you’ve heard of six flags doing “fright fest” around halloween right? well last night we went to something sort of like that. i’ve never been to fright fest, so i can’t compare. the place we went was knott’s berry farm (a man starts out making really good fruit preserves, selling them by the roadside. they catch on, he starts a company. that company eventually spawns . . . and amusement park? i didn’t quite see the jump either, and yet it happened — hence the berry farm), only transformed by night into knott’s SCARY farm. i know, it’s terrifying.

it was fun though. besides not getting to ride many rides because the line was long, i enjoyed it. there was fog everywhere and people in really impressive costumes/makeup jumping out from all over the place. there were temporary mazes set up that were like mini-haunted houses, and they were pretty good at making you (well, me, really) jump out of your boots. in one called the alien attack, there was a black room with little green flecks all over the walls, lit only by blacklight. but there were, after closer inspection, also people dressed in all black with green flecks standing against those walls, who came at you from all directions as you walked through. it was so weird, you couldn’t see them at all at first glance. that was the time i have to admit to actually being scared into darting out of the room. good times. i also got to ride my favorite amusement park ride, the good old sit in a chair, get pulled straight up a pole (this one was the highest i’ve ever been on — really intense), and then just get dropped and fall really fast. rollercoasters are fun, but the whole giant drop, free fall, tower of terror, whatever you may call it is always my favorite.

tonight the plan is to go see the newest bizarre spectacle from twin peaks/lost highway/blue velvet director david lynch, mulholland drive, and get some in-n-out. i don’t even think i’ll really like the movie, but they’re just so weird, historically, i can’t allow myself to miss it. it’ll be fun to talk about how insanely screwed up it is afterward and try to decode whatever sort of “story” is nestled in with the madness. if you’ve ever seen lost highway you know what i mean. and hey, at least we get tasty burgers either way.