Comments on: Question of the Week: Costume http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/ where writers come to play Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:01:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71783 Susan Henderson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:19:05 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71783 Very nice costume, Antoine. Cute legs! I just read every comment here and I'm very amused by all of you. Also, I'm done commenting on this thread or I won't get any work done today. xo Very nice costume, Antoine. Cute legs!

I just read every comment here and I’m very amused by all of you. Also, I’m done commenting on this thread or I won’t get any work done today.

xo

]]> By: Antoine Wilson http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71601 Antoine Wilson Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:07:41 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71601 My second year of grad school I lived in a farmhouse just outside Iowa City, known to workshoppers at the time as The Farmhouse. Typically whoever was living in The Farmhouse was responsible for throwing a few parties every year, including a Halloween party. I dressed in my last-minute costume, a spraypainted carboard box (from the basement), some tinfoil, a tie and sportcoat. Plus a rubber rat. He was connected to my lapel by a piece of string. The cardboard box/TV had battery-powered Christmas lights in it. I was basically going for the anchorman / talking-head look. Plus a rat. Without exception, the response of the fiction writers fell along the lines of "Nice costume, why is there a rat on your TV?" or "I don't get the rat." or "Is that like a rat race thing?" or even "I'd cut the rat." Poets, on the other hand, without exception, responded with "I dig the rat" or "The rat makes the costume" or "Great rat." Frankly, I worried as the night went on that someone would break the trend. No one did. That, as far as I can tell, is the difference between Poets and Fiction Writers. There's a picture of the costume here: http://antoinewilson.com/blogimages/lerat.jpg My second year of grad school I lived in a farmhouse just outside Iowa City, known to workshoppers at the time as The Farmhouse. Typically whoever was living in The Farmhouse was responsible for throwing a few parties every year, including a Halloween party. I dressed in my last-minute costume, a spraypainted carboard box (from the basement), some tinfoil, a tie and sportcoat. Plus a rubber rat.

He was connected to my lapel by a piece of string. The cardboard box/TV had battery-powered Christmas lights in it. I was basically going for the anchorman / talking-head look. Plus a rat.

Without exception, the response of the fiction writers fell along the lines of “Nice costume, why is there a rat on your TV?” or “I don’t get the rat.” or “Is that like a rat race thing?” or even “I’d cut the rat.”

Poets, on the other hand, without exception, responded with “I dig the rat” or “The rat makes the costume” or “Great rat.” Frankly, I worried as the night went on that someone would break the trend. No one did.

That, as far as I can tell, is the difference between Poets and Fiction Writers.

There’s a picture of the costume here:
http://antoinewilson.com/blogimages/lerat.jpg

]]> By: Oronte Churm http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71475 Oronte Churm Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:50:53 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71475 Dirty rotten stinking technology. NOW try clicking over. (Good technology, nice technology.) Dirty rotten stinking technology. NOW try clicking over. (Good technology, nice technology.)

]]> By: Carolyn Burns Bass http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71361 Carolyn Burns Bass Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:25:21 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71361 Poor, poor Susan. Poor, poor Susan.

]]> By: Erika Rae http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71342 Erika Rae Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:46:38 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71342 My parents always made me dress up with an educational theme. I've gone as a Rubik's cube, a solar system and an OPEC member - all before the age of 7. I'm still in therapy. And Susan - take heart. You could totally pull off Britney Spears this year! My parents always made me dress up with an educational theme. I’ve gone as a Rubik’s cube, a solar system and an OPEC member – all before the age of 7. I’m still in therapy.

And Susan – take heart. You could totally pull off Britney Spears this year!

]]> By: Kimberly http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71321 Kimberly Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:35:15 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71321 I'm laughing so hard, I'm crying... Aurelio - YOU RULE! I’m laughing so hard, I’m crying…

Aurelio – YOU RULE!

]]> By: Susan Henderson http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71305 Susan Henderson Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:39:09 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71305 AURELIO, YOU ARE SO DEAD!!! (The second, THE SECOND I'm done with my edits, ....) AURELIO, YOU ARE SO DEAD!!!

(The second, THE SECOND I’m done with my edits, ….)

]]> By: Oronte Churm http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71296 Oronte Churm Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:04:49 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71296 Click over and I'll show you my costume. Click over and I’ll show you my costume.

]]> By: Sarah Bain http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71268 Sarah Bain Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:33:46 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71268 Jody, first you have to get from Vail to Spokane. It might be quicker to just head to the liquor store! And why do I feel a holiday 'spoof' coming on here in the Henderson home? Jody, first you have to get from Vail to Spokane. It might be quicker to just head to the liquor store!

And why do I feel a holiday ’spoof’ coming on here in the Henderson home?

]]> By: Jody Reale http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/comment-page-1/#comment-71250 Jody Reale Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:43:58 +0000 http://litpark.com/2007/10/29/question-of-the-week-costume/#comment-71250 Oh, and PS, it's OK for me to drink, since I'm not driving. Obviously. I'm taking the bus, see? Oh, and PS, it’s OK for me to drink, since I’m not driving. Obviously. I’m taking the bus, see?

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