halloween on the internet 2012

This tradition started a couple years ago after my camera got stolen during Halloween weekend... now I look forward to it every year!

You've already seen my Breaking Bad/crystal meth costume, so now I asked you to send me your costume pics, and I scoured my timelines on Twitter, Facebook, and instagram, and found my favorite costumes. The ones that I hadn't seen before. The ones that took a little more thought or effort than others. And the ones that were just straight up good. 

Is this not the BEST Fresh Prince duo you've ever seen?! 

Assuming they're rednecks, the Marlboro jacket is just a win.

A boat! They build a BOAT to push their kid in!

Mario Kart... WITH the balloons! So good.

My friend Annette is the awesome Statue of Liberty, but I'm also giving props to the crazy cat lady. Apparently it was zipper face who won the contest. Womp.

I've seen people be the Cheshire Cat before, but not like this! It's great and cute!

Definitely never seen a better Hey Arnold before.

Flappers are also done often, but this looks beyond legit!

Some random Portland'ers dressed up as the Real World production crew, and nailed it.

A group from the 1920s- Cool. The dude with the fur jacket- Awesome. "McKayla unimpressed"- YES! [I'm REALLY surprised I didn't see more of those, actually.]

Brooke just chopchopped her hair, and she rocked it with the biker babe look.

Just GREAT. 

This is HOMEMADE!!! Head and all. So awesome.

Grown men as Care Bears: I love it! AND the balloons and heart noses! They won $2000 for this gem of a group costume.

The Queen Chess piece! She's workin' it!

Bert and Mary Poppins! Adorbs.

The perfect pose makes them look SO good!

Here are some that I saw in person while out and about: 

I thought she was "blind date," which woulda been awesome! Then I saw the dildo. She was 50 Shades of Grey. Merp.

The fact they made this pose for every picture is why they're on here. 

Also surprised I didn't see more Psy's, but I'm giving props to my friend Chase for his straight up bizarre/creepy costume... 

....complete with these platforms.

Just a great MC Hammer who did a solo dance when his song was played.

Female Snooki. For some reason, I'm not mad about it.

Way to be current, Felix. 

His face was SO creepy/real in person. Impressive.

This girl beat me in a costume contest, but I won't lie... I cheered for her. She was so glowy and lit up! Loved. 

And some that were questionable: [protecting their identities... just in case.....] 

Apparently if you wanna be the Joker or Riddler or whatever the ?s mean, you just need some white lingerie and a cane.

And we tried to take bets on what this girl was, but literally couldn't figure it out. She said she was "Toddlers and Tiaras".... without a tiara. And with a vest? ....right.

I found some awesome eyelashes at Five Below that were perfect for my Twitter bird costume, so I had to whip that sucker out again. It was still in mint condition, and those eyelashes made it even more awesome!

I also loved getting tweets from people and seeing pics on instagram of people copying my costume! [YAY! Something I did is like... kinda viral!] 

She said she had a crisis of not enough feathers right before heading out... but this idea works too!

Their signs/legs are exactly like mine, so I can only assume they saw my costume! They made it way cuter with a tube top though.

And then I found this group of "sexy Twitter birds." People will turn anything "sexy" on Halloween!

Gah! Is it really over? Is it really time to start focusing on "the holidays?!" Unbelievable.

Thanks to everyone for sending pictures, even if you're not featured on here. I loved seeing EVERY single costume! I have beautifully awesome friends.

love,
elizabethany

Tweet

time's top 10 twitter moments [including me!]

Tweet Okay so maybe this only "includes me" if you know me or know the competition, but that means you!

Time made a top ten list for literally everything under the sun... Including Top Ten Twitter Moments of 2010. [Woah. I know I love alliteration, but damn...]

Check out #8:


No joke, I teared up a bit when I saw this. Sure, it has no mention of me, but that's not the point. I'm happy where I am now. It's the fact that I was a part of this thing that they're saying is the #8 thing to happen on this year's biggest social media platform.

And who beat us? People like Kanye West, Conan O'Brien, Justin Bieber, and freakin' Twitter.com itself. I'd say considering who we're up against, #8 is pretty damn good.

Thank you, Time Magazine, for realizing what a groundbreaking competition that was.. And of course thanks to MTV.

love,
elizabethany

the mtv tj finale

What. A. Weekend. You know I went to NYC for the MTV TJ finale, but what you don't know is what all went down. There are tons of pictures and more on EB IRL, but I'll share a quick bit of behind-the-scenes info of the show with you here.

The set of the finale was absolutely incredible. It was a "winter wonderland" of sparkles, as one of the X TJ's said. We walked in to check it out, met Sway, our casting director, publicist, and more, then did an interview with Mashable. We felt special again, to say the least.

They sat us right in front of the stage so we'd be able to experience this with the top 5 as much as possible and I couldn't thank them enough for that. I was flashing "I love you" signs to the five of them throughout the show and constantly yelling to them. I guess I was trying to be the sideline cheerleader or something.

My super-awesome seat came with a cost, though. I had to squeeze and share with Kayki while a cameraman sat right next to us. Plus side: I got a close-up on TV! Make that 6? times I've been on MTV! WOOHOO!

As a former TV news person, I constantly had to read my lines out loud to perfect them, but I always felt weird. Finally, Mr. Cool Guy Sway started practicing his over and over again. It made me feel normal. Then again, he also nailed everything when the show went live. Sometimes my tongue gets jumbled.

I really have no complaints of the show besides that Jose was shown the results before they were announced. They accidentally flashed the results and he saw them, immediately hiding his face. I can't even imagine the feeling he had going through him. Luckily no one else had to find out that way.

Gabi was crowned the first ever TJ as her gorgeous, identical family joined her on stage. I'm SO excited for her! She's going from having no bed to a $100,000 salary. I don't see her forgetting where she came from or having a big head. She's an amazing person and she'll do great interacting with everyone.

X and Dannielle were both awesome, too. I had NO idea how funny Dannielle was, but she had me rollin'. X was the most cool, calm, collected person there. He was introduced first and he was jumpin up and down like he was about to enter the ring. I'm envious of his confidence for sure.

Within ten minutes of the show ending, the five were upstairs doing press interviews, we were being shoved out the door, and half the set was gone. It's pretty incredible how quickly they can tear so much stuff down.

It was also like a cliche analogy to how quick this all came to an end. Or started and happened, even. It was exactly two months from my first call to the top 5 announcement, and it's only been two weeks since then. It's been a very fast blur.

Again, thank you to everyone who helped me do everything I did this summer. I can't say it enough, but I'll stop hassling you about it now.

love,
elizabethany