Hey! I see by my post title that I am blogging for the 600th consecutive day!
Round numbers can seem important, and important things can seem scary, don’t you think?
Yes, this post is going to focus on “scary things.” However, since I like balance, I’m assuming there will be “unscary things” here, too.
Shall we get started?
Wait! Something’s missing. For me, when something is missing, it’s often music.
Friends, bloggers, and country-people, lend me your ears* … for some scary background music.
My first scary-music choice is from The Blair Witch Project, a film that scared the bejeesus out of me.
If The Blair Witch Project isn’t your taste, how about music from The Shining?
(found here on YouTube)
How about “Tubular Bells” from The Exorcist?
One final warning: Those music choices will probably start with advertisements.**
Okay! Without further ado, choices, or other types of stalling,** I hereby present:
Things That Have Scared Me
(in alphabetical order)
- Anger
- Babies
- Cruelty
- Doctors
- Expletives
- Films
- Germs
- Hospitals
- Injustice
- Justice systems
- Know-it-alls
- Loud noises
- Mistakes
- Neglect
- Onions
- Planes
- Quitting
- Rage
- Shame
- Technology
- Underestimating
- Violence
- Witches
- Xerox machines
- Youth-obsessed cultures
- Zoos
Things That Have Not Scared Me
(in alphabetical order)
- Aging
- Babies
- Cats
- Doctors
- Expletives
- Foreigners
- Giants
- Humans
- Insecurity
- Justice
- Knowledge
- Love
- Movies
- Needs
- Onions
- Public speaking
- Quiet
- Risk-taking
- Spiders
- Therapy
- Underworlds
- Violent weather
- Wicked (the musical)
- X-rays
- Youth
- Zoos
What do you think of these scary and unscary things? Don’t be scared of disagreement,** please.
Geesh! That was scary! I almost pressed the WordPress** “publish” button without including the image that inspired this whole post, to begin with.
Yesterday, when my bf Michael and I were on our first walk since my return home from Edinburgh, I saw this:
WTF IS THAT?
Thanks to Wikipedia**; to those who are scared or unscared by all the things mentioned in this post; to the creative people who score movies (scary and otherwise); to lists** of scary things on the internet** (including this list); and to you, especially, because you don’t scare me!
* Spending a week immersed in comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (see here, here, here, here, and here) has definitely had an effect on me. My thought, as I wrote “lend me your ears,” was this: “I’m glad Vincent Van Gogh is not alive to read this.” Minds can be scary things, can’t they?
** Another scary thing (that didn’t make the lists).
