Last week at the vigil I spent the entire hour on my knees

[PuraVidaDreamin]

I had on an orange prisoner jumpsuit and
wore a black hood over my head.
My hands were cuffed behind my back.

60 minutes only-
about 20 minutes into this I needed to shift
my weight frequently from side to side. I'm
5'8, 138 lbs- in shape. I tried to meditate

At 40 minutes I had serious doubts I was going to last
the entire hour. Doc O'malley told me the folks
passing by would look at me, while pretending not
to look at me. I couldn't see out of the hood, but
he told me I was making the masses uncomfortable.

At 45 minutes time began to s-l-o-w w-a-y down.
My knees were aching. At times I felt lightening
bolts of pain shear right through them.
At 60 minutes, my left leg was
asleep, I stood up and could not control it.

THIS WAS TORTURE! This and anything harsher
is disgusting deplorable!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. Thank you for your witness

:yourock:

[stop the bleeding]

2. effective post

[Suich]

3. I missed the backstory on this.

What vigil, please?

:hi:

[PuraVidaDreamin]

4. Just the weekly vigil in my town.

I've taken to street theater.

A few times we've had the fucked-foursome in the
jumpsuits wearing the bush,condi,cheney,rummy masks.

My nude body-sock, or leotard,unitard, whatever you
want to call it just came in, so this weekend I'll
have on the Bush mask a crown, royal cape for the
emperor extremely naked and exposed.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

6. "I gotta go to the vigil"

3 yrs ago this sentence would have sounded so weird.
Now it just rolls off the tongue. "Nope I can't
go do something fun that day with you cuz I gotta
go to the vigil"

They started out quite somber, a lot of Quakers
at one of the weekly vigils I attend. Then I just
couldn't take it, and my signs got bolder-
Then the signs didn't seem effective anymore.
The zombies just seem to walk by in their consumer
unconnected trance. The costumes and acting
definately get attention.

Wish I could stop saying "I gotta go to the vigil"

[truedelphi]

7. I'm impressed. Thank you for your devotion to the cause.

[Suich]

8. Good for you, PuraVidaDreamin!

I really wish I could see you this weekend!

Give 'em hell!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:hi:

[Greyskye]

5. Yep.

Years ago, while taking martial arts classes, I had to kneel for extended periods of time. Even then, I thought of it as 'torture'. And I could move around and shift if the pain got too bad.

Shackled in that position? For hours? :scared: