Furry Festivities
Yale Parties with Fox
Who says that animal rights activities are bound to be dull?! Even the most dedicated activist can have fun - and spread her cause along the way.
The legedary Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies's parties herald a new term and are a venue for incoming and continuing students, for friendship and vanity, extravagant costumes and unspeakable follies.
Needless to say that Fur-was-alive mascot Rudolf Redpelt fits all these categories. So, what does the fox say? Let's party!
Week 1: Animal Kingdom
The first week's theme, "Animal Kingdom", came as a VIP invitation for Rudi. At nightfall, fox time, we head out.
An Indonesian and Japanese friend interpreted the theme biologically correct and dressed up as homo sapiens. They were the party seniors - having arrived punctually as invited (and having found themselves alone for quite some time before every one else dropped in). Lecture number one for international students: An invitation for 9 pm actually means "arrive at some point after 10.30 pm if you will".
Rudolf and I found another American trait even more adorable: Their support and appreciation for everything extraordinary.
Also, American rabbits, ...
... snake-women and lobsters, as well as Korean cats, ...
... Hollywood jaguars and Afro-American leopards, ...
... crazy chicks and hammerhead sharks ...
... are nothing short of a-w-e-s-o-m-e! This fun anthrozoological community really makes you want to dance!
Week 2: A Land before Time
Have there been foxes in a land before time? Probably not, but there must have been creativity. And you really don't need a lot of creativity to figure out who was Rudolf Redpelt's prehistoric ancestor: Pteranodon rudolfensis, of course.
We had so much fun with Kate-osaurus, more or less modern (and increasingly tipsy) cave people...
... prehistoric greens...
... a bunch of Crazysaurusses, a TriceSTARtops...
... a Saber-toothed cat from Burkina Faso ...
... and even two Pteranodon friends!!
Week 3: F&ES
The third and last party challenged our inventive talents. The theme "F&ES" allowed all costumes that somehow related to "F", "E" or "S".
No problem. Rudi's father evidently was an ant-eater and his alter ego is a human female. That makes the perfect F&ES jackalope.
The Fox-ant-Eater-Species partied with "Fleckles", "Farmers", and Students, ...
...mingled with Frances Elisabeth Sawyer, Kroon Hall,...
...was tempted by a Sandwich and the "Fucking Evil Socially"...
...hugged Snigdha, and the "Flying Evil Squirrel", ...
... and deemed its personal favorite of the night: the "Farmer whose Epidermis is Showing"!
Thanks, F&Es, thanks my dear fellow students for three colorful nights and for your cordiality!