So what happens when you take two home made, well known characters into the most crowded Halloween party in Hawaii? Photo-ops. Lots and lots of photo-ops! My final post on my Halloween extravaganza wraps up in Waikiki – although it could have been Times Square!

We clearly didn’t think this through.

I suppose it must have felt like what a Disney attraction character goes through. Lots of photos. Lots of sweating. And a false sense of popularity. But I gotta admit – it was also really fun. For the last time, Happy Halloween!

In case you missed it, here are the other Halloween posts from 2010:

• Haunted Lagoons and Screaming Like a Man
• Pumpkins – Halloween 2010
• Stay Puft Goes to Hallowbaloo – Halloween 2010

Strike a pose.

“Not my gum drop buttons!”

Beaker’s distant relatives.

Princess rocking her escorts.

And Beaker rocking his…

Beaker knows how to bring all the girls to the yard…

This Halloween, Kim and I re-lived one of my favorite films of all time, “Ghostbusters”. She went as a lady-Ghosbuster and I rocked one of the hippest monsters to ever terrorize New York – Mr. Stay Puft.

After a considerable number of hours of internet research, Walmart shopping, more internet research, cutting, taping and other various arts and crafts, we were ready to go. Our first stop, the annual block party Halloween festival in downtown Chinatown, the Hallowbaloo. Checkout the ‘madness’ from last year’s Hallowbaloo here.

Who you gonna’ call?

The ladies.

The Geek and the Hatter.

The boys.

Madness.

Midnight junk-food run – take your pick!

This guy was intense. I may or may not have pulled my back on this move.

More photos from the Hallowbaloo.

We kicked off the Halloween early by attending the opening night of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s Haunted Lagoon. Basically it’s a terrifying lagoon ride through a dark and creepy jungle in the middle of the night. Scary things jump out to scare you and a woman dressed in white walks on water and then crawls into your canoe until you pee. You can check out the link above for more on that craziness.

Then, it was time for our traditional pumpkin carving carve-off! I just named it that and I’m not sure why. It’s a terrible name.
Prep is never any fun for me. I make a mess, my hands smell funny and Kim ends up cleaning out the pumpkins after me because I do such a crappy job.

You have take this stuff seriously if you want to have a good result. I know I did.

Kim’s was the cat (I say tiger) on the left and mine was the self portrait on the right.

Creepy night-light action.

Kim is doing some kind of magic trick here. We never did find that damn bunny.

Insert music, “One of these things is not like the other…”

“Bring me a diamond in the rough!” If you can name what movie that’s from (without Googling c’mon now) drop it in the comments below and I’ll send you a prize. Maybe.

Everyone is in the same boat right now, that we’re all watching this digital evolution unveil itself one day at a time. But the important thing is that while we watch, we also participate. There are no experts on the subject, only people with opinions, ideas, and probably loud personalities (guilty). So take the first step, find your medium and a voice, and find ways to help your business strive.

The interview was held at 6am the day after St. Patrick’s Day, so with little sleep and some butterflies in my stomach, I headed out to the interview in the middle of the night. It was a little nerve wrecking to be on live television for the first time but the folks at McNeil Wilson Communications made it a super smooth process! The warm welcome from the entire KITV4 crew was much appreciated, and Mahealani Richardson made it feel like I was just talking shop with a friend. So here it is, why Twitter is a fantastic self branding and company marketing tool.

If you are interested in catching the “State of the Web 2009″ panel discussion, you can catch the live stream here, live on March 24th, 2009 at 9am Hawaii time.

Ambitious maybe, but mostly true. Like anyone else I have my bad days but for the most part I’m stoked. Here’s proof:

See? That’s me stoked while dropping in on a right at Wailupe, a favorite surf break of mine. Surfing is a huge source of my stoke and from what I’ve heard that’s where the term originated from. I moved to Hawaii just over a year ago and the stokes have been pretty consistent ever since. It has been an absolute privilege to live and play here, and I continue to envy all those who were born in Hawaii. Those are the folks who pass that stoke on to me everyday, cheers!

Other than surfing, I get stoked on doing anything outside. Probably makes sense why I love living in Hawaii so much. I also get stoked on work stuff. I work for StarrTech Interactive a division of Anthology Marketing. I dig interactive media planning, digital new media, social media, media media, and some more media. If you don’t believe me, check my Twitter page. 

So what can you expect from this piece of interactive literature? Sarcasm, and lots of it. Other than that there should be some surf session posts, movie posts, new media posts, exploring Hawaii posts, some rants, some raves, and some randoms. What do I expect from you? To laugh, to learn, and to vicariously earn a stoke of your own through mine. I also want to hear your comments, thoughts, and arguments. I love to argue, so bring it.

Speaking of bringing it (have you brought it yet?) I would love to hear where your stokes stem from. So… what’s your stoke? 

Cheers,

Dan Zelikman. (1)