“Being frightened is an experience you can’t buy.”
The morning is cold, and the wind is brisk. The weatherman says the cold will be here for a couple of days. A blanket is permanently on my bed. The windows are kept closed. The deck is bleak, its furniture covered and everything else put away. I can see my neighbors’ houses again through bare branches. Around the house I wear my warm slippers and a sweatshirt. I’m quickly getting into winter mode.
Yesterday in the late afternoon we had a thunder shower. The rain came and went quickly. First it got really dark then came giant drops pelting the house and roof. Gracie raced inside and shook the rain off her fur. I sat in the dark for a while and listened to the thunder. It’s one of my favorite sounds. The storm was spent in about twenty minutes and the sun reappeared.
As a little kid, I loved feeling scared, surprised by the unexpected. It was different than being afraid because scared was fun. It was a haunted house display at Halloween when a creature jumped out waving its arms and screaming boo. We used to love to scare each other. We’d hide behind the house or a tree and jump out and yell. No one ever admitted to being scared, but we were. It always made us laugh afterwards, mostly in relief.
I remember being home when my parents went grocery shopping. If I heard strange noises, I’d stop and listen and sometimes get afraid. Once I even took to hiding under my bed. When I got older, after having seen too many horror movies, I found out it was the first place a murderous creature would look. The closet was a close second. Once I yelled at the noise. “Hello, anyone there?” I figured bravado would scare it away. My father answered. He was at the front door with the groceries, and I had heard him fumbling at the doorknob. He scared the heck out of me.
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October 22, 2010 at 1:37 pm
I´ve always felt torn when it comes to being scared 🙂 I like it when I see a fun horror movie (like Arachnofobia), but otherwise I´m not that fond of it to be honest 🙂
But when it comes to books I just love it, like when I read a book of Stephen King 🙂 Those books, a storm and strange noises can scare me insanely much and I still like it 🙂 🙂 🙂
Snowstorm here this morning but most of the snow melted away rather fast.
Have a great day now!
Christer.
October 22, 2010 at 7:56 pm
Christer,
I remember reading an H.P. Lovecraft short story and having the worst nightmare of my life. I woke up with my heart beating from the fear.
I saw your wonderful pictures, but I have to say that it’s too soon for snow.
October 22, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Cheers
October 22, 2010 at 3:35 pm
I´ve only seen the movie and i love it 🙂
Christer.
October 22, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Christer,
One of my favorite scenes is when the elevator is on its way down and you get to see Dr. Frank N. Furter’s heels tapping.
October 22, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Minicapt,
I went to many midnight showings of the movie and saw the play in Boston. I knew most of the lines and had my rice, newspaper and all I needed to participate.
October 22, 2010 at 4:48 pm
i dislike being scared, always have, twilight zone was the only kind of strange i ever cared for.
chilly here in the oHIo valley in the morns, but great sunny days, and clear autumn nights full of full moon and stars…
love reading you as always
hi to all the coffee gang!!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
October 22, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Hi splendid,
It’s being afraid for me.
I loved The Twilight Zone and I still watch when channels have marathons.
Today was chilly the whole day though the sun was trying its best.
October 22, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Psycho did me in. I shook for days and one peep and I’d jump out of my skin. Fool that I am, went back and saw it again. Fried my hair for another week. The second time I closed my eyes, did no good. I had already been brain damaged by Hitchcock. I think I’ll add it to the horrible selection for this Halloween. Thanks Kat!
October 22, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Z&Me,
It was the shower scene for me. That scared me for a long time. I don’t remember the last time I saw Psycho.
When I was little, the witch in Sleeping Beauty scared me.
October 23, 2010 at 12:56 am
I love this time of year. It’s kinda soothing.
Apropos of scary-is-fun and cathartic laughter, I once showed “The Shining” to some friends who had never seen it, and we got both a good creep-out and a good laugh. At the moment when the ghosts are at the height of their power and even Wendy can see them, she screams her head off. We just roared.
October 23, 2010 at 10:37 am
Rowen,
You’re so right about cathartic laughter. Wendy’s facial expressions in that movie made me roar at times. I can still see her waiting behind the door with the fire axe in her hand her eyes huge in her face.