{"id":1714,"date":"2014-11-04T03:35:04","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T03:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2014-11-04T03:35:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T03:35:04","slug":"theseus-halloween-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderofwade.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/04\/theseus-halloween-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"theseus – Halloween 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Halloween 2014, I dressed as Theseus, the slayer of the Minotaur. I got the idea from a conversation with the former president of UA when I asked him about the labyrinth on campus and wondered if we were going to get a Minotaur of our own. He said no – not in the budget – but it gave me the idea. I couldn’t figure out how to do the minotaur, but the slayer of the minotaur? That I could do.<\/p>\n

Pics – including costume construction notes – are on my site.<\/a><\/p>\n

As per my usual, I started at the computer center and made my way up campus. I visited folks in the center of campus for a bit, then met up with a student assistant from the UA communications group and got my picture taken for the official twitter.<\/p>\n

UA Twitter for Halloween<\/a><\/p>\n

I covered essentially the entire campus on foot to the further reaches of the campus. A few highlights.<\/p>\n

1. One of my friends took a picture of me at the labyrinth and decided I looked like a bad ass.<\/p>\n

2. In one of the buildings, a girl wouldn’t get on the elevator with me. I had pushed the button and waited. She had approached and then backed off and stood off to the side – clearly waiting for the elevator, but didn’t get on when it arrived. I waited a moment to see if she would change her mind, but eventually I just pushed the button and was on my way. I didn’t think I was that scary this time, but I was apparently un-nerving enough.<\/p>\n

3. It was cold. I was essentially shirtless and the wind was chilly. Haven’t really had to deal with that in the past – usually much more covered – but it wasn’t bad. The rain held off most of the day.<\/p>\n

4. I felt like a warrior most of the day. Which is pretty dang cool.<\/p>\n

5. Only a few people got close to what the costume was. Most folks ended up with a lesson in Greek mythology for the day. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

So, bad-ass, shirtless, monster slayer. Not a bad way to spent a Friday Halloween.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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