Eeeeek!

Tonight I went to "Field of Screams" with a group of friends. It consisted of a hay ride, a scary barn, and a scary 3D building. If that doesn't sound scary to you then I explained it accuratly enough. But, it was fun because of the company. Good company can do that.

We met up at Mascots house after work and had pizza, which I shouldn't have eaten, and then split into two cars to drive to Lancaster where the event was being held. We had gotten the VIP tickets so we wouldn't have to stand in line in 40 degree temperatures all night and wow it was worth it.

We started out in the "Den of Darkness" which was the best of the three. It was put together well considering how hokey these things usualy are. If any of them made me a bit scared it was this one. Their was a spot when you basically had to crawl in the dark through a, seemingly,narrow attic crawlspace. For those of you who don't know I am a touch claustraphobic and so I silently had a small panic attack at first. Thankfully reason and logic came back to me and I followed the group through the darkness clinging to the shirt of the person in front of me. The cling technique is one which we all imploied(sp?) in that building. This was also the place where I had a geek bonding moment. In a room we had to walk through a man with a chainsaw (minus the blades) and a girl who was made up to look like she had been cut in half rather messily stoped what they were doing to say, "nice hat." I was of course representing all of geekdom with my blue and white wool beenie with "geek" written on it. They were all like "me too" and stuff. It was a cool moment even though I reacted like a geek would. =P

After that we went straight to the "haunted hay ride" which proved to be entertaining and even relaxing. Entertaining because, as hay rides go, this was well done with little skits and props and surprises as well as really cool scenery and relaxing becasue they would play the different theme musics to horror movies as we moved into different areas. These theme songs (instrumental) are actually quite soothing and beautiful when seperated from their video counterparts. The crisp night air, the beautiful night sky, and the gentle rocking of the wagon thing realy, if only momentarily, took me away from the ongoing event.

After that was over we went on to the last part which was the scary 3D building, I forget its name. Over all it had its moments but was a forgetable experiance. The 3D glasses fogged up the entire time, ruining their effectivity, and the place was so well lit that when you took them off to see you could then see everything. Nothing was a surprise at that point. I mean their were a few neat effects in a couple rooms but basically it was a flop.

That was it really. We got some hot chocolate and left for home were we watched "high tension", one of the goriest but good movies I have seen in some time. It's also one which I'd like to talk about for a bit but not now. So the night was a good one you would think, but wait! Remember that pizza that I "shouldn't" have eaten? Yea, that was a real mood killer. I guess the experiance got the better of my nerves because my stomach was non-to pleased with me and from the point of arrival at the field of screams I had to go to the bathroom. I know why it happened and it had nothing to do with bad pizza or scary places, but I doubt you want to hear about this part of the evening so I'll let it go.

Was still a good night all things considered...