I'm the best at what I do.

I wish that line referred to my costume-making skills, but it doesn't. However, the woman and I have a costume party shindig coming up on New Year's Eve, so I need to make a cool outfit. Seeing how I have little to no money, little to no sewing skills, yet furious mutton chops, I thought Wolverine would be a good choice.

So far, I have the following items: leather jacket, check shirt, old jeans, boots, sideburns. I have a wig that I need to cut down and style, and I need to get a wifebeater. Of course, there's one other important ingredient not in that list: claws.

I already have a pair of metal claws, which I purchased on Ebay about four years ago, but I have a feeling if I wore those out in public I'd have a very good chance of getting arrested for possession of a deadly weapon, so I've decided to go for making some with the very inoffensive material of wood.

So far, it's working out okay. I've made the initial prototype blade, sanded it all down and what have you, and after stressing a while on how I was going to attach it to my hand - save having it bonded to my bones at the molecular level - I mutilated the hook bit of a coat hanger, and that worked out pretty well.

The wig will be the hardest part. I'm suddenly wishing I hadn't shaved my head now.