Gorilla costume photos

Due to popular demand, I have published a couple of gorilla costume photos. Please note that this costume is locally made and actually meant for really big people or to have possible padding.

MCQP is back again in 2008

This evening will be the annual MCQP costume party. This time the theme is "Lights, camera, action" and the event will be in Harrington Street in Cape Town CBD. I am still trying to decide what to wear. The website address of the event is: www.mcqp.co.za

I feel terrible today

Some food that I ate last night made me vomit around 3AM. I really felt horrible, getting that food out improved the situation, but not all of it got out. The culprit was most likely that suspect sauce which is still causing gas today with a bad taste. Te whole 3AM story also caused me to lose about one hour of sleep because I could not sleep while feeling so horrible.

Gorilla costume finally arrived

The long awaited locally made gorilla costume has finally arrived today. I will try to take some photos later and post them due to the requests for those.

Getting gorilla suit postponed again

The meeting for today to get the locally made gorilla suit has been shifted yet again due to the hectic schedule of the manufacturer. This time it has been shifted to tomorrow morning. Hopefully this will be the last shift.

Might get locally made gorilla suit today

In theory, I should be getting the locally made gorilla suit today. I have been waiting for this suit for a long time, but there were delays in the delivery, not delays in the manufacturing.

Costume supplier problems

Lately my local costume suppliers/makers have been giving majior delays. The one person (who does have a full time job) has not been able to finish a simple costume that I have requested more than a month ago. It is nearly two months now.

The other supplier delayed a few times with meeting so that I can get the gorilla suit. The last meeting was supposed to have happened last Saturday (6 December 2008), but then her daughter got stung by a scorpion and the daughter got rushed to hospital.

Zentai suits seem to be the solution for costume problems

Based on the number of costume parts gone missing lately and damages based on washing have made me come to the following conclusion:

For a lot of my costumes, I would have to check if I can get a slightly different looking Zentai suit. On those suits, things like belts would be attached and also not really fall apart after washing a few times. They are also more likely to be less hot than many of the costumes which I currently have. With Zentai suits the sizes asl oseem to be more reliable as those are actually based on measurements and the material is slightly stretchable.

Using Zentai suits is obviously only a solution for some costumes and not all of them. The feedback that I had from people who rented my existing Zentai suits was very positive. Washing the suits is also easy and they dry quickly.

Dangerous Cape Town drivers

This last weekend I observed two incidents where drivers in Cape Town were driving dangerously.

One case was as follows:

In the 80km/h zone on the N1, I moved one lane to the right while keeping a good following distance to the car in front of me, but not big enough to fit another car including a good following distance. I was driving just under, but close to the speed limit.

The next moment a car was trying to squeeze into the gap in front of me, but coming so that our cars would collide. The car was also not using indicators. Shortly after this the car was rapidly changing lanes and driving much faster than other cars.

At the traffic light ahead with the left turn that same car was yet again pushing others to the side. They mostly moved to prevent accidents. A bit further ahead after the turn on Oswald Pirow street, I caught up with it at the traffic light.

Once the traffic light went green every car started moving except for that one, which took a while to start. When it finally started, it went speeding up the bridge ahead that goes over the railway tracks and past Cape Town station to the traffic light with Good Hope Centre on the left.

That traffic light has two lanes going right which end up in two lanes. The traffic light was red and that car was on the right lane and another one on the left, both wanted to turn right. When the traffic light turned green, that car started to change lanes in the turn on to the left lane and forcing the car on the left lane to brake to prevent a collision. After this it started speeding up and I lost track of it because I was still approaching the traffic light at a distance which was about to turn red again.