Journal #4: Peculiar Parade

Journal #4: Peculiar Parade

One of the many strange "acts" at the parade

While scrolling through articles for over a half hour, my eyes and attention stuck to one title in particular; Stoners, Segways and some Horrible, Horrible Nudity. I thought to myself, what could this article possibly be about?

The article was about the obscure and bizarre crowd of fans gathered at a parade that was held on Halloween in honor or the Giants World Series victory over the Detroit Tigers. I was not even aware who was in the World Series prior to reading the article. I was also unaware of how peculiar Giants fans are and the ways they celebrate.

The "Pope" even attended
the event!

Katie Baker, the author or the article, attended the parade and her article encompassed all things weird that she experienced. The title of the article mentions only a few of the abnormalities present at the parade. Other abnormalities include Political signs supporting baby mutilation and prop 37, a pope drinking beer, a dude and his parrot, and “Gangnam Style”.  You could tell Baker was just as annoyed with the crazy crowd as she was weirded out.

If the Brewers won the World Series, I do not believe Milwaukee would be as chaotic as San Francisco was on Halloween. There would probably be a lot more alcohol, a lot less marijuana, and a lot less strange people. However, if this was football I believe dedicated Packer fans could maybe scale up to Giants fans. California has different laws than Wisconsin including Medical marijuana, which would not be as openly smoked here in WI than in CA. I believe the author was rather harsh on the word “stoners” in the title, because of the fact that marijuana is acceptable “medicine” in California

Nothing says "Go Giants" like a Tomato Fish

The author should have considered adding the fact that US Election Day was less than a week away. This would explain the political factors that were present at the parade. Prop 37, a proposition in CA on GM foods, was expressed by two men holding a big sign with a “tomato fish” and a face hole in the middle of the fish so you could enjoy a picture while routing for your favorite baseball team.  Although I strongly support prop 37, I find this just as strange as Baker.

The crowd was getting antsy and somewhat rude while awaiting the Giants arrival. Swears and chants of “where are the players” lined the streets in the mouths of those willing to make an ass of themselves . After not so patiently awaiting their arrival, the players were carried through the streets in convertibles to shouting drunken fans.  The article ended with a beautiful picture of the mess of garbage left by the fans. 

To read the article yourself go to: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8579371/view/full/stoners-segways-horrible-nudity-year-sf-giants-victory-parade