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November 1, 2005drowning during Halloween in the CastroAs i was walking down 16th to go home, i realized i was in deep shit. The crowds began at Mission and were getting thicker and thicker as i headed towards the Castro. By the time i reached my apartment, i was hyperventilating, surrounded by a solid wall of drunken, costumed people who were clearly not from my neighborhood (and i doubt from my city). They were loud, aggressive and generally unpleasant. They had no respect for my street or my desire to sleep. So i sat huddled in a ball with my kitten cat watching all of the funny people from my second floor perch. I should note that while i love crowded indoor events, crowded outdoor ones terrify me. Full on claustrophobia. If i can leave a crowded situation, i can be in a crowded situation. But not when i look down from my window and see non-stop mob. Eek. All of the crazy humans were using my dead-end street as a porta potty. They were pissing everywhere, all over my steps and my stoop. I must've watched 200 guys piss on my street. And then my neighbors came up with the most hysterical plan. They got a big bucket and poured it from the second story onto the next guy pissing on their steps. He was sopping and really pissed off. I was laughing hysterically. Category: social observations
Posted by zephoria at November 1, 2005 4:38 PM
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They got a big bucket and poured it from the second story onto the next guy pissing on their steps. He was sopping and really pissed off. I was laughing hysterically.
now that's funny :)
Posted by Ryan | November 1, 2005 5:28 PM
Posted on November 1, 2005 17:28
Man, I got food poisoning (or something like that) from that Vietnamese food we had for lunch... Michelle looked great when I got home and ran past her to puke. Too bad Halloween's only once a year.
Posted by joe | November 1, 2005 6:02 PM
Posted on November 1, 2005 18:02
we had a run-in with some of those rude, drunken and generally unpleasant partygoers: morgan and I came out of our hideout the next morning (two blocks north of you) to find our scooter moved and vandalized to the tune of a few hundred dollars :( i wish I had a bucket of water to pour on the guys who did that.
Posted by Jeff | November 2, 2005 9:29 AM
Posted on November 2, 2005 09:29
in nyc i had the feeling that instead of halloween it was the beginig of a civil war: in the street there were more cop uniforms than costumes. i felt so stressed that i really had to go anywere else.
Posted by lotuyonotienenombre | November 2, 2005 8:57 PM
Posted on November 2, 2005 20:57