by Saber Slate | Oct 10, 2018 | Opinion & Reviews
Halloween is just around the corner, and you know what that means – costume shopping!
Some people go all out, making their own awesome costume or spending thousands on their costumes, while others make their own using homemade methods. Sometimes people just spend less than $20 on a prepackaged costume from Party City (or if they’re feeling extra spicy, Walmart).
If you don’t have time, energy, or materials for any of those – but you do have a few weeks to spare and an Amazon prime account, here are the top 10 costumes to buy for Halloween, compiled for your convenience.
10. Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head: Perfect for couples who want to make it known that they are in a completely serious and devoted relationship, this costume is perfect for all the lovebirds out there. Not only will you and your significant other look fabulous in the stylish shade of desert brown and the facial features glued onto the fabric, but the extra space surrounding your body is like a big pocket – perfect for warming hands, storing candy, safekeeping handbags, or sneaking out of a party with a whole plate of ham unnoticed.
9. Poop Emoji: If you are a fan of the Emoji Movie, you’re in luck! This poop emoji costume lets everyone know that not only did you rate the Emoji Movie 10/10 on IMDb, but that you’re also a diehard fan and will do anything for the poop emoji. The velvety fabric of the costume just shrieks couture at the top of its lungs as you walk down the road with your bag of candy (which is filled to the brim). Celebrities walk on the red carpet because they’re stars, but you walk on toilet paper because you’re the stuff.
8. Your Left Foot: Sometimes, you just love your left foot so much that you want it to be a part of your Halloween costume – and the makers of this amazing costume really came through and listened. When you dress up as a foot, not only does it boost your self-esteem but others around you as well – it reminds them how far their feet have taken them on this strenuous night and it makes them grateful. If you want to go all-out, paint the toenails a fun Halloween color or design!
7. Baby Hotdog: For the little ones at the party. Have everyone wondering what you did to deserve such a big hotdog, and not actually know that is your beloved child or other small relative/friend. The baby will be comfortably swaddled in a whole wheat bun and pork meat, allowing people to ogle at you and your hotdog, and allowing the baby to not make a fuss while you enjoy your grandma’s Halloween Bash.
6. Toilet: Be the porcelain throne as you prance around in the night. The bowl is functional and can be used as an extra bag of candy when your bag gets too full from people dumping all their candy into yours because they love your costume so much. To really convince people, bring a squirt bottle filled with water to illustrate the plumbing issues real toilets have. Just remember to wear good shoes to run away from people who are actually convinced you are a legitimate toilet.
5. Alien Kidnap Victim: This costume is really good if you’re looking to give people a good old fashioned Halloween spook. When you walk into the party, people will be alarmed to see their best friend being kidnapped by an alien, and wonder if they are next! If things get out of hand, tell everyone it’s just you in the costume and the alien isn’t real to get several rounds of high-fives. Bonus, you look like a funny little alien man running around. Make alien noises to persuade people! (Glorps, Gleeps, and plain old screaming.)
4. Bert Morphsuit: A Bert morphsuit is a perfect way to get your friends into the Halloween spirit, especially their kiddies. Walk around the party in your glamorous suit, screaming Cher Lloyd’s “Swagger Jagger” at an alarmingly high volume and calling everyone Bert rather than their real names. You might not be able to eat or drink at all that night, but the joy you’ll bring the children makes the wait worthwhile.
3. Billy Bass the Talking Fish: Since this isn’t a full-body costume, you should either wear a nice polo or a wetsuit to complete the look. Walk around the neighborhood, speaking with a 1920’s accent and singing “Hello My Baby” as loudly as you can instead of saying “Thank You” to the people who give you candy. Refer to your companions as “old chaps” and refuse to eat seafood for the night. Douse yourself in fish scent by eating lots of fish oil pills and hanging fish to your body with duct tape – claim they’re your siblings.
2. Fortnite Skin: Fornite is the best game ever. Period. Why not have a costume from it? Normal skins are lame, get all fancy and do the default dance down the street as you cruise along with your Skull Trooper costume on. Get the Victory Royale as you come back to your house with a bag full of candy. HIT THAT SPOOKY CHUG JUG!
#1: THANOS: And the Number One Halloween costume of all time is: THANOS! Straight from Infinity War, everyone will love the mask. Colored an amazing shade of purple and constantly wielding the threat of erasing half of humanity, everyone at the Halloween party will see you walk in and think “Wow, why didn’t I think of that?” The costume comes with an attractive, almost-too-real mask beautifully handcrafted to capture every element of Thanos’ face, and the majestic suit shouts “powerful” – on top of that, the gauntlet you hold upon your fist justifies your dangerous nature and secures your spot as the ruler of the universe. Buy a costume today, and if you’re feeling extra powerful, dress up your car too – you’ll be driving a Thanos C–
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And those are the top 10 costumes for Halloween. I hope you are ready to hit the streets, and I pray that the public is ready for you and you amazing taste in Halloween costumes; Because I bet they’ll glance at you for a second and the sheer force of how cool you look will knock their socks off. So what are you waiting for? Buy one now!
What are your favorite Halloween costumes?
by Saber Slate | Oct 8, 2018 | Opinion & Reviews
Do you have an album that you have mixed feelings about? Do you want to know what someone else thinks about it? Are you just too lazy to listen to music and just want to hear how good something is before listening to it? Do you want to have your opinions of an artist validated? Well, this year I will be accepting requests of music to review. Place all your requests in this form.
(‘Out there’ or ‘weird’ music may or may not be favored over more generic music. I will try to compensate for my inherent bias, but it may be unavoidable. Whoops.)
by Kush Bansal | Oct 4, 2018 | Opinion & Reviews
What are movies? Some view it as throwaway entertainment. Some see it as an art piece. And the group I’m in is the group who doesn’t care about either, who just want to enjoy it. Over this year I will be reviewing movies based on popularity, theme, or just for fun. This month I’m going to work on the best movies relating to school. There are a huge number of school movies out there, but to be honest, they’re all horrible. None of them commit to the idea of knowing what a student does; rather, they use general stereotypes, such as how all students are constantly on their phones, to categorize what they think is a student. However, there are 2 movies that are perfect: The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.
The Breakfast Club is about one Saturday detention. The rebellious kid is John Bender, the rich bratty princess is Claire Standish, the loneliest, weirdest outcast is Alison Reynolds, the stuck-up nerd is Brian Johnson, and the somewhat humane jock is Andrew Clark. John Bender is the troubled kid and is abused at home, so he vents out in school by pulling fire alarms, fighting with every teacher, and, well, cracking some edgy jokes. Claire Standish is the rich, annoying, spoiled girl who takes everything for granted, yet she doesn’t know how to live by society’s norms. Brian Johnson is a nerd and is pressured by his parents to get all A’s so when he gets an F, he tries to kill himself. Andrew is the jock who by his friends and family has to conform to the typical stereotypes, going even as far as to public defame and harass other students. Finally Alison, well, she has no life, so she comes to every Saturday detention, because why not. All of the students are held down by the principal whose ego is built around subsequently “molding” the students who don’t go by the school rules and to shape the “children” of tomorrow, but if something doesn’t go his way, he will go to any length in order to torture every student to his liking. The film explores the corner of each school stereotype and how, at certain times, just because someone is labeled as one thing does not mean that they cannot be something else, which can even relate to you, too. If you want to check out this movie (which I highly recommend), you can watch it now on Netflix or you can buy or rent it.
The other great movie about school is Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It’s about a kid named Ferris Bueller and his mastermind plan to escape school for a day to go to the city of Chicago with his friend and girlfriend. He works with his school and classmates to fool the teachers into thinking that he is sick; however, the principal is not buying it, so he goes on a chase to track down the truth. This leads to the biggest gags in this movie. This movie is different than The Breakfast Club because it’s more humorous. While it still uses a school setting and the stereotypical student characters, it emphasizes the idea of having fun regardless of school and not being stressed. This is why at the time it released it was so popular. Every student appreciated the fact that school isn’t all about studying but also to have fun, at least in the 80s anyway. If you want to watch it, you can find it on Starz or buy/rent it.
This is why The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off are the best movies about school and why you should check them out. Next month I will be talking about more movies so I hope you enjoyed and are convinced to check out these movies.
by Saber Slate | Sep 25, 2018 | Opinion & Reviews
It’s that time of year again. School has started, everyone’s tired and sad except the kid with the color-coded notebooks, and for some reason, people are already getting ready for Halloween. But Halloween ads aren’t the only thing you can’t escape from. You won’t be able to turn on a television, look at a magazine, or even drive by a Starbucks without hearing about the Pumpkin Spice Latte. Love it or hate it, everyone knows it. This latte single-handedly made Starbucks 1.4 billion dollars in 2017. It was such a success, that every company in existence decided to copy them and make their own version of the fall taste/sent. When I say every company, I mean every company. People have too much money and not enough common sense, which leads to soaps, shoes, water, everything with a pumpkin spice edition, and I’ve compiled the weirdest of them all. (With pictures, so you don’t actually have to read anything.)
First up we’ve got the Pumpkin Spice Shampoo, essential for anyone with money to burn. This beauty will run you about 20 dollars and is currently out of stock on Amazon. The company claims that you will like this product if “you want a calorie-free way to indulge in a pumpkin spice muffin.” I for one wholeheartedly agree. If you want to eat a pumpkin spice muffin, then using this shampoo is the way to do it. 9/10, 4 ½ stars.
Next on the list is the ever beautiful Pumpkin Spice shoe collection, the leading innovation in the fashion industry. Honestly, there is no reason these shoes should be called “Pumpkin Spice” besides the fact that, like pumpkins, they are orange. Now this company couldn’t stop at one pair, this idea was so good that they made an entire collection of them. I rate it 5 out of 5 style points.
On to number three, which is Pumpkin Spice flavored water! Why do we have pumpkin spice flavored water, you ask? What possible reason could there be for this, you ask? Well, it’s because (as you’ve probably noticed) water is just too boring. The thing that sustains all life everywhere just isn’t good enough, what better way give it the zing it needs than to make a pumpkin spice version? The problem I see with it, however, is that it’s just too good of an idea. I don’t understand why people even need to drink normal water anymore after this gift to humanity. However, perfection is imperfection, so this Pumpkin Spice Water gets 8/10.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the grand finale. It’s a simple Pumpkin Product™, but a bad idea all the same. I give you, Pumpkin Spice Deodorant, the very pinnacle of mankind’s ability, and frankly, I don’t think we can top it. Finally, you can start your day smelling like pumpkin spice and end it smelling like sweat and pumpkin spice. Honestly, I can personally assure you that if you were to buy and use this product, you will no longer fear death. 354 out of 10, would never buy ever.
And so our little journey comes to an end, our little walk through the world of poor marketing ideas spawned from a type of coffee. A journey about Pumpkin Spice, the mediocre flavor that for some reason is anywhere and everywhere. We learned that people have bizarre ideas and make things to show that. And at the end of the day, isn’t that what really matters?
by Saber Slate | Aug 29, 2018 | Advice, Opinion & Reviews
Transitioning into high school from middle school may seem like a strenuous task and may cause anxiety. However, there are a lot of ways to get through that first anxiety of the first year and become more confident in your abilities.
One tip is to get familiar with the layout of the school. The high school’s layout is different from the middle schools and easier to learn. The letter in front of the classroom number is where in the school the room is located: “A” being the north side of the school, near the gym; “B” is the middle of the school, near the main entrance; “C” classrooms are closest to the Saber Center. The classroom number denotes which level it is on: The 100’s are on the first floor; 200’s on the main floor; 300’s on the third floor. For example, classroom B300 is located in the middle of the school on the third floor. Of course, if you ever get confused, teachers are always there to help.
A super important tip is to DO. YOUR. HOMEWORK. Enough said; homework isn’t mainly for a completion grade now. If you skip out on homework, you may as well have missed a class, because these classes move forward very quickly and soon you’ll find yourself struggling to keep up. This also applies to summer homework if you take Honors and/or AP classes. It’s worth it to get it over with than putting it off. Don’t bring up that you tried to do your homework, there is no “try.” You either did or you didn’t do it– it doesn’t matter to most teachers. On a similar note, listen to the teacher and don’t talk back. This tells them a lot about your character and you may quickly get on their bad side.
Join a club! Seriously. You’ll regret it if you don’t. There’s plenty of clubs Franklin High School has to offer. There’s SAGE, Creative Writing Club, ASL Club, Anime Club, and the Service Club to name a few. The Saber Slate is also a club you can join– we’re always looking for new members. Clubs are a beneficial way to get you more active in the school community and the town community as a whole. You also make new friends so it’s pretty worth it. Of course, joining a club isn’t required, but it’s fun. It’s your choice if you stay dedicated to it.
And finally, the most important tip: GET SOME SLEEP! A good night’s sleep isn’t only important for staying focused in school, it’s also more beneficial for your health. You’ll wake up feeling more refreshed and ready for the day instead of more tired than you were when you went to sleep after midnight. You won’t have to pull an all-nighter if you get your homework over with, too. It may be a challenge to start going to bed at earlier times, but prioritize earlier sleep schedules. Soon it’ll be much easier to fall asleep earlier. Sleeping is very important, and it’s crucial that you don’t lose any of it, and start doing worse in school because of that.
Your freshman year is your most important: it’s how you get the overall tone for the next 3 years of your high school career. You choose what you want to get into, and what you want to get out of. Take it day by day, and soon enough, you’ll be a sophomore.
by Saber Slate | May 11, 2018 | Advice, Opinion & Reviews
You may be concerned if prom is all it is cracked up to be, but I can give you a reason to go for each dollar you spent on your ticket.
1: Because you asked someone
2: Because someone asked you
3: You want to go solo
4: Looking for a fun Saturday night
5: Feel that need to boogie
7: Food
8: Candy
9: More food
10: Now you have ten reasons
11: Dressing up fancy
12: Friends forced you to go
13: Prom Pictures
14: Grand March
15:The dinner
16: Post prom
17: Prizes at post prom
18: Bowling
19: A visit to the Italian Community Center
20: Feel like hearing some dance music
21: You happened to read this and decided to go
22: A ride in a Limo
23: A ride in your 2006 toyota Camry
24: Seeing your friends dress up fancy
25: A fun trip to Mens Warehouse
26: A fun trip to David’s Bridal
27: A swarm of parents trying to get the same picture as each other
28: Voting for Prom court
29: Prom court announcements
30: If you are not going by now I hope your saturday night is mildly boring
31: An included prom T-Shirt
32: The photographer’s candid pictures
33: Prom spirit week
34: Relief from AP Exams
35: Not sleeping
36: Slow songs
37: Fast songs
38: Going with a group
39: Seeing chaperoning teachers outside of school
40: Flowers
41: Prom pep rally
42: A fancy ticket
43: A paper wristband
44: Posting pictures on Snapchat or Instagram
45: Making that one person that doesn’t want to go go, but ends up having fun
46: Friends you had no idea could dance
47: Promposals
48: Getting to write articles like this
49: Conquering a dinner table
50: Hey look 10 more
51: The prom theme
52: You just feel like going
53: Want to try it out
54: Need to get your money’s worth out of that dress/tux
55: Someone already dancing before dinner even started
56: You want to live childhood dreams
57: Saber Slate told you so
58: Half day
59: Trying to get your friends on Prom Court
60: You will have an awesome time
