novembre

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a shining zoo

i've lived in the bay area for five years and i waited until the last possible Halloween to go to the Castro and witness the sparkling debauchery.

a partial list:
2 Mr. T's
1 John Lennon and Yoko Ono, complete with bed with which to perform love-in
5 Dorothys
7 football players dressed as nuns
5 guys dressed as the Karate Kid's costume (the shower curtain thing)
willy wonka
5 oompa-loompas
a mermaid
innumerable men dressed as characters from A Clockwork Orange, in groups of 4 to 7, at least 4 or 5 groups in all, all wandering around imitating the movie
one woman dressed as a Hooter's waitress
10 men dressed as Hooter's waitresses, performing cheers in the middle of the street
10,000 angels, pixies, fairies, ax and or chainsaw murderers, clowns, knife-wielding masked Scream bad guys, Goths and vampires
cops
the Queen from Alice In Wonderland
3 Alices from Alice In Wonderland
1 Raggedy Andy, paired up with one of the Dorothys, sans a Raggedy Ann
4 Furries
5 men dressed as Pooh Bear, all standing around, slouching on street corners or behind the counters of liquor stores
a giant milk carton
Zorro
One cat in a bouffant wig
several people dressed up as hipsters or mods
innumerable women dressed in half-assed, very slutty costumes that resembled cats, roller-skating disco queens, cheerleaders, drag queens
10 million drag queens
10 million monsters

(i'll stop there. wait for pictures to be developed.)

i was planning on going as Michael Jackson, complete with bodyguards and a big sheet over my head, but couldn't find any willing bodyguards. i went as simply "dead." b lidded my eyes in glittery kohl and i bit down on far too many fake blood capsules. it wasn't until about 1 am when we were sitting at a bus stop talking to a poorly dressed faux mod and her chainsaw murderer that i realized i really wanted to be Queen Victoria. (maybe with a little fake blood.) i would hide a little tape deck in my skirts and play the Kinks "Victoria" on loop while running around ordering death to all who opposed me.

10:29 pm - 11.01.03

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