Happy Halloween!

Picture Credit to the PCC and this website.

Well, I survived the Tsunami in Hawaii, despite the fact that it disrupted my camping at the beach on Kauai.  More on this in later posts, but for those of you that were concerned: I was perfectly fine.  For the most part, it was just a "tsunami scare" that caused major panic in the locals, but only minor property damage to beach front locations.

So it's difficult to get into the fall spirit here in Hawaii, because it still feels like summer.  I know this is the last thing everyone wants to hear back home where Sandy is causing all kinds of crazy weather, but trust me: the grass is not always greener on the other side.  So I've tried to find some things to do that seem more fall-ish.  Last week I went on a Haunted Lagoon Ride.  Instead of a haunted house, you get in a canoe and float along a lagoon.  The ride was pretty impressive, but weird to see people jumping out from behind palm trees instead of leafless deciduous trees.

 To also get in the fall spirit, I went to see Young Frankenstein at a local theater.  My ensuing story isn't so much about the play (although it was a great, especially for a small independent theater), but more about what happened during the play.  The first act went well.  Then came intermission, where my date and I bought wine (because that's what classy adults do at theater productions, right?).  The second act started with this soft song by a character, when the Monster abruptly burst through the wall...reminiscent of the 1990's Kool-aid man.  Those commercials were awesome!  OK, I digress...  When this happened, I was suddenly splashed in the face and eyes.  I found myself impressed with the special effects of the theater to squirt water on us.  Unfortunately, a moment later came the realization that my date had thrown her entire glass, full of red wine, in the air when the Monster annihilated the makeshift wall.  'She scares easily' was an understatement!  But it didn't stop there.   Wine was all over her, myself, down the back of a gentleman's shirt in front of her, PLUS 5 other innocent folks in the crowd.  I don't think she could repeat that kind of spray pattern if she tried.

Picture credit to this website.

We were profusely apologizing to everyone around us, but obviously this is hard to do during the actual show (have you ever tried to whisper an apology to a stranger in complete blackness in between scenes...as you can imagine: it's difficult and awkward), which led to many more apologies after the act was finished.  Luckily, everybody was nice, except for one guy, but let's be honest: he had the complete right to be more than annoyed with us!

My night ended with using club soda on my clothes and rubbing salt into the stains (a common recommendation on the internet that didn't really help much...google: you are not that awesome).  The next day I washed my clothes on repeated cycles with stain remover each time (thanks Minday for the tip).  Luckily, my linen pants made it, but my shirt did not fair the same result.  The good news is that I have another great story of odd dates to add to my list.

Sorry, pictures during the Haunted Lagoon ride and theater show were not allowed so I had to improvise for this post.  Happy Halloween season to everyone.  Hopefully you all get a good scare in that's equally as good as my date at the theater.

The stage before the show                                //  Doing laundry at the end of the night