Today began like any normal day would. Dan and I woke up early then picked up Scott, Eva, Chris, and Dalan to proceed to Six Flags in Valencia. We made a stop at Whole Foods prior to our excursion in rollercoaster world, grabbed some food, and made our way to the park. We were all running pretty low on sleep and high on adrenaline, so we cruised our way through the park with no lines at all the rides we wanted to go on. After about five real gnarly rides in to the day, Scott and I lost our marbles and our heads became completely dizzied. So, we both laid down in the middle of the park and napped for about two hours. You know what - none of this really matters! The best part of the day is as follows..

After our nap, we sat in the area pictured above to eat some lunch. We got yelled at by the cops also pictured above for "sitting in the driving lane" in the most condescending tone ever. So, afterwards, we make the short trek from the parking lot back into the park. We're walking towards the few rollercoasters we hadn't yet gone to, specifically Scream. As we're walking, a little boy peeks inside this non-descript steel door. His eyes get wide, and Dalan's get even wider. Dalan and I both go inside the door and see a giant stage in front of us. Of course we're going to explore. So, we get on the stage and begin peering around the corner. Almost as if it were just a big pot of gold sitting at the end of the rainbow, we stumbled across the costumes the people dress up in for Six Flags. Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Yosemite Sam, Bugs Bunny, etc - all the regular Warner Brothers crew members. Before I know it, Dalan is slipping his legs into the Porky costume and I'm helping him in with his arms, laughing so hard. We get the head off of the pegs and the costume is complete. We realized he would need the gloves, so we quickly found a pair and got him suited to start going outside. He is walking across the stage, up the stairs, and boom - we're out in the public with Dalan in a Porky the Pig costume at Six Flags.

Almost immediately, people are rushing to give him high fives and hugs with enormous smiles. He's playing the part - laughing, smiling, acting, giving high fives, waving. Two girls even decided to take a picture with him! All of us are LAUGHING so hard while this is happening. Chris gave him a big jump-frog hug, and almost knocked him over. Then Dan gave him a pretty good bounce in the head, and in the midst of some onlookers getting really irritated with these actions against a seemingly harmless Porky the Pig, we see Dalan getting escorted away by an actual person who works at Six Flags. All of us start getting stressed and are wondering what the fuck is happening.

All of a sudden, we see Dalan sprint out the door he was taken back into, sans costume, just asking us "WHERE'S THE GATE, WHERE'S THE GATE!" and the worker who caught him quickly in toe. He tried making a run for it, but ran into a dead end and was then swarmed with security and a whole bunch of people who staff Six Flags. He gets taken behind a wooden fence for at least an hour and we have no idea what's happening to him. Come to find out, they took his picture, gave him ridiculous drug/alcohol tests, and made a big deal out of him wearing the costume for a little bit. Apparently, Porky is also supposed to be wearing a blue sportscoat and a bow tie - we never even thought about it. He left with an in-the-mail-soon fine of $50 - $1000, signed paperwork that he is never allowed in any of the nation's Six Flags for life, and a giant smile on his face.

Today, I assisted one of my good friends in stealing a costume from Six Flags, laughed harder than ever while he played the part for a few minutes, and also witnessed my friend make a run for safety while all of his friends backed him up by being there and not giving the cops or security one bit of information, and never giving up concerning the fact that Dalan was getting in trouble for something so ridiculous. Stop taking your jobs so seriously.


Days like these are the ones that keep me here, keep me going, and keep me smiling.