So, Thursday the 29th October, we went to Universal Studios Hollywood Halloween Horror Nights.  It was pretty fun.  I’m apparently a screamer… ha.  We had to go late since I was in class pretty late because we were making some potato crap that took forever.  I’m apparently not very good at this cooking thing, which isn’t really surprising.  I’ve never actually cooked anything in my life.  So, this is better than nothing, right?  Anyway, so my group was kinda slow since we were the last ones to finish.  :(  I wash so many dishes though that it’s like I’ll get better at washing dishes sooner than I will cooking.  Not cool. 

Anyway, HHN.  It was fun.  I was scared.  I screamed a lot because I was either the one they put in front or in the back, and when you’re going through a maze or something, you do not want to be in those positions.  Even though you know someone’s there, it’s the loud sound that usually gets me, and apparently, I’m very unobservant because half the time, I don’t even know they’re there.  :(  But dude, I love USH for their musicals.  I, hands down, love their shows.  They had Rocky Horror Picture Show: A Tribute and Bill and Ted’s Halloween Adventure. 

I <3 Rocky Horror Picture show.   Anytime to scream slut and asshole at the top of my lungs at a movie screen is simply too great.  And what’s funny is that my mom went with us.  Yeah, so I was just screaming obscenities in front of her (and literally at the top of my lungs).  And I bought the hat and the party noise maker and the freaking awesome cow bell.  Too. Great.  And the singers were freaking awesome.  That’s what so great about USH, they hire really talented people.

In the Bill and Ted’s Halloween Adventure, they had really great dancers.  And I thought it was hilarious.  I kind of wanted to watch it twice, but there wasn’t really any time and we were all pretty tired.  Anyway, for this show, they did it in relation to Pop Culture and they made fun of like everyone.  My favorites: them making fun of Twilight, red shirt reference in Star Trek, Wrath of Khan reference (also Star Trek), the Terminator Christian Bale outburst (because shit, that was hilarious), and the dancing.  Dude.  The dancing was incredible especially since they were doing really popular songs and there were surprisingly a lot of dancers (and it‘s always impressive when there‘s more people dancing the same thing).  I mean, they had the STXI characters doing the Beyonce dance (uh, Single Ladies) and that’s simply priceless.  Priceless.

So yeah.  All around good feelings about HHN.  The shows were the main reason I wanted to go.  Remember, I’m a scaredy cat.  But it was fun to scream bloody murder when something jumped out at me.

I went to the public library today because I had some time between classes.  It's a really weird cross section of people that goes to the library, like really weird (I don't even know how to explain it; maybe it's just the one I went to). 

The first thing I do whenever I enter a place that I'm going to probably spend an hour at just studying, I walk around the area.  You know, do a perimeter search to figure out the best place to sit down and not be disturbed, or at least find a spot that doesn't feel like it's too out in the open.  I'm apparently a little paranoid about sitting in the middle of an open area (where most of the tables actually were).

Anyway, I was pretty constrained about where I could sit because I needed an electrical outlet because I wanted to use my laptop.  I also kind of don't like sitting next to other people, so while I did manage to find a spot, I didn't realize until I was totally set up that the guy on the other side of my table had taken off his shoes.  Great.  Just perfect.  Smelling the guy's feet.  Good times. 

So sucky is what that was.  Man.  That was a major note to self.  Don't just check cleanness of table and electrical outlet.  Check homies on the other side of the table.  :(

I totally almost forgot to post today.  Luckily, I realized it before midnight.  I hate backposting.  :(

Anyway, today's a Universal Studios post.  Yeah.  We haven't had one of those in a while.  Mostly because I haven't been able to go lately (actually, I think I went two weeks ago or something... man, my memory sucks). 

Anyway, it was kinda sucky because they've got the Halloween Horror Nights thing going on and a lot of the stuff was closed, but man was I excited to see some of the things they had going.  Terminator was closed for their Rocky Horror Picture Tribute.  The Creature from the Black Lagoon (the main reason I'd been going to USH lately) was closed for their Bill and Ted's adventure.  All the decorations are halloween stuff and even in the tram ride you can see parts of their mazes (I actually didn't go on the tram today - I know, it's shocking).

Man.  I really want to go to this thing but it keeps getting postponed because I don't want to go by myself.  I'm a freaking baby when it comes to scary things.  My imagination is too much for me to control.  I think everything's going to pop out at me.  And I'm not even one of those good people to scare.  I mostly flinch and do the weak ass 'ah' sort of noise.  I think it'd be better if I could scream in freaking bloody murder.  It'd be rather cathartic.  In an attempt to change that about myself, I usually go through the haunted house thingy they have (It's not called a haunted house, but I can't seem to remember what it /is/ called) and tell myself I'm going to scream like all those girls do in scary movies (although I can't really imagine myself screaming like that; hmm).  It never works out.  I freak myself the hell out, but I never quite scream like that. 

I'm sure I could if I tried hard enough.  I usually end up cursing when I do find my voice when I'm scared though and I'm not even that creative as a curser anyway.  It's usually a holy shit or something.  *shrugs.

That's it for today.  I'll definitely do a blog if/when I finally do go to HHN.  And I think I'm going to go watch Scream now.  :)

Oops on missing yesterday.  I had a portfolio and two tests today.  Not cool.  :(  I didn't really sleep.  That deserves another :(.

Last Phantom of the Opera Fan Appreciation Week 2009 post btw, as though I haven't had enough posts about it.

Afternoon session: Keynote address - Hal Prince.

Man.  Hal Prince.  Everyone was there.  Everyone.  Not only the fans, but the cast was totally there.  And all to see Hal Prince.  In fact, the man got a standing ovation when he walked on stage.  I mean, these people absolutely adored this guy.  A standing ovation?  Well, shit.  I think that'd be pretty damn awesome to experience.

Me?  I didn’t do the standing ovation thing because, well, my backpack was on my lap since I was prepping myself to videotape his entire talk and I couldn't really move.  Also, I didn’t really have an opinion of Hal Prince at the time.  All I knew was that he was the producer of POTO and that was pretty much it.

The man is awesome though.  Awesome.  I could’ve just sat there and listened to him tell stories all freaking day.  He told stories about old broadway and the stuff he's done; he's been around a while.  He talked about the people he's worked with and he even complimented Andrew Ragone (Raoul) about how he's perfect as Raoul.  That's like high praise because after that hour, I came to the conclusion that he deserved that freaking standing ovation. 

Do you know his resume?  Yeah.  I had to look it up.  Here's his wiki page.  Look at that list.

By the end of the q&a session with him, I was giving him a standing ovation, too.  Like really though, I could only wish to be that great.  Well, at least I’m working on it and sure I’m not a producer or director or anything, but man.  He was even cool enough to stay afterwards and sign autographs for us.  I have his signature somewhere in a playbill. 

I need to get my shit in gear man.  There are actually a lot of people I admire and hope to catch up to and surpass one day. 

It was a great way to end the weekend, I have to admit.  Sad too since we had to leave Vegas the next day.  It. Was. So. Worth. It.  The money, having to miss class, and driving that distance.  Worth it all.

I kinda can't wait for next year (if they're doing it again).

So, no photos in the post, but here's the facebook page and my multiply site.

Man, like I said earlier, watching the show the second time was so much better than the first time.  Sure, I was one row back (third row), but I was still on the side near the aisle that Raoul runs up of so what is there to complain about?

And you're all like, what?  That's all I write for the show?  Um, the show is the show and everyone should actually go see the Vegas Spectacular.  I endorse it - though I would rather see the full version given the choice between the two.  Spectacular's flashy and fast paced, I guess (since they do cut out scenes and make you sit it through in one run) but there's just something about the original that always gets me.  It's probably because the first one I'd ever seen was the full-length one (and people usually love the first version they see).  And because when I think of the musical, the soundtrack that plays in my mind is the OLC version (original london cast). 

Besides that, do you realize it's been like a month already since I was Vegas?  That's a freaking long while.  Either way, there's only one more day left to go over, so that's two posts and then I'll go back to just posting about my normal days and probably more about baking this time around.