This week is homecoming week... which means spirit week.
Every day is a different themed day that you get to dress up for.
Monday: Cartoon Day
Tuesday: Toga Tuesday
Wednesday: Superhero Day
Thursday: Nerd Day
Friday: Spirit Wear
I typically don't dress up because its too much of a hassle and takes some time when it comes to planning, plus its aimed more at the seniors [[i plan to go ALL out senior year, you can win gift cards for having one of the best costumes and if you win on spirit day you get the part of most spirited in the yearbook]].
So today was "Toga Tuesday", and I was actually pretty excited to have a Roman spirited day, but sadly, it was not so.
Nearly everybody wore their togas WRONG! And I don't know what some of these people were wearing because they were definitely not togas, just white see through dress things with golden accents. Then other people just had it tied up or pinned at the top instead of wrapped properly.
Some people's togas went just to their knees or above.
Others had it draped over their right shoulders.
And then still I saw people wearing YELLOW togas which, for those of you who are up to date on your Roman history, meant you had a very inappropriate occupation.
This mockery, as a result, made me have a pretty bad day. I had to channel my anger in to a hate note to all the toga misusers, which was taken from me and laughed at.
It was almost as bad as when we had to read "Julius Caesar" by Shakespeare last year, I almost cried at the scene where Caesar was stabbed 23 times.
[Shakespeare says 33 >:[ but the scene was pretty heart-breaking]
I had an infatuation with Caesar last year... my "historical crush". ; ]
I asked the people on student government to please not support the toga tuesday idea next year unless they provide pamphlets on the proper wear next year on account some people were offended...
Historical inaccuracies don't go by well with me.
Especially when it comes to Rome.
Maybe the Latin Club could sponsor a Toga tying class next year before Toga Tuesday. Do you have a Latin club?
I'm sorry about Caesar getting killed.
This brings back memories of when Grandaddy and I went to Rome, Italy in 1974 or so, and we attended a Roman party and had to dress up and we both wore togas. That was a funny site - Grandaddy in a toga. Some of the guests there were dressed very inappropriately but we thought we looked pretty good!