September 29, 2014

#31DC2014 31-Day Challenge - Day 29 - Inspired by...the Supernatural

"A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale."
The internet podcast show Welcome to Night Vale has been described as "Prairie Home Companion as seen through the eyes of Stephen King" and "NPR meets The Mothman Prophesies." To me it's a delightfully bizarre, creepy, and outrageously funny show that I like WAY to much.

Night Vale is a fictional desert town with a community access radio program hosted by narrator Cecil Baldwin. It also has a (ir)regular cast of characters, including Carlos the Scientist, Old Woman Josie, Hiram McDaniels the Five-Headed Dragon, and the Indian Tracker. It also has a wide variety of strange phenomenon (that everyone seems to accept as normal) including an invisible clock tower that teleports to different locations, a glow cloud that rains animals, hooded figures, black helicopters, and angels.


For today's challenge, I chose some common elements from various Welcome to Night Vale broadcasts, including the show's logo (thumb), Cecil's Cthulu-like tattoos (pointer), the hooded figures in the dog park (middle), the glow cloud (ring), and the sandstorm vortex (ring). The colors used for today's challenge are:
  • China Glaze - Spontaneous
  • Wet n Wild - Distrubia
  • OPI - Alpine White
It's almost impossible to describe how entertaining Welcome to Night Vale isit really has to be experienced in all its twisted glory. To find out more, visit Commonplace Books or listen to episodes using Podbay.
"The City Council announces the opening of a new dog park at the corner of Earl and Sommerset, near the Ralph’s. They would like to remind everyone that dogs are not allowed in the dog park. People are not allowed in the dog park. It is possible that you will see hooded figures in the dog park. DO NOT APPROACH THEM. DO NOT APPROACH THE DOG PARK. The fence is electrified and highly dangerous. Try not to look at the dog park, and, especially, do not look for any period of time at the hooded figures. The dog park will not harm you."

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