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Protest Idea from Violet:
The General Plan:
I buy an assload of either red face paint or fake blood, whatever is more available. When we get together we're going to have to apply it to each other. I want it coming out of our ears, dripping from our noses, sliding down our chins, covering our foreheads. I'd like each person to have a different pattern.
Next, the possibility of hair. If I can find maroon hair color spray, we could apply it liberally to a couple people to respresent head wounds, but we would definately have to mess the hair up a bit first with hair spray to make it look matted with blood. I want some fake blood to drip down the sides of those people's faces, too, where the wounds apply.
White T-shirts are a must. I think we could write "I am an Iraqi Citizen" with magic marker on them. Posters could strain the neck a bit. I really think it would be better to write it on the shirt directly, that's the method I prefer. But we should also tear them up a bit. Apply fake blood around some of the tears. Spritz the shirts red around tears and other places with dilluded red india ink, but not to the point where it's over-done. We can also dillude it to where a little amount can go a long way, because india ink is very strong. To make it more realistic, I could try to add a tinge of brown, but I'm not very good with making that succeed.
What I need you to do:
I need a list of who is going, and what size T-shirt they wear. Otherwise, I'm buying packs of Large and everyone can deal with it, too big or too small. I need to know how much to get. Feel free to post it here or on your blog, or e-mail me. I check all 3. But I need the numbers by Friday at the latest.
When we meet, it would be best if we had a lot of time, at least an hour before you plan to leave, to get everyone ready. Everyone needs to pitch in with applying spray and makeup! I say we pair up into 2s or so and work on each other. I still have brushes from school that I can bring to use, and I'll try to find some junk bowls to put paint in, and I reccomend everyone try to bring some bowls of their own so we have enough to go around.
Also, I want to know what dinner plans are, are we hanging out afterword, or are we going to be scooted home?
What I will do:
I will be buying the supplies Friday, and we already discussed reinbursement so I'm okay with fronting it(it's kind of tuition money at this ponit, otherwise I wouldn't fuss, but I'll pay my fair share). Friday/Saturday I'll be slashing the T-Shirts, writing on them and spritzing them red, and since I'll have to let them dry on hangars to not stain anything they might run a bit. Sorry. Sunday, I'll need to know a time when to expect Buuie, and we'll go from there.
If there are any questions or comments, send 'em my way
Violet needs numbers if you're interested. Also, we might attend different marches. Remember, they have a bunch of different marches converging into one huge rally in Forest Park. Lou wanted to go with the Unions (but he's the only Union member going), I wanted to walk with the kids, but a bunch of bloody college students might be better off at the college march.
Also - I need to give the instead of war people a rough headcount of who's coming and what march they're going to - so please leave a note if you're coming AND how many people you're bringing.
Remember: http://www.insteadofwar.org
P.S. I was planning dinner afterwards, Violet, but plans are still tentative until I know who and how many are coming.
posted by
Matthew Carroll-Schmidt at 2:45 PM
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