Hallowe'en

K came by after work wednesday because I wanted to do something for Hallowe'en. We went to one of those haunted maze things (in Anaheim). Neither of us have much money right now, so we couldn't afford Knott's Scary Farm, maybe next year (I've yet to go there, and for someone who's grown up in SoCal that's rare. Then again, the $45 ticket price isn't too inviting no matter how much money I have). The one we went too costed a small $5! And it was well worth it.

It was the first one I've been to, and it was seriously a lot of fun and maybe even slightly illuminating. It's put on by the Terry family and the Loara Band Boosters (terryhaunt.com). It was good, we paid our 5 bucks and walked in, waiting for the gatekeeper to let us into the maze. As we did so, I noticed this cool ghool/demon statue standing there, I pointed and it came to life! Scaring the shit out of K in the process. It actually scared her twice, the second time it quietly moved behind us for a surprise boo! I just laughed as K scuttled around to hide behind me. She was all: Ahh! (hides) Dammit! The person in the mask must've been like: Really?! Twice?!

So anyway, we cautiously ventured in, walking down a long, dark, smoke-filled hallway...

Then the fun commences, around every claustrophobic, black, strobe-lit turn a demon lurked; either jumping out and screaming/moaning or simply standing there, content to look creepy and dangerous. My favorite parts were the rooms we stumbled into, dark, hazy and foreboding, with some anonymous evil creature performing it's evil duties, only to see two intruders and threaten us with the some implied torture or pain. It was all very well crafted and disorienting. I found myself searching desperately for the path, just wanting get away from the devilish monsters at our heels. K of course, had no idea, she was just trying to find a spot to hide behind me as the demons lurked and followed her. She is so jumpy as it is, at every little indication of a surprise she lifted into the air and screamed.

After the seemingly endless halls of horror and surprises there was one final scare. A guy standing in a dark corner with a chainsaw (Jason? from Friday the 13th?). He scared me. The chainsaw was all loud and he really looked like he was just going to carve us the hell up for the fun of it. K freaked out and we darted down the last hall, back to the safety of the open auditorium from whence we came, breathing a sigh of relief, and feeling as if we had just successfully endured some torturous ordeal (symbolic initiation?).

After that we went to the mall. I just wanted to see if there were any little kids in their costumes roaming around. There was, and they were all very cute. Lots of pirates, princesses and fairies, and one very cool little stormtrooper.

There was this very pretty girl (wearing practically lingerie) who was flirting with me a bit at the register of a costume shop we went into, that is, until K decided to investigate. The girl quickly changed her demeanor. I had considered asking her if I could snap her photo, but I thought better of it and didn't. I wish I had before K noticed her, but whatever.

As we drove back to the house (after we sat in some massage chairs for what seemed like hours, and I bought a Marilyn Monroe calender with a gift card) I couldn't help but noticing all the very sexual/fetish costumes being worn by the young women trick-or-treating on the streets. French Maids, sexy Alices and Dorothy's with short skirts and knee-high stockings and fishnets... it seemed like if there was a girl older than around 16, she was dressed in (traditionally) fetish attire. Is this what Hallowe'en has been become? An excuse for young girls to express their inner lolitas?

Part of me wanted to look a bit longer, part of me was sad for them. It wasn't like that when I was that age, and I'm still in my 20's, so this must be a new development. Anyway, I tried to focus on the road I was driving on and not that woman walking into the liquor store in fishnet thigh-highs and the skirt that really didn't cover much of anything.

K stayed the night since she works near here. It was nice having her here to cuddle with as we slept after I finished some editing. We had a fun night. Tomorrow we're going to a costume party in San Diego. Yeah, we'll see how that goes.