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| We arrived at the mansion
fashionably late after driving through intense, awesome fog. The white dots
in this image are of the flash reflecting off the ash raining down on us
from the fires currently raging California. |
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| Our hostess, Christine,
made a very pretty Snow White. As you can see, she's into the punch. They
didn't show that in the movie. |
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| Mike and Marc are Indiana
Jones vs. Freddy Vs. Jason. I don't think Marc had any cake for inability
to open his mouth with all that makeup on. |
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| Our host John made
for a very manly Prince Charming, despite the stockings. Prince Charming
is also into the punch. I, too, don't remember that in the movie. |
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| Robyn's ensuring that
the Mona Doll has enough energy for the full night of partying. That wind-up
key really worked! You could spin it. |
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| Robyn's ensuring that
the Mike has enough energy for the full night of partying. |
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| It worked! |
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| Robyn and Zombie Amanda
discuss makeup, boys, and their favorite cheers. I guess. I couldn't hear
from this distance, so I'm making that up. But probably. |
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| You call him Dr. Jones,
DOLL! |
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| That's me (Wolverine)
vs. Indiana. He totally won. I don't know how it happened. I mean, I had
Adamantium claws! Claws beats whip in every story I can remember. I let
everyone down. If you're curious how I made the claws, click here. |
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| Mike gives thanks for
his victory over me. That, or he's searching for a passageway into the mountain.
A lot of times secret passageways can be found by pushing on statues of
women. |
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| Here's some VS. action
for you. Marc was in constant battle with himself all night. Everytime someone
tried to strike up a conversation with him, one side would try to kill that
person, and then the other side would attack the first side, and he'd end
up rolling away in a heated self-battle. |
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| Fred Vs. Jason vs.
Robyn. She won. I don't know how she does it, but she does. Notice how she
doesn't even look worried. Nerves of steel. |
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| "No, Dr. Jones,
I expect you to die!" I might've stolen tht line from a James Bond
flick, but regardless, here Freddy Vs. Jason avenges my failure. It's hard
to make out, but there's a machete plunged deep into Mike's midsection. |
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| Give me a Z! Amanda's
a zombie cheerleader! Thanks to her, everyone at Halloween High has the
spirit! |
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| Freddy recharges after
vanquishing Indiana. Jason is just plain outta luck unless Marc can get
the straw through one of those little mask holes. |
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| Awe, there's our hosts,
Christine and John! Cutest picture ever. |
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| Adam served as Tour
Guide, Watcher of the Gates of Fun, and Keeper of the Herve. He took us
on a whirlwind tour of the mansion. I don't know why or how he knows the
place so well, but he was very self-confidant about it, so I just nodded
in agreement with all his historical factoids, so I'd seem smarter. Adam
has real Adam-antium claws. I figured that made sense, too, so I just nodded.
Here I'm saying "3," but I don't remember why. |
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| Who will win when a
Zombie vs. Freddy Vs. Jason vs. Indiana Jones vs. Wolverine? This would
be the best issue of that "What If...?" comic ever! Ready? And
Action! |
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| I said "ACTION!"
That's better. |
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| This is the one we
used for the poster. |
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| Mona Doll... winding...
dooowwwn. Indy to the rescue. |
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| Oh no! The zombie cheerleader
is overwinding her! It's gonna be like that Smurfs episode where Clockwork
Smurf went all crazy! |
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| To thank John &
Christine for the awesome party, we left the kitchen set up as an exact
replica of a natural disaster. We chose "Tornado" in a majority
vote. |
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| John preps the medical
staff. "We'll need lots more ace bandages and antiseptic - Wolverine
and Marc's Freddy side both have claws, and intentional or not, most of
us have quite a number of lacerations." The medical staff leaped at
the chance to leave the party early. |
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| Here's a good shot
of John as Prince Charming from the front without the hat, in case you're
building a model. |
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| I don't remember what
we were doing here. It's probably best that way. |
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| I liked this floor
enough to take a picture of it. I'm sure you will, too. Be sure to use a
shutter setting slower than the refresh rate of your monitor, or you might
pick up stray banding. |
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| Rob showed up the latest
of all of us, by about 6 hours. We forgave him once we heard how he had
to knock out 3 guards, dig a tunnel with his teeth, scale a razor wire topped
wall, run 14 miles, and hitchhike the rest of the way to be at our party.
He impressed Zombie Amanda by showing off his own claws, which weren't part
of his costume. He just saw that I had them, and decided to take the moment
to reveal that he has them, too. I didn't tell him mine were fake. I was
so embarrassed. |
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| I didn't remember to
take pics on the mansion tour, but I couldn't help snapping some shots of
the unbelievable library their workout room basement held. I felt like Belle
in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast." "Look at all these books!" |
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| The other side of the
room. note the yellow and black section of books near the support beam.
Cliffs' Notes! Ah HA! I knew it. There was no way they read all of these. |
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| Especially when you
add in the closet! So THAT's where all our LPs have ended up! On the bottom
shelf on the right, you can just make out the Mr. books (Mr. Happy, Mr.
Mister. Mr. Buythisbook, etc.), and the infamous sea-blue colored "Are
You My Mother?" |
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| Man was this place
big. This house John's leaning on isn't the house. It's another house!
Right next to the one the party was in, yet still their house. I guess it
was something like a guest house, two-stories, and apparently the one Christine's
room is in. We had a quick tour of that, too, and got a chance to meet Christine's
cat, Sebastian, and John's pet Tevo broadcast recording system. |
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| A view from the balcony-like
upper level outside Christine's room down to the house the party was in.
At this point in the tour, I'm totally lost, and a little scared. Thankfully
John knew the way back. |
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| Marc didn't tell us
he brought a second costume. Here he's one of the clowns from Cirque du
Soleil, and he's eating finger pretzels. |
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| Mike pitches his script
idea to the Mona Doll. She's all wound up about it. Hahaha. Sorry. |
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| Mike pitches his script
idea to Marc du Soleil. |
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| Mike, after having
pitched his script idea to that statue. She seemed completely disinterested.
She also gave us an idea for a new movie. |
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| Mike, pitching his
script idea to me. I don't know about the rest of the people, but I liked
it! By the way, does EVERYONE have real Wolverine claws but me!? |
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| Adam, still giving
the tour, hours after most of the guests have left. Rob and Robyn have their
eyes open, but they're completely unconscious at this point. |
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| Marc waited like this
for 2 full hours until Adam said "And that brings us to present times.
Any questions?" Marc used the opportunity to ask "Where's the
door that goes to where I parked?" An hour and several very interesting
facts about Colonial times and their impact on the architecture in the hallway
later, and we were on our way again. |
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| Goodbye giant mansion
with flakes of burning mountain raining down around you! |
