What are you doing for Halloween?

alphabassettgrrl · 10-24-2005, 07:59 PM

I generally celebrate solo. I take a bottle of red wine onto my front step, a cauldron of candy for the five kids that show up, and my tarot cards. I drink in the atmosphere, I think about my ancestors, and at the end of the night I pull a full spread of cards for the coming year.

Post-Samhain, I buy next year's calendar and start transferring all the crap from the old to the new- people's birthdays, dates when things are due, phone numbers, etc. This is "dead" time, so to speak, until the new year starts with Yule.

I don't usually go to parties, in part because the husband won't go with me, and in part because I feel really lame about any costume choices available. We also don't generally find out about them until later.

innerSpaceman · 10-25-2005, 08:53 AM

So how's this for Sunday, the 30th? (all you Orange County and L.A. locals):

I'm thinkin' of checking out two haunted house fun thingies that I got turned onto thru, well, Disneyland:

The first is near Knott's in Buena Park put on by a group called Phobia. We met these folks in New Orleans Square on Goth Day, and they talked a good talk about a fun haunted house thing they do every year. $2 admission, starting at 7pm that evening. I definitely got the impression that these folks knew how to do fun/scary.

The other is in Laguna Hills, and I got interested in it thru this thread on MiceChat. It's put on by a guy who uses the moniker "DisneyFreak" over there at M.C., and it's purportedly an absolutely amazing Haunted Mansion tribute that he started posting about over six months ago. Supposedly, he's done this for many years and has added a whole bunch of stuff this time. Seems worth checking out for sure.

Anyways, that's what I'm thinking of filling in Sunday evening with, if anyone would care to join me and Zapppop on our lead-in to 'Ween.

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Other than that, I've got the annual Nightmare Before Christmas screening at the El Cap on Thursday, two Halloween parties on Saturday night (ugh, as far away from each other as can be), I'm throwing my office's Halloween party on Monday the 31st, and then heading out to Hollywood Boulevard with some friends for the usual hijinks and weirdities that go on over there on Halloween night.

And on Tuesday, Day of the Dead, that's what I should feel like.

BarTopDancer · 10-25-2005, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

The other is in Laguna Hills, and I got interested in it thru this thread on MiceChat. It's put on by a guy who uses the moniker "DisneyFreak" over there at M.C., and it's purportedly an absolutely amazing Haunted Mansion tribute that he started posting about over six months ago. Supposedly, he's done this for many years and has added a whole bunch of stuff this time. Seems worth checking out for sure.

That's like 3 minutes from my house! I'll be there.

mistyisjafo · 10-25-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

That's like 3 minutes from my house! I'll be there.

It's a little further for me but I'm going! Thanks Innerspace!

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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	I generally celebrate solo. I take a bottle of red wine onto my front step, a cauldron of candy for the five kids that show up, and my tarot cards. I drink in the atmosphere, I think about my ancestors, and at the end of the night I pull a full spread of cards for the coming year. Post-Samhain, I buy next year's calendar and start transferring all the crap from the old to the new- people's birthdays, dates when things are due, phone numbers, etc. This is "dead" time, so to speak, until the new year starts with Yule. I don't usually go to parties, in part because the husband won't go with me, and in part because I feel really lame about any costume choices available. We also don't generally find out about them until later. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	So how's this for Sunday, the 30th? (all you Orange County and L.A. locals): I'm thinkin' of checking out two haunted house fun thingies that I got turned onto thru, well, Disneyland: The first is near Knott's in Buena Park put on by a group called Phobia. We met these folks in New Orleans Square on Goth Day, and they talked a good talk about a fun haunted house thing they do every year. $2 admission, starting at 7pm that evening. I definitely got the impression that these folks knew how to do fun/scary. The other is in Laguna Hills, and I got interested in it thru this thread on MiceChat. It's put on by a guy who uses the moniker "DisneyFreak" over there at M.C., and it's purportedly an absolutely amazing Haunted Mansion tribute that he started posting about over six months ago. Supposedly, he's done this for many years and has added a whole bunch of stuff this time. Seems worth checking out for sure. Anyways, that's what I'm thinking of filling in Sunday evening with, if anyone would care to join me and Zapppop on our lead-in to 'Ween. * * * * * * * ** Other than that, I've got the annual Nightmare Before Christmas screening at the El Cap on Thursday, two Halloween parties on Saturday night (ugh, as far away from each other as can be), I'm throwing my office's Halloween party on Monday the 31st, and then heading out to Hollywood Boulevard with some friends for the usual hijinks and weirdities that go on over there on Halloween night. And on Tuesday, Day of the Dead, that's what I should feel like. Last edited by innerSpaceman : 10-25-2005 at 09:02 AM.
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