I'm sitting in the Peabody Marriott in Massachusetts. The girl at the front desk says Peabody in a very funny way but you'd have to ask me to say it for you because I can't type it.

We drove through Salem a little bit last night. It seems a cool place and I'm looking forward to going there during the day. Today we are going to Boston. We may go to the Aquarium. I saw a brochure for the Mapparium and remembered how much (e:Mike) and (e:Maureen) loved it. Maybe I could get there too. What a long drive it was, and I had to drive the whole way because my friend who is with me doesn't know how to drive standard. Yuck!

ps I don't think I have gone on a vacation yet that something didn't spill all over the place somewhere. Always a bottle of shampoo, or body wash, or hair gel, or something. Seriously I have a streak going. I spilled (expensive) shampoo on the backseat of my car because it was slightly open, soaking a couple bottles, a shirt, and part of a book of sheet music. It is so annoying, why don't I just check to make sure the bottles are closed all the way!?!?

pps I was invited to sing at a concert in Fredonia in February. It makes me nervous just thinking about it because I haven't sang for people in a long time. I also of course would need to look great and sound better to wow the ex. What should I do...I have like 3 months to work on it and I've been singing the songs since this summer so theoretically they should be ready but I'm already scared!!!....

It is sooooo easy to distract myself from doing work...

Here are the rest of the pics from Halloweeeeeen!!!



(e:Jill) showing off her well-earned prize


admiring (e:kookcity2000) 's costume



looking at the votes...




















gee I wonder why we all had red facepaint all over ourselves












"Mary Kate, this isn't funny anymore."


happy halloween!

So I'm going to post some more of my pictures but first I need to discuss my evening. Me, (e:Mike) , (e:Jill) and (e:Beast) started with dinner at Carrabba's which was very delicious, as we were anticipating (I'll let (e:Mike) mention the scrapbook because he will do a much better job than me) They had great bread which just makes a restaurant seem so much better. I would recommend it to one and all.

Then we headed out to the Eastern Hills Mall, well, Syms, to Frightworld. Frightworld has five different "houses" inside a big building, and you pay for one ticket and then go to each one once. Well individually I think maybe we would all do okay, but put the four of us together and we can scare the crap out of each other by just building up the tension and scariness of any moment. Let's just say that we actually had to be escorted out of the first house through the fire exit/kiddie door. It was really, really scary!!!! We needed a break after that. Eventually (e:Beast) and I went through all five, and (e:Mike) and (e:Jill) made it through three of them! The two scariest were definitely the first house and then the insane asylum. An example of its scariness: after about 10 steps into the asylum, when you are walking in the pitch black trying to find the first room, out of NOWHERE, a GLOWING FACE appeared out of nowhere for a split second and then disappeared. It was terrifying, and it just got worse and worse, with a crazy man just following behind us the whole time and being in rooms where everything looks the same and you have no idea how to get out...

But overall it was fun, I haven't been to a haunted house in a long time. I'm glad we went and that I made it through all five...wooo!!!

Okay onto some more pictures....
















This may be my favorite picture of (e:Mike) yet

So last night the Starlight Express crew made an appearance at (e:ladycroft) 's Halloween partay, and it was a great time! In our usual style, our costumes were thrown together at the very last minute but turned out excellent, if I do say so myself. I took about 100 pictures last night (I know, ridiciulous) and I've narrowed down my top like...40...so here is the first batch...


(e:Mike) almost sewed his red shirt thing too tight to go over his head...


my legs covered in sparkly garland














I smell userpics...


(e:Mike)


me


(e:Jill)


(e:Diana) and (e:Jill)




my fun sparkly eyelashes up close!


at the party



more to come....!

I think I am definitely not a person who can have ridiculous marathon drinking nights (the only exception being Fredfest). When I'm in the mood, I am totally okay with going out around 11 or 12, having a good time at the bar or wherever, and leaving when they close (in Fredonia it's still 2 am) and going home and passing out. But some people are hardcore champion partiers, who will go out and then even when the bars close, will go to a restaurant or a random house and continue to party until who knows when. That is just not how I roll. Like here was my weekend...got to Fredonia for Alumni Weekend on Friday around 10, went out as soon as I got there, got quite drunk, left at 2, came home with a bunch of people and passed out on a couch. A successful evening. Then LAAAST night, the night started with Beer Pong around 8 (using Busch Ice...24 oz cans...see below), and then we went out around 10:30, and stayed out till 2. And then I had to follow around my very drunk friend to this totally random house where people were just drinking more beer and sitting around talking about Family Guy and reminiscing about things that I had no idea about. I was generally miserable and soooo tired and cranky knowing that I had to get up at 8 am. Now you may think that I may not have enjoyed myself because I wasn't that drunk and/or had to get up that early, but I am quite positive that it wouldn't have mattered. I am interested in like...time periods of maybe 4 hours of drinking and general mayhem and then I'm finished.

Again with the exception of Fredfest. Fredfest is the greatest.

I will finish this entry with a menagerie of pictures from the weekend. I love my digital camera so much and I'm glad people are wiling to constantly be ready for a picture or two or a hundred.





me and my friend Nicole who currently lives in Cleveland


me and my friend Lindsay who currently lives on Long Island



me and Bella


Beer Pong


Our drink of choice for the evening


An old school McDonald's Garfield mug that held my beer for the evening!


Me at the scummiest bar in Fredonia...I still can't believe I ended up there!!!