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" My roommate and I had planned a week before Halloweekend that we&amp;#039;d be Link (from the Zelda video games) and a Native American one night, then a zebra and a cowgirl the next. The first night was great. Everyone recognized me as Link, and bombarded me with high fives. The next night, however, we weren&amp;#039;t so smart.  As we were getting ready, Isabelle decided her cowgirl costume would be too cold, and I decided my zebra outfit was too generic and would fail in comparison to the previous night&amp;#039;s look. In our haste to find something before going out, we decided it would be smart to be rolls of duct tape, or duct tape girls... I don&amp;#039;t even know what we were thinking. I had to cut myself out to be able to breath, but Isabelle left her&amp;#039;s on, reasoning that she didn&amp;#039;t want to waste the tape. In desperation,  I started Googling 90s cartoons. Of all things, I chose Eliza Thornberry, the nerdy redhead with freckles and pigtails who could talk to animals. Needless to say, not the cutest of costumes... The worst part is that once we got to the party, we were surrounded by cute cats, pretty pirates, fantastic fairies... all the things girls typically are for halloween. Isabelle stood awkwardly in her duct tape dress and red rain boots as one of our upperclassmen friends took one look at me and said, &amp;quot;Are you trying to be a nerd? If so, you did a good job...&amp;quot; To add insult to injury, it was the first time I saw the guy I&amp;#039;ve been secretly crushing on outside of the classroom. We stayed for about 10 minutes before our embarrassment drove us back to the dorm.  So here is my cheat sheet to having a successful Halloweekend:  Being original is a good thing  Looking foolish is not  Being cute is a good thing  Looking slutty is not.   Simple as that! What would you have done if you were in Isabelle and my place? Would you have been too embarrassed to stay, or just rocked your &amp;quot;nerdy&amp;quot; costume? Leave a comment below! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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