Like Gorbachev tearing down the fourth wall
I'm breaking the fourth wall here a bit by not posting a story but I wanted to share my Halloween pics cause I enjoyed them :)
The first few are of me, and I shall edit this post later on when I get more (my work and at least one friend have some as well) the other I shall explain when I get there. I apologize for the blurriness my little sister took my moms digital camera with her to college so these were taken with my camera phone.
Basically I decided on this costume for three reasons, I really like the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and thought it would be fun to go as a post Apocalyptic survivor esque character. Furthermore I already had everything I wore for it but the Gas Mask, so it was a relatively cheap costume. Finally I thought it would be fun as hell to show up for work with an AK-47 slung across my shoulder. I was right, it was fun :D
When I walked into my store (Trader Joe's, a grocery store for those who don't know) the employees all recognized me because the knew the jacket. The customers however did not. One asked, with serious concern in her voice if we were being robbed, and another said that it was a good thing we weren't allowed to dress like that all the time. I got plenty of Al Queda and terrorist jokes which just goes to show you that lots of people out there aren't to bright. Or I suppose it could show how obsessed with the middle east the US as a culture is right now. Either way. Likewise I am sure had I done this twenty odd years ago everyone would have said I was a Russian which, in all fairness would have been closer to the truth. In any event my similarities to any group, I feel, began and ended with the fact that I had an AK-47 with me so go figure. The point was Mad Max with a little bit of Post-Nuke or Gone with the Blastwave. I think it succeeded marvelously. Anyway, without further ado here are my Halloween Pictures:
This final picture was from the party I went to after work. I have no idea who this guy was, a friend of my friends girlfriend I think . . . but I saw him, walked up to him and said "Hey Man, I've got no idea who you are but that is quite possibly the best costume ever, would you mind if I got a picture?" and he said yes, so I figure I should share :)
The first few are of me, and I shall edit this post later on when I get more (my work and at least one friend have some as well) the other I shall explain when I get there. I apologize for the blurriness my little sister took my moms digital camera with her to college so these were taken with my camera phone.
Basically I decided on this costume for three reasons, I really like the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and thought it would be fun to go as a post Apocalyptic survivor esque character. Furthermore I already had everything I wore for it but the Gas Mask, so it was a relatively cheap costume. Finally I thought it would be fun as hell to show up for work with an AK-47 slung across my shoulder. I was right, it was fun :D
When I walked into my store (Trader Joe's, a grocery store for those who don't know) the employees all recognized me because the knew the jacket. The customers however did not. One asked, with serious concern in her voice if we were being robbed, and another said that it was a good thing we weren't allowed to dress like that all the time. I got plenty of Al Queda and terrorist jokes which just goes to show you that lots of people out there aren't to bright. Or I suppose it could show how obsessed with the middle east the US as a culture is right now. Either way. Likewise I am sure had I done this twenty odd years ago everyone would have said I was a Russian which, in all fairness would have been closer to the truth. In any event my similarities to any group, I feel, began and ended with the fact that I had an AK-47 with me so go figure. The point was Mad Max with a little bit of Post-Nuke or Gone with the Blastwave. I think it succeeded marvelously. Anyway, without further ado here are my Halloween Pictures:
This final picture was from the party I went to after work. I have no idea who this guy was, a friend of my friends girlfriend I think . . . but I saw him, walked up to him and said "Hey Man, I've got no idea who you are but that is quite possibly the best costume ever, would you mind if I got a picture?" and he said yes, so I figure I should share :)