FYE 5: The Fashion Show

Since homecoming is right around the corner, there are many events associated to it. Last Wednesday, the fourteenth, I went to the Old Jim to watch a fashion show. The show’s purpose was to give us, students, ideas what to wear during the homecoming game, bash, and clubroom. Of course, we were encouraged to wear buff and blue. The amateur models, who were Gallaudet students, would walk down the runway and show off their attire ideas.
Before I entered the Old Jim, everyone was forced to stand outside in the freezing rain for approximately thirty minutes after the show was supposed to start. After I finally went in, warmed up and paid, I was let into the room with the runway in the middle and a bar at the corner. The music was blasting, for a minute there I thought I magically became hearing. My chest was about to be ripped in half. At the bar, there were chocolate kisses and sparkling apple juice in plastic champagne cups for us to take. I grabbed some and found a seat in the back for it was already packed.
The first event was the showing of general buff and blue colored outfits on the models. After that was my favorite part. A woman named Sammi Kriegar gave an energized ASL performance of Rhianna’s Don’t Stop the Music. After that I was fairly glad I went because I was worried about my homework. Later there were two different performances from the dance group, Chaos in Motion. One was belly dancing from two women and another one was a revised dance number of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. They were pretty good.
I had to endure few more awkward runway walks and modeling with some interesting clothes before it was over and I could leave and do my homework. I enjoyed the song and dance performances and watching my friend do his catwalk, other than that it was ok. Now I know to wear buff and blue for homecoming and try to be as creative as I can be with my outfit.

Youtube video of Rhianna's Don't Stop the Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsRWpK4pf90

FYE 4

This week I did not go to any workshops or anything like that. I stayed in my room all week and weekend, doing homework and sleeping. Although, on Friday I did do something that certainly was an experience for me. Growing up I never celebrated fictional holiday figures, such as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, etc. It was the same for Halloween. My parents believed they distracted people from the true purpose of the holidays, which is Jesus. So for the last eighteen years I’ve never celebrated Halloween, until now.

I’ve always looked at Halloween as a fun holiday, a holiday that has nothing to do with Satan like my parents believe. I told my parents I was going to do Halloween this year, they were expecting it so they didn’t mind so much. My roommate, Sandy, is completely crazy and obsessed with Halloween, so she told me about this Halloween store, Spirit. I went there on Friday the ninth with another friend, Jessy. We went on the metro to Friendship Heights. When we got off, we had no idea where the store was so we managed to get a ride from a security officer. He dropped us off few blocks from the store and gave simple directions. When I finally entered the store I felt like a little, excited kid.

Since the costume I was going to buy is my first, I decided to make it a bit different. I decided to go with a Wednesday Addams outfit. I love the Addams family and Wednesday is my favorite character. I managed to find a Wednesday costume but it was a bit too slutty for me so I ended up buying a simple black dress with a white collar. I grabbed a black, braided wig, a black and white striped legging, and a white face cream.

I bought it all then went back to my dorm room and put it all on. I was too excited to wait another three weeks. Right after I put it all on, I called my family on the video phone. To my surprise, they all loved my costume. They all were laughing and saying I really looked like Wednesday. Now all I need is to buy a doll and cut its head off. Wednesday had a headless doll named Marie Antoinette. Buying my first Halloween costume was the only exciting event I had this week. Just wait until Halloween, I’ll be going crazy.