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The Eleventh Thing to Love About Madison: Freakfest or Halloween Weekend

October 29, 2007 3:33 AM

nother Halloween weekend has come and gone, and Madison still stands. That's not really a surprise, anymore, though. And that's not a bad thing. As it turns out, only about 40,000 showed up this year, which is a pretty large number, but not big at all when compared to the numbers from a few years ago. Still, as far as I've read, there weren't any riots and no tear gas. Not even any broken shop windows, it seems. You can read about the whole thing here.

My friends and I started out the day by watching the Badgers trounce Indiana. Or, well, we watched the first half, then got kind of bored, then left the Great Dane (fuck you, Big Ten Network--not that I mind the Great Dane. Or their New London Bridge Fish Fry.)

Anyway, I headed down to Mr. Vice and pH's place and waited for Mr. Utah to show up. Eventually, he did, and we all hung out for a while. After getting some food, we all got on our costumes and headed downtown to pregame and L-Dawg and X-tina's. Mr. Vice and pH made great pirates and Mr. Utah really nailed the spirit of his Mr. Utah costume, but mine was, by far, the best costume: I was a dude in a cape. It was glorious (thanks again, pH!). Pictures are forthcoming.

After playing the traditional round of asshole at L-Dwag and X-tina's--a game during which a black two got ripped in half then scotch-taped back together, X-tina nearly held the top spot for long enough to make a rule, I usurped her to become el Presidente, and L-Dawg nearly lost consciousness due to sheer anger--Mr. Vice, pH, Mr. Utah, and I headed down to State Street to see just how crazy things were.

As it turns out, things were not that crazy. We ran into New Guy, who was there with a cadre of asian chicks. Then we walked around. I didn't really see any costumed that grabbed my attention, and I was shocked by the disturbing lack of cleavage. Ladies, seriously, Halloween is one of the few days when you're allowed to look all slutty in public. Take advantage of it! I was disappointed by the costumes in general--there wasn't anything that really stands out in my mind. There were several sets of Dorothys and related Wizard of Oz characters. I saw several Supermans, Batmans, and Spidermans. There was even a couple dressed as Superman and Supergirl, which is kind of incestuous since Supergirl is Superman's cousin. There were some Smurfs, too. And a surprising number of Jesuses, including one without a beard holding a sign saying "Jesus Shaves." I thought that was kind of funny. By far the lamest and most common costume, though, was a banana. I saw literally at least two dozen people wearing fucking banana costumes. It all reminded me of that stupid peanut butter jelly time video. I wonder if that's what they were all doing or if there's some popular significance to bananas that I'm just not aware of.

Anyway, we ended up by night by getting some pie and eggs benedicts at the Perkins, after which we all felt really, really tired. I came home and passed out, and spent today watching TV and cleaning up the apartment a little. Ok, that last part was a lie.

It was a great time, and I can't wait for next year. Man, the dude in a cape costume was so awesome.



1 Comments


Jesus said:

yeah... that was me... i do shave

November 3, 2007 1:32 AM



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