Halloween is finally here and there's so much to do in such a short amount of time. On our list of things to do in October.
1. Go see the on-stage adaptation of "Night of the Living Dead" at the Bug Theater. $5 off if you dress like zombies-obviously we're saving $10 bucks that night.
I wish we could take credit for these but we bought them from bakery sensual. They can do amazing things with marzipan and fondant!
2. Make as many fattening, Halloween themed treats as possible. We've already made a couple of apple pies (fall themed) to be made: jack o' latern cake, roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin chocolate cookies, cupcakes, maple praline ice cream etc...
3. Stay in a haunted location. We actually have a night booked at the Stanley hotel in a week or two. We are supposed to stay in either rooms 408, 418 or 217. Yes, these are the most haunted rooms in the hotel. If you're not aware of it's history or infamous reputation, read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stanley_Hotel or check out the Halloween episode of ghost hunters on youtube (I actually haven't seen it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynF0Bi_F2Rc. All you need to know is that most paranormal geeks consider this hotel to be within the top ten haunted locations in the country. Also, it is the hotel in the shining. We're going to try and capture some evidence with our camera's infrared-stay tuned.
4. Watch as many scary movies as possible. As many of you know, we only watch Halloween related material during the month of October. We've been busy but so far, we've watched 30 days of darkness, the original house on haunted hill, x-files season 1, disk 1. Does anyone have any must watch halloweenish movies to recommend? I'd love to screen some new material. On the list coming up is: Ginger Snaps (werewolf flick), Fido (comedy/zombie), Frankenstein (Di Nero), monster squad- "wolfmen don't have nards!" Maybe some Dexter? I used to love the original Halloween but I've seen it so many times, it has lost a bit of it's edge. Any recommendations would be appreciated.
5. Parties. Last year threw three Halloween parties. We had an awesome time but that was a lot. Still considering if we're going to throw another this year.
I know, I know, but I didn't have time to finish my hands!!
6. Costumes. Candice has a sweet lead to go on. I on the other hand am struggling. I usually try and stick with something evilish but who knows.
7. Haunted houses. While the Denver area does have haunted houses, I haven't been too impressed. Mostly, it's a bunch of nerdy/dungeons and dragony teens in black trash bags jumping out at you. If anyone knows of anything, hook a brotha up! We are going to the haunted house at elitches, we're just going for the rides though.
8. Reading Poe.
Kinda went with the whole "devil" theme of last year.
9. Jack O' Lantern Fabrication
10. Listening to the sounds of the season-a lot. Our ears will be filled to the brim with the likes of the misfits, nekromantix, tiger army, horror pops and the cramps but not that crappy werewolf in London song-it has always put me in a bad mood.
So those are our plans so far. I'm sure we'll keep you updated as the month dies away.
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After signing our lives away, we were thrown to the gators-literally. Dundee explains that they will try to bite you and to be quick and grab a tail, then explosively subdue the head with both hands-if you hesitate you may lose a finger or worse. A scout master in a previous class lost a finger. Luckily the gators you start grappling with are small, less than three feet head to tail. After you get that down you start in shallow water and wrestle larger gators. After a while, you're sparring with big gators in waist-deep, murky water. I wasn't wearing shoes and as I would walk through the gator infested swamp I would accidently step on the beasts. You could feel them moving all around you. I like to think that I can handle a lot but I was seriously freaked out at times. I forgot to mention that the gator farm is so non-corporate. Yeah, you sign a waiver but apart from that it's so mom and pop in both a great and terrfying way. Great, that you can interact with such amazing animals but bad in the fact homeboy instructor will just take off for a while and leave you with a million man-eating dragons hissing at you like a bunch of barnyard banshees. At the very end we had to use a rope to pull in "Fluffy,"the 700lb gator who lives in his own lake. It was like trying to reel in a blue whale with a fishing rod, so tiring. Finally, we got him in and we got to grab his jaws and play a bit. He was so mellow it wasn't as scary as the smaller more agile gators that try and bite you-and they can if you're not focused and speedy. Killer instinct is a must for any gator wrastler. We didn't record too much but I did throw a couple of clips together. Enjoy.
