I was going to rehash an old Willy Wonka costume I still had sitting around, but while looking for something to use as a cane, I found an old friend.  

When I first moved into the dorms in college, my roommate and I found a stuffed Shamu whale in one of the drawers.  He moved around with us all four years of college and I eventually took him back to Chicago with me.  

All it took was a small incision, a broomstick, and a makeshift harness to re-enact a classic scene from movie history:

All-in-all, one of my more successful costumes.  

I’m an idiot.