Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Hauntings and Ravings
Okay, so me and my roommate went to the opening night for the Frightmare on Market Street here in Wilmington. (Did you know that San Diego has the same thing?) Anyway, got there a little after 7, they didn’t start letting people through the maze until around 730 and the Trail of Terror didn’t get going until about the same time. For the delays, it wasn’t too bad. We attached ourselves to the group of kids ahead of us (amazing how you can become chatty with the people in front of you in line) because they didn’t want any surprises from behind. Yeah, well… You walk through the maze with a tour guide who keeps saying “Stay with me; keep bunched up with me” and allow your eyes to get used to the dark. There are blacklights, but of course, those don’t always light up much around the area…especially in open spaces. One of the actors got right in my face trying to scare me, but I was so busy laughing at the kids freaking out that I didn’t really feel anything. Perhaps I have gotten to used to scary stuff. Granted, I will jump with some things, but it is all normal. But I really had to laugh when we got to the end when the chainsaw man jumped out at us and then we turn around to get startled by one of the other guys who had followed since about halfway through the maze. The maze wasn’t as freaky as I would have liked and only lasted for maybe 15 minutes, but it wasn’t too bad. Maybe later I will go back to hit up the trail. That actually runs through the woods and a barn, and comes complete with its own chainsaw man, but I heard a lot more people screaming on that one. We shall see.
So everyone who knows me knows that I need to have something playing in the background…something extra to help me focus. I have a slight case of ADD, so my attention flits around from here to there. Normally I listen to books on CD, the current being ERAGON by Christopher Paolini, but today I just don’t have the motivation to actually focus on anything. I think I have popped online to check email and whatnot at least ten times in the last few hours. Nothing looked appealing on my music list on the computer, so I decided to check out what was on the radio tuner for Windows Media. Usually I pull up 123party.fm or Tempo FM’s Hottest Vinyl, but decided to check something different. Stayed in the dance arena, but not the DJ Josh K that I really would have liked. And Brat Boy School had been inaccessible, so I couldn’t check out the other guy that Ethan had suggested to see what he was all about. (Okay, just located Keith so I will have to try to check him tomorrow night.) But I did find something that ties in a lot of my different tastes for the dance side of the realm. But not all of it is fast and energetic. There is some that is just mellow, exactly what I need right now. But, judging from the website, you have your choice as to which you would like to listen, in addition to various platforms. So, I have been listening to the Lounge and enjoying myself.
There is one more post that I am working on; that one will go up later this week, or maybe even this weekend. I don’t normally post on the weekends, as all my friends know, but I might bend the rules this time around. LOL Only three and a half hours left for me and then I can leave. I have been here since 6am, up since about 5am and finally passed out probably around 1am.
Anyone want to cuddle with me tonight? Sleeping with a cat/dog just doesn’t do the trick anymore.
**Afterthought: Not sure if I had posted this before (short-term memory kicking in), but checked out David Rothwell’s site recently. Not only is he cute, but he sure as hell has one vivid imagination for photography.
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright ¶ 10/19/2005 10:42:00 AM
Okay, so me and my roommate went to the opening night for the Frightmare on Market Street here in Wilmington. (Did you know that San Diego has the same thing?) Anyway, got there a little after 7, they didn’t start letting people through the maze until around 730 and the Trail of Terror didn’t get going until about the same time. For the delays, it wasn’t too bad. We attached ourselves to the group of kids ahead of us (amazing how you can become chatty with the people in front of you in line) because they didn’t want any surprises from behind. Yeah, well… You walk through the maze with a tour guide who keeps saying “Stay with me; keep bunched up with me” and allow your eyes to get used to the dark. There are blacklights, but of course, those don’t always light up much around the area…especially in open spaces. One of the actors got right in my face trying to scare me, but I was so busy laughing at the kids freaking out that I didn’t really feel anything. Perhaps I have gotten to used to scary stuff. Granted, I will jump with some things, but it is all normal. But I really had to laugh when we got to the end when the chainsaw man jumped out at us and then we turn around to get startled by one of the other guys who had followed since about halfway through the maze. The maze wasn’t as freaky as I would have liked and only lasted for maybe 15 minutes, but it wasn’t too bad. Maybe later I will go back to hit up the trail. That actually runs through the woods and a barn, and comes complete with its own chainsaw man, but I heard a lot more people screaming on that one. We shall see.
So everyone who knows me knows that I need to have something playing in the background…something extra to help me focus. I have a slight case of ADD, so my attention flits around from here to there. Normally I listen to books on CD, the current being ERAGON by Christopher Paolini, but today I just don’t have the motivation to actually focus on anything. I think I have popped online to check email and whatnot at least ten times in the last few hours. Nothing looked appealing on my music list on the computer, so I decided to check out what was on the radio tuner for Windows Media. Usually I pull up 123party.fm or Tempo FM’s Hottest Vinyl, but decided to check something different. Stayed in the dance arena, but not the DJ Josh K that I really would have liked. And Brat Boy School had been inaccessible, so I couldn’t check out the other guy that Ethan had suggested to see what he was all about. (Okay, just located Keith so I will have to try to check him tomorrow night.) But I did find something that ties in a lot of my different tastes for the dance side of the realm. But not all of it is fast and energetic. There is some that is just mellow, exactly what I need right now. But, judging from the website, you have your choice as to which you would like to listen, in addition to various platforms. So, I have been listening to the Lounge and enjoying myself.
There is one more post that I am working on; that one will go up later this week, or maybe even this weekend. I don’t normally post on the weekends, as all my friends know, but I might bend the rules this time around. LOL Only three and a half hours left for me and then I can leave. I have been here since 6am, up since about 5am and finally passed out probably around 1am.
Anyone want to cuddle with me tonight? Sleeping with a cat/dog just doesn’t do the trick anymore.
**Afterthought: Not sure if I had posted this before (short-term memory kicking in), but checked out David Rothwell’s site recently. Not only is he cute, but he sure as hell has one vivid imagination for photography.
You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
-- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish Playwright ¶ 10/19/2005 10:42:00 AM
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