You guys. I have discovered J-Horror. The last two weeks have been amongst the best of my life in terms of watching scary movies and actually being scared by them. It started with One Missed Call, which gave me several heart attacks, and then Carved, which wasn’t that great, and then Ju-On: The Grudge, which I am still recovering from and then One Missed Call 2, which was only kind of so-so but get this: even at its most so-so, J-Horror is STILL VERY SCARY. THE SCARIEST EVER.
Yes, I am aware I have made this grand pronouncement with only four J-Horror movies under my belt, and likely some J-Horror expert is out there rolling their eyes at me RIGHT NOW, but oh wells. In any case, I must watch them all. EVERY SINGLE ONE EVER MADE.
Anyway, so far, thanks to J-Horror, I now find myself actively afraid of the following: my bed, my closet, asthma inhalers, mirrors, scissors, cell phones, children, attics, peep holes, day, night, people with long unkempt hair, ceilings, showers, suitcases, television, hands, staircases, windows, cats and candy.
Although, to be honest, I was always afraid of ceilings. THEY ARE JUST SO CREEPY AND COULD COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT THE PROPER SUPPORTS!
My sparkly friend ~*Emily*~ tagged me for this meme.
7 Things About Me
I am not actually afraid of ceilings. That was an exaggeration. And by exaggeration, I mean it was a lie.
A few years ago, I used to make long distance calls all the time to my sister, which was pretty okay except for the part where even I could talk long enough to render our awesome cheap long distance phone plan expensive. Once, when my dad was upstairs sleeping, I called her all secretive like and started talking to her and then maybe 30 or so minutes into our conversation, I heard FOOTSTEPS and a door closing and then the bathroom sink running upstairs. And I was like, “omg, I can hear Dad’s up and I don’t wanna be caught running up the phone bill again, so I gotta go!” So I hung up and waited for my dad to come downstairs but he didn’t and then my mom came home and I was like, “I heard Dad upstairs but he didn’t come down.” And then she said, “Your father’s not here.” And then Dad came in the door like 30 minutes later and I WAS HOME ALONE THAT WHOLE TIME AND A GHOST (I ASSUME) WAS UPSTAIRS. And that is not an exaggeration or a lie.
I have the cutest pets ever–here is one of them now:
I used to hate tomatoes but now I love them so much and every time I have a tomato I swear it is The Best Tomato of my life until I eat the next one, at which point that tomato becomes The Best Tomato of My Life (sorry, Lori!).Speaking of food, my dad makes the best bread in the entire world that I have ever eaten in my life.
And I’m pretty hungry right now at this very second.
There are two spiders living in my window and I am pretty sure they are in love and I really don’t want them being in love in my window but I don’t think I can kill spider lovers without feeling horribly guilty about it afterwards. But also I don’t want them to live in my window long enough to start a family. :(
I tag everyone who is reading this blog entry and has a blog, oh yeah. That’s right. Coppin’ out on the tag again. I win.
And thank you, everyone, for celebrating my good news with me. It meant a lot. If the spiders have bbs and the spiders and their spider bbs eat me–and they most certainly will–I just wanted you to know that.
Seriously, ISN’T HE CUTE?!
Just so you know, I read this, have a blog, and YET RESIST YOUR TAG.
Ha.
But I did talk about you on my blog today. :)
YOU CANNOT RESIST MY TAG! RESISTANCE IS FUTILE YOU WILL COMPLY.
*BORG GLARE*
And omg, I went and saw that and commented and now I feel so cool! Eee.
Hee Hee.
I should’ve included a special “and if you’re talking to Courtney make sure to mention EDWARD at least once”, but I thought that might be too specific.
*STILL RESISTING EVEN THE BORG GLARE*
If people associate me with Edward Cullen that would be pretty awesome, no lie.
*BORG GLARE BORG GLARE BORG GLARE BORG GLARE BORG GLARE BORG GLARE*
STOP!
*shrinking ever so slightly under the BORG GLARE*
I have to go work on my book now, and if I have to stop to go do a meme post Janet will not be happy and I will have to sic her on you.
Dammit.
You got me.
You got me GOOD.
Ok, because your cute little pet is asleep, I’m not sure what he is. Is he a mousie or a dwarf hamster? Those are the 2 things he looks like to me, besides very cute!
I did a meme like this last week, there were more than 7 things. I also tagged everyone … did you do the meme and I missed it? mwahahahaha!
BTW, I love the ghost story! I have a similar one that I think I told you over on the blueboard, where I thought my roommate came home, but she didn’t. Very scary.
I used to hate tomatoes and now I love them too.
I hope the spiders don’t eat you, especially if they are on the ceiling, and then drop down on you when you least expect it, or are (-_-)Zzz
OMG Cuteness is gushing out all over the place! What’s the little guy’s name?
The Japanese version of the Ring = AWESOME. J Horror is tremendous!
Well, MAJOR KUDOS because I was totally *snickering* to myself when I tagged you, thinking it would NEVER HAPPEN. You have amazed me again.
HOW DID YOU OVERCOME YOUR TOMATO HATRED??? I MUST KNOW BECAUSE THEY MAKE ME GAG AND IT IS RUINING MY LIFE AND MANY TOMATO-FRIENDLY FOODS.
Also, I know this is a long reach from J-horror, but this: http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/10/suspense—fran.html (downloadable at bottom of page) is one of the scariest Old Time Radio broadcast ever made. Seriously, I listened to it at 8:00 in the morning while driving, and I was TERRIFIED. ….you know, if you like to be scared. ;)
Sruble: He is neither! Well kind of. He’s apart of the rodent family. He’s a degu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degu — they are the sweetest things ever! I remember your BB ghost story–I LOVED IT. It was so spooky. I love love love ghost stories. I should get that thread up in time for Halloween. If I don’t update for extended periods of time you will know Edward got me. I mean the spiders.
Angela: his name is Runworth aka Runny. :) Because… well, he runs a lot. I named him, heh.
Briony: I AM DYING TO SEE IT! I hated the remake so much… it was too glitzy, bleh.
Emily: THANK YOU. MWAHAHA. I knew you didn’t expect me to do it deep down inside so I was like I WILL DO IT AND I WILL ~*SPARKLE SHOW HER*~. And… overcoming the tomato hatred just sort of happened! I can’t explain. Maybe you should try canned diced tomatoes? All spiced up they are amazing. And oooooooh!! Aaah! I totally bookmarked that page!!! TY!!!
ohhh you have been MISSING OUT! Asian horror is absolutely amazing, so much better than anything Hollywood could ever DREAM of making, I guess that’s why Hollywood keeps horribly remaking awesome Asian horror films.
So! Check out: Audition, Ichi The Killer or honestly, anything directed by Takashi Miike, Three Extremes, if you cannot watch all of them PLEASE watch “Cut”, it’s brilliant! I’ll have to go through my collection to recommend more.
Oh, and forgot to mention that I love your ghost story too!
I love ghost stories so much I wrote a whole ghost BOOK. Sadly, it needs more work. *frown* But still, ghostiness, yay!
I’ve never heard of Degus before – they’re really cute. Thanks for the link!
Ula: I REALLY HAVE! Takashi Miike did One Missed Call, and it just blew me away. I really loved listening to him talk about how he directs and stuff on the DVD. Though, I am totally debating whether or not I could stomach Audition because I ran over the plot on wikipedia and the vomit thing might be impossible for me to take. I began it but I wasn’t brave enough to finish it!! BUT KEEP UP THE RECS! Eee!
Susan: YAY GHOSTINESS INDEED! Ooh, I have always wanted to write a ghost story but I just don’t have the head for it but I greatly admire people who do. YOU ARE NOW AMONG THEM! Woot.
Sruble: No prob! They are really the sweetest things ever! Very good natures, patient and just fantastic little friends. We have three of them! :)
what are your scary scene strategies? cover your eyes, cover your ears, throw a blanket over your head, etc? because right now I just envision you TAKING IT. like on your couch, watching J-Horror and just taking the scariness. you so tough.
~*sparkle on*~
PS: Edward was outside this morning and he O_O at me. Sean was like, “No he didn’t, he’s just scared of us” and then we broke up for a minute.
When you said your dad makes the best bread in the entire world, did you mean your real dad or your ghost dad?
Whitney: My scary scene strategies are to WATCH THEM KIND OF THROUGH MY EYES and then rewind it and JUST TAKING IT. When I first watched One Missed Call, I didn’t look at the screen but the sounds scared me even more so I had to go back and watch and just be scared on a full level. I’m fake tough. sigh. EDWARD IS NOT SCARED! HE IS A VAMPIRE CAT. WATCH YOURSELVES. O_O
Sandmore: Both! They are both very good at making bread, I have to say.
Do not fear cats!
What is that pet’s name and gender?
Mmmm, bread.
Hee! His name is Runny (short for Runworth) and he’s a he. :)
Hecks-to-the-yeah ghostiness yay! My novel is a total ghost-fest. I can’t get enough. You’re right about j-horror, they’ve raised the bar– although if you want to check out a different take on the ghost angle and see one that’s just really clever and engrossing check out “the life before her eyes.”
I had one of those ghosts pretending to be someone’s dad upstairs experiences too, but this one opened the giant, heavy, creaking front door, thumped upstairs, and imitated her dad clearing his throat perfectly (it had been known to imitate the family’s voices too, as in, “Janet, can you come up here?”) When we determined we were alone in the house with a ghost I left one of those person shaped holes in her wall and waited in the car. I never went back unless a bunch of people were home. creeeeeeepeeeeeeee…
Ooh, I am totally putting “the life before her eyes” on my list. Thanks for the rec!
And AAAH creeeeeeeeepppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee is the word for it! Oh my gosh–that’s totally freaky. I like to pretend I’d be brave enough to stick around for these kind of things, but I’d totally be the hole through the wall too if it were me. The only reason I wasn’t in my case was that I didn’t know I was alone!!