Liante wanted it, and I'm inclined to agree that an explanation is needed. What of the Mad City on All Hallows Eve?
First, it should be known, Madison is probably 50% college town, 25% government town, and 25% hippy city. While both the Government and the Hippies have their day, Halloween belongs to the eternal revelry of over one million college students.
This is a good example of what has happened basically since '01, when shit hit the fan for the first tim (and, for the record, the worst time). Basically, it becomes Mardi Gras on State Street, but with slightly less flashing and slightly more of police about to beat the shit out of cartoon characters. It's a HUGE thing, at least for the hillfolk of WI to deal with.
Mostly, I have been ambivalent. As ambivalent as I can be, anyway, with my birthday falling on the date of the festivities. Which turns out to be pretty fuggin' ambivalent. Surprisingly so.
However, as I have grown more accustomed to the experience, I have also embraced it more. I haven't been tear gassed yet, though it has been close.
At about the same time that I was embracing this, I began to know some friends who cosplay. And you think that Halloween might be fun for these folks? Yeah!
This year, they are going with a Jem and the Holograms theme. And they tried to get me to dress as Rio. I opted for Danzig instead (the logic behind this is convoluted, but amusing, if you get it.
).
Which means I'm going to be walking down State Street in a mesh shirt in October in Wisconsin. <captain Murphy>My nipples are hard just thinking about it!</captain Murphy>
And, of course, you are all invited. Come, enjoy! NOW!
First, it should be known, Madison is probably 50% college town, 25% government town, and 25% hippy city. While both the Government and the Hippies have their day, Halloween belongs to the eternal revelry of over one million college students.
This is a good example of what has happened basically since '01, when shit hit the fan for the first tim (and, for the record, the worst time). Basically, it becomes Mardi Gras on State Street, but with slightly less flashing and slightly more of police about to beat the shit out of cartoon characters. It's a HUGE thing, at least for the hillfolk of WI to deal with.
Mostly, I have been ambivalent. As ambivalent as I can be, anyway, with my birthday falling on the date of the festivities. Which turns out to be pretty fuggin' ambivalent. Surprisingly so.
However, as I have grown more accustomed to the experience, I have also embraced it more. I haven't been tear gassed yet, though it has been close.
At about the same time that I was embracing this, I began to know some friends who cosplay. And you think that Halloween might be fun for these folks? Yeah!
This year, they are going with a Jem and the Holograms theme. And they tried to get me to dress as Rio. I opted for Danzig instead (the logic behind this is convoluted, but amusing, if you get it.
).
Which means I'm going to be walking down State Street in a mesh shirt in October in Wisconsin. <captain Murphy>My nipples are hard just thinking about it!</captain Murphy>
And, of course, you are all invited. Come, enjoy! NOW!
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Re: getting "friends" this way... well, you'd be full of something all right. I guess you could call it friendship. Seems like the cops wouldn't have much trouble decoding that one, though.
/hyperbole.
He's a pretty awesome writer though, in all seriousness. His prose has a lyrical beauty that you don't often find in fantasy, where high-magic hackdom and endless, bloated "epics" seem to be the order of the day. I can definitely see the fangirl appeal.
So do you deal with these people at work or do they just gravitate around you for some other reason?