Memphis Steve
My name was not on the list... Cockslapping Monkeyfucker.
Hey the decorations looked fantastic! We used to do a huge month long horror trail as a fund raiser for area recovery programs. And we tried a spook house this summer during a commuity festival (lost our ass on money but it was the best spook event we EVER did!) Anyway, I know a bit about it and you decorations kicked ass. I love the boarding up your doors and windows to keep zombies out. Excellent touch!
Comments by Y2K Survivor
oh you MUST show the vids, Avi. i'd LOVE to see them.
and it looks like a blast. i am jealous.
Comments by Crys
You spent $11,000 on the party??? Holy shit! That's craziness!
Comments by Carmen
The decorations are awesome! WTF did you do to the pool?
Comments by annie
Wickedly, wickedly cool!!!! Well done!!!
Comments by Amy
Awesome Party, next time I'll go as something less obscure than Stargate: Atlantis.
I can't believe how great your decorations were...
Comments by Matt
You need to post the videos, they have to be pretty funny!
Party looks awesome, you (and your boss -Amy) know how to throw one wicked ass party. I do not think that I have ever been to a halloween party as over the top as yours!
Comments by SleepyNita
Holy shit, perusing all those photos made Bossy totally exhausted. It would have just been easier to come to the damn party.
(And she is so very sorry she missed it.)
(The only thing on gah's green earth you were missing? A Kitty-litter cake. How does Bossy know? She ate one.)
Comments by BOSSY
Amanda, he actually made it, airbrushing it himself and attaching all of the little rhinestones.
Jester, you might have clashed with the other gay men at the party. It would have been a throwdown!
BPR, well, it's your name, but it's also someone else's name, too. I dyed the pool red.
Michael, it actually filters out over about two days all by itself.
Carolyn, you could also say "HOT DAMN!" That works, too.
Girl, Dislocated, it was cleaned up by Monday afternoon - it wasn't as bad as it seems.
Peggy, I had you on there just in the off chance you decided to come. You should have, though.
Dan, or, you could just eat food coloring and then let your toilet get dyed naturally.
Angel, yeah, she looks very freaky, and she wasn't even in costume!
Mr. Fabulous, I don't remember if you were there or not - I only did one song.
Mike, the zombies got you!
Robin, thanks!
Turnbaby, I'll get them up later.
ADW, only if you do it naked.
Clown, thanks for all the help - you definitely had one of the top costumes there.
Metalmom, it wasn't all me, but thanks.
Britt, this does not surprise me.
Poppy, I meant to put your name on there, actually. Time got away from me.
Hello, I did see the orbs. And they're clearly dust. I'm a cynical ghost hunter.
Jennifer, I get a lot of lurkers, but the people who truly love me comment.
NYCWD, all of these things are completely true.
Fabulous, is that why it was all sticky? The brie, I mean.
RockDog, it definitely was.
Tug, yeah, I'll do it.
Memphis Steve, everyone in the blogosphere was invited!
Y2K, thanks - it was fun to do, and I was very happy with how it turned out.
Crystal, you could have come. We would have had even more fun!
Carmen, no, I did not. I'm not that crazy.
Annie, I used an official pool dye that filters out over two days. It doesn't stain or anything.
Amy, thanks - maybe next year, you'll leave your house and come visit all of us.
Matt, thanks for coming, and it was nice to meet you. You made a good accidental Hal Jordan.
SleepyNita, we did go over the top, and it was well worth it.
Bossy, maybe next year?? And I don't know if I could eat a kitty litter cake. Ew!
Comments by Avitable
This is *precisely* why I assumed we'd had a falling out. I am not important to you. *cry*
(fucker.)
Comments by Poppy
Comments by Poppy
Awww!
I wanna be there next year!
Hopefully you will overlook the fact that you have almost no clue who the hell I am.
Comments by Janna
I totally should have. That way, I would have been there having fun instead of walking around saying "I wonder what those fuckers are doing now" over and over.
My husband almost punched me so I'd shut the fuck up.
Comments by Peggy
That looks like a hell of a party!
Comments by Crazy Lady in Vegas
Best Party Ever...Seriously.
Do you know that NO ONE got a pic of my hotband? Not one in existance. Poor Phas'tidious.
Lo'Kwascious
Comments by CP
My son has been playing with the goody bag stuff for the past two days. Bless you for keeping him occupied.
Comments by CP
Amazing. I go a little ahem, overboard, for parties but Oh. MY. FREAKING. GAWD!!!!!!
I bow to you. What an amazing party. You are now my Party God.
Comments by Kelley
I say next year Jessica and I bring our feisty sister/cousin* Shannon and you two can duke it out in the pool. ;)
*Jess' sister, my cousin - we're not inbreeds...
Comments by Karen Rani
If you are doing this again next year, please invite me WAY ahead of time. I want to be able to plan my trip in advance. I WANT TO BE THERE!
Oh and I love baked brie, too. Must be a family thing.
Comments by Shelli
That's IT! I am adding a Pay Pal Donation button on my blog just in case you have a party again next year... I gotta be there! I'll show you my nipple, I promise...
Comments by DutchBitch
Poppy, I just got confused between which name to put up there, that's all!
Janna, that's okay - all are invited.
Peggy, yup. You don't live that far away that you couldn't have dropped by!
Crazy, it was.
CP, oh yeah? What do you call this:
and this:
Kelley, it's about time somebody finally said what we've all been thinking.
Karen, you two can come. Shannon can stay in the car.
Shelli, there's a 90% chance we're doing it next year. And it will be the Saturday before Halloween.
DB, coming from Dutchyland, I expect full frontal nudity.
Comments by Avitable
Next time I'll be at the party so it won't be an issue. But, if for some reason I am missing: Put BOTH names. Problem solved.
Comments by Poppy
It looks like it was an awesome party! (Plus, I keep reading about it on other blogs too!) Is the pool going to be hard to clean up?
Comments by Lynda
Poppy, there won't be any names next time, I don't think.
Lynda, the pool will actually filter clean by itself over about two days.
Comments by Avitable
You throw one helluva party.
I's sad now.
Comments by J.
J, yup. You missed quite the shindig.
Comments by Avitable
Gotta tell you ... I spent WAYYYY too much time here as a first-time visitor this early morning. Had a blast during my stay. Thanks for the great entertainment. See that? You're still entertaining and the party's long over.
Excellent pics, props, foods, and post!
(here via CP)
Comments by Weary Hag