Pluto X

so this year ive set very ambitious goals for my halloween costume but im not sure if i can pull it off. What have i decided on for my costume? Muthafuckin' Pluto YO!! Yeeeeaaaahh das right! I'm gonna be the ICE PLANET also known as Neptune. And I'm not just gonna be any regular old Pluto, I'm gonna be a pissed off Planet Nationalist, enraged that i got unjustly kicked out of the solar system and boycotting the whole snooty solar system in its entirety. this beats my usual halfassed costumes that arent really costumes but things i pull out of my closet, like one year when I was waldo because i so happened to have a red and white striped sweater and red beanie and another year when i bought a pair of cat ears and said i was a cat, and another year i bought ladybug wings and said i was a ladybug

this year i feel so passionate about the fundamental wrongness of Pluto getting kicked out and nobody making a fuss about it, that i feel compelled to stand up for the Planet of my childhood.

at lunch today i was going over plans on how to make my pluto costume with some friends who asked me how i was gonna do it and the conversation became hopelessly convoluted.

Me: hmm..i dont know how im going to make a big blue globe suit for me to wear
Kevin: hey why dont you just get a garbage bag, fill it with newspaper and paint it blue. of course it would be incredibly hot and the newspaper would fall to the bottom but it might work

Me: oh man...i don't know. i have to be very robust and round in my shape and a garbage bag won't really do.

Bianca: i know.. this is what you should do, you should get one of those big yoga balls from target for 20 bucks, paper mache the whole thing so you have a round spehere, and then we'll cut a hole in the top and pop the yoga ball, pull it out and you'll have your globe . you can then cut a big hole at the bottom of it so your legs can stick out, and holes at the side for your arms. and we can paint the whole thing bleu with tempera. no problem!!

Me: uhh..how will be pop the ball? how will i sit down? will i fit in a car? how much are those balls? aren't they expensive?

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In other words, i've been taliking baotu this damn costume all month, but deep down i fear that i wont be able to pull it off.