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Journey to the End of the Night - May Day 2010 by carry_me_Zaddy
June 11th, 2010 5:18 PM / Location: 41.909575,-87.65411
As this was my first first-hand experience with Journey, I chose to volunteer and learn the event from the inside. Besides it wouldn’t be fair to compete considering my unparalleled athletic prowess.
Hush. This is my story to tell.
I’ll sidestep the less glamorous side of volunteer activities such as ribbon cutting except to say: The view of Chicago at sunset from the roof of the Marina Towers is spectacular though beyond the talents of my camera phone to capture. Thank you Tam for opening your home to us for the evening and the many, many hours of planning and organizing!
For the actual event, I was placed under the leadership of Megin and her Ladies Auxiliary Literary Society at checkpoint two along the Chicago River at Kingsbury and Weed. Each member of the LALS was in a period costume of their choosing: Edwardian, Victorian, WWII, etc. We would greet each Journey participant as a distinguished visiting author. In order to pass our checkpoint and continue on their journey, authors could perform one of several tasks for the amusement of the Society: Add a line to the exquisite corpse, recite a poem, or sing along with the band. That’s right, I said, “band”. The fabulous Ms. Carol (who also deserves all credit for the photos in this praxis) invited the apocalypse folk group The Afterlife to play and entertain, and they were a treat indeed!
Between the lovely river view, safety from chasers, proximity of Lincoln Park’s Whole Foods, bewitching tunes of The Afterlife, and of course, the costumed literati, checkpoint two seemed to be a popular hangout for many players as well as a few random bystanders. Too bad there were still five checkpoints remaining before Journey’s End. Heh heh heh.
A few quick shout outs to Mike and Marcus for braving The Journey to its final destination as well as the unknown (to me) players who: breathlessly recited a full page of Shakespeare, recited a poem in flawless German, and flirted shamelessly with the Ladies Auxiliary Literary Society’s sole “hen-pecked” male. Thank you for a wonderful evening!
Hush. This is my story to tell.
I’ll sidestep the less glamorous side of volunteer activities such as ribbon cutting except to say: The view of Chicago at sunset from the roof of the Marina Towers is spectacular though beyond the talents of my camera phone to capture. Thank you Tam for opening your home to us for the evening and the many, many hours of planning and organizing!
For the actual event, I was placed under the leadership of Megin and her Ladies Auxiliary Literary Society at checkpoint two along the Chicago River at Kingsbury and Weed. Each member of the LALS was in a period costume of their choosing: Edwardian, Victorian, WWII, etc. We would greet each Journey participant as a distinguished visiting author. In order to pass our checkpoint and continue on their journey, authors could perform one of several tasks for the amusement of the Society: Add a line to the exquisite corpse, recite a poem, or sing along with the band. That’s right, I said, “band”. The fabulous Ms. Carol (who also deserves all credit for the photos in this praxis) invited the apocalypse folk group The Afterlife to play and entertain, and they were a treat indeed!
Between the lovely river view, safety from chasers, proximity of Lincoln Park’s Whole Foods, bewitching tunes of The Afterlife, and of course, the costumed literati, checkpoint two seemed to be a popular hangout for many players as well as a few random bystanders. Too bad there were still five checkpoints remaining before Journey’s End. Heh heh heh.
A few quick shout outs to Mike and Marcus for braving The Journey to its final destination as well as the unknown (to me) players who: breathlessly recited a full page of Shakespeare, recited a poem in flawless German, and flirted shamelessly with the Ladies Auxiliary Literary Society’s sole “hen-pecked” male. Thank you for a wonderful evening!
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