WSU Student: "At first I was like, oh my god. And then I was like, Oh My God!"

Aside from falling down in front of the CUB, the public performance was a success! I definitely got the attention of a number of students on The Mall last Thursday. Because of the way the headpiece is designed, my visibility while inside the costume is pretty low. I knew it would be difficult to gauge peoples reactions from my position, so I hired on some help for the performance. My friend Zoe, who was taking pictures and talking to people nearby, filled me in on some of the common reactions that the performance got.

Many people came outside of the CUB to get a better look, but most of them didn't get to close. Many people were on there phones telling others about the weirdo walking around on campus. One of the people that were photographing me on my stilts must have been from The Daily Evergreen, because I ended up not only on the first page as a little image by the title, but also the main image on page 5 of Thursdays paper (link).

Back to the falling down part: Ow! At first I didn't think I'd hurt myself, but a few hours later I had to run down to Health and Wellness to be sure. I basically spent Halloween weekend in my bed on ice-packs. I don't regret doing the performance, though. The rabbit outfit is something I've worked on for awhile. This was my only public performance, and even though I totally fell down in front of people, I still had a good time.

Here are some of the pics that Zoe took for me:

 

In this one you can see the tape recorder that I was carrying around. The soundtrack was of children laughing.

 

This is my friend, Kate. She spotted me from inside the CUB. I think she recognized me because of the stilts, but I hadn't told her I was going to be doing this project. She said that she was listening to the talk being given by police officers about the dangers of drinking and college students, but the talk was totally interrupted by a giant rabbit walking around outside.