Halloween Weekend

Ah, Halloween. This year there were tricks, treats, and plenty of screaming...I think the screaming was the best part to be honest. Oh jeez, if I could bottle up that moment in time I would(although NCN might not be too happy about that). In fact, we had a little too much fun, which is why we are all up right now trying to finish work that should have been done ages ago. In my case anyway; I'm sure that even if JukeBox had worked all weekend she still wouldn't be done. Regardless, here we are burning the midnight oil. Except me. Obviously. I decided to take a small break from pulling my hair out trying to figure out my proposal for Spanish class and blog it up. I should really start doing this more often, otherwise it's all going to pile up on me and I'll have to write super long posts to cover all the excitement.

SO...the bare bones of this weekend go like this:
FRIDAY NIGHT-A USC party in the heart of the ghetto with friendly acquaintances Book Guy, Trekkie, and their frat. Of course NCN and JB went, looking fabulous in their costumes. Fairly kick ass they were too, with NCN totally smokin' in a flapper outfit and JB looking super classy as Christine Daaé. She even found a Phantom at the party to complete the outfit(it was, funnily enough, Trekkie). From what I hear the night was a blast, and included everything from taco trucks to getting police help to break into their car. The car which was their ride that is. In the words of NCN or JB(I don't remember which) "It was the first legit college party we've ever been to." Which might be kind of sad considering we're third years but I think it's just a testament to how awesome the night was.

SATURDAY-After attempting all day to get some damn work done and failing miserably we three walked over to the Boys' place to hang out. Only one of them was there, and we started to watch a movie called Se7en as he washed his dishes. Before we could even get halfway through I had to go to work, so I hauled ass trying not to be late with the other three trailing behind(we had picked up a Scribbler by then). On our way back to the residence halls we had our first scare: who do we see across the street but MUTUAL FRIEND, GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. Thanks to some quick thinking and a walk through Family Housing we managed to avoid what would have been the most awkward and time consuming confrontation ever. I did not have time for that shit, which is why I didn't mind so much skulking like a creeper in the Family Housing streets. Work was unproductive as far getting any of my assignments done, but I got free food. Afterword NCN and Scribbles picked me and we mosied on down to Monte Carlo night, ready to enjoy all the fake gambling and free food it had to offer. Let me just say, there were plenty of first years around which means there were plenty of young, dumb, overly excited kids strutting about dressed like skanks and super heroes. We people-watched, then called it a night.

SUNDAY-Even though today was actually Halloween everyone was way too partied out to care. The kids at the Res Hall all gave me weird looks while I was working, like I had missed the memo on when Halloween was actually celebrated. This was probably because I was dressed as a Canadian for my whole shift and kept asking them if they "need help, eh?" Needless to say Halloween started Thursday night and ended at around 3 am Sunday morning, for most people. Once again the day proved fruitless as far getting any school work done, but that is honestly to be expected by now. The real excitement started after we ate our poor man's spaghetti, cooked up in a jiffy and seasoned with dreams of better food. It was delicious. We three roommates had a somewhat profound conversation about who believes and ghosts and who believes in aliens as we watched America's Most Haunted Places on the Travel Channel. Scribbles eventually came over with her Guy and we watched The Orphanage. That was a scary movie, and also very, very sad. Still scary, but sad. Given that we all had work to do, and that NCN's best gay/guy friend came over we decided to stay up and do work. Which is when the best thing of the weekend happened.

THE SCARE:
I have taken it upon myself to document our normal activity as much as possible, because you never know what you might miss. Being that it's technically still Halloween until I fall asleep, I decided to take one last picture to complete the weekend. I got one of JukeBox in the middle of programming and went on my merry way to capture NCN in the act of doing something normal. The only light is coming from NCN's room
on that side of the apartment and so the bathroom is fairly dark. I walk normally to other side from JB's room and see NCN at the sink washing her hands. I stand there for a good 7 to 10 seconds and then take a picture, flash on...NCN SCREAMS HER HEAD OFF TURNS AROUND TRIES TO RUN GETS CAUGHT ON THE MAT FALLS TO THE FLOOR. It was literally the scariest, funniest shit that happened all weekend, and maybe even in all of my life. The best part is, I managed to take a picture of the sheer terror that NCN went through, and it is perhaps the best damn thing ever captured on film.