Having lived in Florida for just over a year now, frequently enjoying it as a place that is warm, active and occasionally fun, I sometimes forget how weird certain residents here can be. To be honest, I'm kind of surprised that yesterday was the first time a Floridian was mentioned in this blog, but now I guess there might be some catching up going on or something.Recently, I came across the following Halloween news story about a growing subculture of dentally-aided, self-described "vampires living and periodically gathering in Southern Florida.
These "vampires" are an all too sad/common an example of strange people taking something that is very interesting in fantasy and remaking it into something lame by trying to incorporate it into their real lives and personal psychology. As much as I'd like to be open-minded enough to simply say "to each their own" as I do with many philosophies and subcultural behaviors, I simply can't help but to snicker a little at the thought of these people in action. It all reminds me of a certain South Park episode, per se... http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/210813
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