Being Undead is work

So this weekend Ben came in to visit and got into town around 1 am Friday night (or Saturday morning, if you want to be technical). I spent the hours leading up to that playing apples to apples for Ginger's birthday, which was fun, and watching stupid internet videos. "The word is boisterous.... who is Helen Keller?" will be strong for a while. The rest of Friday night was chill.

Saturday afternoon was spent at the new restaurant/bar on Green at Red Rocks. As it was opening weekend, they had everything as a special down to $3, but were constantly running out of either chicken or burgers and had a ridiculously long wait. The atmosphere was ok to enjoyable, the music was kind of crappy, and the food was good - but probably not worth the regular price. The onion straws are good though.

From there, zombie makeup ensued, which was amazing. Oatmeal hurts to peel off. The Fishing with Dynamite show was really good. Running around with a zombie mob is... crazy. Zombies with a conscience! I heard/watched Thriller performed 3 times, though apparently it happened about 7 times before that, took over an international party, took over late night, and watched the radio station broadcast Thriller for all the zombies. It was pretty amazing.

Pictures from October are available here.

The night wrapped up with Boone's farm, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Pokey sticks. Delicious. Tim and the guys have a new kitten. Adorable. Yes, this weekend was happy. And it was really good to see Ben and get quality time to hang out with him. Too bad he didn't stay longer, but so it goes. Today I had my prebreak for ASB, and let me just say - my group is awesome. I've really lucked out with groups that have bonded right off the bat for the last 2 trips I've gone on (summer doesnt count as a regular trip since we only met twice before leaving...). More publicity: www.illinoisasb.org


Oatmeal hurts to peel off.