Happy May Day!

[janradder]

Each year, our neighborhood is invaded by hordes of people, the scent of patchouli, and the sweet, sweet smell of stinky body odor (boy oh boy, can you smell smell the stink wafting from the crowd) as they gather for the annual May Day parade put on by Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater (ok, there's normal, non-smelly folks, too).  We go every year, rain or shine, as it is right behind our house and it would take an exceptionally lazy person to just not bother going.  In spirit, it is very similar to the Greenwich Village Halloween parade but has a lot more community involvement and in the days leading up to it you often will find kids practicing walking on stilts in our park.

The parade always follows the same story -- corporations and Republicans are evil and destroying the world but there is still hope and we can all save the world by working together as a community, holding hands and dancing like hippies (it really is a fun parade -- seriously).

But enough of my yakkin'  -- let's get on with the show:

Cool bikes


The Tie Guy


Scary giant skeleton puppets


Holding a carrot out for the Rat Race Traffic Jam


Greedy Capitalist Pig


A swooping bird


Skull

After the parade there's a pageant in the park which goes on for a couple hours but I never go to it because by the time the parade is over I've usually had my fill of large crowds for the day.
 

Comments

[sacwentie.livejournal.com]

Whatever. How about pictures of the boys?

[haddayr.livejournal.com]

We don't post pictures of the boys in public, you dumbass.