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Irvine's Giant Jack-O-Lantern hot air balloon (at a distance) |
This Halloween weekend, I made a special trip to visit one of my good friend's house in the city of Santa Margarita for a Halloween Potluck! My group of 10 friends and I planned to arrive at 1:30 p.m., but everyone came late at 2 p.m. Unfortunately, 5 friends could not make it to the fun Halloween party due to uncontrollable circumstances/obligations (studying for midterms, family issues, and other parties). Despite the small number of people who showed up, we tried to make the party fun and enjoyable. The party will never be forgetful! My group and I brought a feast enough to fill the entire kingdom (5 mountainous platters of chow mein, egg rolls, chicken and potato enchiladas, spam musubi, and rice). In addition, there were freshly baked peanut butter brownies and soft chewy chocolate chip cookies stacked delicately on rows of silver platters. All of them were homemade, which made the dining experience like a delicious heaven!
Satisfied with our ravenous hunger, we migrated to the living room to enjoy a classic comedy movie: Mr. Deeds. While my friend popped in the DVD in the machine, we joyfully sang of parodies of pop songs and spontaneously dancing. Then the lights dimmed and we immersed ourselves watching the high digital quality movie, which made the scenes popped out of the screen. We giddily laughed as we witnessed character's downfalls and faults (mainly dealing with awkward, romantic scenes).
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When the movie ended, we headed straight to our cars. We ended up driving to Irvine's Pumpkin Patch! This event features a carousel, a kid playground (with a long, squiggly-looking orange bike), and the famous jack-o-lantern hot air balloon ride. I always wanted to ride on a hot air balloon, and that time was the perfect opportunity for me! We hopped onto the metallic safety cart of the hot air balloon. Little did I know that the balloon was attached to a wired cable (hooked from the ground and onto the balloon). I was looking toward flying solo in the air and freely floating toward the moon and stars. However, I am content when I am surrounded by my friends and sharing the experience with them as we look down at the city lights.
Then we went to the movies to watch Paranormal Activity 3, which was our anticipated movie of this Halloween! We had our eye-covered, loud screaming, heart attacks during fright-filled scenes. Overall, the movie left us with good laughs with a little bit of paranoia!
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