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How the best Halloween Costumes maybe led to a one-night stand. Or marriage.

Once, at a Halloween party, I saw a girl dressed like this:

She was The Girl Next Door.

At the same party, I saw a guy dressed like this:

I asked him what he was. Do you know?

He was a One Night Stand.

To this day, I wonder whether the two of them found one another at that party and went home together. Like minds and all. If they did, maybe they listened to this song, to which I have danced to – with utter glee and abandonment – in a bar before. With a guy who was my then boyfriend but who was a friend’s longtime boyfriend the previous month. We stayed friends because I asked her if it was okay for me to date him. I’m nice that way. Boom Boom by Paul Lekakis even smells like the 80’s. It also smells like no strings attached.

Or maybe, if they were trying to set the mood in a classier way, they listened to Eric Clapton’s Just One Night.

Or maybe they never even found one another at that party. Friends, if you were in Denver in the early 90’s, at that Halloween party, and know who either of these people are, can you please let me know whether they got together that night? Who knows, maybe they’re married with little girls next door and lamp-shade wearing boys. Either way, this is how the best Halloween Costumes maybe led to a one-night stand. Or marriage.

Bonus! I was totally done. But then I wanted to share just two more images.

       

This has been a Twisted Mixed Tape Tuesday production, Einsteined by Jen Kehl. Come and tell us what music makes you think of “no strings” and one night stands.




by Kristi Campbell

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  • Courtney - I am so terrible at creative costumes like that. I love the one night stand. Like you I wonder if it worked? {It would have gotten my attention since I always fell for the clown}August 20, 2013 – 3:56 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Hi Courtney.
    I’ve been thinking about you and send you huge huge huge hugs. The one night stand WAS super creative!
    XO
    —August 20, 2013 – 3:59 pmReplyCancel

  • Linda Roy - Ha! That’s hilarious! Excellent Halloween costume (the guy) and your post cracked me up. “No…you can’t take a shower – get out!” lolAugust 20, 2013 – 4:07 pmReplyCancel

  • Jessica - Ha ha! You crack me up! I hope they found each other!August 20, 2013 – 4:15 pmReplyCancel

  • Lance - Great Clapton pick.August 20, 2013 – 4:21 pmReplyCancel

  • Jodi Flaherty - Oh my gosh, I loved this post! It was awesome! “Closing Time” makes me think if the nights out I spent as a single lady looking for love in all sorts of wrong places!August 20, 2013 – 4:23 pmReplyCancel

  • Dream - I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I too know Boom Boom (and have danced to it) as it was included in a bar mixtape that we’d all dubbed copies of during the dorm years.August 20, 2013 – 5:06 pmReplyCancel

  • clark - having an ‘off-week’ (Summer Cold)…but I am, as always glad I came here…

    but I read the text without playing the vids (at least at first pass) and I saw a couple of references to vid as ‘Boom Boom’ and so naturally, by feverish brain plays the Pat Travers tape in my head… so I click on Play for ‘Boom Boom’…

    lol

    the mind is beautiful and terrible thing!August 20, 2013 – 6:26 pmReplyCancel

  • Stephanie @ Mommy, for Real. - Bwa-ha-ha! That is super clever. I used to have the coolest Halloween parties, and I also used to shell out mega bucks to have fabulous costumes. It goes without saying perhaps, but I’m lame now. I do, however, still wear cat ears. Also- isn’t it so cool how easy it is to share on Triberr? Wow.August 20, 2013 – 6:45 pmReplyCancel

  • Rachel - I have never, ever experienced anything like that in my life. Cough, cough.August 20, 2013 – 6:59 pmReplyCancel

  • Janine Huldie - I once dated a guy dressed as Spongebob meeting him at a Halloween Party. True story, but a few months later, I broke up with him and then I met Kevin. Got to love Halloween parties though!!August 20, 2013 – 7:11 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Linda,
    My friends and I said “no you can’t take a shower – get out!” to one another for years and cracked up every time!
    —
    Jodi,
    I forgot about closing time! I remember a friend of mine once saying that it was “her” song. I was like. Um. You do know how wrong that is right?
    —
    Dream,
    Thank you for not making me alone in knowing Boom Boom or for dancing to it!
    —August 20, 2013 – 8:23 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Clark,
    So sorry to hear about your cold. That sucks 🙁
    Yes, the mind IS a beautiful and terrible thing indeed.
    —
    Stephanie,
    Dude. I wish we knew each other back when you had the coolest Halloween parties. I love Halloween parties. Maybe one of these years I’ll throw one again…
    —
    Rachel,
    Cough cough indeed.
    —
    Janine,
    You dated Spongebob! Awesome!
    —August 20, 2013 – 8:25 pmReplyCancel

  • karen - so awesome how you did this…LOLOLOLOL…

    sadly I am not familiar with either song, I mostly listen to audio books, but if I ever do hear those songs…I will think of your post…August 20, 2013 – 8:46 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Aw, Karen,
    That you’ll think of me if you ever hear Boom Boom warms my heart.August 20, 2013 – 9:21 pmReplyCancel

  • Kari - Funny! I love the imagery of “little girls next door and lampshade wearing boys” … I like to believe in true love, so my bet is they did hook up and lived (living) happily ever after. 🙂August 20, 2013 – 9:33 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Kari,
    I like to believe in true love, too. I hope they found it! How cool would that be?August 20, 2013 – 10:07 pmReplyCancel

  • Jen - Is there no end to the humor you see in things? REALLY? I forgot my pillow. Dude, that’s a line if I ever heard it. Did you try to use it?
    And Boom Boom!! OMG! What an awesome call. This post is so great, your mind amazes me. In a good way 🙂August 21, 2013 – 1:25 amReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Jen,
    I will never tell! 😀
    —August 21, 2013 – 9:07 amReplyCancel

  • Dana - That damn song will be in my head all day now. But I also have a great Halloween costume idea – love the One Night Stand! Guess that’s not appropriate for my kid, huh?August 21, 2013 – 9:54 amReplyCancel

  • Tamara - This is too good, and I’m enjoying the Clapton while my kids both nap. I can’t stop thinking of “Last Worthless Evening” by Don Henley. I bet it was the last worthless evening for The Night Stand Guy and The GIrl Next Door. In fact, I bet the night before that party was actually the last worthless evening and the party night? Worthful. Full of worth and promise.August 21, 2013 – 10:55 amReplyCancel

  • Erica - Shut up with your bad self!!! Boom Boom?! I am dying! I remember when this song was getting blasted on the radio all the time. It was the first song I remember knowing was about sex. I used to giggle every time it came on (until my mom changed the radio station). Thanks for the flashback!August 21, 2013 – 5:33 pmReplyCancel

  • Slu - LOL… How can one not like ‘Boom Boom?’ Brought a smile.

    And… Holy Smokes!!! Diggin’ the Clapton tune. Wow…

    As per my usual: Love your story. Will always wonder.

    Keep smiling, SluAugust 21, 2013 – 9:24 pmReplyCancel

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