Bats Day in the Park

http://www.batsday.net/home/home.html

why had I never heard of this before

I want to go to this way more than I want to go to a Juggalo Gathering

I smell a road trip in our future

http://www.batsday.net/photos/framepage/photos2009/frontl/originalimages/Lyn%20and%20the%20Goth%20Babieslh.JPG

like srsly, why the fuck didn't this exist when I was in high school

The Bats Day™ Ghoulish Gala : Adorn your best attire and attend The Bats Day™ Ghoulish Gala. Enjoy catered Hors D’oeuvres in this spooky atmosphere. Attendees of the Ghoulish Gala are entered in the Bats Day Ghoulish Gala Raffle with a chance to win some great prizes provided by our features vendors and sponsors. All guests will receive a special limited edition “Bats Day™ Ghoulish Gala” keepsake and we other surprises fill your night with mystery and fun.

so yes this sounds rad but why do they want me to bedazzle my clothes?

like srsly, why the fuck didn't this exist when I was in high school

man I think if you could see pics of what my hs was like you would kick my ass on principle, there was some goth shit goin down out on the quad nearly every day

well half the goth kids in my high school shopped at Oaktree so I am pretty sure there would have been plenty of reciprocal ass-kicking coming from your end

wait--goths are called bats? or do they release live bats?

The Nightmare Before Christmas store in the New Orleans part of Disneyland is goth/nu-metal central these days. Still.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/SJKHtFDihzI/AAAAAAAAKoY/Rjxz9L9E_7M/s400/birthday+party

FOR REAL THOUGH, GOTHS IN FRONTIERLAND

THIS IS SOMETHING I MUST SEE WITH MINE OWN TWO EYES

Is it common to call Disneyland "The Park"?

And tbh I would have pined for this in high school. Wld still be down with it now. I have enough black clothing to make it happen.

Is it common to call Disneyland "The Park"?

Anything to avoid copyright infringement.

http://www.batsday.net/photos/framepage/photos2009/mtt/originalimages/2009_05_03%20048lh.jpg

btw this is advance warning so you all know what we're doing for my 40th birthday

wait do they have bars in disneyland because i am going to need one

there are bars in the hotels that will sell you glowing blue drinks like this:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2058/213/79/884505037/n884505037_5770595_7489.jpg

The quizzical look of the large, flowery-dress ldy in the background of the first pic is a nice touch

also could someone explain this dude, he is the first genuinely baffling thing I've come across in the pictures:

http://www.batsday.net/photos/framepage/photos2009/castle_hub/originalimages/100_1745an.JPG

I mean, is "steampunk Roman" an actual recognized look?

http://www.batsday.net/photos/framepage/photos2009/castle_hub/originalimages/2009_05_03%20CinderellaMouselh.jpg

the people playing the characters must think this day rules

I wonder how many hours it takes to get into the haunted house on bats day

there are bars in the hotels that will sell you glowing blue drinks like this

And it's a sight to behold.

The Nightmare Before Christmas store in the New Orleans part of Disneyland is goth/nu-metal central these days. Still.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:06 PM (23 minutes ago) Bookmark

What is up with people who are reeeeeaaaaallly into Nightmare Before Christmas? I saw two of these last weekend. One is a cashier at my supermarket and he's got Jack Skelington wristbands, Jack Skelinton jewelry, Jack Skelington suspenders... Is their day all like "What's this? What's this?"

It's so they can show their individuality and freedom of mind against people who are really into Wicked.

I used to work with developmentally delayed & autism spectrum kids, and one kid, the only way I could get him to do anything is if I sang "What's this?" to him while he did it. He would ask me to do this by saying "dur dis!"

What is up with people who are reeeeeaaaaallly into Nightmare Before Christmas? I saw two of these last weekend. One is a cashier at my supermarket and he's got Jack Skelington wristbands, Jack Skelinton jewelry, Jack Skelington suspenders... Is their day all like "What's this? What's this?"

someone doing this with my goods at checkout would be delightful the first time for exactly 3 seconds

He wasn't actually like that, of course!

Abbott, that's cute as hell.

So where did a Goth (who probably wasn't called a Goth yet) go for clothes in the twin cities in the pre-Hot Topic eighties? I was more on the army surplus/flannel/things with parts cut off tip which meant Ragstock and Tatters and thrifts.

Like I said upthread, a bunch of us shopped at Oaktree and, as such, looked a lot more like Saved By The Bell castoffs than goths. Also we did a lot of military surplus, too (plus I had a bunch of my brother's Air Force stuff).

And then there was black RIT dye for yr ace in the hole.

Man, I tried and fucked that up more than once.

What did Oaktree sell?

I found a 1993 article that describes their look as "a signature style that now fluctuates somewhere between pseudo-Armani dresswear and casual rapper-chic."

if one more person says Oaktree without reference to Morris Day I am gonna scream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjuG1glR7I

I don't even remember Oaktree but that description is doing wonders for my imagination.

Apparently they placed the first $1 million order with Cross Colours, which from the tone of the article was the beginning of the end for Oaktree.

What can ya say? Garment industry was mad real back then. All in the game etc.

Baturday in the park, I think it was the 31st of October . . .

Just like Baron Baturday

guys I just realized there is a non-negligible chance my wife will divorce me if I make her go to Bats Day in the Park ;_;

why oh why must spouses save us from ourselves

I have exact same problem with the Ring Cycle :(

lolling here

how about this; I'll take your wife to Bats Day, you take my wife to the Ring Cycle, win win!

wait no, now I'm talking about wife swapping, that's more of a non-starter than Bats Day ;_; ;_;

Women, huh?

trying to think of what you can tell your wife you "thought" was actually going at Disneyland on the day you both get there and it turns out to be Bats Day

"Bets Day, honey, I swear."

Cats day. I thought it was an audition.

"I thought the Ring Cycle was a velodrome :("

sorry, loving wife, I thought it was fucking Bats Day in the Park and I totally had to come no matter what the cost

shit let me rephrase that

"I guess it's a lucky coincidence that all of the clothes you brought fell into black dye and somehow all of your credit cards were canceled after we got off the plane, huh?"

I am imagining the look on her face I I told her to expect Cats day and we ended up at Bats Day and it is an amazing look that I am very happy I am not actually seeing

There's no reason why you can't set up Cats Day as counterprogramming.

Bast Day (you get the cats and the goth that way!)

I think the confluence of goths and theatre furries at Disneyland might cause the world to implode due to too much concentrated awesome

Plush Day in the Park

The Sky's Gone Out, a musical revue

http://cdn1.ioffer.com/img/item/665/816/41/o_LrI7vCr7k8bLjMC.jpg

"I hold the fresh pink baaaaaaaaaaaaaabyyyyy..."