just some little things, like a quote and what i'm going to dress like for halloween

so one of the 'personalities' i play against in chessmaster's favorite quote is: 'being able to play chess is the sign of a gentleman, being able to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.'

i came to the conclusion that i could probably get away with (even quite well) going to halloween dressed in a shirt and tie and carrying a clipboard if, when asked what i am supposed to be, i would say, 'i'm the costume judger,' and then proceed to eye them up and give them a grade. it would be great to go with another costume judge so that we could act detached from the proceedings, even if confronted by people calling us poor sports, by ignoring them and whispering our opinions to each other about who might be winning the competition. hah! and then if people really did start to get into the fact that we would really judge them and announce a winner we could, of course and with justification, stand on a sofa and announce that, 'well, it seems like there's a lot of excitement over who has chosen the best costume and so without futher ado i'd like to announce that it is me, chad swope, dressed as costume judger! let's get him a beer!'

hmm, i think i'll try to pull that off.