Halloween Parade

I wore a John Kerry mask in the Greenwich Village Halloween parade last night. It was a lousy mask. I got the half-mask because I wanted to be able to speak, not wrap my head in sweaty rubber, and spend less than half what a full mask costs. But my resemblance to John Kerry was marginal at best. So I just about had to knock people over their heads with my “Kerry in a Landslide” sign in order for them to even know who I was supposed to be. But somehow the kids seemed to know instantly, and they treated me like a rock star. Reaching out to touch me and shouting Kerry, Kerry, Kerry, with inflection rising almost to a squeal. If only they were old enough to vote.

Kids pick Kerry in Nickelodeon poll

Even the full mask, from the same company (César) is barely recognizable, it looks like a cadaver.

Whereas the Bush and Laura masks look happy.

I gave out many of these stickers. This one’ll bring out the youth vote.

Swingers. Swing states Ohio and Florida, and their electoral votes.

Santa Saddam was back again this year.

This was my favorite homemade costume. It had robo sound. And he was doing robo dance moves, pretty amazing in such a bulky costume. More photos from the parade up soon.Parades Past

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