Happy Halloween again everyone! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the nice weather, it's been freezing and snowing every Halloween for the past several I can remember. Unfortunately I had to work so my Halloween festivities didn't start until I got off of work at about 8!
Going to a haunted house seems like an integral part of Halloween so that was my plan for the evening. We were also supposed to go costume bowling afterwards but unfortunately that fell through. At the time though I didn't know this so in full Jedi robes I met with two of my friends and we headed to Frightmare.
For those of you who don't already know, I'm very prone to getting lost when driving and unfortunately this was no exception. However I'm much more familiar with Westminster now!
The haunted house was awesome, I really enjoyed the setup and the presentation of the whole thing. I was also delighted to discover that apparently wearing a Jedi robe makes you feared and respected through a haunted house because through the entire experience I did not have one of the monsters or clowns in the haunted house target me for their scares.
However in a blatant breach of the don't touch the monsters and they won't touch you policy that I was informed of several times while waiting in line, the chainsaw guy actually hit my arm with his chainsaw. He came out too quickly for our group and I hadn't yet passed him, he chased the rest of our group ahead and as he whirled around to go back to his hiding spot he swung his chainsaw into my arm. I awoke several hours to doctors working frantically to repair the damage done to my arm. Unfortunately I do not have much mobility and I may never again. By which I mean nothing happened because the chainsaws have no teeth ;)
Anyhow we left the haunted house to go back to Boulder and watch House of Wax. Unfortunately on the way back I missed the turning lane for our right turn. It was the type of large intersection where the right turn lane is a breeze-by lane where it curves to the right in its own lane. However I missed this lane and being in the far right straight lane and it being late at night I figured it would be okay for me to turn. Sure enough after doing this maneuver the SUV behind me suddenly turned into a police SUV and I pulled into a parking lot to await my fate.
Apparently you're supposed to pull over immediately even if it would obstruct traffic rather than pull into a parking lot, but one of my friends I was with when she was pulled over was told not to obstruct traffic when there was a parking lot nearby, so I followed this line of thought which didn't thrill the officer who pulled me over very much.
After pulling into the lot the police truck pulled up behind me and put on those bright glaring alien abduction lights that everyone loves so very very much and he came up to the car. I got the "Can I see your licence, registration, and proof of insurance?" routine and then he asked me what I was doing in Westminster that evening. I couldn't help but think in the back of my mind "You don't need to see his identification" but I knew this would get me into more trouble so I told him we were simply on the way back from a haunted house. He pondered this and my registration for a few seconds before walking off with a curt "Have a good night!" PHEW!!! So there you have it: Jedi mind tricks work on the police!
PS House of Wax is fairly good but gorey.
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