October 31, 2004
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Happy Holloween to one and all. Before we get started, a disclaimer from a concerned mother.
Hello, everyone. You know, Hallowe’en is a very strange holiday. Personally,
I don’t understand it. Mm mm… Kids worshipping ghosts, pretending to be
devils. Oooh, things on this blog that areinappropriate for younger
viewers. Things like the following entry. Nothing seems to bother
kids. But tonight’s read, which I totally wash my hands of, is really scary.
So if you have sensitive children, maybe you should tuck them into bed
early tonight instead of writing Matt angry letters tomorrow. Thanks for
your attention.
First things first. I am in this orginization known as the MUSS. It is basically a student sports group here at U of U which gets you into better seats for games and special events and tailgates. Well, this week I got an email for a Holloween party. Here is the text:
Halloween Costume Party!
Saturday, October 30, 7:00 pm – 11:30 pm
University of Utah LDS Institute
Black light volleyball, food, stomp.
We will be projecting the U of U vs. San Diego State game!
Admission is $3 with a can of food, $4 without.
Modest dress, no masks, no cross dressing.
Sponsored by the Alpha Chapters of LDS/SGC
I could not believe that next to last line. Leave it to the LDS to take a fun holiday like Holloween and turning it into a Nazi death march. Needless to say, I wasn’t going, but if I was, I would have been turned away (on 2 out of 3 violations).
Yup, that’s right, I busted out the infamous Snow White again this year. Hey, the Utahans hadn’t seen it, and I couldn’t think of anything better, so why not? It was very popular last year. This is me with Gabe, husband of Brenda, a PhD sed person. Before the Geology/Biology/Etc. party that was to be later that night, we went to Brenda where Margaritas were consummed en masse.
Here are the guys and girls before we left to the main party (©Steph)
These are the folks I hang out with, not only on this night, but in general. The sorcerous on the left is Steph. She’s from Ohio (Muskangum Col.). The human cannonball is Aaron from Chicago (U of Illionois). Breakfast at Tiffinay’s Audrie Hepburn in Katrina from Minnesota (Michigan Tech, with Alex Matiella). These 3 are the 3 I hang with every weekend, practically. We go to all the football games and dept functions together. By the end of the night, Steph and Katrina need Aaron and I to help them walk because they were both shitfaced.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. No.
These pictures do not give justice to the crowdedness of the party. At least CF12 (Crowdedness Factor 12). There was a haunted house in the basement, which was CF20 or more. The scary part really was the basement itself (i.e. pipes, uneven floors), not the effects that were set up.
My personal prize for best costume would go to Mike’s ‘Jolly Green Giant.’ Very good and detailed.
Of course, I did get people saying that I would win. This hot girl said to me several times, something along the lines of, “That is the ugliest costume I have ever seen. It’s awesome.”
I also liked Amy’s and (my former roommates) Chris’ costumes. And guess what, the box actually dispenced wine!
As you all know, drunken people, on occasion, feel the desire to leave. So at one point, our little group decided we should go to another party. OK. So we walked in the rain for a place that was just a few blocks away. After about 1/2 hour, it was apperent that the group did not have the mindset to find this place. So, we went back to Brenda’s.
So, we sat around and dried off and drank more until 1 or 3 or 2. Damned if I knew because of the MDT/MST switch. As we left though…
Snow!!! Yeah, so taking a pic of snowing in any light is hard, but here you can see the flash bouncing off the huge, wet, and heavy snowflakes. By this time, the entire ground was covered w/ ~.5 inch. We got about 1 or 2 inches in the valley overnight. I carefully drove Steph and Katrina home, and drove back to go to my place to sleep.
“It’s begining to look a lot like Hal-loween, everywhere I go…”
Comments (7)
nice costume… even though you used it again… it’s awesome!
Cool costume. I just wanted to tell you a little story…so this 5 year-old was writing my name, his dad said, “Show Sheila how smart you are.” I said, “S-M-R-T…I mean, S-M-A-R-T”….and he said, “Simpsons”!!! I couldn’t even believe it! I mean, it’s an easy reference, but still!
Your costume was the best by far. Although the fact that the box o’ wine actually gave out wine was pretty sweet
That’s scary…what’s even more scary is that i kinda found you attractive. LMAO.
Yeah, the box of wine was a REALLY good idea. I told my roommate that one. That’s awesome. But you looked cute, too!
OMG, like, OMFG, thats f*ck*ng awesome….
*bows down to the master*
jolly green giant is very good.