Hors de Combat

Do the dead litter the battlefield? Is this the carnage that follows a vicious pillow fight?

Not exactly, although this was the end of the event. From time to time, one of the STL Improv people would hold up a sign saying something like "Hop On One Foot" or "Spin Around 10 Times." The last one said "Take A Nap." It made for a strange end to a frenetic event.

I think we'll do the Arch on Thursday with a number of people dressed in red.          

Kids - Cute Or Mean?

Some of each, I suppose. It's good they can vent those aggressive impulses with pillows.

I'm not even going to talk about the Cardinals humiliating opening day defeat yesterday. I might show some pictures of it later in the week, though.       

Mortal Kombat

The video game industry calls games like Mortal Kombat first-person shooters. You are out to destroy your enemy at all costs, like these warriors. But are you a shooter when your weapon is a pillow? The only things around with barrels and triggers were the Canons (nyuk nyuk nyuk) and Nikons.

The very colorful woman in the top photo told me she is an accountant. I suppose it's possible.

Today is the home opener for our beloved baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals. I'll be there with plenty of lenses; posts sure to follow. They may have to wait a bit, though, until the pillow feathers settle.

I Believe In Unicorns

Yesterday was International Pillow Fight Day and St. Louis participated. The event got off to a late start due to traffic problems all around Forest Park (Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Stephen Colbert were speaking at an event at adjacent Washington University and I wasn't invited) but it soon torqued up with fluff-smashing abandon.

It was organized by STL Improv Anywhere. Some of the members came in costume. I still haven't figured out where the eye-holes were in the unicorn head. Convinced me, though.

More soft mahem in the coming days.

The St. Louis Marathon starts at 7 this morning. Who thinks I'm getting up to shoot the start?

You're all right.         

International Pillow Fight Day

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Did you know that last Saturday was International Pillow Fight Day? Was it celebrated in your city? It was in quite a few. There was a very small scale version here. It was supposed to start at 3 under the Arch. It was a beautiful spring day and there were plenty of strollers but no groups big enough start a battle. At about 3:15 I began to wander off, thinking, well, another St. Louis poop out.

Then I saw a small group of people near the far leg swinging something. Not a battle but maybe a small skirmish. I found about nine college students, led by Samantha, the smasher in the bottom picture, right of center in the group shot. Most of the combatants were women and they were tough. What they lacked in numbers they made up for with enthusiasm and good-natured violence. Hope there is a bigger donnybrook next year.