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Halloween 2009

Halloween was particularly cool this year. I went to a friend’s house in BK for her first time having a party there on Friday. The place was really nice, and had a good amount of room out back.

I didn’t dress up, as I was saving that for Halloween the following day. I did however wear my knit sweater with the skulls on it. Someone made a good observation. “Its like a cheesy Christmas sweater, but for Halloween.”

I was exhausted from going for my Cisco INCD2 test, and failing. I was nervous all day, as I tried to cram the whole book of info in with only 2 weeks to do so. I had a voucher for the test, and figured I should before it expired. I am disappointed in myself for failing though. I never failed anything I really cared about. I got a 752 out of a needed 825. 2 of the questions were about info that was not in my book.

So it took me a while to get drunk and warm up to the idea of partying, and by the time I did it was about time to go.

Saturday night I went to a friends Halloween party that was quite massive. About 300 people showed up to a huge property with a huge house. Just about everyone was in full costume, including my crew. I was Will Farrel from the More Cowbell skit on SNL. Some people told me how much they loved it, and some had no idea who it was. Someone thought I was Seth Rogan.

There were a few DJs going until the morning, and the place was heavily decorated. I mostly stayed outside except when it was time to hit the bar. It was too hot in there for me. The kegs also ran out early, but it can be expected with so many people there.

One of my friends wasn’t feeling well, and we decided to go to a bar that would sell us 6 packs and be open with the DST switch over. We had a nice little after party in the hotel room following that.

Heck of a Holiday weekend, and I think I spent far less than I did just the one night I went out last year. The only bad part was that test. I plan to study and actually schedule the test when I am ready this time, but right now I am a little burnt. I will hit the books hard this weekend.

Starscape 2009

I made it out to Starscape in Baltimore, MD again this year. I must say it was better than the previous year because it wasn’t 105 during the day and 98 and humid after a thunderstorm at night. I also didn’t have to get on a plane in the morning bound for 11 hour work days in Vegas.

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the Monsters of Jungle thing, but I still think the Upbeats should have gotten their own time slot. Only Chase or Status showed, and the set was kind of boring. You could tell there was no emotion behind it, but that might have something to do with the fact that they seem to spin the same set everywhere they go. Unless sits full of double drops, that is just lame.

The hotel we stayed at was supposed to have a free shuttle, but it did not. It was also quite far from the park. I don’t intend to stay there again next year.

Here are some pictures from the event that a friend of mind took. None of it is shopped. He just does strange things with his camera. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lvarone/sets/72157619487225848/