Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Halloweiner!
Ben and I had a great Halloween. We decorated the house for the first time which was new and exciting, I liked my costume, Bula was adorable, and we went to Knott's Scary Farm!
On Halloween night, Bula tried on several costumes. He was able to tolerate the one you see below. That may have been because his chihuahua boyfriend, Chico, also tried it on.
He was not happy with his pumpkin costume at all. 
He ended up welcoming kids in his fur alone, and he was so excited!
We also decorated the house for our first Halloween there. (Ben put on my bee costume from last year after this picture was taken.)
I dressed up as Frieda Kahlo which was fun. I was told twice that it was "too intellectual" of a costume and because most of my neighbors had no idea what I was, that might have been the truth. I got the opportunity to teach the local kids a little bit about the life of the artist - just what they wanted when they knocked on my door. I even drew on a unibrow and darkened my natural moustache (pretty, I know)!
The night after Halloween, Ben took me to Knott's Scary Farm. It was fun and terrifying. We went through several mazes where horrible creatures jumped out at us. After we went through our first maze, The Doll Factory, we came out to see two scary goblins looking down at us from a bridge. I thought, "They can't scare me. I can see them already." Just as the thought entered my mind, one of the beasts swung a medieval hatchet at me, stopping an inch from my face. In one of the mazes, there was a midget in a scary costume crawling on the floor. Monsters were hiding on shelves, under beds, and behind corners and curtains all over the park. I had a fat lip from screaming and jumping into Ben's shoulder. He kept asking me, "Oh my God, are you really scared?" And I was, but I liked it, too. There were really tall and really short men dressed up as scary clowns and a tall skeleton chased me around the park. I kept turning around to see him focusing on me and my fear, and when I couldn't run any more, I contemplated curling up in a fetal position on the ground. There were tons of creatures roaming around and when they'd get a free stretch of walkway, they would slide toward you on their knees which were protected by metal pads that sparked in the night. They reminded me of the scary guys on wheels in Return to Oz (I love that movie! Fairuza rules!) They also had 3-D mazes where you wore the glasses and everything was distorted and bright. People were dressed up as the wall paper in the mazes and it was truly scary seeing them just leaning against the wall, not knowing when or if they were going to make a move. The picture below was taken just before we entered the Las Vegas 3-D maze. The girl you see with me was yelling insults at people and just being a foul individual (I look pretty scary myself. Ignore me, but look at her!). She was funny! I can't wait to go back next year.
On Halloween night, Bula tried on several costumes. He was able to tolerate the one you see below. That may have been because his chihuahua boyfriend, Chico, also tried it on.
He was not happy with his pumpkin costume at all. 
He was pissed.
He ended up welcoming kids in his fur alone, and he was so excited!We also decorated the house for our first Halloween there. (Ben put on my bee costume from last year after this picture was taken.)
I dressed up as Frieda Kahlo which was fun. I was told twice that it was "too intellectual" of a costume and because most of my neighbors had no idea what I was, that might have been the truth. I got the opportunity to teach the local kids a little bit about the life of the artist - just what they wanted when they knocked on my door. I even drew on a unibrow and darkened my natural moustache (pretty, I know)!
The night after Halloween, Ben took me to Knott's Scary Farm. It was fun and terrifying. We went through several mazes where horrible creatures jumped out at us. After we went through our first maze, The Doll Factory, we came out to see two scary goblins looking down at us from a bridge. I thought, "They can't scare me. I can see them already." Just as the thought entered my mind, one of the beasts swung a medieval hatchet at me, stopping an inch from my face. In one of the mazes, there was a midget in a scary costume crawling on the floor. Monsters were hiding on shelves, under beds, and behind corners and curtains all over the park. I had a fat lip from screaming and jumping into Ben's shoulder. He kept asking me, "Oh my God, are you really scared?" And I was, but I liked it, too. There were really tall and really short men dressed up as scary clowns and a tall skeleton chased me around the park. I kept turning around to see him focusing on me and my fear, and when I couldn't run any more, I contemplated curling up in a fetal position on the ground. There were tons of creatures roaming around and when they'd get a free stretch of walkway, they would slide toward you on their knees which were protected by metal pads that sparked in the night. They reminded me of the scary guys on wheels in Return to Oz (I love that movie! Fairuza rules!) They also had 3-D mazes where you wore the glasses and everything was distorted and bright. People were dressed up as the wall paper in the mazes and it was truly scary seeing them just leaning against the wall, not knowing when or if they were going to make a move. The picture below was taken just before we entered the Las Vegas 3-D maze. The girl you see with me was yelling insults at people and just being a foul individual (I look pretty scary myself. Ignore me, but look at her!). She was funny! I can't wait to go back next year.
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Election Day
Somewhere along the boardwalk in Venice...
Here's my official ballot, cast today!
Here's my official ballot, cast today!
