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Sound of the Season
Oct. 19th, 2025 02:47 pmLast weekend, we finally brought the cats back from Beth's mom's house. I kind of wonder if they like it better there, as they have more room to move around. It's not a big house, but it's still quite a bit bigger than our apartment. They have both been lying in bed with us, if not always for very long, but I think it's a good sign.
On Thursday, we went to Nightfall at Green-Wood Cemetery. I think this is the fourth time we've gone there, although the name has changed at least once. There are several lectures and performances throughout. Near the entrance, there was a guy in a Baphomet costume singing opera.
I initially took another costumed figure as a depressed rabbit, but what I thought were ears were actually small hands, and he grabbed at people's heads, including mine.
As usual, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus was there, including an acrobat on a rope, a yo-yo juggler, a tightrope walker, and a knife swallower.
One performer started by stripping down to a skeleton costume, then doing tricks with multiple hula hoops.
There were also some fire jugglers in the same area.
I wish we'd caught more of the Morbid Anatomy talk on witches and healing. We did see one on writing condolence letters, however, which was worth watching, if not as relevant to my own interests. The presenter said that she thinks you should never say you know how the other person feels, but she gave a few examples of famous writers who did exactly that. We also saw a bit of someone doing taxidermy on a bird, which was fascinating to watch, although I can't help finding taxidermy a little sad. That doesn't mean it doesn't look cool sometimes. I guess it's sort of the same sort of combination as having entertainment at a cemetery.
Last night, we went to a haunted house called Scared by the Sound, as it's on Long Island Sound, specifically at Playland. I think it was at a different place on the same sound last year. It's a rather good pun, but I'm not even sure what a sound is. Apparently it connects two wider bodies of water. We didn't get the chance to go to the regular park at Playland this year, but I understand a lot of rides aren't running anyway. There was some kind of issue with the previous owners. Anyway, it was a pretty elaborate attraction. Several of the actors involved got a chance to talk for a significant amount of time. There were a few longer bits, like one with a fortune teller, that somewhat undid the employees only letting in one group at a time at the entrance. I ended up running into a person in the group in front of us once. I've noticed quite a few walkthroughs like this have you walk on a bridge through a tunnel that's spinning around you, and usually they don't particularly affect me, but in this case the two they had made me feel a bit sick. They must have created better illusions than usual. The end of the attraction was outside, with a graveyard.
This next week is going to be fairly busy, so I'll probably have more stuff to write about soon. The current plan is to go to two amusement parks next weekend.
On Thursday, we went to Nightfall at Green-Wood Cemetery. I think this is the fourth time we've gone there, although the name has changed at least once. There are several lectures and performances throughout. Near the entrance, there was a guy in a Baphomet costume singing opera.
I initially took another costumed figure as a depressed rabbit, but what I thought were ears were actually small hands, and he grabbed at people's heads, including mine.
As usual, the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus was there, including an acrobat on a rope, a yo-yo juggler, a tightrope walker, and a knife swallower.
One performer started by stripping down to a skeleton costume, then doing tricks with multiple hula hoops.
There were also some fire jugglers in the same area.
I wish we'd caught more of the Morbid Anatomy talk on witches and healing. We did see one on writing condolence letters, however, which was worth watching, if not as relevant to my own interests. The presenter said that she thinks you should never say you know how the other person feels, but she gave a few examples of famous writers who did exactly that. We also saw a bit of someone doing taxidermy on a bird, which was fascinating to watch, although I can't help finding taxidermy a little sad. That doesn't mean it doesn't look cool sometimes. I guess it's sort of the same sort of combination as having entertainment at a cemetery.
Last night, we went to a haunted house called Scared by the Sound, as it's on Long Island Sound, specifically at Playland. I think it was at a different place on the same sound last year. It's a rather good pun, but I'm not even sure what a sound is. Apparently it connects two wider bodies of water. We didn't get the chance to go to the regular park at Playland this year, but I understand a lot of rides aren't running anyway. There was some kind of issue with the previous owners. Anyway, it was a pretty elaborate attraction. Several of the actors involved got a chance to talk for a significant amount of time. There were a few longer bits, like one with a fortune teller, that somewhat undid the employees only letting in one group at a time at the entrance. I ended up running into a person in the group in front of us once. I've noticed quite a few walkthroughs like this have you walk on a bridge through a tunnel that's spinning around you, and usually they don't particularly affect me, but in this case the two they had made me feel a bit sick. They must have created better illusions than usual. The end of the attraction was outside, with a graveyard.
This next week is going to be fairly busy, so I'll probably have more stuff to write about soon. The current plan is to go to two amusement parks next weekend.
