I once held a Halloween Party when I was living in Wicker Park in the mid-90's, I hosted the party as the UniBomber. 
Then I realized that hosting is a pain in the ass, attending is much easier; just dress up. Our friend Mindy now has this huge, amazing Halloween Party every year. Costumes are mandatory, as are shots of Halloween themed liquor upon entering her house. She used to live on Belmont near Clark but moved a few years ago to the Andersonville neighborhood. Shortly after Carla and I started dating (Circa '99) we attended our first Mindy Halloween Party together. I had recently seen Blue Man Group for the second time and was determined to be a Blue Man for Halloween. I was living near Fantasy Costumes 
at the time and decided it would be fun to be a Blue Man. Best part was I would be within walking distance of Carla's place from Mindy's Apartment, so I could get tipsy without fear of having to drive home. I had a license to get blue and get loaded. While the fine folks at Fantasy provided me with the necessary Cobalt Blue make-up and skull cap, they failed to tell me that the Blue Men had a professional makeup department at their disposal and the Blue Men knew what it was like to wear shiny, blue make-up every night. I was simply blue and on my way to inibriation. Bad move. Wearing heavy blue make-up while wearing black clothing proved to be enough of a hassle, let alone having to itch every so often. Within an hour, not only my face and head were blue, but so was most of the rest of me. Every minor itch resulted in my transferring the blue make-up to other parts of my body I shouldn't have blue make-up. After a few hours, we went home. Not wanting to put me to bed and turn her entire room and bed blue, Carla had no other choice than to throw me into the shower to clean up. It was like Karen Silkwood post-contamination. I had to be scrubbed down like I was covered with gamma-radiation. I eventually got somewhat clean and slept it off.
So, if you had entertained thoughts of getting blue someday, don't.
Buy a Michael Myers mask and count your blessings.
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