Subject: Re: Mermaid Militia - sit rep Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:33:58 -0700 To: Bonnie Scott , From: James Lesczynski > But my general feeling , Jim , is - lighten up a little . Save= the > "platoons" for the Halloween Parade . I say this from the= perspective > of having marched in formation on average twice a day for 5 of= my most > formative years . You can't get astro-merpersons to march in= uniformed > lock step any more than you could the minute men . I never seriously expected or even suggested that we would march= in lockstep, but we can have fun with a mock parade formation= and creative marching cadences. You won't have to drop and give= us 20 if you fall out of step. > I'm not going to buy some green pants . I don't even know that= I'll > wear pants . ( Be smoking my cigar tho , if I can keep it lit .= ) > I think there should be just 1 identifying item unifying the= Libertarian > Astro-Atlanteans . The idea occurred Wednesday that even large > bath/beach towels would do - dyed a distinctive= peace-thru-freedom > shade - with an LP logo or whatever . They could be worn as a= sarong > or toga or cape or whatever one thought of . > But perhaps the most realistic notion is simply a computer= generated > T-shirt transfer . A Lady Liberty crown on a sea horse sounds= great . > ( Incidentally , yesterday I happened to meet the guy who did= the > windows in the statue's crown . ) > I would strongly recommend the t-shirts be a distinctive color= - not > white - to supply the needed group cohesion . I'm all for keeping this as low-effort and low-cost as possible,= while keeping in mind that there will be lots of great creative= costumes on display and we don't want to look totally pathetic.= Bonnie suggested a way to have us all in simple mermaid= costumes, and I think it's a good idea. I don't have a lot of= time to devote to this project myself, and from my perspective,= if all I have to do is buy a pair of green pants, that's hardly= any effort at all. Bonnie would be doing most of the work (as= usual). :-) On the other hand, I would not have the slightest idea where to= go to get computer-generated tee shirt transfers. I know they're= out there somewhere; I just don't no where, and I don't have= time to go look for them and make that happen. Dyed beach towels= would be an even bigger mystery. Would you be in charge of= making them? I know I wouldn't. If my choice is running around= town and getting custom tee shirts made, or buying one pair of= green pants, the latter path is by far the easiest for me. It= will also undoubtedly turn out much better. > Jim , I'll plan to get together with you and Bonnie tomorrow= afternoon > as you suggest . Sounds good. See you then. Jim