bay_bathers_all_hallows_eve axdle debauchery drag queens naked hippies sparkling robots getting pissed in the streets ...it can only mean one thing Castro on Halloween 021005 ... kingsuperspecial I am so going to be there. I have a friend that lives a @ Noe and Deboce, that's base camp. My costume is going to be very impractial for anything except waking around and scaring people, but I'd still like to posse up with anyone who might be there. Maybe we can plan a get together before - dinner someplace? Halloween kicks ass. 021005 ... werewolf i want to go as a nun. any sexy ladies who want to be priests, come with me and we'll makeout all night? yeah? no? okay. 021005 ... kingsuperspecial that's beautiful. 021005 ... gay gizmo I'm going as the slutty soccer player. but i have a few questions for those that have ben before. What time does the action get started and what time does it usually end? Is it easy to just drink on the street? being underage and all... 021006 ... jane i'll try to be there i don't know what i'm going to be yet 021006 ... bethany we KNOW you're gonna be a soccer player but are ya gonna PLAY huh PUNK 021006 ... gay gizmo well i think it is a little ludacris to expect me to kick a soccer ball around! I'd be stomped on by swarming drag queens! Althugh I will be wearing protection *wink *wink 021007 ... stork daddy oh sweet sweet gay gizmo. you never fail to live up to your name. 021007 ... kingsuperspecial taking werewolf's plan as inspiration, I'm thinking I'm going to change my costume. I'm going out as a bored, lonely guy that needs to make out with a hot nymphomaniac all night. A hot hetero female nymphomaniac, that owns a liquor store, and drives a Ferrari. yeah. 021007 ... jane i'm thinking of going as blather what do you think 021007 ... daxle oh pish... this is what I meant 021022 ... daxle ok, so where and when can we all meet? 021029 ... stork daddy i'm going as a member of the christian coalition 021029 ... stork daddy someone else should be gay jesus. 021029 ... xxxxx please rephrase your answer in the proper format :P 021029 ... werewolf ummm what is the market safeway? 021029 ... xad ding ding ding, you got it! 021029 ... call_me_lydea WHIRLED PEAS FOREVER! 021029 ... kss either the safeway, or right near there is a restaurant called HOME that is pretty easy to spot. If we want to meet farther up, I'd say the bar METRO would be a good landmark. what say you for time, kids? 10:30, 11pm? I'm off right now to work on my costume, might have to pull an all-nighter or two. 021029 ... dax 10:30... or maybe dinner first? 021029 ... . . 021030 ... ever dumbening 10:30 safeway pencil me in i'm finsna be in the castro, but not sure about timing we're going as jellyfish (costumes that didn't quite get finished for the sea-themed burn). white hats, black shirts with glow in dark jellyfish on front, black fringey skirts with colorful fringey underneath. getchofreakon 021030 ... xad sven has a suggestion- we can get a free keg from his work and keep it in the car... and um... drink it? 021030 ... hmm? and what about jane and gg? 021030 ... jane i'm crying a river 021030 ... jane i apologize to all but especially to s.d. you know why you'll have to find another one see you in berkeley 021030 ... . ... 021031 ... kss Hey kids - sorry we didn't connect! me and dax hung right near the safeway for about 40 min. Considering there was about 300,000 people in the Castro, I'm not surprised we didn’t find the other blatherskites. I was about 8ft tall, with a 10 foot wing span, dressed in robes made of black and clear poly-vinyl, with a samuri/satan helmet. DaX had on a red dress, much like the dress from that martian girl in "mars attacks. She jelled her up hair so it went straight out sideways on both sides, with white base makeup and bright red lipstick to match her dress. *super* cute. Jesse dressed up as Daxle, but I'll have to say she looks better as herself than he does. We had beer and gin, and mostly just stayed in one place and watched. My costume was nearly impossible to move in, so I just stood still and acted menacing. Actually, I drew a fair amount of attention, and got my picture taken with about 500 people, so we didn’t really need to go anywhere. The party came to us. At one point I met a charming witch, who asked me a bunch of questions about my costume. Since I was so tall I could see down her shirt, so I told her she had impressive natural cleavage. You know, some people can pull off that look really well. she gave me her phone number. As the night wore on, people started to get drunk, including us. Even though I tried to pick somewhat protected places to stand, I got knocked over backward a few times, which was actually pretty funny. Plus someone gave me a beer after one particularly dramatic wipe out. People are so thoughtful. Finally, we decided to head home. I abandoned the stilts and took off my wings to make navigation easier. Then Jesse borrowed them, and went running through the crowd, trying to fly. It was great to see a bald guy with a tiger striped mini skirt, "i heart satan" t-shirt, and 10 foot wings, running full speed through a bunch of ghosts, vamires, and witches. Jesse also cut in front of about 10 people in line and tried to fit into a porta-potty with the wings on. Comedy. Maybe next time we can plan better, and have a blatherskite get together. And next year I'm going to have a costume that I can't fall off of. 021101 ... kss from the news: San Francisco police said they are recovering today from the largest Halloween gathering ever in the Castro District Thursday night, during which there were four stabbings and about 30 arrests. With a record crowd around 300,000 people - or double the typical number -- the celebrated costume party started out in the jovial vein for which it has been known over the years, according to Sgt. Nick Rubino. But by 11 p.m., the mood for some had shifted. "All of a sudden, it went downhill,' Rubino said. He said the number police incidents this year was the highest ever, and some people threw bottles at officers but there were no mass arrests. Two stabbing incidents were reported shortly after 11 p.m. in the vicinity of the 18th and Market street event. A woman's face was slashed with a razor during an argument with someone she knew, and a group fight between possible gang members occurred in which one person was critically stabbed in the stomach. Rubino said two other, less serious, stabbings took place not long after at nearby gas stations, one at a Chevron station at 17th and Castro and another at an ARCO station nearby. The sergeant said he had few details on those cases. The swelling crowd caused police to close off the area between Market and Dolores streets, or two blocks more than usual, and hampered efforts to get ambulances in where needed. Rubino estimated as many as 60 percent were from out of town, even as far away as Oregon. "People were spewing out of BART and (San Francisco) Muni,' the sergeant said. They started to head home around 2 a.m. when bars close. Most of the incidents of rowdiness or violence were alcohol-related, he said. A total of 28 people were cited for misdemeanors and two for aggravated assault. 021101 ... not pictured http://pages.sbcglobal.net/arcollier/portapotty.jpg http://pages.sbcglobal.net/arcollier/whatareyou.jpg http://pages.sbcglobal.net/arcollier/svensle.jpg 030121 ... x almost there again jesus christ, what a fucking year 031029 ... x fuck the castro boo on castro last year i left crying it was bad times all around i vote no 040527 what's it to you? who go blather from