I’m going to dress up as Abdi.

You wear halloween costumes to work??

Even if you don't wear it for Halloween, you have to wear it to the marathon! You should wear a team USA singlet over the cactus costume. I don't know how you would make the costume, but here are some pictures I found for inspiration:

http://www.hulaman.com/costum/b2b/cactus.jpg

http://www.medusozoa.com/images/phil_cactus.jpg

J. Rome wrote:

You wear halloween costumes to work??

I work as a small non-profit, so I could probably get away with wearing a costume to work on that one day.

The rest of the time, I wear khakis and a button down shirt.

New Adbi video here: http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=104&id=5102

singular of cacti wrote:

I work as a small non-profit, so I could probably get away with wearing a costume to work on that one day.

The rest of the time, I wear khakis and a button down shirt.

DID YOU KNOW?

if you spent as much time on your career as you did on your costume ideas, you'd be making more than enough money to move out of your parents' basement, and possibly attract a mate.

Even if you could, why would you? No adult should wear halloween costumes to work. Ever.

Excellent idea! I'm going to dress up as Geb for Halloween. The only problem is that I'm 6'3" and white. Any ideas?

Go as Marion Jones. Paint some syringes gold and put them on cords around your neck.

clunt wrote:

DID YOU KNOW?

if you spent as much time on your career as you did on your costume ideas, you'd be making more than enough money to move out of your parents' basement, and possibly attract a mate.

I'm quite secure in my career choice. I live with friends from college. I am currently single though after just getting out of a relationship.

Thanks for the responses so far. I do anticipate getting invited to a party (where there would most likely be runners, given my social circle), for what it's worth.

DontFeedTheTroll wrote:

Go as Marion Jones. Paint some syringes gold and put them on cords around your neck.

This is clever and timely, and it has the added benefit that even non-runners would likely get the reference. But, philosophically speaking, I'd prefer to focus on the positives of our sport (Abdi), rather than the negatives (Marion).

why don't you show up to the party with black shoe polish - and just say that you are a black man, make sure that plenty of people take pictures - and post them at work.

touch up your black shoe polish and walk through NYC as a black man and see what kind of reaction you get, i'm sure that it will be a good one!

clunt wrote:

DID YOU KNOW?

if you spent as much time on your career as you did on your costume ideas, you'd be making more than enough money to move out of your parents' basement, and possibly attract a mate.

As someone who crashed on the cactus's floor for a solid month and a half, I can vouch for both the soundness of his living space, and for his ability to attract a mate.

But cactus, you're single? You guys gotta keep me in the loop out here.

...here's the official Black Cactus polo, as worn in Osaka:

http://www.usatf.org/store/showProductDetail.asp?item=23414-451

I'd love to see someone with some Photoshop moxie put together a Black Cactus outfit!