On the evening of Valentine's Day
Sharon, Szandra, Lila, Chris, & Ivan
attended the First Annual Vday Pillow fight in SD!
We all had a blast.
Arriving with our 'hidden' pillows in bags, [some girls cleverly stuffed their tummies with them]
was quite interesting as people could identify each other as there for the action of the event.
The reactions were silly as we got pointed at by two guys waiting, smiling, & laughing with their pillow bags, or noticed others & would point in excitment.
I never heard the whistle sound but a guy ran with his pillow as if a Spartan yelling.
It was crazy! & my poor camera slipped out of my hand but survived the experience.
Photographers lined the borders of the fight trying to capture history as it happened.
Photographers lined the borders of the fight trying to capture history as it happened.
I'm sure many of us left with minor headaches & walking around with no longer hidden pillows was not weird at all.
Turns out a Facebook random advertised event to strangers wasn't bad. ;)
p.s. I still laugh about the creepy, partially bald old guy who was there... reminds me of the stereotypical internet pedifiles our parents caution us about.... funny but NOT.
Straight from the FB event invite-
WHY:
All over the world, groups organize free, fun, all ages, non-commercial public events. From a massive Mobile Clubbing event in a London train station to a giant pillow fight near the Eiffel Tower in Paris to a subway party beneath the streets of Toronto, it is clear that the urban playground is growing around the world, a playful part of the larger public space movement.
One of the goals is to make these unique happenings in public space become a significant part of popular culture, partially replacing passive, non-social, branded consumption experiences like watching television, and consciously rejecting the blight on our cities caused by the endless creep of advertising into public space. Even more so in the case of "Hallmark" holidays like that of Valentine's Day.
The goal is to create a global community of participants, not consumers, in a world where people are constantly organizing and attending these happenings in every major city in the world.
