Halloween Stuff

Took me a while to getting around to doing this ... I figure during class is probably a good time.

Oct 16th, Knott's happened, and it was pretty freaking rad, as usual.



Every new maze this year was impressive, which was quite a feat, as there were a whole six of them (as opposed to the one or two of them they usually add each year.) My favorite was probably Club Blood, which was a vampire nightclub which was both scary and hot at the same time.

Monday the 27th, Vince threw a crazy potluck party at Marlene's house. Punkin carving, spooky food, costume contests and Little Shop of Horrors happened. Amy, Ryan and I dressed as Lock, Shock and Barrel from Nightmare. That inspired Vince and Maritza to go as Jack and Sally, which made for a cool group theme.


(props to Maritza for the following pic)


A pretty good party, I'd say. Mostly box office people, who I don't typically hang out with, but I still had a pretty good time. My favorite costume was probably Kevin Glickman as Dwight from The Office.

Two days after that, we saw Nightmare in 3D at Horton Plaza. It'd been the first time I'd seen a movie at Horton Plaza since they re-released Empire Strikes Back in the 90's, interestingly enough. Also, I seriously freaking hate Horton Plaza. I think it was Vince who said something along the lines of giving a retarded child Sim City and letting him design a mall and parking structure.

But, of course, Nightmare Before Christmas was no less awesome as it's always been. Also, we stopped at a Denny's on the way back, but didn't eat there because there was a brawl between some white trash girl and a drunk zombie from Del Mar Scare Grounds. We instead went to Ihop where I enjoyed punkin pancakes.

Also, our theater in San Marcos is supposed to be getting RealD projectors early next year, so hopefully we'll be getting Nightmare 3d for next Halloween. I will probably watch it every night if that happens.


Halloween was a bit more low key compared to the events surrounding. From everyone I talked to, it seemed most people had relatively uneventful Halloween nights, but I think our group of friends had a good time. Most of us had work earlier in the day - a few good costumes there, but I was kind of disappointed that not many people took advantage of the chance to dress up for work. The best costume was easily the guy who came as Vince for his costume.

After work Vince, Amy, John, Lona, Ted, Jay and Kyle Foot came over to my house to watch these movies:



Before the movies we were able to squeeze in a Frugo's run, where I exposed even more people the the awesomeness that is self-serve frozen yogurt. But the highlight of the party was easily Ryan calling Vince on a restricted number while we watched The Ring, thoroughly freaking him out for most of the movie, and secretly camping out in my backyard for half an hour to scare us half way through the movie.

Finally, Nov. 1st marked the end of Halloween this year with Noella's Halloween party. Noella is a phenomenal hostess for these type of things, which was evident not only in extensive preparation and theming, but the huge amount of people who showed up. Even Ryan didn't know most of the people there. Ryan, Amy and I resumed out roles as Lock, Shock and Barrell for the party.



Also, these guys were awesome, even when drunk.



So, another October comes to an end, which makes me sad as it's always my favorite month of the year. Next year I'm hoping we can do a Universal Horror NightS visit, and maybe an overnight Knott's pre-scare trip. We'll see what happens.

On a closing note, today is election day. If you haven't voted yet and are still undecided, let Neil Cicierega show you how to do it.