Now what is this "larping" you speak of?

It has come to my attention that people outside my workplace who have looked at this blog have one similar burning question. No, it's not a question of whether Heidi and I have contemplated suicide with the harsh reality of coming to work every morning and seeing ELMAN. Instead, it's the most important question of all, what IS larping!? For shame people, how can you not know of the breathtaking social phenomenon that is the larp. Well, just for you, I will explain, and there is no better way to do so than through a picture:

And again, just in case you can't quite grasp what we're dealing with here:

So you remember when you were little and you wanted to be a magician, so you made a makeshift cape out of a bedsheet, fashioned a wand out of a cooking utensil, and stuffed old Peter Rabbit in your dad's hat? Now thanks to larping, those days can live on!

LARP is short for Live Action Role Playing. Participants dress up as a chosen character, and then perform as their character in small or large groups of other larpers. There are several types of larps, in some you can be vampires, in others you can be knights. Each have their own rules... none of which I know because, please, you think I've been in the woods with a bunch of these crazies?

So then, let's let them speak for themselves. Observe, a larper interaction on a World of Warcraft forum:

Oh yes, Thaurissan, I'm sure you are quite right about what ratio of mushrooms AND booze is required.

Anyhow, Heidi and I have made mention of infiltrating one of these larping groups in Seattle, for observation purposes and the good of this blog of course, but is the risk too much Heidi? Our future awaits:

Then again, we should be thankful for small things as our fates could be far, FAR worse, and we could look like Elman's girlfriend.