The Good Life – September-October 2014

“To impress yourself
and others with your
getup this year , my best
advice for you is this:
Don’t be predictable.”
Fargo, the business you started
from the ground up with your
best bud from high school,
and the fact that you have a
week’s supply of beer in the
office fridge for your clients.
The main thing to remember
with this character is that
you think you’re classy, even
though you visit less than
respectable joints, laugh about
it, and tell perverted jokes
every 10 seconds around your
employees. Hey, you have
money, which equates class,
right?
Manly Crafty McCrafter
This character also requires a mustache
or a beard, if you’re able to grow facial hair.
Choose some sort of art to master, whether
that entails making bow ties out of recycled
trash, selling your grandmother’s recipe
for homemade sauerkraut in a mason jar
or creating furniture out of concrete. Wear
glasses, even if they don’t have a prescription.
Slip on suspenders whenever possible. If
you want to go the extra mile, dress up as
Mr. Rogers, but show off your sleeves – your
tattoos. It’s all about balancing how you
project your inner scrapbooking mom and
rebel child.
What other stereotypical Fargoan
characters could you dress up as for
Halloween? If you say a snarky journalist
who needs a filter and a larger dose of
written manners, well, that would be a
winning costume, as well. There are plenty
of those in this town.
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