Twin Switch Day

Don't you think Halloween should be National Twin Switch Day? I was thinking about this over the weekend. Professor Rogerson told us on Friday that we could have a "free pass" if we dressed up on Halloween. Of course, who wouldn't want a free pass to keep from being called on in Business Associations? And you certainly wouldn't want to be one of the few who DIDN'T dress up because you'd be called on for sure. So, really the choice boiled down to this: Do you want to prepare like crazy for Business Associations for when you get called on OR do you want to dress up in some dorky costume even though you are 27 years old...

The choice was easy. The costume wasn't. I finally decided to go as my twin sister for Halloween. Amy and I have done this before when we have been at a loss for a costume. But this time it was exceptionally fun for me. It allowed me, as Ashley, who is normally pretending to be Amy, to get to pretend to be Ashley. I was able to get a break from being Amy and could be me, ASHLEY MORRIGHAN!! For one whole, beautiful, glorious day!

I went to class today as Ashley-pretending-to-be- Amy-pretending- to-be-Ashley, and everyone was dressed up. Some students' costumes were pretty weak; they wore suits, saying they were dressed up as "lawyers" (Rogerson announced that those students were being overly "optimistic"). The funniest one I thought was a guy named Matt who came to class carrying a huge stack of papers, wore wrinkled Dockers, a wrinkled t-shirt, no shoes and basically looked like hell. He said he was a "Bar Exam Taker." Then, you had the cheaters who actually bought costumes. (I do love the big ol' black spider costume with all the legs, though.) Some people didn't dress up all day, but instead, just brought their costumes and changed before Rogerson's class at 1:30. And you know there was the expected joke to Rogerson, who didn't dress up, but to whom everyone said, "I love your costume!" Since he wears his ass**** costume everyday, there was no real excitement there.

People were a little confused about my costume. I got pretty sick of people practically singing, "Ohh, Amy is gonna GET IT in Rogerson's class... because she didn't dress up." So I went by Student Services and asked Laurie if they had any name tags. Then I wrote "ASHLEY" in big letters and stuck it on me. When my classmates asked me what that meant, I told them I came as my identical twin for Halloween. Most people laughed. Some people didn't get it. What's to get? I thought it was pretty funny. I loved it when Michele was passing around an assignment in Intellectual Property and said, "Here, Amy," and I *finally* got to say: "I'M NOT AMY, I'M ASHLEY!"

There were one or two people who didn't dress up, and you could easily spot them because they were trying to hide under the desks. Rogerson thought I was one of the costume-less losers, and he actually called on me. "Msssszzzz Morrighan....." I stood up and just looked at him. He made a comment about how I was not in costume, and I told him who I was. He had a big grin on his face, and for a second it looked like one of those grins that said, "Ahh ha! That explains everything! You are busted!" But instead, he said, "Nice to meet you, Ashley," followed by--what I thought was--a really stupid question. He said, "Are you and your sister identical?"

Well, duh. Do we look identical? I told him yes, but that there were some obvious differences. He then asked me, "Well, how can we tell who is Amy and who is Ashley?"

What a good question. Here, I have given him a nice big hint into what Amy and I are trying to do. You would think everyone would start paying attention, right?

I said, "I don't know. I guess you can't know for sure which one I am."

And the smart asses in the class were saying, "I know I could tell..." and "It would be obvious if her sister tried to come in here." To which Rogerson added: "Yes, I believe it would be fairly obvious if your sister tried to attend one of MY classes..."

Want to make a bet?

I wanted to say that, but I didn't. Ultimately, Rogerson let me sit down, and I didn't have to do a case or answer questions. A good thing, since I wasn't prepared at all. Now, the question remains, will they start wondering who I really am?

So, after my Halloween adventure today -- which was wonderful because I got to be myself pretending to be Amy, pretending to be ME -- I think every Halloween should be National Twin Switch Day where twins all over the US switch places for one day.

My apologies for the absence during the past week or so. Between being busy as heck (with my dissertation stuff and Tarkington's !@$# paper), having a loss of electricity from the storms, and my computer not working right (I'm guessing that drop-kicking it over the balcony onto the sand and a squished jellyfish probably didn't help?), it's been difficult to get the blog emails out. I apologize for leaving everyone hanging. I have a new rule. For any day I have to miss, you go buy yourself a nice twinkie!

Hostess should thank me...