…is upon us. Because a lot of people don’t want to party on the real night, a Monday, parties will go on all weekend. And, as usual, I need you to be my eyes-n’-ears. Give me your scene reports; upload your digital pix.

Here are some of the costumes I’m hoping to see this year:

• The Desperate Housewives.
• The Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
• Martha Stewart with ankle bracelet.
• CNN anchorman Anderson Cooper in his Hurricane Katrina galoshes.
• A bird with the flu.
• Special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald.
• A Mardi Gras “Girl Gone Wild” in her Hurricane Katrina galoshes.
• The Corpse Bride.
• Indicted vice-presidential aide Scooter Libby.
• An off-the-wagon George W. Bush.
• The avenged ghost of Shoeless Joe Jackson.
• Ex-FEMA director Michael Brown and ex-Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers rewriting their resumes.