Putting together my #10MinuteHero entry.

Putting together my #10MinuteHero entry.

A couple days ago, the #10MinuteHero challenge was coined. The gist of it is to grab anything from around your house to turn yourself into a Superhero (or villain), take a picture, and post it. +Kristi Fahlsing videotaped me running around my townhouse so I could (1) provide an example how-to, and (2) show it's not so bad being absolutely silly. The cellphone cam was having a bit of trouble with the lighting but overall you'll see me before and after hero'ing it up. Please pay no attention to the chaos that is my home in the background. lol 😉

My thought process on the things I grabbed (head to toe):

Hat with fake hair – I'm a Superhero kind of person. I'm in disguise!

Fedora hat on top of other hat – The Fedora was cool and I do not get a chance to wear it in real life. I can rationalize it being a double layer of Superhero secret identity protection. Take THAT one-pair-of-glasses-wearing Clark Kent. 😉

Sunglasses with fake mustache – All about the disguise! Plus they look sweet.

Scarf – My homage to Tom Baker. 😉

Weapons belt – Duh. Have gun. Need weapons. I had to sling it over my shoulder because with ten minutes I could not figure out how to get it all strapped on Spaghetti Western style.

Thundercats shirt – Was already wearing it. I think it was a subconscious thing from when I got dressed that morning. To be fair, I have an inordinate amount of Superhero logo shirts. Doh.

Shorts – Well, I think long pants would have been more Superhero-y but I just happened to have shorts on. Besides, I'm a tough Superhero type guy so I'm invulnerable, right? Hm. Then why did I need a gun? Hey, I only had ten minutes! 😉

Blanket cape – I chose one with fringe. As +Melissa Bryan said, it looks more bad-a. Nice homage to Spiderman too.

Shoes – Would be weird being a Superhero without shoes. Aquaman? Who else… Umm… not thinking of anyone.

BFG – I'm more like Batman than Superman. No super strength (regardless of what I just said about the shorts). Unlike Batman, I think the Big Freak'n Gun is awesome. With more time, I would have put batteries in it and started shooting!

SFG – I grabbed a smaller gun too. You know. Backup.

Kitchen tongs – Seemed like a good idea when I passed by them. Hmm… I like to… umm… confuse my enemies! Going with that. Ohh! Or maybe they are for picking up splattered remains as evidence. In that case, I should have also grabbed some Ziplock baggies. Also, it was a little homage to +Scott D's Culinary Avenger Superhero entry.

My pics: http://goo.gl/6fquW

The #10MinuteHero post (which links to the original four Superhero/Villain pictures posted by users and hopefully others will be entered as comments to the post): http://goo.gl/3V7as

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